Expertise
Standards
With substantial experience and success in standards development and revision, CETE
staff members can work with you to identify academic or technical content and develop
competency-driven standards systems for your certification, workforce development,
or educational needs.
- Educational Standards Development. Using a multi-step, iterative
process we work with content specialists and educators to identify, review, rework,
and confirm appropriate standards statements. Working in both career-technical and
academic contexts, we develop benchmarks, competencies, or indicators based on the
complexity of your standards system.
- Standards Implementation Planning. Using focus groups and discussion
panels, CETE staff members bring together educators, staff developers, and policy
makers to design standards dissemination and implementation plans. We gather recommendations
from stakeholder groups to inform policy, resources, and training to support standards
in the classroom.
- Practice and Occupational Analysis. As a framework, practice or
occupational analysis identifies tasks, knowledge, skills, and abilities needed
to perform the job well. Our staff members have experience utilizing a variety of
well-developed standard methods such as DACUM (Developing a Curriculum), WRIPAC
(Western Regional Intergovernmental Assessment Consortium), and WPS (SHL Work Profiling
System). Or, we can offer a customized approach based on your specific occupational
needs.