What is Chapter 339?
Chapter 339 is a K-12 Guidance Plan with a focus on career and technical education.
Title 22 - Chapter 339 Career and Technical Education Standards require all schools to have a PDE-approved career and technical education programs or send their grades 9-12 students to another school for PDE-approved career and technical education program instruction to have a K-12 Guidance Plan.
PDE Chapter 339 Plan
The Pen Argyl Area School District K-12 Counseling Department Mission Statement
The mission of the Pen Argyl Area School District Counseling program, in cooperative partnership with students, educators, parents, and the post-secondary and business community, is to help prepare all students to become lifelong learners and responsible members of our workforce and global community by addressing the diverse and unique academic, career, and personal/social needs of all students.
How does Pen Argyl Area School District meet this requirement?
Pen Argyl Area School District uses Smart Futures across all grade levels to implement career planning and provide platform portfolio development within the classroom or virtually
BE FUTURE READY
Smart Futures presents SmartFutures.org, a career planning and portfolio platform that helps schools easily implement the Career Education and Work (CEW) Standards within any classroom or virtually.
BACKGROUND
Pennsylvania is the first state in the United States to require that all students graduate with a personalized career plan and portfolio that is tied to clearly defined K-12 career education benchmarks.
These benchmarks called the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Career Education and Work (CEW Standards) provide the curriculum road map that assures that all students are prepared for 21st century success.
Smart Futures provides educators with SmartFutures.org, a K-12 career planning and portfolio platform that helps schools easily implement the CEW Standards within any classroom or virtually.
OUR VISION
Smart Futures' vision is that every student graduating from a Pennsylvania high school has the preparation and planning needed for career success.
OUR MISSION
Smart Futures' mission is to provide Pennsylvania’s educators with innovative career education resources that help students “get real” – about who they are, where they are going, and how to get there.
To learn more about Smart Futures, please follow THIS link.
To learn more about the Career Institute of Technology opportunities for Pen Argyl Area School District students, please click here.