A Vision for the Future: Oklahomas Career Clusters Design

1
A Vision for the Future Oklahomas Career
Clusters Design
Presented to Supervisors and Division Heads,
3/5/07
2
Purpose

• Our Challenge
• Our Solution
• When will it happen?

3
Why?

• Our Economy is Changing to
• Technology-Driven
• Knowledge-based
• Global
• Increased Employer Demands.

4
Why?

• Supports 6 Major Initiatives
• EDGE
• Governors Council for Workforce and Economic
  Development
• The Alliance Initiative
• The New Carl Perkins Legislation
• No Child Left Behind
• Achieving Classroom Excellence

5
Old New

• Vocational Education
• Technical skills
• Focused on a few jobs
• In lieu of academics/College
• Program Focused
• Entry-level preparation

• CTE
• Tech skills and academics
• For many careers
• Aligns/Supports Academics
• 16 Clusters-81 Pathways
• Industry focused to create new pathways for
  career advancement

6
Our Solution

• A model that
• Fits our Mission to Help Oklahomans Succeed in
  the workplace, Education and Life.
• Prepares Students for a Broad Range of Career
  Options
• Employment
• Technical and Postsecondary Education
• Life Long Learning
• Increases our Ability to meet Industry
  Expectations

7
Our Solution

• Adopts the National Career Clusters Framework
  Consisting of 16 Clusters and Defined Pathways.
• Adds Components Unique to Oklahoma.
• Career Majors
• Courses
• Allows us to become Industry Focused, Student
  Centered, And Performance Driven.

8
Our Solution

• A new Instructional Framework.
• Extensive Professional Development.
• Revised Core Business Processes.

9
New Instructional Framework

• Realigning Existing Programs to a Sequence of
  Courses (Career Majors) based on
  industry-Identified
• Knowledge
• Skill
• Credentials

10
Programs to Courses

• Using the Career Clusters Model

11
(No Transcript)
12
A career cluster is a grouping of occupations and
broad industries based on commonalities. A
career cluster represents the knowledge and
skills, both academic and technical, that all
students within the cluster should achieve
regardless of their pathway.
Cluster
Pathway
Career Major
Course
Competency
13
Sixteen Career Clusters
14
Information Technology Cluster
15
Information Technology Cluster
16

• A pathway is a more narrow grouping of
  occupations and broad industries within a career
  cluster.
• The pathway represents the knowledge and skills,
  both academic and technical, necessary to pursue
  a full range of career opportunities within a
  pathway - ranging from entry level to management,
  including technical and professional career
  specialties.

Cluster
Pathway
Career Major
Course
Competency
17
Interactive Media Pathway
18
A career major is a model sequence of courses or
field of study that prepares a student for a
career and ensures that Integration occurs
between academic and occupational
learning Transitions are established between
secondary schools and postsecondary
institutions Students are prepared for
employment in a broad career cluster
and Students receive a skill credential.
Cluster
Pathway
Career Major
Course
Competency
19
Web Design Career Major
20
A course is an instructional unit that includes a
set of defined competencies, a syllabus or course
outline and a measure of accountability,
evaluation, or assessment. A course may be
occupational, exploratory, academic,
foundational, or competency development.
Cluster
Pathway
Career Major
Course
Competency
21
Fundamentals of Web Design Course

• 8463 Fundamentals Of Web Design
• Web Design Principles
• Web Authoring Languages
• Web Authoring Tools

22
A competency is a specific work task performed on
the job. It is a large enough task to be valued
in and of itself and is measurable and
observable.
Cluster
Pathway
Career Major
Course
Competency
23
Competency

• 8463 Fund. Of Web Design
• Web Design Principles
• Web Authoring Languages
• Web Authoring Tools

Cluster
Pathway
Career Major
Define Internet Communications Protocols
Course
Competency
24
Transfer Matrix Credits

• 8463 Fund. Of Web Design
• Web Design Principles
• Web Authoring Languages
• Web Authoring Tools

8463 Fundamentals of Web Design 180 Clock
Hours 28 Competencies 9 College Credits
25
Revising Core Business Processes

• CareerTech Information System (CTIS)
• Programs to Courses Transition
• Accreditation and Evaluation Standards
• Financial Aid Requirements
• Performance Measures
• Career Major Approval Process
• CareerTech Rules
• Funding Structure

26
Revising Core Business Processes

• Professional Development
• Communication and Marketing
• Carl Perkins IV

27
How?

• Create Teams that will Seek Input from
• Technology Centers
• Comprehensive Schools
• Skills Centers
• Education and Economic Development Partners

28
When?

• Initial Frameworks submitted for Entry into CTIS
  Mar 1, 2007.
• Initial Frameworks Available to Schools Mar 15,
  2007
• Performance Measures Developed, and Input
  Gathered From the Field. Mar 1, 2007 May 1,
  2007
• Business Processes Developed and Input Gathered
  From the Field. Mar. 1 2007 May 1. 2007

29
When?

• Business Processes Finalized. June 1, 2007
• Performance Measures Finalized. June 1, 2007
• Communications and Marketing Plan Developed and
  Input Gathered From the Field. Mar 1, 2007 May
  1, 2007
• Communications and Marketing Plan Finalized. June
  1 2007

30
When?

• Initial Professional Development, Instructional
  Tools and Resources Identified. June 1, 2007.
• Summer Conference Dedicated to Communications and
  Professional Development Regarding Career
  Clusters and CTIS. Aug, 2007
• Communications and Professional Dev. Ongoing.
  Aug, 2007 Aug, 2008

31
When?

• School Develop Their Instructional Frameworks
  Mar, 2007 Jan, 2008
• Schools Pre-enroll by Cluster, Pathway, Career
  Major and Course. Spring, 2008
• CTIS Deployment. June, 2008
• Schools Enroll on CTIS by Cluster, Pathway,
  Career Major, and Course. Fall 2008

32
Questions?