Atlanta ISD hosted an open house at the high school campus on Mar. 15, for members of the community to come see its state-of-the-art Career and Technical Education (CTE) building and both state-of-the-art ball fields.
Plans for this project began long ago and were finalized last year by the school board and put into action.
The CTE building features Audio/Video Production (audio/ video studio), Culinary Arts (with an industrial kitchen) and Health Science Technology (with health science lab) programs. There are also extra classrooms, offices and a classroom for video editing.
Students and educators were available to give guests a tour of the building and ball fields, and the Culinary Department provided cookies and lemonade.
The ball fields have amazing stadium seating and beautiful turf fields.
The facility also has a concession stand and restrooms inside in case the weather turns cold and/or wet.
Atlanta ISD is getting ahead of the curve with the new CTE building as students can now obtain culinary, audio/ video and health science technology certifications.
The CTE programs give students a jump start at careers after high school as industry-based certifications (IBC) are a valuable component of strong student pathways.
The Texas Education Code (TEC) requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to account for high school students who earn an industry-based certification as one indicator within the student achievement domain of the state’s public school accountability system.
The purpose of the IBC list is to identify certifications that prepare students for success in the workforce, military or postsecondary education.
There are close to 300 different certifications students can achieve such as Visual Design, App Development, Agriculture, HVAC, Mechanics, Welding, Masonry, Industrial Technology, Mill work, Real Estate and much, much more.
On Dec. 12, 2023, the Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) three-member commission adopted the Industry- Based Certification (IBC) Advisory Council’s Inventory of Industry-Recognized Credentials to comply with Texas Labor Code Chapter 312.
State law requires the TWC to provide a copy of the Industry- Recognized Credential Inventory to each school district and public institution of higher education that offers a career and technical education (CTE) program to public high school students.
Districts received this communication from TWC the week of Dec. 18, 2023.
While the TWC’s list of industry-recognized credentials may be used to provide additional opportunities to meet the educational and career goals of students, only the Texas Education Agency’s Industry Based Certification List for Public School Accountability with aligned certifying entities may be reported through the Texas Student Data System (TSDS) Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and count toward the College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) calculations for accountability and for reimbursement requests.
For more information about the TEA IBC requirements, please contact cte@tea.texas.gov .
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