Curriculum & Training
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
This Curriculum and Training video provides a brief overview of offerings designed to help all learners reach their highest levels of achievement.
WHO WE ARE
Our Curriculum and Training program includes content experts, trainers, and researchers who specialize in developing curriculum, instruction, and systems to support adult learning. We are committed to collaborating across educational and workforce settings, because we envision a future where all learners reach their highest levels of achievement.
WHAT WE DO
We provide a full range of learning supports to a variety of systems and provider organizations including state-level government agencies, schools and colleges, direct service providers, and businesses. Our efforts are designed to improve outcomes for learners in evolving educational and workplace environments and assist organizations in improving practices through collaboration, evidence-based translational research practices, and state-of-the-art technologies.
OUR COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
We are committed to increasing our efforts toward the pursuit of a holistic approach to equity, social justice, and inclusion within our spheres of influence with government organizations; adult education, secondary, and post-secondary institutions; and business and industry partners.
Within the center, we are actively participating in the Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Movement with a majority of our team serving on the REDI Steering Team and leveraging our curriculum and instructional design expertise to create and deliver learning experiences to support center associates in their REDI journey.
Within our team, we are investing in our own reflective practices and our own development as designers, developers, and specialists guided by a focus on cultural humility.
Within adult education, we are offering trainings and facilitating conversations with administrators and instructors to identify biases and blind spots, to critically examine curriculum and instruction, and to review and improve policies to support equity, diversity, and inclusion in all interactions.
Aspire Professional Development Network
Since 1995, we have provided leadership and coordination of statewide adult education activities in collaboration with the state Aspire office at the
CETE Works Podcast
The Center on Education and Training for Employment’s 55+ years of experience illustrates the ability to anticipate changing conditions and evolve as
Experiential Learning Program for Visiting Scholars
Part a concerted effort by Ohio State’s College of Education and Human Ecology to foster collaboration and increase college engagement at the
Skilled Trades Professional Development Program
Our center serves as the technical lead in an effort to modernize job classifications and career progressions for current and future facilities
Special Education Data Profiles for Ohio School Districts
CETE associates and staff from the Office for Exceptional Children (OEC) at the Ohio Department of Education create, update, and maintain individualized
Program Team
Traci Lepicki
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Fara Allen
Program Coordinator
Jody Angelone
TRAINING DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
Adrienne Boggs
Program manager
Keli Bussell
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
Beth Crawford
Project MANAGER
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
This video highlights the importance of tests and best practices for developing them.
WHO WE ARE
Our Assessment program has over 30 years of experience in the creation, refinement, and delivery of assessments through multiple formats. Our item writing process efficiently creates reliable and valid instruments to measure job knowledge, skills, and work competencies for students and employees. Using specifications created from a practice or occupational analysis, content standards regulated by a governing body, or other provisions, we guide the creation of a repository of item banks for personnel selection and credentialing as well as measuring competency attainment in career-technical education.
WHAT WE DO
We are experienced in creating documentation for accreditation applications. For existing test item banks, we offer a secure online testing platform called WebXamTM that provides immediate feedback, customized reporting options, and personalized technical support. WebXamTM has served as the test administration platform for both certification exams and Ohio’s Career-Technical Education programs for over fifteen years. Our flagship Test Development Workshop provides attendees with the tools to create tests of occupational knowledge and skill for credentialing or personnel selection, and can be customized to meet the needs of any organization (and delivered off-site).
OUR COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
We acknowledge that we have a critical sphere of influence in working with state government organizations, secondary and post-secondary instructors, along with industry professionals, to create assessments utilized by the Career-Technical Education programs and other workforce development programs. We seek out experts in their career fields to ensure that individuals who take our assessments have a fair and equitable experience, regardless of what demographic groups they belong to.
In searching for and recruiting subject matter experts, we strive for a diverse pool of instructors and professionals to help us write and review all elements of our assessments. We are taking steps to recruit a more racially diverse population for item-writing workshops to assist in the creation of exams that demonstrate racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are also increasing our review of existing assessment items to check for content that could disadvantage test takers. As part of our efforts, we will:
- Create assessments that practice equity by having subject matter experts review items for inclusiveness during workshops and after workshops.
- Work closely with the Ohio Department of Education and their desires to address racial equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Collaborate with Dr. Kenyona Walker, CETE’s leading scholar in the area of race and education, on increasing the diversity and sourcing of item writers.
- Increasing the frequency of advanced forms of item analysis that detect possible inequity in assessments as part of our annual reviews, and before assessments are finalized.
Assessment Consultation Services
We offer several services that fall outside the scope of item writing. These services can be provided for clients who have the
Assessment Development & Item Writing Services
Our Assessment program has over thirty years of experience in developing statewide objective- and performance-based assessments for educational programs
WebXam™
Created and launched by our center in 2003, WebXam™ is an online test-delivery system that offers features such as data tracking and
