Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Iowa Department of Education is seeking Proposals from qualified Vendors for work as a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Secondary Standards Specialist. The scope of work will include the following: Working with the 6 Iowa CTE service areas to become familiar with current standards and identify needs Becoming familiar with the Secondary Program Approval Process and the standards requirement Creating a process similar to the core standards adoption process for standard approval Ensuring standards are sufficiently robust for high school programs Ensuring standards are vetted through the program management committees, public comments, etc. Preparing documents for presentation to the State Board