 |
Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
 |
TITLE 210. State Department of Education |
|
Chapter 35. Standards for Accreditation of Elementary, Middle Level, Secondary, and Career and Technology Schools |
|
Subchapter 13. Standards for Accreditation of Career and Technology Schools |
|
Part 7. STANDARD IV: INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM |
SECTION 210:35-13-44. Instructional delivery/process
Latest version.
- (a) The school's program shall be designed specifically to meet the individual career technology and educational needs of its students. It shall encompass essential career technology areas and provide necessary laboratory, enrichment, and academic support experiences, plus work experience, where appropriate. Each career technology instructor shall be responsible for providing appropriate activities which will contribute to the development of each career technology student according to the student's occupational objective, and for conducting and reporting student follow-up upon exit from or completion of the program.(b) Each career technology instructor shall provide integration of academic and essential workplace skills as they reinforce the career technology competencies of the program.(c) Provisions shall be made for students to develop proficiency in reading and communication, scientific, and computational skills.(d) Provisions shall be made for continuity in course work that will permit students to achieve occupational competency.(e) Procedures shall be established and implemented which foster vertical and horizontal program articulation within the school and with affiliated schools. Program articulation may be with institutions of higher education, sending schools, or with other Technology Centers.(f) Parents/guardians shall be informed regularly about student progress.(g) Instructors shall use effective teaching techniques which make the most productive use of classroom time. Evidence should be provided that instructors meet the minimum criteria for effective teaching.(h) The Technology Center shall provide a handbook which includes policies, behavior codes, grading policies, and other kinds of information important to students, parents/guardians, and staff members. The behavior code shall address absenteeism, vandalism, and disruptive behavior, and shall be developed with the appropriate involvement of each.(i) There shall be specific procedures for reporting child abuse and child neglect.(j) There shall be activities within the school that provide for and/or facilitate the positive self-esteem of students and staff members.