CareerTech Glossary

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H.323: A protocol of commands to enable video conferencing over the Internet.
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HS: High School
HUD: Housing and Urban Development.
Half-time Program (Comprehensive School): Any program operating less than a full-time comprehensive program. Programs meeting this requirement are eligible to receive partial state funding. Exceptions to this rule can be found in the Rules for Career and Technology Education.
Health Careers Education Division (HCE): The educational division of the ODCTE that administers health careers education programs in technology centers and comprehensive high schools.
Health Careers Education Programs: Programs that are designed to prepare students in five major areas of study within the health science career cluster: therapeutic services, diagnostics services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.
Health Certification Project: Health Certification Project
Health Certification Project (HCP): A joint project between the ODCTE and the Oklahoma State Department of Health that coordinates the development and administration of certification tests for nurse aide, medical micropigmentation, sanitarian, and related occupations.
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA): The Career and Technology Student Organization for students enrolled in Health Occupations Education.
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration
High Demand: Occupations in which state, local, or regional labor market indicators show employment demand exceeds supply. Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006.
High School: A secondary school offering the final years of school work necessary for graduation, usually including grades 9, 10,11, and 12. (State Department of Education, 2005)
High Schools That Work (HSTW): A framework of goals, key practices, and key conditions that schools implement to raise student achievement and meet higher standards. The primary goals are to raise the mathematics, communication, problem-solving, and technical achievement of students and to blend the essential content of traditional college-preparatory studies with quality career and technical studies. HSTW is the largest and oldest of the Southern Regional Education Board's school improvement initiatives for high school and middle grade leaders and teachers. More than 1,200 HSTW sites in 32 states are using the framework of HSTW Goaks and Key Practices to raise student achievement.
High Skill: Occupations that require industry-recognized certificates, credentials, postsecondary training, apprenticeship, or degrees. Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006.
High Wage: Occupations with a statewide average hourly rate equal to or greater than the average hourly rate of all occupations as reported by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The current statewide average hourly rate is $15.32 in Oklahoma according to the Oklahoma Wage Network.
Human Resources (HR): The entity of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education that coordinates hiring and orientation activities, provides professional growth opportunities, and specific training programs for staff members and maintains the compensation, benefits, and performance review systems.

by Lynn Hughes — last modified 2008-02-21 21:31