Berwick Area SD staff present revised high school course handbook, CTE articulation work and TSI and calendar proposals for board approval

Shay, staff member with the high school administrative team, told the school board that the high school has produced a revised course handbook that organizes course descriptions, career pathways and certification opportunities and ties classes to work-based placements and articulation with local colleges.

"We are going to get started with talking about our high school course handbook provisions," Shay said, summarizing the handbook and noting that staff did not add new courses for next year but focused on presenting existing offerings and pathways.

The handbook groups Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses into career pathways — examples cited include rehabilitation aide, health sciences, communications/media, systems management, manufacturing and trades, and fine arts — and lists related certifications and skill areas. Shay said six credits form the core rehabilitation aide sequence and that staff are working on articulation agreements so students can carry 4–6 college credits into postsecondary programs.

Shay described two approaches for college credit: dual enrollment, which she described as course-by-course credit often taught on campus with a small student fee (about $30–$40 per credit, as noted in the presentation), and articulation agreements, which package a sequence of district CTE courses so a college recognizes them as credit if…