Promoting Excellence in Education

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Promoting Excellence in Education Workforce
Development
Pennsylvania Department of Education

• February 20, 2004
• Hershey Lodge
• Hershey, Pennsylvania

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This Mornings Discussion

• Workforce Excellence
• Educational Excellence
• Innovation Initiatives

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Workforce Excellence(Secondary and
Post-Secondary)
Workforce Excellence
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Primary Focus
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Industry Partnerships
Workforce Excellence
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Industry Standards

• Recognition and Encouragement to participate in
  over 100 programs
• Criteria
• Nationally validated, vendor neutral curriculum
• Teacher training
• Facility certification

Workforce Excellence
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Industry Assessment
LPN
NA
Workforce Excellence
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Industry Certification Tracking
Workforce Excellence
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Educational Excellence(Secondary and
Post-Secondary)
Educational Excellence
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Educational Leadership with the National Cluster
Initiative
Educational Excellence
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Higher RigorPennsylvanias Tech Prep Enrollment
IncreasedFrom 2,055 to 15,151
Educational Excellence
PDE CATS Approvals 2001-02
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Training in the recently passed International
Building codemultiple workshops approx 200 bldg
trades teachers trained _at_ 36 CTC across the state
Ahead of the curve
Educational Excellence
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Educational Leadership

• Math Standards
• Reading Standards (Lexile PA employers
• materials)
• Governors Institutes

Educational Excellence
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Teacher Preparation/Certification

• Years of industry experience.
• An assessment of that experience coupled with a
  competency. assessment
• 2 years of one to one, in-class mentoring.
• 6 years of evening college courses.
• More assessment.

Educational Excellence
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Innovation and Initiatives(Secondary and
Post-Secondary)
Innovation
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Involvement in leading edge technologies
Innovation

• Nano-Tech
• To Date
• 113 student graduates _at_ 23 PA nano companies
• 72 PA nano patents
• 50 of these licensed for commercialization
• 41 CTCs (18 credit) linked to 14 CC
• 479 secondary nano camp completers

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Involvement in leading edge technologies
Innovation

• Bio-Tech
• 2 secondary (6-7 more in process)
• 4 post-sec programs
• 222

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Involvement in leading edge technologies
Workforce Excellence

• Wearables
• PDAs
• Tablet PCs
• ISO 9001

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Thank You!