New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 33 - EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Part 2 - ESTABLISHMENT OF ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS
Section 6.33.2.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 6 NM Admin Code 6.33.2.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. "Career and technical education" means organized programs offering a sequence of courses (including technical education and applied technology education) which are directly related to the preparation of individuals in for paid or unpaid employment in current or emerging occupations requiring an industry-recognized credential, certificate, or degree. This term is also referred to as vocational education in state statute 22-14-1 NMSA 1978. Such term also includes applied technology education.

B. "Career and technical education course" means a course with content that provides technical knowledge, and skills, and competency-based applied learning, and that aligns with the regulations for educational standards and student expectations for all New Mexico students who attend schools as defined in the scope of 6.29.1 NMAC.

C. "Career cluster" means a grouping of occupations in industry sectors based on recognized commonalities. Career clusters provide an organizing tool for developing instruction within the education system.

D. "Career pathways" means a sub-grouping of occupations/career specialties used as an organizing tool for curriculum design and instruction of occupational career specialities that share a set of common knowledge and skills for career success.

E. "Cooperative education" means a method of education for individuals who, through written cooperative arrangements between a school and employers, receive instruction, including required rigorous and challenging academic courses and related career and technical education instruction, by alternation of study in school with a job in any occupational field, which alternation:

(1) shall be planned and supervised by the school and employer so that each contributes to the education and employability of the individual; and

(2) may include an arrangement in which work periods and school attendance may be on alternate half days, full days, weeks, or other periods of time in fulfilling the cooperative program.

F. "Educational plan for student success (EPSS)" means is the annual strategic long-range plan written by all schools districts and districts schools to improve student performance.

G. "Eligible postsecondary institution" means a postsecondary institution that grants a certificate or associate degree in a career and technical occupational area.

H. "Eligible state educational institution" means an identified institution school that is under the direction of a state agency other than the department or a separate board of regents.

I. "Postsecondary education tech prep student" means a student who:

(1) has completed the secondary education component of a tech prep program; and

(2) has enrolled in the postsecondary education component of a tech prep program at an institution of higher education.

J. "Program of study" is a progressive continuum of courses that may be offered across grades 9-14. A program of study is a means to provide technical training, training to prepare for employment and training to prepare for entry into postsecondary education.

K. "Secondary education tech prep student" means a secondary education student who has enrolled in two (2) courses in the secondary education component of a tech prep program.

L. "Tech prep program" means a program of study that combines a minimum of two (2) years of secondary education with a minimum of two (2) years of postsecondary education in a non-duplicative, sequential course of study.

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