College and Career Transitions Initiative CCTI

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• College and Career Transitions Initiative (CCTI)
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• Cooperative Agreement
• Between
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• U.S. Department of Education
• Contact Scott Hess
• League for Innovation in the Community College
• Contact Larry Warford

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• Two Major Initiatives Initiated by OVAE and
  Developed by 
• Secondary and Postsecondary Education and
  Employers
• Career Clusters
• Career Pathways

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The Economic Imperative

• better education particularly in the
  elementary,middle and high school, would go a
  long way toward boosting the wages of lower
  skilled workers and diminishing the income
  inequality that has become more pronounced over
  the last two decades.
•   -Alan Greenspan
• April 20, 2004

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Career Clusters

• An organizing tool defining CTE using 16 broad
  clusters of occupations and over 70 pathways with
  validated standards that ensure opportunities for
  all students regardless of their career goals and
  interests.

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16 Career Clusters

• Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
• Architecture and Construction
• Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications
• Business, Management and Administration
• Education and Training
• Finance
• Government and Public Administration
• Health Science

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16 Career Clusters (continued)

• Hospitality and Tourism
• Human Services
• Information Technology
• Law, Public Safety and Security
• Manufacturing
• Marketing Sales and Service
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
• Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

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Career Clusters Chart
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Career Cluster Knowledge and Skills

• 1. Academic Foundations
• 2. Communications
• 3. Problem Solving/Critical Thinking
• 4. Systems
• 5. Information Technology/Applications
• 6. Safety, Health and Environmental
• 7. Leadership and Teamwork
• 8. Ethics and Legal Responsibilities
• 9. Employability and Career Development
• 10.Technical Skills

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Arts, Audio Visual Technologies
and Communications
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Then and Now
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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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Career and College Transitions Initiative Local
Partnerships

• Education and Training
• Anne Arundel Community College (Maryland)
• 12 high schools
• Lorain County College (Ohio)
• 3 high schools
• Maricopa Community College (Arizona)
• 4 colleges
• 3 high schools

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Career and College Transitions Initiative Local
Partnerships

• Health Science
• Ivy Tech State Community College (Indiana)
• 9 high schools
• Miami-Dade Community College (Florida)
• 1 high schools
• Northern Virginia Community College (Virginia)
• 3 high school academies

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Career and College Transitions Initiative Local
Partnerships

• Information Technology
• Central Piedmont Community College (North
  Carolina)
• 1 high school
• Corning Community College (New York)
• 16 high schools
• Southwestern Oregon Community College (Oregon)
• 2 high schools

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Career and College Transitions Initiative Local
Partnerships

• Law, Public Safety, and Security
• Fox Valley Technical College (Wisconsin)
• 17 high schools
• Prince Georges Community College (Maryland)
• 1 high school
• San Diego Community College District
  (California)
• 1 high school

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Career and College Transitions Initiative Local
Partnerships

• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
• Lehigh Carbon Community College (Pennsylvania)
• 16 high schools
• Sinclair Community College (Ohio)
• 5 high schools
• St. Louis Community College (Missouri)
• 7 high schools

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CCTI Goals
  

• Decreased need for remediation in postsecondary
  education
• Increased enrollment and persistence in
  postsecondary education
• Increased academic and skill achievement at
  secondary and postsecondary levels
• Increased attainment of postsecondary degrees,
  certificates, or other recognized credentials
  and
• Increased entry into employment or further
  education.

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Career Pathway Template
  
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Legislative Intent
  

• Sequence of Courses
• Programs of Study
• Career Pathways
• Rigorous Academic Courses
• Rigorous Career Courses
• Partnerships
• Credit Based Transition Programs
• Certificate, 2 and 4-Year Programs

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Legislative Definition
  

• A model sequence of courses or programs of study
  (career pathways) that include rigorous academic
  and career courses, developed through
• partnerships between employers and educators that
  include dual enrollment options, leading to at
  least a one year certificate and beyond.

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Cluster and Pathway Combo