INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT

UPDATE

Curriculum documents for six courses developed using RBT were released in Summer 2008. See the Status of Curriculum Materials http://www.ncpublicschools.org/cte/vocats/blueprints/blueprints/index.html for a complete list of CTE curriculum materials and release dates.


PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The purpose of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Instructional Management is to provide schools with a computerized system that can be used to:

  • Disseminate essential standards in the form of blueprints for courses.
  • Provide instructional strategies to teach essential standards containing 21st century content.
  • Provide formative, benchmark, performance, and summative assessments.
  • Document student achievement and academic growth.
  • Provide accountability data.


PROGRAM DESIGN

CTE Instructional Management is a competency-based, computer-supported system that encompasses:

  • Instructional planning informed by data.
    • 21st century assessment of students using technology tools for delivery.
    • Aggregated and disaggregated reports by student, by class, by teacher, by school, by LEA and by state.
    • Involvement of business representatives, local administrators, and teachers.
    • Comprehensive, customized professional development for all CTE teachers.


Components provided by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)

  • Development of the Essential Standards with validation by business and industry

  • Course design and development
    • New course design and revision using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
    • Over 100 course blueprints containing 21st century content developed by teachers and reviewed by business and industry
    • Electronic classroom and secure test item banks and performance assessments aligned to essential standards for courses
    • Curriculum guides developed or adopted for use containing instructional activities and instructional support materials


  • Customized comprehensive professional development

  • Regional User Group assistance with implementation and use of related technology


RECOGNITION

North Carolina's CTE Instructional Management process has received recognition from the US Department of Education as a national instructional model in Career and Technical Education.


LINKS

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Elements®
North Carolina's instructional management systems utilizes Elements® software for planning instruction, assessing students, tracking student performance, documenting student achievement, and reporting on results for accountability.


Report from the Blue Ribbon Commission on Testing and Accountability
(pdf, 152kb)


Framework for Change: The Next Generation of Assessments and Accountability
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