NEW DIRECTIONS IN CTE: WHATS THE CALL HOW DO WE GET THERE

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Wisconsin LVEC/CTE Coordinator Fall Workshop
Friday, September 21, 2007
Overview Implementing Career Clusters and
Pathways. Barbara.bitters_at_dpi.state.wi.us

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Overview-Issues, Challenges, and Rewards

• The Future of Work.
• What are Career Clusters, Pathways?
• What are Programs of Study (POS)?
• How Do We Get Started?
• What Resources are Available?

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Headlines

• Time Bomb in the Workforce
• Americas Perfect Storm
• Impending Crisis
• Skilled Labor Shortage
• Educator Shortage
• China and India Have More College Graduates
• 2005-China will produce 3.3 million college
  graduates India 3.1 Million (all English
  proficient) and the USA only 1.3 Million

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The Future of Work

• Shifting Demographic Patterns
• Slower growth of labor force
• More balanced composition by age, sex, ethnicity
• The Pace of Technological Change
• Further technological advances will increase the
  demand for a highly skilled workforce change the
  organization of business e.g. decentralized and
  specialized firms/orgs and change employment
  relationships e.g.. less permanent jobs,
  self-employment, distance work

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The Future of Work

• The Path of Economic Globalization
• Will affect industries and workforce segments
  that have been insulated from trade related
  competition in the past. (e.g.. IT)
• Job and economic losses will occur but will be
  offset in other economic sectors.
• Skills Needed strong non-routine, cognitive
  skills such as abstract reasoning,
  problem-solving, communication and collaboration

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Transition to 21st Century Workplaces

Source Adapted from Schray and Sheets (2002)
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Competitive Wisconsin, Inc.Goals for Educational
Competitiveness

• Competitive Wisconsin believes that for Wisconsin
  to be a leader in the knowledge economy,
  Wisconsin must act urgently and strategically to
  advance the educational attainment of all
  Wisconsin citizens.
• Goals
• 1.To produce or attract an additional 170,000
  individuals with BA degrees and 170,000
  individuals graduate degrees by 2020.

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Competitive Wisconsin, Inc.Goals for Educational
Competitiveness

• 2.100 high school graduation rate. Current drop
  out rates-overall 1.9, American Indians 4.4,
  Latino/a 5.4 , and African Americans 8.9
• 3.100 of high school graduates will be
  proficient or above in reading and mathematics.
  Current rates 74 in reading and 72 in math
  overall.

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Competitive Wisconsin, Inc.Goals for Educational
Competitiveness

• 4.Increase the rate of AP pass rates by
  100-current rate is 14.5
• 5.World languages should be available in 100 of
  elementary schools in the state
• 6.MPS is a special case and needs to increase
  achievement, reduce truancy, eliminate out of
  school suspensions and increase attendance rate
  to the statewide average.
• 7.Public and private sectors should prioritize
  their investments in education proportionate to
  the return on investments, not only for
  individuals, but for our economic future.

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Career Clusters are a Tool for seamless
educational system that

• Blends rigorous academic/technical preparation
• Provides career development
• Offers options for students to experience all
  aspects of a business or industry
• Facilitates/assists students and educators with
  ongoing transitions

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The Cluster/Pathway Framework Supports Ongoing
Efforts to move from Vocational Education to
Career and Technical Education
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Career Clusters Do.

• Provide a framework for continuing contemporary,
  high-quality programs
• Provide a framework for seamless education
• Provide more career options for students
• Provide a framework for organizing and
  reorganizing the delivery of career and technical
  education and needed 21st Century Skills
• Provide understanding of knowledge and skill
  transfer and verification of qualification

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Career Clusters Dont.

• Take away current high quality, contemporary
  programs
• Water down technical skill preparation
• Track learners into a single job
• Replace 6 (CTE) silos with 16 (Cluster) silos
• Eliminate CTSOs

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Career Cluster Framework

• A career-focused strategy within educational
  improvement and re-design efforts supporting
• Lifelong workforce preparation,
• economic development, and
• seamless transitions between education and
  training opportunities.

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4. Accountability and Continuous Improvement
3. Transition Planning and Policy
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2. Rigorous Curriculum and Quality Instruction
1. School Counseling and Career Development
Foundations
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What Are the Roots of Career Clusters?

• Wise Ones in the Room---Please shout out a
  previous names for related or similar efforts
  from 1963 to Now

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The Roots of Career Clusters.

• Vocational Education
• Career Education
• Developmental Guidance
• School to Work/Career
• Tech Prep
• Comprehensive School Counseling
• CTE

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The National Career Clusters Initiative

• Began in 2001 after OVAE had selected the
  Sixteen career Clusters.
• Has been developed through the involvement of
  stakeholders throughout the nation.
• Provides the overall model for implementation in
  Wisconsin.

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www.careerclusters.org
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Career Cluster Framework
Cluster Core Level Skills and knowledge all
students need within the cluster Pathway
Level Skills and knowledge necessary to pursue a
full range of career opportunities within a
pathway Career Specialties Represents the full
range of career opportunities within each path
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Time for Some

• Definitions

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Career Clusters

• An organizing tool defining education for
  post-secondary education and careers using 16
  broad clusters of occupations and 81 pathways
  with validated standards that ensure
  opportunities for all students regardless of
  their career goals and interests.

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Sample CORE Cluster Knowledge and Skills vary
by cluster

• Academic Foundations
• Technical Skills
• Communications
• Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
• Information Technology Application
• Systems
• Safety, Health and Environment

• Leadership and Teamwork
• Ethics and Legal Responsibilities
• Employability and Career Development
• Family Success
• Cultural Competency
• Financial Literacy
• Democratic Citizenship

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Career Pathways

• A career pathway is a coherent, articulated
  sequence of rigorous academic and career related
  courses, commencing in ninth grade and leading to
  an associate degree, and/or an industry-recognized
  certificate or licensure, and/or a baccalaureate
  and beyond.

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A Career Pathway is.

• Developed, implemented and maintained in
  partnership among secondary and postsecondary
  education, business, and employers.
• Career pathways are available to all students,
  including adult learners, and are designed to
  lead to rewarding careers.

Source CCTI
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List of 81 Pathways in National Career Cluster
Framework

• Agriculture, Food Natural Resources
• Food Products and Processing Systems
• Plant Systems
• Animal Systems
• Power, Structural Technical Systems
• Natural Resources Systems
• Environmental Service Systems
• Agribusiness Systems
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• Architecture Construction
• Design/Pre-Construction
• Construction
• Maintenance/Operations
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• Arts, A/V Technology Communications
• Audio and Video Technology and Film
• Printing Technology
• Visual Arts

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List of 81 Pathways in National Career Cluster
Framework

• Business, Management Administration
• Management
• Business Financial Management Accounting
• Human Resources
• Business Analysis
• Marketing
• Administrative Information Support
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• Education Training
• Administration and Administrative Support
• Professional Support Services
• Teaching/Training
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• Finance
• Financial Investment Planning
• Business Financial Management
• Banking Related Services
• Insurance Services

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List of 81 Pathways in National Career Cluster
Framework

• Health Science
• Therapeutic Services
• Diagnostics Services
• Health Informatics
• Support Services
• Biotechnology Research and Development
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• Hospitality Tourism
• Restaurants and Food/Beverage Services
• Lodging
• Travel Tourism
• Recreation, Amusements Attractions
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• Human Services
• Early Childhood Development Services
• Counseling Mental Health Services
• Family Community Services
• Personal Care Services
• Consumer Services

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List of 81 Pathways in National Career Cluster
Framework

• Information Technology
• Network Systems
• Information Support and Services
• Interactive Media
• Programming and Software Development
• Law, Public Safety Security
• Correction Services
• Emergency and Fire Management Services
• Security Protective Services
• Law Enforcement Services
• Legal Services
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• Manufacturing
• Production
• Manufacturing Production Process Development
• Maintenance, Installation and Repair
• Quality Assurance
• Logistics and Inventory Control

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List of 81 Pathways in National Career Cluster
Framework

• Marketing, Sales Service
• Management and Entrepreneurship
• Professional Sales and Marketing
• Buying and Merchandising
• Marketing Communications and Promotion
• Marketing Information and Research
• Distribution and Logistics
• E-Marketing
• Transportation, Distribution Logistics
• Transportation Operations
• Logistics Planning and Management Services
• Warehousing and Distribution Center Operations
• Facility and Mobile Equipment Maintenance
• Transportation Systems/Infrastructure Planning,
  Management, and Regulations
• Health, Safety and Environmental Management
• Sales and Service
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• Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics

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Career Specialties

• Training for specific jobs or occupations.
• Knowledge and Skill statements for this level
  would be created by industry standards and
  verified by business and industry representatives.

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Career Specialty Draws from Multiple Clusters and
Pathways
Family and Consumer Education
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Landscape Architect
Business and Information Technology
Architecture And Construction
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Individual Learning Plans

• A component included in the new Wisconsin
  Comprehensive School Counseling Model. Within the
  Learning Plans will be an individualized
  Plan/Program of Study chart for the sequenced
  listing of courses, both academic and CTE/degree
  major, that connects students high school and
  postsecondary educational experiences.

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Perkins 4 Programs of Study

• State approved programs, which may be adopted by
  local education agencies and postsecondary
  institutions to be offered as an option to
  students when planning for and completing future
  coursework, for career and technical content
  areas.

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Perkins Plans of Study Programs of Study

• 1. Incorporate secondary education and
  postsecondary education elements
• 2. Include coherent and rigorous content aligned
  with challenging academic standards and relevant
  career and technical content in a coordinated,
  non-duplicative progression of courses that align
  secondary education with postsecondary education
  to adequately prepare students to succeed in
  postsecondary education

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Perkins Programs of Study
 

• 3. May include the opportunity for secondary
  education students to participate in dual or
  concurrent enrollment programs or other ways to
  acquire postsecondary education credits and

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Perkins Programs of Study

• 4. Lead to an industry-recognized credential or
  certificate at the postsecondary level, or an
  associate or baccalaureate degree.

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http//www.cesa4.k12.wi.us/programs-services/caree
r-tech/careerplan.doc
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Steps for Developing POS

• Bring the players together.
• Determine the pathways to be developed.
• Target careers
• Include as part of POS
• Identify template format for POS.
• Clump the K and S statements into courses.
  (dont worry about specific titles yet.)

Source Ann and Gene Benson
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Wisconsin Public Education and Workforce
Development System Stakeholders

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Steps for Developing POS

• Bring the players together.
• Determine the pathways to be developed.
• Target careers
• Include as part of POS
• Identify template format for POS.
• Clump the K and S statements into courses.
  (dont worry about specific titles yet.)

Source Ann and Gene Benson
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Steps for Developing POS

• 5.Write course descriptions based on K S.
• 6. Identify academic courses to support K S.
• 7.Crosswalk to ensure appropriate local, state
  and national standards are met.
• 8. Plan for support of special pops and all
  students

Source Ann and Gene Benson
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Student Benefits

• Learners are more likely to enroll in rigorous
  and relevant coursework.
• Learners experience enhanced counseling and
  career development services through the cluster
  models identification of many clusters, pathways
  and specific careers.
• Learners experience aligned links from secondary
  to post-secondary education and work.
• Learners better equipped for lifelong successful
  career transitions, family, and community life.

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Teacher Benefits

• Access current and validated knowledge and skills
  to frame rigorous curriculum and instruction
  around.
• Provide an opportunity to enhance academic and
  technical achievement and success
• Provide multiple opportunities for shared
  planning, articulation, and relationship building
  with both high school and post-secondary
  colleagues.
• Broaden the scope of existing CTE programs to
  expose and connect learners to a wider range of
  career options
• Increase learner career development and
  post-secondary success.

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School Counselor Benefits

• Provide a focus for education, college and career
  planning to be connected (assessment,
  exploration, courses, and enrollment sequenced)
• Individualize students LEARNING plans
• Help parents and students see multiple education
  and career options within high school and
  post-high school opportunities
• Integrate new comprehensive school counseling
  model within and through career cluster framework

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Parent and Family Benefits

• Understand and visualize education and career
  options/pathways
• Use information to assist students (and parents
  or other caring adults) with navigating a career
  pathway
• Provide organized structure to enhance
  enrollment/course sequence, student assessments,
  career planning and development, and
  post-secondary transition planning

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Cluster Information

• National Association of State Directors of Career
  Technical Education Consortium--National Career
  Clusters Institute
• www.careerclusters.org/
• Oklahoma www.okcareertech.org/iis/careerclusters.
  htm
• Maryland
• www.marylandpublicschools.org
• Nebraska
• www.nde.state.ne.us/NCE
• Michigan
• www.michigan.gov/mdcd/0,1607,7-122-1680_2629_2722-
  28105--,00.html

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15 Critical Components for Career Clusters
Implementation
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Questions? Feedback? Suggestions? Connections?