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District presents CTE update; IoT students report average $1,240 earnings this year
Summary
Chelsea Wilson presented the Boise Independent District's data-driven CTE update, reporting 65 programs, 87 teachers, 2,342 industry certifications last year and that Individualized Occupational Training (IoT) students have averaged $1,240 in earnings so far; trustees asked about capacity and outreach.
Chelsea Wilson, the Boise Independent District’s K–12 career technical education program advocate, told the board the district has restructured CTE leadership and is pursuing expanded pathways and outreach to increase student participation.
Wilson said the new leadership model includes an area director for CTE and roles to coordinate programming and compliance across schools. “This new leadership model was an outcome of a CTE strategic planning focus group,” she said, and the team—together eight months—now supports 65 programs with 87 teachers districtwide.
Wilson front-loaded district metrics in the presentation: DTech (the district’s career-technical center) participation is at an all-time high; districtwide students earned 2,342 industry certifications last year; and 77% of graduates took at least one CTE course. “Students are engaged, driven, and have earned, on average, $1,240 each since the beginning of the school year,” Wilson said when…
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