Career Pathways: The New Career Technical Education

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Career Pathways The New Career Technical
Education

• Ann Benson
• Education Consultant
• 405-743-2919
• gben_at_brightok.net

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Essential Questions

• How are we doing and why are we getting involved
  in using career clusters, career pathways and
  programs of study?

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2006 HSTW CTE Students Percentage Meeting
Reading Performance Goal-279
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2006 HSTW CTE Students Percentage Meeting
Mathematics Performance Goal-297
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2006 HSTW CTE Students Percentage Meeting
Science Performance Goal-299
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2006 HSTW CTE Students Percentage Having
Intensive Work-based Learning Experiences
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Percent of Students Who Take Remedial Courses

• 63 at two-year institutions
• 40 at four-year institutions

The Bridge Project Stanford University
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How Hiring Practices Will Change

• 28 will reduce hiring those with only a high
  school diploma
• 49.5 will increase two-year college graduates
• Almost 60 will increase their hires of four-year
  college graduates
• 42 will increase their hires of post-graduates
  within next five years
• The
  Conference Board

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Vocational Education vs. Career and Technical
Education
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A bit of history

• U.S. Department of Education
• National Association of State Directors of Career
  Technical Education
• National Advisory Committees
• Cluster Leaders

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Career Clusters

• An organizing tool defining CTE 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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Career Pathway

• 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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Programs of Study (Pathways) As Defined in Perkins
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Perkins 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 Programs of Study

• 1. Incorporate secondary education and
  postsecondary education elements

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Perkins Programs of Study

• 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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16 Career Clusters


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So where do Career Clusters fit in? What are they?

• Career Clusters are groupings of occupations and
  industries
• These groupings are used as an organizing tool
  for
• Curriculum Design
• Instructional Guidance Model
• Seamless Transition

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What about Career Pathways?

• A Career Pathway represents a grouping of
  occupations within a cluster based on
  commonalities

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What are the Programs of Study?

• A sequenced listing of courses, both academic and
  CTE/degree major, that connects students high
  school and postsecondary educational experiences
• A set of course descriptions for the CTE/degree
  major courses based on knowledge and skill
  statements

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• www.careerclusters.org

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Our Rules for Development-POSWe Recommend Them
for Your Use!

• POS are only samples
• Template is set-No Tinkering!
• Coursework must be rigorous enough to ensure
  postsecondary success
• Course titles are only examples
• CTE/degree major courses must be based on K S
  statements
• POS are only samples

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The Most Important Aspects of Plans/Programs of
Study

• Cluster Foundation Knowledge and Skills
• Career Pathway Knowledge and Skills

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Structure of Foundation Knowledge and Skills

• Three components
• Overarching Knowledge and Skill Statement (K S
  Statement)
• One or more Performance Elements for each KS
  Statement
• One or more Measurement Criteria/Topics for each
  Performance Element

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POS Checklist

• Are both academic and degree major courses
  included?
• Are both secondary and postsecondary courses
  included?
• Does coursework reflect the K S?
• Do courses represent a sequence of instruction
  that leads to a degree, certificate or credential?

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POS Checklist, cont.

• Do courses represent a coherent and rigorous
  program of studies?
• Have courses been cross-referenced against state
  and national standards?
• Does completion of the high school courses ensure
  success at the postsecondary level?
• Does the high school plan reflect opportunities
  for postsecondary enrollment?

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What about Local Implementation?

• What do Programs of Study look like and how are
  they developed for the local level?
• Can I still teach all of the same courses?
• How will I know what to teach?

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Implementation of pathways organized around the
16 clusters provides

• Consistency for better data (results) and shared
  opportunities for development
• Articulation within and between states
• Employer and postsecondary validated standards
• Opportunities for all students
• A place for all career goals and interests

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Cluster Approach to Addressing Educational
Redesign

• Strategy to organize instruction and student
  experiences around career themes (Focus on
  an industry cluster of related occupations)
• Incorporates existing school reform strategies
• (career academies, career pathways,
• small learning communities, Tech Prep)
• Connects to business and higher education

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Key Points of Colorado Implementation

• WHAT? Every student will follow a pathway that
  leads to career success.
• HOW? Through seamless programs of study
  fostering academic and technical achievement.
• WHY? To develop a globally competitive workforce
  for Colorado.

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• QUESTIONS??

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If I can provide you with any assistance, please
contact

• Ann Benson
• 405-743-2919 (office)
• 405-880-5383 (cell)
• gben_at_brightok.net