CareerTech Curriculum for Oklahoma

1. CareerTech Curriculumfor Oklahoma • About the CIMC • About CBE • About curriculum development • About media, learning styles, and WBT • About recent trends • Resources list

2. What is CIMC? • Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center • One of the nation's largest developers of competency-based instructional systems • Division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education • Since 1968

3. Purpose of CIMC • Our primary function is to develop competency-based instructional products and services for career and technology education. • The fundamental belief is that • quality • industry-endorsed curriculum • and related instructional materials • are essential to quality career and technology education programs in Oklahoma.

4. Some 64 employees dedicated to curriculum development (not all CIMC) About 66% of sales from Oklahoma customers 80,500 catalogs distributed yearly First product: Agricultural Education I (1968) Some 2,000 products distributed from Stillwater, OK Curriculum is competency based Facts About CIMC

5. CBEPhilosophy & Principles • Any learner can achieve mastery of most tasks if provided with high-quality instruction and enough time. • The type and quality of instruction are the primary elements in the teaching-learning process.

6. CBE Methodology • Identify skills required to reach a standard • Communicate the specific learning objectives needed • Emphasize the performance standard in evaluation • Allow each student to become competent and demonstrate mastery

7. CBE Approach You will learn X. This is X. If you did poorly, repeat. If you did well, continue. This is Y. Etc. “Traditional” Approach You are here for 18 weeks. This is X. If you did poorly or well, continue. This is Y. After 18 weeks, we will all move on together. CBE—Another Look

8. To Learners may enter at any level and progress at any rate knows what’s expected To Instructors can function as a facilitator can use a range of instructional media To Employers has a common “measuring stick” uses familiar terms emphasizes critical skills To the Educational System structure focus CBE Value

9. CBE Curriculum—6 Essentials • Clearly-stated learning objectives • Instruction aligned with learning objectives • Criterion-referenced evaluation aligned to learning objectives and curriculum • Cognitive and affective skills practice • Psychomotor skill practice • Skill mastery documentation

10. Sources of Curriculum Priorities • New industry • New training requirements • Technological change • Out-of-date training resources • Changes in the workforce

11. Role of ODCTE Ag Ed Staff • Set priorities for curriculum materials development. • Set priorities for competency test development. • Assist in development as: • Consultant • Writer • Final approval

12. Developing Curriculum:Key Points • Curriculum advisory committee • Valid skill standards • Appropriate media • CBE approach • Standard format

13. Evaluating Skill Standards • Sources? • Industry • Associations • Government • Existing training/certification programs • Scope and depth? • Current?

14. Creating Skill Standards • Committee process: industry, educators, key stakeholders • ID related occupations • ID duties per occupation • ID tasks per duty • ID task sequence, frequency, criticality

15. Adopt, Adapt, Develop? • Availability of training resources? • Coverage (scope, depth)? • Currency, accuracy (vs. skill standards)? • Affordability? • Usability? • Options to improve/enhance (adapt)?

16. Choosing Media • Greater instructional efficiency • Compression/expansion of time • Group or individualized instruction • Reduced instruction time • Reduced need to repeat instruction, demonstrations • Issues of practicality, safety, cost • Learners’ learning styles

17. Learning Styles • One definition: How people come to understand and remember information • Many categories (such as) • According to dimensions (perceptual, cognitive, affective) • According to models • According to preferences: physical, sensory (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, etc.) • According to brainhemisphere (right brain vs. left brain)

18. Web-Based Training • Appeal • Cost and time savings • Flexibility (availability, approaches) • Competitive edge (faster launch of new products and services) • Accountability • Administration

19. Web-Based Training • Options • Asynchronous: Allow students, instructors to collaborate and learn without being online at the same time. • Synchronous: Allow students and instructors to be online at the same time. Tools include e-mail, chat rooms, online forums, bulletin boards, etc.

20. Some Recent Trends • Accountability • Basic skills, life skills, career success skills • Multiple media/methods • CD-ROM • DVD • Online • Career clusters • Features for student interest

21. Read About the Future • www.technology.gov/Reports.htm • 2020 Visions: Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies • Scroll down the list to the 2020Visions document.

22. Curriculum Resources • CIMC • www.okcimc.com • CIMC products/samples • www.okcimc.com/new.htm • www.okcimc.com/free-aged.htm • Sample skill standards (free) • www.okcareertech.org/testing/contact.htm

23. More Resources • No Child Left Behind resources • www.okcimc.com/nochild/index.htm • Career Clusters • www.okcareertech.org/iis/clustericons/Agriculture/aghomepage.htm

24. Questions? Thank you and good luck!