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Director outlines new CTE courses, in-house CNA and credit-recovery plans for 2026–27
Summary
District teaching-and-learning staff proposed two AP-for-CTE courses, an in-house CNA program to reduce student travel and cost, incubator and journalism course additions, and a switch to an Imagine Learning EdgeX credit-recovery platform that supports 130+ language translations.
The district’s director for teaching and learning presented a package of curriculum proposals and program changes aimed at expanding career-and-technical education and increasing access for students.
The director said the board would be asked to approve two AP‑for‑CTE courses for 2026–27: AP Business with Personal Finance, a yearlong, weighted course that could replace Intro to Business, and AP Cybersecurity, designed to deepen cyber-focused instruction rather than hardware training. Both courses are proposed to support pathway endorsements and broaden student access to college-level work.
The director also described a plan to create an in‑house certified nursing assistant (CNA) program. Currently, students travel to the Technical Career Center (TCD) for CNA and related programs, a schedule that consumes several afternoon periods and costs the district about $6,000 per student in subsidies. The district estimates bringing CNA coursework into the high school would provide six hours of dual credit and reduce travel time and per‑student expense, allowing more students to participate.
On credit recovery, staff are investigating Imagine Learning’s EdgeX. The director described EdgeX as a modern platform with on‑screen transcripts and timed videos that include translation in more than 130 languages, and said administration would return with a formal recommendation if the software is selected to replace the current Connexus service.
The presentation also proposed incubator (entrepreneurship) curriculum, two earlier journalism courses to broaden student eligibility for the school paper, and a new dual‑credit offering in Living with Health through the physical development department. The director said course recommendations come from division heads and a collaboration committee that includes teacher-leader and faculty representation.
Board members asked how dual‑credit alignment would work and how student interest is measured. The director said dual‑credit partnerships are limited by college course availability and faculty credential requirements, noting that AP Seminar will run next year and that the district uses SchoolLinks career‑interest surveys to measure student demand; health care and media ranked highly in survey responses.
The director said professional development and curriculum alignment work will continue, and that any formal pathway requests must be submitted to the state for approval. The board will review formal course proposals as part of the regular consent or action agenda in coming meetings.
