Wisconsin students can get a jump-start on their future by participating in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs offered through their school. jmc helps schools maintain CTE course records, track student program completion, and report required CTE data to the state through WISEdata. Whether CTE opportunities take place during the school day or through internships and other non-course-based experiences, jmc provides the tools needed to manage the full process.
jmc breaks the CTE tracking and reporting process into the following components:
Creating Career and Technical Education Courses
Tracking Course-Based and Non-Course-Based CTE Opportunities
Identifying CTE Concentrators
Seamlessly Reporting CTE Data to the Wisconsin DPI
Creating Career and Technical Education Courses
Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs provide students with valuable educational pathways in areas such as Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Business and Information Technology; Family and Consumer Sciences; Health Science; Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship; and Technology and Engineering. In jmc, users can create courses associated with CTE programs to begin tracking student participation and progress.
The "State Specific Section" tab: Associate course sections with state-defined programs such as CTE, Dual Credit, or World Languages. This connects each enrolled student to the appropriate program.
The "State Specific Course” tab: Enter the state-recognized course code and corresponding CTE pathway. This information allows jmc to identify student progress toward CTE Concentrator status and supports compliant WISEdata reporting.
Tracking Course-Based or Non-Course-Based CTE opportunities
Course-based CTE opportunities include classes that are part of a state-recognized CTE pathway. When students complete these courses, they earn program credit that moves them toward Concentrator status.
Non-course-based CTE opportunities include internships, work-based learning (WBL), simulated worksites, and Industry-Recognized Credential (IRC) activities. These experiences count toward a student’s CTE participation and must be recorded for reporting purposes. jmc provides flexible tools to document student progress in both scenarios.
Mass Create Student Section Programs: A time-saving bulk assignment tool that creates program history records for all eligible students who complete a course tied to a CTE, Dual Credit, or World Language program.
Student Section Details and Overrides: A section-level editor that allows you to adjust or correct program records for individual students, including those added through the mass-create process.
The "Program" tab (for non-course based CTE opportunities): Used to record CTE experiences that occur outside the traditional course structure, such as internships, work-based learning placements (WBL), Industry-Recognized Credential activities (IRCs), job shadowing, or simulated worksites.
Identifying CTE Concentrators
In Wisconsin, a CTE Concentrator is a student who completes at least two CTE courses within a single career pathway during high school. jmc’s combined course, transcript, and program history tools make identifying CTE Concentrators straightforward.
Import Program History from Prior Year: Carries forward existing pathway records so students maintain continuity as they complete additional coursework year to year.
CTE Report: Identifies students who have completed two or more courses within a single CTE pathway, prompting staff to create a Concentrator record. The report also displays all students with CTE program history records, including Concentrators, Industry-Recognized Credential participants, and Work-Based Learning students.
Seamlessly reporting CTE data to the Wisconsin DPI
Students who are CTE Participants—those who have completed at least one CTE course or participated in a non-course-based CTE experience—or CTE Concentrators—those who have completed at least two CTE courses within a single career pathway and have a CTE Concentrator Program record on the View Student Data page—are reported to the Wisconsin DPI through WISEdata. This reporting follows the same process used for all student and course-level data during the Start Year, During the School Year, and End Year workflows.
Send Course Offerings button: Submits course-level data to WISEdata, including state-recognized course codes and corresponding CTE pathways.
Send Sections button: Submits section-level program data to WISEdata, including Career and Technical Education programs such as Industry-Recognized Credentials (IRCs) and Work-Based Learning (WBL).
Update Students and Update Students by Grade Level: Submit student-level data to WISEdata, including students identified as CTE Participants and students with Program records that define them as CTE Concentrators.