Key Documents

Listing of Career and Technical Education Programs of Study
Summary listing of CTE Programs of Study operating in New York City and status of programs as of July 2010. Currently, over 100 schools offer more than 325 CTE program pathways. Thirty designated “CTE schools” enroll approximately 30,000 of these students; the remainder attend comprehensive high schools around the city.

In 2001, NYSED introduced a CTE program approval process to foster high quality career and technical education programs. Eighty (80) programs in New York City are currently approved by the State, and reflect elements of enhanced quality and student outcomes. Students completing a State approved program of study are eligible for a technical endorsement on their diploma.

Schools should check to ensure that they have submitted all necessary program information via STARS and updates to their "Letters of Intent to Apply for CTE Program Approval" for the 2009-10 school year.
HSST/STARS Coding for Career and Technical Education
Instructions for initiating, maintaing and updating your school's CTE program information on STARS. All schools operating formal CTE programs toward consideration of City and State endorsement and related supplemental funding must maintain their CTE program data via STARS.
Final Report and Recommendations of the Mayoral Task Force on CTE Innovation
"Next Generation Career and Technical Education in New York City" Final Report and Recommendations of the Mayoral Task Force on Career and Technical Education Innovation. July 2008
CTE Designated High Schools as of 2009-10
CTE Technical Endorsement Requirements and ATS Identification
This memo is intended to clarify the eligibility of students for the CTE technical endorsement upon their graduation from a New York City high school. Information also addresses the use of the physical endorsement on a students diploma and the use of ATS codes for appropriately documenting these students upon graduation.
SED Approved CTE Programs
New York State Education Department’s list of approved programs.
CTE Program Approval Overview & FAQ
The CTE program approval process has undergone major organizational reworking. While the core elements remain unchanged, the new structure will provide opportunity for more regular self‐study, deeper analyses of the rigor of CTE course work, and a broader connection to school‐wide improvement. Developed by Cambridge Education, this new structure will include quality indicators and sub‐statements that will help guide schools’ self‐study teams in improving

CTE programs’ practices around instruction, assessment, and work competency.
Starting in 2011, program approval will be entirely online – from submission to feedback and official approval. Schools are welcome to keep a “binder” for their own internal use but will not be required to submit this binder of supporting documentations. Moving forward, all relevant documentations will have to be uploaded and shared electronically.
State Career and Technical Education Site
A link to the New York State Education Department Career and Technical Education page.

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