| (a) Implementation. The provisions of this section
shall be implemented by school districts beginning with the 2024-2025
school year.
(b) General requirements. This course is recommended
for students in Grades 11 and 12. Students shall be awarded one credit
for successful completion of this course. Students may repeat this
course with different course content for up to three credits.
(c) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education instruction provides
content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical
knowledge and skills for students to further their education and succeed
in current or emerging professions.
(2) In Career and Technical Education Project-Based
Capstone, students independently or collaboratively investigate real-world
problems, issues, or interests. This course applies to a variety of
career and technical education career clusters and programs of study.
(3) Career and Technical Education Project-Based Capstone
is a course designed for students to develop and enhance essential
skills while investigating real-world problems, issues, or interests.
Students work independently or collaboratively with others within
or across career clusters or programs of study. Students partner with
mentor(s) or advisor(s) to develop a project. Students conduct research,
compile findings, implement project activities appropriate to student
contribution, and present their work to a relevant audience that may
include industry experts. To attain academic success, students must
have opportunities to learn, reinforce, apply, and transfer their
knowledge and skills in a variety of settings to become productive
and contributing members of society.
(4) Students are encouraged to participate in extended
learning experiences such as career and technical student organizations
and other leadership or extracurricular organizations.
(5) Statements that contain the word "including" reference
content that must be mastered, while those containing the phrase "such
as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.
(d) Knowledge and skills.
(1) The student investigates independently or collaboratively
a problem, issue, or interest within a selected profession or across
disciplines to develop an independent or a collaborative project.
The student is expected to:
(A) research and select a problem, issue, or interest
within a selected profession or across disciplines for a personal
enrichment or career development project;
(B) develop a problem statement, thesis statement,
research question, or value proposition statement;
(C) identify and select a design or research process
such as engineering design process, design thinking model, scientific
discovery, or other industry-standard methodology;
(D) identify and select an appropriate audience for
a problem, issue, or interest;
(E) identify key factors such as cost, feasibility,
or time constraints necessary for successful development and implementation
of a solution or plan; and
(F) identify key resources such as financial, intellectual,
physical, human, and digital resources needed for development and
implementation of a plan.
(2) The student identifies and develops key partnerships
related to a problem, issue, or interest under the supervision of
one or more mentors or advisors. The student is expected to:
(A) identify key stakeholders;
(B) research and select appropriate mentor(s) or advisor(s);
and
(C) recruit appropriate collaborators, partners, or
contributors.
(3) The student determines timeline goals for project
completion and appropriate benchmarks to measure progress and success
of a project. The student is expected to:
(A) identify and use effective communication strategies
to use with mentor(s) or advisor(s) to provide updates and status
reports;
(B) research and identify key performance indicators
(KPI) that demonstrate successful progress of a project; and
(C) select appropriate method(s) to benchmark measurement
of KPI such as a Gantt chart.
(4) The student develops a project management timeline
for deliverables. The student is expected to:
(A) define the key activities necessary for successful
implementation of a project;
(B) identify deliverable dates for key activities to
support completion of a project within an established timeline; and
(C) develop and execute a plan to monitor and complete
key deliverables.
(5) The student creates a risk analysis for a project.
The student is expected to:
(A) identify potential risks such as financial, economic,
regulatory, ethical, environmental, or legal risks associated with
the design and implementation of the project and the end product;
and
(B) evaluate and select methods to mitigate potential
risks associated with a project.
(6) The student identifies necessary approvals required
for a project. The student is expected to:
(A) research and identify approval processes necessary
to implement a project;
(B) prepare and present a proposal for project approval;
and
(C) review feedback and revise an original proposal
for a project as needed.
(7) The student implements a project that meets standards
recognized within a selected profession or across disciplines. The
student is expected to:
(A) complete a project plan that includes problem statement,
thesis statement, research question, or value proposition statement;
key partners; measurables; deliverables; risk analyses; and approvals;
(B) implement a plan for project completion;
(C) monitor and evaluate the progress of a project
plan to determine whether modifications or changes are necessary;
(D) document all phases of a project plan; and
(E) report periodically on the progress of a project
plan.
(8) The student demonstrates an understanding of a
selected problem, issue, or interest by explaining or justifying findings
to an appropriate audience for public comment or professional response.
The student is expected to:
(A) identify an appropriate audience and coordinate
the presentation of findings related to a selected problem, issue,
or interest;
(B) present findings in a professional manner such
as using concise language, engaging content, relevant media, and clear
speech;
(C) evaluate feedback received from a presentation;
(D) evaluate the project's potential impact(s) on the
identified problem, issue, or interest; and
(E) analyze and report on personal learning experiences
such as essential skills gained, areas of personal growth, and challenges
encountered throughout the project.
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