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Career Pathways FAQs

Career Pathways Queries
This is a collection of queries related to Career Pathways that have been obtained from various sources. These queries are being provided here for the conve...

Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 12:05 PM

What are some of the first steps to take before using the Career Pathways Management page?
Students must follow the course sequence in a pathway. Due to State reporting requirements, LEA's will be unable to pass the validations for certificati...

Fri, May 7, 2021 at 10:53 AM

What is a High Quality CTE Course?
A  High Quality CTE course is taught by a CTE credentialed teacher or a teacher that possesses a single subject credential that is approved to teach withi...

Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:42 PM

What if a district offers a CTE course that is not taught by a CTE teacher or properly credentialed teacher?
The section taught by a Teacher without a CTE or Single Subject authorized credential would be tagged with No in the High Quality CTE Crs (MST.HQC) field.  ...

Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 12:20 PM

What is a Career Pathway?
A Career Pathway consists of a series of CTE courses that equal at least 300 hours. The Career Pathway may contain an Introductory course, should contain a ...

Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 3:10 PM

If a District offers various CTE courses, can they be placed together to create a Career Pathway?
Courses cannot be placed into any Career Pathway.  Career Pathways are defined by the CDE and have specific standards for each of the CTE courses within eac...

Mon, May 13, 2019 at 8:23 AM

Can districts offer a one-year Career Pathway?
Districts can offer one-year Career Pathways.  A one-year Career Pathway will include a minimum of 300 hours of instruction and the course must be a Complet...

Fri, May 7, 2021 at 11:12 AM

How is a Sub-Pathway Reported?
The California Department of Education has split some Pathways into Sub-Pathways to further delineate the content within a Pathway.  According to the CA...

Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 3:51 PM

When does a student qualify for various CTE participation levels?
Participant (Introductory) is a student that has completed the Introductory-level course of a three or four-year Career Pathway course sequence. Partic...

Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 5:40 PM

If a student is only taking Introductory courses, is the student reported to CALPADS as in the Career Pathway?
Students taking Introductory courses are considered Participants (Introductory) and they are not included in your SCTE file. Students taking Introductory co...

Sun, May 30, 2021 at 12:39 PM