Career Pathways FAQs
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, Jun 14, 2019 at 3:57 PM
Students must follow the course sequence in a pathway. Due to State reporting requirements, LEA's will be unable to pass the validations for certificat...
Mon, May 13, 2019 at 8:22 AM
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
The course would still contain the State Course code (CRS.C3) as defined within the Valid Code Combinations - Course Group Master Combos Page. How...
Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 3:18 PM
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
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
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...
Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 8:26 PM
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
A Concentrator is a student that completes 50% of a Career Pathway. The 50% mark is determined based on the number of years offered within a Career Pathway:...
Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 10:08 AM
Students taking Introductory courses are considered NON-Concentrator Participants and they are not to be included in your SCTE file. Students taking Introdu...
Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 7:34 AM
A student who has only taken a Completer course in a multi-year Career Pathway is not reported as a Completer. A Completer is a student that completes all ...
Mon, May 13, 2019 at 8:27 AM
No it does not. A Concentrator is a student that completes 50% of a Career Pathway. The 50% mark is obtained based on the number of years offered within a C...
Tue, May 7, 2019 at 4:51 PM
Pathway Code 999 is a reference code CALPADS uses to identify Introductory courses that can be offered in more than one pathway within the Industry Sector. ...
Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 10:51 AM
Introductory level courses can be used in more than one pathway. Use the state course code of the most prominent Career Pathway when reporting this course. ...
Mon, May 13, 2019 at 8:32 AM
Middle School courses (foods, industrial arts, etc.) should not be assigned the same Aeries course number that is associated with a high school course that ...
Fri, May 17, 2019 at 10:24 AM
The course can be still be offered even if sufficient High Quality CTE Courses are not available to make up a Career Pathway. See CALPADS Valid Code Co...
Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 12:10 PM