Career Technical Education Pathways

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Career Technical Education Pathways

• Collaborating to Walk the Talk Taking Action to
  Educate Every Child Now

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What is CTE?

• SFUSDs CTE department partners with businesses,
  educators and the community to help students earn
  about career fields in growing industry sectors
  based on labor market needs. It also creates
  pathways to higher education and career options.

• High school teacher teams reinforce CTE standards
  throughout the core curriculum to create a
  multidimensional approach to college and career
  preparation.
• Students are in a cohort.

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Some fun facts

• Academies have a 90 national graduation rate
  (nation avg. 67, urban avg. 50)
• 80 of academy students go on to post-secondary
  education almost half were first in their
  families to do so

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More fun facts

• Academy students are twice as likely to take
  college-level courses in high school
• Academy students are 60 less likely to require
  remedial college coursework
• Academy students are 52 more likely to graduate
  from college in 4 years

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Example of CTE Program
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Academies / Pathways
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Partnerships with Community

• Activities of Advisory Boards

• Members of corporate business, non-profit
  agencies, foundations and institutions of higher
  learning volunteer to help students gain real
  world work experiences.
• Our Advisory Boards meet monthly to find ways to
  enrich classroom curriculum

• Provide summer internship
• Guest speakers / Field Trips
• Host job shadowing
• Act as Mentors
• Engage in fundraising
• Provide Externships for teachers
• Assist teaches with industry specific curriculum

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Internships

• The paid summer internship program provides a
  work-based learning experience for high school
  students within academies.
• 270 students placed this summer!!

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Just a few of our Business and Industry Partners

• Bar Association of San Francisco
• Chancellor Hotel
• City College of SF
• Comptroller of the Currency
• Golden Gate Restaurant Association
• James Irvine Foundation
• Kaiser Permanente

• United Way
• Mayors Office of Workforce Development
• McCarthy Building Co
• Pacific Gas and Electric
• Patelco Credit Union
• SF State
• Swinerton Inc
• Wells Fargo

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CTE has the Strategic Plan written all over it

• 1.1 Diminish the historic power of demographics
• Academies are open to all students
• Strong recruitment efforts

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CTE has the Strategic Plan written all over it

• 2.1 Ensure authentic learning for every child
• 2.2 Prepare the citizens of tomorrow
• 2.3 Create learning beyond the classroom

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CTE has the Strategic Plan written all over it

• 3.2 Create the culture of service and support
• CTE department supports students, parents and
  teaches
• Community / Industry partners are very
  involved in schools