Green Bay School District Implemented Four Academies

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Green Bay School DistrictImplemented Four
Academies

• in 2000-01 School Year

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Computer Information Technology Academy - West
HS

• Designed to prepare students for careers
• in the computer industry, students
• can gain experience in programming,
• networking and the Internet.

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Health Services Academy - East HS

• Students prepare for careers and
• explore opportunities in the
• health care industry.

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Integrated Manufacturing Academy - Preble HS

• Using a systems approach, students
• will use the latest technological
• resources available in the engineering
• and manufacturing industries.

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International Business Academy - Southwest HS

• Students will explore the cultural aspects
• of working and living in a global
• business community and prepare for
• related career opportunities.

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Four additional Academies were designed for
future consideration

• Applied Communications - Southwest HS
• Business Leadership Management -West HS
• Environmental Science-East HS
• Food Service, Lodging Tourism - Preble HS

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Brown County's Largest Industries and
Employers Top 10 Industry Groups Numerical
Change Industry Group Employers Employment 1
Year 5 Years -------------------------------------
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------------------------- Health Services 286
11,196 339 1,182 Eating and Drinking Places
363 8,979 525 1,669 Paper and Allied
Products 27 8,094 -328 100 Educational
Services 28 8,051 153 938 Business
Services 276 6,837 552 1,990 Trucking and
Warehousing 169 6,121 365 1,401 Food and Kindred
Products 38 6,056 -123 563 Special Trade
Contractors 436 4,723 675 880 Wholesale Trade -
Durable Goods 349 4,680 -29 627 General
Merchandise Stores 15 4,368 91 97 Source WI
DWD, BLMICS. ES-202 file tape, 1st Quarter
1999. March 1999
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Brown County's Largest Industries and
Employers Top 10 Private Sector
Employers Company Product or Service Size ------
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- Fort James (Geo. Pacific 12/2000) Paper
Products Manufacturer 1,000 Humana (Employers
Health Insurance) Insurance Services 1,000
Wisconsin Public Service Corp. Gas/Electric
Utility 1,000 Oneida Tribe of Indians -
Wisconsin Hospitality Entertainment 1,000
Shopko Stores, Inc. Retail Sales 1,000
Schneider National Inc. Transportation
Services 1,000 Bellin Memorial Hospital
Hospital 1,000 Saint Vincent Hospital
Hospital 1,000 American Medical
Security Insurance Services 1,000 Proctor and
Gamble Paper Products Manufacturer 1,000
Source WI DWD, BLMICS. ES-202 file tape, 1st
Quarter 1999. March 1999
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Economic Setting

• Health Services largest out of ten largest
  industry groups in Green Bay
• Eight of ten largest industries were from the
  Service Sector
• Two from Manufacturing
• paper
• food and kindred products industry

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• What is an Academy?
• ?

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Academy features

• Open to 11th and 12th grade students.
• A technical class focused on a career theme with
  related academic classes.
• A business/industry education partnership.
• A variety of applied and work-related learning
  experiences.
• A link to post secondary work, technical training
  and two-four year college goals.
• Three credits of required Academy courses for
  certificate
• Additional elective Academy courses.

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How do students access academies?

• 9th and 10th graders can
• Take introductory Academy courses offered at each
  of the four high schools
• 11th and 12th graders can
• Choose a single course or complete program at
  home high school or,
• Choose a single course or complete Academy
  program at another high school.
• Transportation - bus tokens for students who
  qualify for need
• Free and reduced lunch
• Consultation with their high school principal

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Academy Goals

• Show relevancy of academic curriculum
• Connect students career knowledge to their
  talents and aptitudes
• Give specific guidance in planning for
  post-secondary goals

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Academy advantages

• Demonstrates relevance of academic courses to
  future careers.
• May save time and money - dual credit at
  Wisconsin technical colleges and universities.
• Excellent means of preparing for working in the
  real world.
• Get foot in the door for post secondary
  opportunities
• Four-Year University
• Two-Year Technical College
• Post High School Employment

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ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT

• GREEN BAY ACADEMIES
• JUNE 2001

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Collaborative Action Research Team Members

• Shirley Andres, School to Work Coordinator
• Paula Geishirt, Southwest High School
  Counselor Department Chair
• Stephen Miller, Lead Teacher West High School
  Computer Information
  Technology Academy
• Michael Ptacek, Director of Curriculum for
  School to Work
• Lori Weyers, Vice President for Learning,
  Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

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Purpose of Project

• To find out why students chose or did not choose
  to participate in career academies and/or academy
  courses.

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Key Research Questions

• Why did students select or not select academy
  courses and/or academies?
• How did students learn about academies?
• How do students enrolled in academy courses
  and/or academies compare to those students not
  enrolled in academies?

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Setting Green Bay School District

• Over 20,000 students
• 4 High Schools (9-12)
• Over 20 minority students
• Over 15 students have disability

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High School SpecialNeeds Enrollments

• Enrollment LD ED CD Other Total of HS
• East 1315 110 61 29 22 222 16.9
• Preble 1985 160 89 18 37 304 15.3
• Southwest 1547 96 58 22 76 252 16.3
• West 1231 111 56 27 44 238 19.3
• Total 6078 7.8 4.4 1.6 2.9 1138 18.7
• Source Official Third Friday Student Membership
  Count in September

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High School Ethnic Enrollments

• High School Minority Status
• Enrollment Asian Black Hispanic Am.
  Indian Total of HS
• East 1315 174 29 149 61 413 31.4
• Preble 1985 88 20 120 42 270 13.6
• Southwest 1547 59 19 29 84 191 12.3
• West 1231 198 31 38 66 333 27.0
• Total 6078 8.5 1.6 5.5 5.8 1207 19.9
• Source Official Third Friday Student Membership
  Count in September

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Data Sources

• Academy Survey - All 11th graders
• Green Bay Schools Enrollment Data
• Academy Enrollment Data
• Special Education Data
• Free and Reduced Lunch Data
• Ethnic report
• MDRC Career Academy Study

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Three Surveys

• Survey A - Not in academy course
• Survey B - In academy course, but not pursuing
  academy certificate
• Survey C - In academy course, pursuing academy
  certificate

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Survey Design

• Online survey
• PowerPoint Introduction
• Four point Likert scale--agree, disagree
• Student Demographics
• gender, ethnicity, student services utilized,
  free reduced lunch, GPA, post secondary plans
• Open Comments
• Spanish Hmong translations available

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Survey Response

• Total respondents 965 (79) out of 1227
• juniors (1401 minus CD Alternative
• settings i.e. HSED,GED, CESA 7)
• Survey A 648 Respondents
• Survey B 255 Respondents
• Survey C 62 Respondents
• Source Official Second Friday Student
  Membership Count in January

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Junior Enrollments

• High School Juniors C. D.
• East 289 29
• Preble 432 18
• Southwest 381 22
• West 260 27
• Total 1401 96
• 1401 minus 96 CD students equals 1305
• Source Official Second Friday Student Membership
  Count in January

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Juniors in Alternative Settings

• Chance for Change 24
• CESA 7 Alternate H S 14
• Northeast Wisconsin
• Technical College HSED/GED 10 (East)
• 9 (Preble)
• 16 (SW)
• 5 (West)
• 1305 juniors minus 78 HSED/GED equals 1227
  juniors

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Total Survey Responses
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Surveys C B Analysis

• Students in surveys C B are both in academy
  courses
• Students in survey C have decided to pursue an
  Academy certificate
• Perhaps, many academy course students will decide
  in the future to pursue an Academy certificate
• Might want to combine survey C (62) respondents
  and survey B (255) respondents for some
  analytical purposes.

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Research Question 1

• Why students did or did not select academy
  courses and/or academies?

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Survey C - Academy Certificate

• Top Three Reasons Academy Students Selected An
  Academy
• work based learning opportunities 3.19
• related career interest 3.15
• liked academy personnel 3.15

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Survey B - Academy Course

• Top Three Reasons Academy Course Students Did Not
  Pursue A Certificate
• Academies not my thing 2.47
• Not related to career interest 2.42
• Did not fit post secondary plans 2.41

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Survey A - No Academy

• Reasons students did not pursue academy courses
• Not related to career interest 2.74
• Did not fit post secondary plans 2.19
• Academies not my thing 2.15
• Did not want to leave home school 2.11

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Survey C - Academy Certificate

• Features or activities that attracted
• students to pursue certificates
• Learning about jobs in class 3.39
• Class projects 3.15
• Guest speakers 3.14
• Career portfolios 3.10
• Field trips 3.08

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Survey B - Academy Course

• Activities/features that could attract
  course-takers to seek certificates
• Field trips 3.47
• Guest speakers 3.18
• Job shadowing 3.16
• Learning about jobs in class 3.14

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Survey A - No Academy

• Activities/features that could attract
  non-course-takers to Academies
• Field trips 2.90
• Learning about jobs in class 2.80
• Guest speakers 2.75
• Job shadowing 2.69

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Research Question 2

• How did students learn about academies?

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Survey C - Academy Certificate
How Academy Certificate Students learned about
Academies

• Information Source 13
• Other Teachers 11
• Lead Academy Teachers 10

• School Counselors 22
• Course Description Books 19
• Other Students 13

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Survey A - No Academy

• Number of Non-Academy-Course Students that said
  they would be attracted to Academies if they had
  more information about Academies
• Yes 21
• Possibly 47

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Research Question 3

• How do students enrolled in academy courses
  and/or academies compare to those students not
  enrolled in academies?

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Survey C - Academy Certificate
Gender Academy Certificates More male
students (61) are pursuing academy certificates
than female students (39).
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Survey B - Academy Course

• Gender Academy Courses
• The margin of difference between males(52) and
• females (47) was closer for students
• taking academy courses.

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Survey A - No Academy

• Non Academy Participants were
• female 52
• male 46

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Survey C - Academy Certificate
Note African American students were included in
the Southeast Asian data referenced above.
Ethnicity Academy Certificates 19 of the
students pursuing An Academy certificate were of
Southeast Asian or African American descent
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Survey B - Academy Course
Note African American students were included in
the Southeast Asian data referenced above.

• Ethnicity Academy Courses
• Students in Academy Courses were
• Southeast Asian or African American descent 10
• Hispanic 3
• American Indian 2
• Other 3
• Total Non-White 18

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Survey A - No Academy
Note African American students were included in
the Southeast Asian data referenced above.
Ethnicity Academy Participation 19 percent
of the Non-Academy Participants were Non-White
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Survey C - Academy Certificate

• of Free Reduced Lunch Students Seeking
  Academy Certificates
• Students Pursuing an Academy Certificate
• Thought They Were Eligible for Free or Reduced
  Lunch 19
• Unsure if They Were Eligible for Free or Reduced
  Lunch 24

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Survey B - Academy Course

• of Free Reduced Lunch Students in Academy
  Courses
• Students in Academy Courses
• Thought They Were Eligible for Free or Reduced
  Lunch 16
• Unsure if They Were Eligible for Free or Reduced
  Lunch 13

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Survey A - No Academy

• Free Reduced Lunch Students Academy
  Participation
• Non Participating Academy Students
• Thought They Were Eligible for Free or Reduced
  Lunch 13
• Unsure if They Were Eligible for Free or Reduced
  Lunch 18

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Survey C - Academy Certificate

• GPA Distribution of Academy
• Certificate Students
• 3.6- 4.0 23
• 3.1- 3.5 19
• 2.6- 3.0 34
• 2.1- 2.5 13
• Below 2.1 5

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Survey B - Academy Course

• GPA Distribution of Academy
• Course Students
• 3.6- 4.0 21
• 3.1- 3.5 34
• 2.6- 3.0 29
• 2.1- 2.5 10
• Below 2.1 5

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Survey A - No Academy

• GPA Distribution of Non Academy Participating
  Students
• 3.6- 4.0 21
• 3.1- 3.5 30
• 2.6- 3.0 27
• 2.1- 2.5 15
• Below 2.1 7

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Post-Secondary Plans
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Survey C - Academy Certificate

• Post Secondary Plans of Academy Certificate
  Students
• 4 year college or university 48
• technical or community college 30
• work 13
• specialty school 5
• military 4

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Survey B - Academy Course

• Post Secondary Plans of
• Academy Course Students
• 4 year college or university 51
• technical or community college 24
• work 15
• military 7
• specialty school 3

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Survey A - No Academy

• Post Secondary Plans of Non-Participating Academy
  Students
• 4 year college or university 44
• technical or community college 24
• work 22
• military 5
• specialty school 5

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KEY FINDINGS

• The reasons some students selected an academy
  are very similar to the reasons why other
  students did not select an academy (career
  interest, fit into post-secondary plans,
  academies are my thing or not my thing).
• Approximately 2/3s of students who did not
  select an academy, may have selected an academy
  if they had more information on academy
  activities and opportunities.
• Academies are currently attracting a wide range
  of academic abilities (grade point average,
  post-secondary plans).

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ADDITIONAL FINDINGS

• Need to Interest More Females in Academy
  Courses and Certificates
• students in academy courses
• 52 males
• 47 females
• students seeking certificates
• 61 males
• 39 females

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FINDINGS

• Features that students felt most attracted them
  to academies or academy courses
• Work-based Learning Opportunities
• Liked Academy Personnel
• Interested in this group of careers

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FINDINGS

• Information that most influenced students
  decisions to select an academy
• Learning about jobs in class
• Guest speakers
• Field trips
• Students learned about academies from
• School Counselor
• Course Description Book
• Information Source
• Other Students
• Other Teachers
• Lead Teachers

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