19 Tex. Admin. Code § 127.19 - Career and Technical Education Project-Based Capstone (One Credit), Adopted 2023
(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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