GIS, STEM, and CTE

Last week I presented in Wichita, KS at the Kansas Winter Career and Technical Education (CTE) Conference.  My task was to present GIS and how it linked to the Kansas STEM Career Cluster.  Kansas is unique in that current CTE standards explicitly call for the extended use of GIS in the Cluster Map for Geospatial Technology (basically a scope and sequence for studying STEM through a Kansas CTE program).  Learn more about it at the Kansas Department of Education.’s STEM page.

No CTE discussion would be complete without at least mentioning best practices, workforce competencies, and articulation with other in-state colleges and universities. This brought us to a lite touch on the DOL Geospatial Technology Compentency Model and the Esri career resources at the EdCommunity. Altogether, it was a great day with over 100 new Kansas CTE learning more about how GIS is STEM and bought are a key part of CTE.


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