There are two types of modules: Theme modules and Content modules. For more information regarding how the modules are designed to work together, please see About the Modules.
Theme Modules
Theme modules are the basis for middle-level CTE. They are foundational, cross-content, and standards-based. They represent knowledge and skills that will benefit all students as they move to high school, regardless of the pathway they choose. The six Theme modules are designed for instruction by teachers certified in any title in any of the six CTE content areas (i.e., Agriculture, Business and Marketing, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health Science, Technology, and Trade and Technical).
Career and Community Opportunities
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of the influences that societal, economic, and technological changes have on employment and the impact that employability skills, interests, and aptitudes have on individuals’ career choices and postsecondary options?
Communication and Interpersonal Relationships
What communication and interpersonal skills can enhance an individual's ability to develop caring, respectful, effective relationships within the home, school, community, and workplace?
Financial and Consumer Literacy
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate an introductory understanding of how money can be managed and how individuals can create and achieve financial goals while managing financial challenges?
What knowledge and skills are needed for individuals to consistently promote and practice safe and healthy behaviors that encourage wellness in home, school, workplace, and community setting?
Problem Solving and Innovation
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductoy understanding of the application of problem-solving processes and the acquisition, evaluation, and application of the products of research for informed decision making?
What knowledge and skills are necessary to evaluate the long-term effects of personal practices on the environment and to demonstrate introductory understanding of how to use and conserve resources to meet human needs while minimizing harm to the environment?
Content Modules
Content modules supply context for the Themes. They are specific to each CTE content area, standards-based, and connect middle-level to high school. Content modules are designed for instruction by teachers certified for that content. CTE teachers will use the Content modules aligned with their certification areas to develop meaningful learning experiences that help their students attain the Theme module standards. The Content modules provide the context to engage students in the themes.
The Content modules, by CTE content area, are available for download below:
Agriculture
Introduction to Agriculture and Leadership
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of what is needed to be a successful citizen in the agriculture industry?
Animals in the Agriculture Industry
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of the development, management, and care of animals in the agriculture industry?
Plants in the Agriculture Industry
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of the development, management, and care of plants in the agriculture industry?
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of agricultural impacts on natural resource systems?
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of how power, mechanical, and technical systems support efficient and effective work in the agriculture industry?
Business and Marketing
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate an introductory understanding of the various modes, styles, and techniques of effective business communication?
What knowledge and skills are necessary for individuals to create the elements and behaviors needed for success in the job seeking process?
Computer Literacy for the Workplace
How can one use technology to communicate appropriately and effectively in the business world?
What building blocks must be in place for an entrepreneurial idea to become a viable business in the community?
Computer Science
What computational thinking concepts and practices can students use to solve problems?
Data Collection and Management
What do students need to understand about data collection, analysis, and management?
Digital Literacy and Citizenship
What knowledge and skills do students need to effectively and safely navigate the digital world?
What skills, knowledge, and attitudes are necessary for students to demonstrate successful understanding of the computational world and to develop them into ethical consumers and creators of computational systems?
Family and Consumer Sciences
Individual Growth and Life Readiness
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of self, interests, aptitudes, and abilities as they relate to personal development, employability, and financial readiness?
Human Development and Relationships
How do positive individual and family relationships across the lifespan help human beings develop and thrive? What impact does the family have on the well-being of individuals and society?
Apparel and Textile Production and Design
What knowledge and skills are necessary for selecting, purchasing, creating, and maintaining apparel and textiles for a variety of activities and settings?
Environmental Design and Management
What knowledge and skills are necessary for designing and managing living spaces to ensure safety, conserve natural resources, and achieve personal expression?
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory skills for planning, selecting, purchasing, preparing, serving, and storing nutritious foods?
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of choices, availability, sustainability, purchasing, preparation, and production of food?
Health Science
Health Science Career Pathways
What personal skills, abilities, and aptitudes are needed for success in health science careers?
Communication and Client Interaction
What skills and abilities are necessary to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues in health science careers?
Safety in Health Science Careers
What knowledge and skills are required to prevent, prepare for, and respond to injuries and illnesses in the health science field?
What personal skills, abilities, and aptitudes do health sciences professionals need to provide appropriate client care through careers in each health science career pathway?
Technology
What do students need to understand about the nature of technology to prepare them to become technologically literate and adaptable members of society?
What do students need to understand about how technology impacts the social, cultural, and environmental contexts of our ever-changing world?
What do students need to understand about how to apply design processes to address human needs and wants?
Abilities for a Technological World
What do students need to understand to be able to use, manage, assess, and create technological products and systems in a rapidly changing technological world?
What do students need to understand how the designed world supports the development of systems and products by humans?
Trade and Technical
Exploring Trade and Technical Careers
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of the personal skills, abilities, and aptitudes needed for success in trade and technical careers?
Measurement in Trade and Technical Fields
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate introductory understanding of systems of measurement and the ways accurate measurements assist trade and technical workers in the successful completion of their work?
Safety in Trade and Technical Fields
What knowledge and skills are necessary to demonstrate appropriate and consistent use of policies, equipment, and techniques that foster workplace safety in trade and technical careers?