5th Annual National Career Clusters Institute

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5th Annual National Career Clusters Institute

• Career Clusters Journey . . .
• Onward and Upward
• June 11-13, 2007
• Phoenix, Arizona
• Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort

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Career Clusters A Pathway to Success

• Kathleen M. Beauman, Director
• Business Education Partnerships
• Anne Arundel Community College
• Lise M. Foran, Program Manager
• Smaller Learning Communities
• Anne Arundel County Public Schools

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Who We Are
Arnold
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75,000 students 120 schools5,000 teachers
33.2 of high school graduates enroll at AACC
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Arnold Glen Burnie Town Center Arundel
Mills

• During FY 2006, the college served 54,907 credit
  and non-credit students
• 21,293 credit students
• 35,491 non-credit students

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15 Critical Components

• Multi-Measure Assessments
• Inter-Disciplinary Teams
• Flexible Schedules
• Integrated Curriculum
• Creative and Innovative Teaching Strategies
• Work-Based Learning
• Student-Center Learning

• Administrative Support
• Shared Planning
• Career Development
• Professional Development
• Standards-Based Curriculum
• Parent and Community Support
• Education Partnerships
• Business and Industry Partnerships

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6 Critical Components

• Administrative Support
• Education Partnerships
• Standards-Based Curriculum
• Parent and Community Support
• Business and Industry Support
• Professional Development

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Administrative Support

• Relationships back on Track!
• School Reform
• Signature Schools/Academy Models

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Rationale For Redesigning Our High Schools

• Delivery of instruction and curriculum lack the
  relevance needed for todays students.
• School structures are outdated and function under
  the factory model developed in the 1950s.
• Accountability needs to reach every student in
  every classroom of every content in every school.

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What are Signature Programs?

• Programs that are theme specific to a school.
  Signature programs are available only to students
  enrolled at that school. Within a high schools
  signature program, there could be one or more
  separately defined themed academies within the
  larger school setting.

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Why Implement Signature Programs?

• To build more authentic, caring, and respectful
  relationships between teachers and students.
• To provide students with options and choices
  related to a potential career pathway.
• To provide students an environment where they
  will be known well by an adult and engaged in
  meaningful work.
• To provide teachers the opportunity to
  collaborate and focus on actively engaged student
  learning.
• To improve academic performance for all students.
  

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Traditional Vs. High Schools With Signature
Programs
A Signature High School Setting
Traditional High School Setting
Vs.
(1) Small Academy
(2) Small Academies
One Large School
(3) Small Academies
(4) Small Academies
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Administrative Support

• Staffing Strategies
• Career Connection Facilitator
• CCTI Teacher Specialist
• CCTI On-Site Advisor

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Education Partnerships

• Tech Prep Local Labor Market Team
• AACC University Consortium
• Integrated Systems
• Websites
• High School Program of Study
• Program Pathway Templates
• Multi-Measure Assessment (PSAT/Accuplacer/Kuder)

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Education Partnerships

• Program Articulation
• Central Point of Reference
• Secondary to Postsecondary
• Tech Prep Database
• Community College to 4-year Institutions

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Standards Based Curriculum

• Maryland State Department of Education
• Anne Arundel County Career Clusters
• Multiple Pathways, Exits and Entry Points

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• Through career clusters and pathways,
• employers benefit from a well-educated, focused,
• and critically thoughtful workforce. Our society
• gains a citizenry whose members are among the
• best-prepared in the world.
• Martha Smith
• President
• Anne Arundel Community College

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5 AACPS Clusters

• Arts, Communications, Humanities
• Business, Management, Finance
• Engineering, Mechanical, Information
  Technologies
• Health, Environmental, and Life Sciences
• Human Services

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• Multiple Pathways, Exits and Entry Points

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Parent and Community Support

• Community Collaboration (K-12)
• Outreach Strategies
• Parent Information Sessions
• Jump Start Orientations
• Mailings to rising 10th graders
• College President letter to graduates
• Cluster-Specific Student Outreach

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HCAT COOK-OFF
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Parent and Community Support

• Middle School Summit
• High School Summit
• Business/Community Summit

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Business and Industry Support

• Business and Industry Partners
• Chambers of Commerce (9)
• Anne Arundel County High Tech Council
• Business Advisory Boards
• Business Advisory Committees
• Leadership Anne Arundel
• Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation

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Professional Development

• Multitude of Audiences
• Guidance/Academic Advisors
• Great Minds
• Annual Counselor Conference
• Jump Start Updates

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Professional Development

• Joint Faculty Initiatives
• Architecture Annual Meeting
• HCAT In-Services (state-wide)
• Academies/NAF/HSTW/PLTW
• Partners in Education
• Teacher Advisory Programs

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The Journey Continues.
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Additional Resources

• Professional Learning Communities
• Solution Tree (NES)
• http//www.solution-tree.com/Public/Main.aspx
• Smaller Learning Communities
• NWREL
• http//www.nwrel.org/scpd/sslc/index.shtml
• School Reform
• SREB/HSTW http//www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/hstwin
  dex.asp

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Additional Resources

• Maryland State Department of Education
• Career Clusters http//www.marylandpublicschools.o
  rg/NR/rdonlyres/00001017/uphlnweyuvhjinifwllgofgik
  ujzyvod/MarylandCareerClustersBooklet01062004.pdf
• Anne Arundel Community College
• Tech Prep
• http//www.aacc.edu/techprep/default.cfm
• Anne Arundel County Public Schools
• SLC
• http//www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/commu/slc/slchome.
  htm

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Questions?

• For additional information, please contact
• Kathleen M. Beauman
• kmbeauman_at_aacc.edu
• 410/777-2777
• Lise M. Foran
• lforan_at_aacps.org
• 410/222-5495

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Thanks for your time and attention.Enjoy the
conference . . . And the glorious sites!