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Innovation Career Pathways must incorporate at least two yearlong-equivalent, college-level courses that may include dual enrollment, AP, IB, PLTW or articulated college credit opportunities. Both Early College and Innovation Career Pathways are intended to provide access to post-secondary education.
Yes. For Innovation Career Pathways, the college level coursework may be fulfilled through AP, International Baccalaureate, Project Lead the Way, dual enrollment, or other college level coursework.
Teachers do need to be licensed in the subject area that they are teaching.
No. Partnerships with higher education institutions are optional. Some pathways may include dual/concurrent enrollment, but it is not required. AP, IB, or PLTW courses or articulated credit are other options.
If students will receive college credit for courses based on articulation agreements, these courses should be coded as course level “04”.
All pathway courses (2 technical courses and 2 advanced courses) must be yearlong or the equivalent and should be aligned to the pathway sector content. Advanced courses that are part of the pathway should be skills-based and/or contextualized courses that deepen students’ exposure to the industry sector and also build college-level academic skills. Advanced course options include dual/concurrent enrollment, AP courses, Project Lead The Way, International Baccalaureate and articulated credit.
For a list of courses that are considered “advanced” for the purposes of accountability reporting, see the District and School Accountability Reporting: List of Advanced Courses (downloads a Word doc). While DESE does not prescribe which courses can “count” as a pathway course, we recommend that those being used to fulfill the college-level course requirement be academic, and not narrowly about the industry or a specific career.
For purposes of Innovation Career Pathways, there is no MassCore carve-out as there is in Ch. 74. All Innovation Career Pathway students should complete the MassCore graduation requirements.
This is a reference to at least two yearlong-equivalent courses that are aligned with, and relate to, the industry sector that defines the pathway. The technical course intensity is not the same as the technical courses required for Chapter 74 programs that align to specific occupation competencies demonstrating applied task mastery. The ICP courses should provide students with applied knowledge and skills related to the industry and prepare students for workplace experiences and/or further studies related to the sector.
For a list of courses that are considered “advanced” for the purposes of accountability reporting, see the District and School Accountability Reporting: List of Advanced Courses (downloads a Word doc). While DESE does not prescribe which AP courses can “count” as a pathway course, we recommend that those being used to fulfill the college-level course requirement be academic, and not technical, and not specifically about the industry – i.e. General Education, for college academic skill-building.
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