Table of Contents
Content Home- Welcome
Module Overview- Pre-Assessment
- Unit 1: Career and College Readiness in the Technical Subjects
- 1.1 What Makes a “College and Career Ready” Student?
- 1.2 What Is College and Career Ready?
- 1.3 Standards for Career Ready Practice
- 1.4 Unit Summary
- Unit 2: Content Literacy in the Technical Subjects, K-5
- Unit 3: Building Content Literacy in the Technical Subjects, 6–12 Reading
- 3.1 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
- 3.2 Reading Standard 1: Evidence, Inferences, and Conclusions
- 3.3 Reading Standard 2: Central Ideas and Summarizing
- 3.4 Reading Standard 3: Multistep Procedures
- 3.5 CCR Anchor Standards, Reading 4, 5, & 6
- 3.6 Reading Standards 7, 8, and 9: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- 3.7 Reading Standard 10: Text Complexity
- 3.8 Unit Summary
- Unit 4: Building Content Literacy in the Technical Subjects, 6–12 Writing
- 4.1 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
- 4.2 Writing in the Technical Subjects in the 21st Century
- 4.3 Writing Standard 1: Arguments to Support Claims
- 4.4 Different Types and Purposes of Writing
- 4.5 Writing Standard 2: Informative/Explanatory Text
- 4.6 Writing Standards 4, 5, and 6: Production and Distribution of Writing
- 4.7 Writing Standards 7, 8, and 9: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
- 4.8 Writing Standard 10: Range of Writing
- 4.9 Unit Summary: Review
- Module Summary
Post Assessment
Certificate of Completion
Resources- Module Evaluation
1.2 What Is College and Career Ready?
The following video from the Center for Public Education discusses College and Career Readiness in a very immediate way. It asks the question: “Does a future electrician need the same education as a future professor?” Watch this video to find out what students need to succeed at a good college -- or a good first job.
Data First Training: College and Career Readiness
from Center for Public Education on Vimeo.
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Take a few minutes to reflect on these questions about the importance of looking at the data on your students.
- According to ACT data, what are some things that successful high school graduates have in common regardless of their goals – career or college?
- What are two simple steps students can take to increase college/career readiness?
- Why is tracking your students after high school graduation important?
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Content Literacy for Technical Subjects. Brought to you by the California Department of Education and the California Arts Project at California State University, San Bernardino.
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