POTENTIAL NEW
DIRECTION 2
Developing and Using Templates to Link
Associate and Baccalaureate Programs
To Address High-Skill, High-Wage, High-Demand
Occupations
and to Link CTE
Programs with CTE Teacher Education Programs
SED and postsecondary institutions will make efforts to improve student transitions from subbaccalaureate CTE programs to baccalaureate degree programs. These efforts include encouraging community colleges to tighten existing articulation agreements, develop new articulation agreements, develop more jointly registered programs, and increase collaboration among campuses. Potential initiatives for the use of Perkins IV funding to address these recommended approaches include:
· Under State Leadership funds, develop one or two templates linking associate and baccalaureate programs in high-skill, high-wage, high demand occupations. The SUNY Universal Teacher Education Template, used by over 30 associate degree campuses and 12 baccalaureate campuses would be used as a model.
·
Under State Leadership funds, expand the teacher
education template to develop greater linkages from subbaccalaureate CTE
programs to career and technical teacher education programs. In the Regents Statewide Plan for Higher
Education (January 2006), one of the Regents priorities is for an adequate
supply of qualified teachers and school leaders. The Regents encourage articulated programs to
eliminate duplication and ease student transfer, especially in certification
areas in which there are shortages of qualified teachers.
· Subbaccalaureate and baccalaureate partners will develop jointly registered and articulated CTE programs for emerging occupations and high demand areas, particularly those requiring preparation in mathematics and science.
The New York State Education Department is soliciting advice on including this potential direction in the Perkins IV Five-Year State Plan.