19 Tex. Admin. Code § 2.322 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The definitions in § 2.3 of this chapter (relating to Definitions), apply for this subchapter unless a more specific definition for the same term is indicated in this rule.
(1) Assistant Commissioner--In this
subchapter means the Assistant, Associate, or Deputy Commissioner designated by
the Commissioner.
(2) Career and
Technical Education Course--A college-level workforce or continuing education
course offered by an institution of higher education which earns either
semester credit hours or continuing education units toward satisfaction of a
requirement necessary to obtain an industry-recognized credential, certificate,
or applied associate degree. Career and technical education courses are listed
in the Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM).
(3) End of Course Outcomes--The specific and
measurable statements that define the knowledge and skills learners will
demonstrate by the completion of a course.
(4) Institution--In this subchapter means any
public junior college, public community college, public technical institute, or
public state college.
(5) Local
Need Course--A course that is not contained in the Workforce Education Course
Manual database and for which approval is requested by a specific institution.
A Local Need Course, upon approval, is added to the institution's course
inventory in the Workforce Education Course Manual database for use in a career
and technical education program.
(6) Rubric--An identifier assigned to a
career and technical education course for classifying, recording, and reporting
workforce education courses. A rubric is not intended to drive the selection of
course offerings but to serve as a guide once an institution has identified the
course description and end of course outcomes.
(7) Special Topics Course--A course that is
for temporary use or transitional content. A Special Topics course should be
used only when course content and end of course outcomes do not exist in a
career and technical education course contained in the Workforce Education
Course Manual database. A Special Topics Course may address recently identified
current events, knowledge, and skills pertinent to the technical area and
relevant to the occupational development of the student.
(8) Subject Matter Expert--A public junior,
technical or state college representative who is an expert in the knowledge,
skills, and abilities of a specific career and technical education
course.
(9) Workforce Education
Course Manual (WECM) Advisory Committee--The WECM Advisory Committee provides
the Coordinating Board with advice regarding the content, structure, and
currency of courses in the WECM database, as established in chapter 1,
subchapter T, of this title (relating to Workforce Education Course Manual
Advisory Committee). The committee is responsible for field engagement in the
maintenance and use of the WECM database and courses contained within the
database.
(10) Workforce Education
Course Manual (WECM) Database--An online database composed of the Coordinating
Board's statewide inventory of approved career and technical education courses
available for Institutions to use in industry-recognized credentials,
certificates, and applied associate degree programs.
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