Michael.brown@skillsnet.com

TEA CTE TEKS &

Industry

Detailed Work Activity

Alignment & Sustainability

Framework

August 18, 2010

The Vision

First: Build an industry-driven/validated job talent requirements

resource using a customized Texas version of DOL O*NET

Detailed Work Activities.

Second: Establish industry level performance and learning difficulty

metrics for job DWAs.

Third: Align the DWAs to TEA CTE-TEKS student expectations

(learning objectives) as means to benchmark current

alignment and automate rewrite for future releases.

Fourth: Align the DWAs to post-secondary CTE Skill Certificates.

Fifth: Align the DWAs to industry career certifications.

Sixth: Utilize metrics to improve career placement (labor exchange)

Seventh: Design and implement State-Wide Career Opportunity

Reference model and provide Web 2.0/3.0 capability for users.

Food Service Managers Sample DWAs

Pipeline Mappings

DWA Interoperability Impact to PipelineCTE

AcademicCompetencies

Post-SecondaryCompetencies &Skill Certificates

IndustryCertification

Work-basedCertification

TEKS Manufacturing Cluster

Foundational Developmental Employability Interoperability

Education & Training Value Feedback / Best Practices

The CTE – DWA Crosswalk Process

Frame the Effort

CTE leadership selects

One or more career Clusters

Review TEKS

Student Expectation

Library

Review/Validate DWA Alignment

Natural Affiliations

Finalize

CTE Authorized

Modifications

1. 2. 3. 4.

Industry Review

Reality and

Practicality Test

Industry Revisions

Edits and Additions Alignment Agreement

Industry Signoff Finalize

Industry

Authorized

Modifications

1. 2. 3. 4.

Career Readiness

Optimization

Sample CTE TEKS Worksheet

Student Expectations and Associated DWAs

Number of jobs having

this DWA (skill)

Student Expectation Common to Other CTE Courses

List of career clusters

and courses having

the same student

expectation.

Questions?

Michael Brown

SkillsNET Corporation

310 West Jefferson

Waxahachie, Texas 75165

Michael.brown@skillsnet.com