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CTE Instructional Materials Adoption Process

Adoption Process for 2020-2021

The Pasco County District School has initiated the process of reviewing high-quality instructional materials for Career Technical Education (CTE) for grade 6 through grade 12 for the upcoming academic year.

PASCO COUNTY’S VISION

Pasco County Schools (PCS) seeks to empower all teachers and leaders with high quality, rigorous curriculum in all content areas to ensure every student has access to grade appropriate, engaging instruction every day. We value teacher content knowledge and pedagogy development supported by a comprehensive professional learning plan designed to positively impact the learning trajectory of every student. In PCS, we have a clear theory of action that reads:

If we  create a unifying vision of instructional excellence for our schools,  

define the behaviors we believe will lead to success in schools  

and provide the necessary supports from our teams,  

then, staff efficacy and student achievement will increase.  

This theory of action, guided by our mission and vision of instructional excellence ensures a world class education for every PCS student through the following actions:

Building strong content knowledge and applying learning to new contexts;
Thinking critically to understand and solve real world problems;
Collaborating and communicating to learn within and outside their school community;
Utilizing a variety of resources to enhance learning; and
Taking ownership for their learning and reflect on the learning progress.

PASCO COUNTY’S NON-NEGOTIABLES

PCS seeks a comprehensive CTE curriculum centered around rigorous instruction, compassionate schools, and equitable practices that will effectively support teaching and learning of all learners in every classroom in Grade 6 through Grade 12. PCS seeks curricular materials and approaches that include the following non-negotiables:

A high-quality core curricula aligned to the FLDOE CTE Standards that builds knowledge systematically through reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language study to include texts containing rich academic language that meet appropriate complexity criteria for each grade.
Evidenced-based and tiered interventions for students not meeting the learning standards or achieving below grade level, supplemental to the core curricula.
Resources that support the teaching and learning of students needing enrichment and acceleration.
Explicit instruction and resources to support the teaching and learning of English Language Learners.
Explicit instruction and resources that support the teaching and learning of students with disabilities.
Flexibility in meeting the needs of a wide range of students and inclusion of accommodations for special populations, including English Language Learners, students with disabilities, and students identified as gifted and talented.
Culturally relevant materials and Culturally Responsive Teaching and instructional practices that are inclusive of a variety of cultures and ethnicities and are free from bias in the portrayal of ethnic groups, gender, age, cultures, religion, and people with disabilities.
A suite of formative and summative assessment materials, available digitally, aligned to the curriculum and intended to inform and improve instruction, not intended to replace other standards-based external assessments administered in PCS.
Tools, resources, and documents that provide parents/guardians and others with necessary resources to provide transparency into the curriculum and to provide support to academic progress at home or outside the school setting.
Digitally available student-facing, teacher-facing, and parent/guardian-facing materials and resources.
Materials for an extended school year of instruction or for academic summer programs.