IAC Codes and CTE Data Collection Process

IAC Codes! IAC Codes! What are They? What are They? Jessie Sloan CTE Data Consultant March 12, 2025

Agenda Agenda Introduction Definitions IAC codes Career Pathway Guidance for Concentrators Perkins Data Collection Directions WISEdata Portal WISEdash for District

Introduction Introduction CTE Data Resources CTE and Career Education Snapshot Preparation Guide CTE and Career Education Data WISE Guide

Perkins Data Collection Directions Perkins Data Collection Directions Perkins Data Collection Directions Consolidated Annual Report to the U.S. Department of Education An eligible agency must provide disaggregated data for its CTE participants and concentrators in the 16 career clusters DPI submits the CAR to USDE. LEA s submit Concentrators status to DPI. Concentrator status is submitted by IAC code, associated to a cluster. Cluster is associated to an LEA s career pathway.

Definitions Definitions CTE Concentrator - a secondary student in grades 11 or 12 who has completed (passed) a minimum of two CTE courses in a single career pathway throughout their high school career. Instructional Area Codes (IAC) - Districts create career pathways through the Perkins grant and regional career pathway work. IAC codes are used to represent a career pathway and determine non-traditional field gender. Creates a common data standard and classification system. Roster Work Plan organizational planner to help schools keep a historical record of the CTE courses and data elements that make up career pathways. Housed on the CTE Data Resources webpage.

IAC Codes IAC Codes (1 of 3) (1 of 3) Instructional Area Code (IAC) is a number, used to represent a career pathway. CTE Concentrators are assigned an IAC when they complete 2+ CTE courses from a career pathway and are in 11th and 12th grade. Career pathways are a sequence of courses and programs that district CTE/Career Ed teams develop, in conjunction with your local labor market. The local labor market is defined by employer stakeholders. Employer stakeholders are meeting with CTE/Career Ed team to strategically align CTE courses and programs to outline educational opportunities for students interested in learning about a career cluster.

IAC Codes IAC Codes (2 of 3) (2 of 3)

IAC Codes IAC Codes (3 of 3) (3 of 3) NTO Nontraditional Occupation for a specific gender. The letter F or M, informs that a gender is nontraditional (underrepresented) for a cluster. If no letter is in the NTO column, both genders are equally represented in the workforce, for that cluster.

Roster Work Plan Example: Roster Work Plan Example: Career Pathway Data Elements Career Pathway Data Elements

What You Need to Do: What You Need to Do: 1. Identify CTE/Career Ed team that is creating career pathways .CTE teachers. 2. Identify Data Entry personnel who sets up the student information system (SIS), course master. 3. CTE/Career Ed team documents each career pathway on the Roster Work Plan and submits to Data Entry. 4. Data Entry updates SIS based on the Roster Work Plan. 5. Data Entry watches the CTE Data Training in WISEdata Portal>Resources. 6. Data Entry follows SIS directions for running utilities, ad hocs, and any other SIS specific assistance to identify CTE Concentrators. 7. CTE Concentrators are identified in the SIS before June 30, each year. 8. CTE/Career Ed team reviews WISEdata Portal export>CTE Concentrators before June 30. 9. CTE/Career Ed team uses WISEdash for District>Perkins dashboard>CTE Concentrators to make data- based decisions and write the Perkins grant.

Q & A Q & A Scan the QR Code to go to the WISEdata 2025 Conference webpage. Jessie Sloan CTE Data Consultant You can leave feedback, view the agenda, read about the sessions, and more! Jessica.Sloan@dpi.wi.gov Thank you!