Parent Letter
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
in the
MILAN SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
LETTER TO PARENTS/GUARDIAN
Dear Students and Parents/Guardians,
The growing emphasis on accountability can be accommodated through competency-
based education where skills, competencies, and concepts are integrated in
the educational process. Career and technical education courses are designed
to meet the challenging needs of all students.
To assist everyone in knowledge of required competency attainment, all
competencies for the class your child is enrolled in are located on our
teacher websites. These profiles are correlated to the current course
standards for career and technical education in Tennessee and are used for
all students. Each competency profile specifies the number of competencies in
the course in the upper right hand box. Competency attainment is recorded by
the instructor throughout the course. These competencies serve as a teacher’s
guide to curriculum and activities pertaining to each class. Teachers are
encouraged to use the system’s grading scale to determine mastery. All
students are expected to reach at least 75% mastery of the competencies in
each class. As with all instruction, expectations for special education
students in career and technical education should be planned out in their
Individual Education Plan (IEP). Therefore, all involved parties need to
participate in the development of the IEP, if at all possible, and at the
very least know about information in the IEP pertinent to the instruction of
each student. Unless otherwise specified in the IEP, the number of
competencies to be taught for special education students would be the same as
for other students.
It is exciting to have an opportunity to quantitatively showcase student
success and achievement, while at the same time focusing on continuous
improvement. We sincerely appreciate the efforts that teachers, students and
parents are making to develop and implement a plan to help everyone meet the
challenge imposed by a changing workforce.
Please indicate that you have received and reviewed this information by
completing the form sent home with your child. This will confirm that you are
aware of the competencies taught in each class in which the student is
enrolled. All competencies can be found by clicking on each teacher’s
individual website.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the appropriate
teacher or myself.
Sincerely,
Chris Jones
CTE Director
State Competencies