Core Plus Curriculum: Basic Skills for Manufacturing, Industry and the Skilled Trades
Clover Park Technical College's (CPTC) one-quarter Fundamental Skills for Manufacturing & Engineering (FSME) certificate is modeled on Core Plus, a curriculum created in Washington state through a partnership between the K-12 public education system and the Advanced Manufacturing industry. Core Plus focuses on basic skills that apply across a wide variety of industrial sectors and which prepare students for apprenticeship, additional education, or direct entry into the workforce.
Although developed for high school use, Core Plus materials may be suitable for adult learners in any course that introduces career pathways in the Skilled Trades, Manufacturing and Industry. For this reason, CPTC is making the full Core Plus – Year One curriculum available on Skills Commons as a resource for other institutions and initiatives. This curriculum was created in partnership with industry partners, who helped identify the “baseline” skills and knowledge that students need to be successful.
This set of learning resources, Core Plus - Year One, addresses foundational skills in 540 total hours of instruction at the high school level.
- Date:
- 2017
- Primary Material Type:
- Workshop and Training Material
- Other Material Types:
- Assessment Tool, Assignment, Open Textbook, Presentation, Quiz/Test, Reference Material, Syllabus, Tutorial
- Institution:
- Clover Park Technical College
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 4
- Subjects:
- basic skills for manufacturing and engineering, workforce development
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Core Plus was created through the leadership of the Manufacturing Industrial Council (MIC) of Seattle and developed with Washington state's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), and made possible through the financial support of The Boeing Company, which also provided technical assistance. Additional Core Plus contributors include Northwest Marine Trade Association, Washington National Guard, and Port of Seattle.
- Industry Sector:
- Manufacturing -- Transportation Equipment Manufacturing -- Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (3364)
- Occupation:
- Architecture and Engineering Occupations -- Mechanical Engineering Technicians (17-3027)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians (15)
- Credential Type:
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- Diploma
- Certificate
- Credential
- Stacked/Latticed Credential Model
- Associate Degree
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- 540 hours
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Mix of Active and Presentation.
- Quality Rubric:
- Other
- Quality Note:
- Core Plus was created through the leadership of the Manufacturing Industrial Council (MIC) of Seattle and developed with Washington state's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), and made possible through the financial support of The Boeing Company, which also provided technical assistance. Additional Core Plus contributors include Northwest Marine Trade Association, Washington National Guard, and Port of Seattle.
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Consultations during development of instructional materials
- Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
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- Industry Standard Quality Rubric; Custom Quality Rubric
- Course Note:
- Core Plus Curriculum: Basic Skills for Manufacturing, Industry and the Skilled Trades
Accessibility
- Accessibility Features:
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- Text Access - Text to Speech
- Text Adjust - Compatible
- Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colors
- Reading Order - Digital resource layout
- Structural Markup - Navigation Text
- Structural Markup - Lists
- Structural Markup - eReader application
- Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
- Colors Compatible With Assistive Technology
- Contrast Ratio of at Least 4.5:1.
- Language - Markup
- Language - Passage Markup
- Non Flickering Content
- Interactive - Keyboard
- Interactive - Markup
- Interactive - Text prompts
Copyright / Licensing
- Copyright Owner:
- Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
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