ATC Facilitator Training Announcement
The Texas Education Agency has, under legislative mandate, rewritten all of the Career and Technical Education Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) to become effective in the 2010-2011 school year. This, then, triggered the need to redo completely the ATC Crosswalk to accommodate the changing courses at the high school level. For all teachers in the state of Texas to become ATC eligible they will all need to be retrained before the School 2010-2011 school year.
We would like to invite you to assist us in our training program by attending the Facilitator Training.
Wednesday February 10, 2010
2pm
To become an ATC Facilitator you must meet one of the requirements:
If you are a CTE director with an ISD or a classroom teacher then you cannot be an ATC Facilitator.
The Advanced Technical Credit (ATC) Program is a joint initiative of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Education Agency, designed to increase collegiate options and opportunities for high school students in Texas while maximizing the state's resources and minimizing duplication of effort. The Program addresses the Texas Higher Education Plan for participation and success, including development of coordinated P-16 programs of study and processes for seamless student transitions.
The Advanced Technical Credit Program provides high school students with a method to “start a college technical major in high school.” In the program, public high schools in Texas have the option to offer content-enhanced courses which provide instruction equivalent to courses that apply to Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees and technical certificates offered by community and technical colleges. Students meeting criteria outlined in the ATC Standard Articulation Agreement (Appendix B) are eligible to receive credit for the corresponding college course(s) listed in the ATC statewide articulated course crosswalk from any college participating in the program and offering the corresponding college course(s).
Not only does ATC offer added flexibility and alternatives for graduating high school students, but also it standardizes the curriculum presented to high school students enrolling in ATC content-enhanced courses, ensuring that these students are adequately prepared to complete higher level coursework at a community college, and, upon graduation from college, are well prepared to enter the workforce
Note : If you have attended the training in CTAT 2009 mid-winter than you do not need to attend and a new manual will be mailed to you. Please contact Athena Friday-Black to receive a new manual as it reflects the new TEKS rewrites and has the most current copy of the ATC application for your teachers.
If you have any questions, or want to register please contact Athena Friday-Black, ATC Program Manager for Training/Alignment.