Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 47 - REGULATIONS FOR CAREER ACADEMY PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Section 92-47-003 - Specific Requirements for Initial Approval and Continued Operation of Career Academy Programs Established by School Districts
Universal Citation: 92 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 47 ยง 003
Current through March 20, 2024
003.01 Planning for Initial Approval
Each school district establishing a Career Academy Program shall conduct a planning process to be completed prior to submitting the application for initial approval. The planning process shall include the following:
003.01A Establish a Career
Academy Program Taskforce consisting of representatives of education, business,
industry and the community to assist in conducting the planning process which
shall include but is not limited to:
003.01A1
Evaluation of the applicant district's current career technical education
Program of Study offerings, career guidance, and extended learning
opportunities.
003.01A2
Identification of needed Career Academy Program's Program(s) of Study based on
regional and state workforce and economic development needs.
003.01A3 Identification of technical skill
assessment, industry certifications, work-based learning, career student
organization and extended learning opportunities that could be available
through a Career Academy Program's Program of Study.
003.01A4 Identification of the potential for
alignment of career academy Programs of Study to postsecondary educational
institution(s) offering instruction in the same Career Cluster.
003.01A5 Identification of needed staffing
and professional development.
003.01A6 Identification of private entity
partners and potential resources.
003.01A7 Identification of the opportunities
for collaboration with other district(s), Educational Service Unit(s), Learning
Community, postsecondary educational institution(s) or private entity(s) in the
establishment and operation of the Career Academy Program.
003.02 Required Career Academy Program Components
003.02A
Curriculum. Career Academy Program curriculum shall
include the following courses:
003.02A1 A
credit-bearing career exploration course which introduces students to the
Nebraska Career Education Model in preparation for a Career Academy Program,
and
003.02A2 A Program of Study
that includes:
003.02A2a A credit-bearing
introductory course within the scope of the Career Academy Program's Program of
Study, and
003.02A2b A minimum of
two credit-bearing career technical education courses to develop the
appropriate knowledge and skill in preparation for employment or
entrepreneurship in the Career Academy Program's Program of Study,
and
003.02A2c One or more academic
courses offered for credit with the course content taught in the context of the
Career Academy Program's Program of Study.
003.02B Career Development. A Career Academy
Program shall include a program of career development including but not limited
to:
003.02B1 Career information including
career interests and aptitude assessments, labor market data, and postsecondary
education and training options.
003.02B2 Career exploration and planning
activities.
003.02B3 Personal
Learning Plans.
003.02B4
Opportunities to learn and practice the Nebraska Standards for Career Ready
Practice as standards adopted by the Nebraska State Board of
Education.
003.02C
Career Student Organizations. A Career Academy Program shall include a district
level chapter of the career student organization aligned to the focus of the
Career Academy Program's Program of Study.
003.02D
Work-Based
Learning. Career Academy Programs shall include work-based
learning that provides a range of experiences that are intentionally designed
to help students to extend and deepen classroom instruction through experiences
in the employment sector that may include but are not limited to internships,
apprenticeships, job shadowing, or business/industry visits and
explorations.
003.02E
Recruitment of Students. The school district,
collaborating with identified Career Academy Program's partners, shall develop
a process for the recruitment of students. The process shall include the
following components:
003.02E1 Communication
and marketing efforts in the district to parents, students, community members
and non-academy teachers;
003.02E2
Student career interest and aptitude surveys or assessments; and
003.02E3 Student application and acceptance
policies determined by the school district.
003.02F
Instructors.
The school district shall secure the services of teachers who meet the
requirements of Nebraska Department of Education, Title 92, Chapters 21 and 24.
Teachers shall hold a valid Nebraska Teaching Certificate.
003.03 Participation
Participation of students in any Career Academy Program approved under this Chapter shall be voluntary.
003.04 Advisory Board
A local Career Academy Program advisory board shall be established with membership representing key stakeholders from education and business.
003.04A The advisory board
shall be comprised of no less than fifty-one percent (51%) business members not
currently employed by the school district.
003.04B The advisory board shall meet a
minimum of one time during a school year.
003.04C The advisory board shall provide
guidance and direction for the operation of the Career Academy Program
including but not limited to:
003.04C1
Aligning the Career Academy Program to economic and labor market
needs;
003.04C2 Identifying
external partners;
003.04C3
Securing and allocating financial, material and personnel resources;
003.04C4 Aligning curriculum and instruction
including, but not limited to coursework, graduation requirements; career
academy program exit requirements, and postsecondary educational institution(s)
entrance requirements;
003.04C5
Securing work-based learning opportunities;
003.04C6 Identifying needed professional
development; and
003.04C7
Evaluating the Career Academy Program's effectiveness;
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