CTE Local Articulation Agreements

How to take advantage of local articulated agreements to obtain free college credits.

To take advantage of an articulation agreement, a CTE student must do the following:

• Review the terms of the local articulation agreement to better understand its benefits and specific requirements.
  
  
• Pass the CTE end-of-program assessment known as the NOCTI Exam (with a score of competent or advanced). Students who earn these scores receive a certificate from the State of Pennsylvania, acknowledging their accomplishment.
  
  
• Obtain a copy of his/her completed and signed Competency Task List. The Competency Task List, issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), is a detailed list of the skills students must learn in each program of study.  When a student masters a competency task, the program instructor certifies this by placing their initials next to the task in the student’s Competency Task List Booklet.  This booklet is provided to each CTE student during the first year of the program.  The CTE instructor uses this booklet to keep track of the student’s progress.
  
  
• Apply and be admitted to the post-secondary education institution that accepts articulated credits. 
  
  
• Provide a written “notice of intent to articulate” to the post-secondary institution.
  
  
• Gather and submit the following SOAR/POS Paperwork and forward it to the college (this is the student’s responsibility):
  • Copy of High School Diploma
  • Official High School Transcript (request from high school counselor)
  • NOCTI Skills Certificate or Certificate of Completion (obtain from CTE Career counselor)
  • POS Perkins Statewide Articulation Agreement Student Documentation Cover Sheet (obtain from CTE Career counselor)
  • Secondary Program Competency Task List signed by CTE program instructor (obtain from CTE program instructor)
• Mail these materials to the college admissions office (send as early as possible so that your fall semester college schedule will reflect the articulated college courses and credits).     

Articulated credits are good for up to 3 years from your date of high school graduation.

Articulated college credits are just one of the many benefits of successfully completing a CTE program of study.