North Carolinas College Tech Prep

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North Carolinas College Tech Prep

• Taking it to the next level
• ...Strategic Thinking
• Partnership Conference
• October 2003

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• College Tech Prep prepares students to enter
  into and succeed in a career

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In Brief

• Preparing Our Youth for the Future
• Involves High Schools and Colleges
• Cooperation - Students, Parents, Employers
• Collaboration Faculty, Staff, Administrators
• Integration - Career Pathways
• Workforce Education - Strategy
• Rigorous Academics
• Career Technical Education
• Work Site Learning

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Partnership

• Secondary
• Postsecondary
• Employers
• Families
• Community Leaders
• Economic Development
• Workforce Development

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Strategic

• Integrated Curriculum
• Seamless Pathways
• Opening Doors for Students
• Creating Options

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Academic

• Innovation in Teaching and Learning
• Stresses High Level Achievement
• Recognizes Learning Styles
• Integrates Practical Application into
  Academics

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Students

• Central to grades 9 14
• Timely Career Information to Parents
• Sound Career Information to Students
• Opens Career and Educational Options
• Stresses Critical Thinking
• Values Life Long Learning

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Promotion

• Contextual Academics
• Integrated Instruction
• in Cohesive Sequence
• Addresses needs of 65 of Students

20 High Level Achievers
65 Applied, Capable Backbone of Workforce
15 To Work
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Accomplishments

• Secondary Program of Study
• College University Prep
• College Tech Prep
• Career Prep
• Occupational
• Statewide Articulation Agreement
• Seamless Pathways in 11 areas

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CTP offers Many Options
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A report to the Nation from the National
Commission on Mathematics Science Teaching for
the 21st Century, 9/27/2000
Skill Building

• 60 of all new jobs
• in the early 21st century
• will require skills that are
• possessed by only
• 20 of the
• current workforce.

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Occupations Usually Requiring a Postsecondary
Award Will Grow Faster Than Average
Percent change, projected 2000-2010
Average for all occupations
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Source US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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NC Job Openings From Replacement Needs Exceed
Those From Employment Growth
Thousands of jobs, projected 2000-2010
22.5
20.1
11.9
10.9
7.1
7.4
4.4
3.5
0.4
Source Occupational Trends 2000 to 2010, LMI of
ESC of NC
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Percent Share of Total Projected Service Industry
Growth (2000 to 2010)
Business Services (e.g Computer data processing
and personal supply services)
Health Services ( Offices of practitioners,
nursing, personal care facilities and hospitals)
Other Services ( Personal, auto repair, legal,
educational and social services)

• Source Occupational Trends 2000 to 2010, LMI of
  ESC of NC

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Fastest Growing Occupations by Percentage Change
(2000 to 2010)
Source Occupational Trends 2000 to 2010, Labor
Market Information
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Fastest Growing Occupations by Job Growth 2000
to 2010
Source Occupational Trends 2000 to 2010, Labor
Market Information
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CTP Works to meet a need..

• Undersupply of technically skilled graduates
• 1.3 million new IT jobs through 2006
• H1-B visas for technically skilled foreign
  workers up 28 in 2001
• Even with 40,000 layoffs in IT, H1B -
  re-employed in similar industries faster

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NC Workforce in 2000 - 2001

• 331,206 Petitions
• 317,178 Census
• 55,000 Average Wage
• 75,000 Top 25

Source Federal INS and NC Commerce 2001
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CTP Strives for

• Stronger Partnerships
• Articulation - Secondary and Postsecondary
• Less College Remediation
• Higher College GPA
• Higher College Graduation Rate
• Better Job Performance
• Better Prepared Workforce
• Location of New Business in Your County and
  Provide Better Jobs.

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What works?

• Articulation
• HS students take Articulated Course One similar
  to Community College Course, they do not have to
  repeat it!
• Grade of B or higher
• 80 on End of Course Test
• Receive College Credit

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What works?

• Collaboration
• Increased Communication
• Local Advisory Boards
• Secondary and Postsecondary Faculty
• Encourage Workforce Involvement

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What works?

• Curriculum Integration
• Working with math and science faculty
• Integrating projects with English departments
• Team teaching on certain concepts with the
  curriculum
• Career Academies

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What works?

• Special Populations
• Career Plans
• Parental Conferences
• Employer and Faculty Awareness

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What works?

• Curriculum Improvement
• Full implementation of Career Pathways
• Subject Matter Experts
• Teaching the content in context
• Answering The Why and the How...

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What works?

• Career Guidance Services
• Student Handbooks
• On-Line Career Guidance
• Materials
• Advisor /
• Advice Sessions

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What works?

• Staff Development
• Throughout the year
• Mini sessions with in-house staff Subject Matter
  Experts
• Attend State and National
• Conferences

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How can we measure our success?

• Articulated credit earned and awarded
• Number of pathways through articulation
• Number of completers
• College Tech Prep
• College Prep/College Tech Prep
• Number employed at course completion

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VISION

• Developing a Well Educated
• High Performance Workforce
• Through
• Strategic Partnerships with Business
• Secondary and Postsecondary Education
• Economic and Workforce Development

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Mission

• Preparing students for employment and continuous
  learning through challenging, rigorous, and
  integrated academic and technical education.

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Goals

• Provide integrated, seamless academic and CTE
  competencies
• Expand student opportunities for completion of
  CTP and employment
• Communicate the value of CTP to all stakeholders
• Improve stakeholder involvement to increase the
  value of education to students
• Provide professional development to stakeholders
• Secure funding for sustainable results

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CTP - Strategies 2003 -2004

• Revise the State Articulation Agreement
• Improve Communication to Stakeholders
• Establish a Stakeholder Council
• Set Up Regional User Groups

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It works because of you

• Thanks for all you do!
• Bob Witchger
• College Tech Prep
• North Carolina Community College System
• 200 West Jones Street
• Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-5016
• [phone], ext. 447
• witchgerb_at_ncccs.cc.nc.us