Career & Technical Education Committee

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The Career Technical Education (CTE) Committee is a sub-committee of the Taft College Academic Senate, is charged with making recommendations on the 10+1 areas of (4) educational program development, and (9) processes for program review, as related to career technical education. The committee serves as a resource in the development of CTE (1) curriculum including establishing prerequisites and placing courses within disciplines.

Role of the Career Technical Education Committee:

The Career Technical Education Committee, a standing committee of the Taft College Academic Senate:

• Reports to the Academic Senate on issues and activities related to 10 +1 responsibilities;
• Makes recommendations to the Curriculum and General Education Committee on curriculum and program needs as appropriate, and;
• Interacts with other College stakeholders to ensure collegial consultation and to support participatory governance processes.

Areas of focus for the Committee include:

• Recommendations for Program Review processes related to CTE data and decision-making processes;
• Aggregation of input from Advisory Committees across CTE programs;
• Development and evaluation of processes and practices for CTE program specific Advisory Committees;
• Evaluation of the effectiveness and processes of advisory committee meetings;
• Make recommendations to other Academic Senate committees, or college bodies as appropriate, about the sustainability of Career Technical Education programs as part of the evaluation process;
• Present information and make recommendation to Division Chairs on new and replacement faculty positions;
• Integrate and provide relevant CTE information to related committees and agencies about student, staff/faculty, community, District and program interests and performance;
• Refer issues to other Academic Senate committees in accordance with the scope of each committee;
• Respond to requests for action or recommendations from other committees of the College; and
• Make recommendations to appropriate committee/division using annual program review findings.