Clackamas Career and Technical Education Consortium (C-TEC)
Clackamas Career and Technical Education Consortium (C-TEC) is a consortium of schools and partners in Clackamas County committed to creating high quality pathways from education to the workforce. Our teaching and learning team coordinates C-TEC, which facilitates career education and work-based learning for high school students in collaboration with Clackamas Community College. C-TEC’s work is guided by a steering committee of district and community partners. Funding for the program comes mainly from the federal Carl Perkins grant, coordinated through Oregon Department of Education (ODE).
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Teaching & Learning News
High School Success Network uses data, teamwork to keep students on pathway to graduation
There are many factors that drive student success in school, but one of them is crystal clear: School attendance matters. Chronic absenteeism has grown dramatically in Oregon since the COVID-19 pandemic. Our state has one of the worst chronic absenteeism rates in the country, with about one in three students [...]
Staff spotlight: Melanie Inns, student services support assistant
The first full week of March is designated as Classified Employee Appreciation Week. At Clackamas ESD alone, we have more than 60 types of classified jobs. These are people who touch every corner of our agency’s work and the districts we support, from providing hands-on help to teachers, children and families, to [...]
Staff spotlight: Schay Esparza and Alexis Burnett, Clackamas Data Project
High-quality information is key to making informed decisions on how to better support students and families. Schay Esparza, assistant director of data and evaluation services, and Alexis Burnett, research analyst, bring deep experience in K-12 and higher education and a people-first approach to their work leading data projects for our [...]