Getting it Right: Performance-based Curriculum Integration in Career Academies and Pathways
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Curriculum Integration
Presentation Description:
A fundamental instructional strategy in career academies and career-themed pathways is integrating curriculum whereby students apply multiple content areas to challenging industry-based problems. Join us to do performance mapping—a technique to make cross-curricular connections, build authentic projects, and address standards in multiple courses, while maintaining required scope and sequence.
Funding Opportunities
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides funding to states to replace cuts to K-12 and higher education for several purposes including teacher professional development for making progress toward rigorous college and career-ready standards.
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Perkins Funding
The CCPC conference includes professional development topics for faculty, counselors, and administrators that meet requirements of the 2006 Perkins Act (Sections 122, 124, 134, and 135).
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