The KSDE Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is offering technical assistance in September and October. Click on the education service center links below to register. Registration is $35 and includes lunch. 

• Sept. 19: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Greenbush North – Lawrence 
• Sept. 20: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Orion – Clearwater 
• Sept. 30: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Smoky Hill – Salina 
• Oct. 4: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; ESSDACK – Hutchinson 
• Oct. 7: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.; Southwest Plains – Sublette 
• Oct. 30: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Greenbush South - Girard 
   

Topics include the following: 

• CTE timeline. 
• CTE Cluster and Pathway updates. 
• Career Cluster and Pathway Program of Study Applications (CPPSAs). 
• KSDE information and resources. 
• Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) information and resources. 
• Industry recognized credentials. 
• Work-based learning. 
• Students’ Right to Know Act information and resources. 

KSDE also will provide an electronic and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) training systems demonstration. This could be utilized to implement hands-on electronic and PLC programs and courses that include transferable skills in multiple CTE Pathways.  

Additionally, there will be a discussion of courses in Kansas career clusters and pathways that have transferable skills or competencies that connect to emerging high skill, high wage and in-demand occupations in the following clusters: agriculture, architecture and construction, engineering, information technology, and manufacturing. 

Contact Natalie Clark, ndclark@ksde.org or (785) 296-4351 with questions about these sessions.