Navigation 101 and CTE

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Navigation 101 and CTE

• Finding a Pathway to Student Success

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Presenters

• Robyn Buck
• CTE Program Supervisor
• Health Sciences
• Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Mary Bourguignon
• Navigation 101 Team
• Curriculum Developer

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Presentation Outline

• Introduce Career Technical Education (CTE)
• Discuss how CTE and Navigation 101 complement
  each other
• Explore CTE opportunities in Washington State
  what opportunities are available for your
  students?
• Review the updates Navigation 101 is making to
  the curriculum to more fully integrate CTE

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What is CTE?

• Planned program of courses and learning
  experiences in an applied setting
• Exploration of career, postsecondary options
• High academic standards, leadership,
  employability, and advanced and continuing
  education
• Emerging fields are high-demand, high-wage
  careers including
• Health Sciences
• Science, Technology, Engineering Math
• Construction

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What is CTE?
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Navigation 101 CTE

• Navigation 101 and CTE are naturally
  complementary
• Exploration and application
• Repetition
• Continuous refinement of goals
• Growing awareness of opportunities

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Navigation 101 CTE

• Aligned in focus
• Make clear, careful, and creative plans for life
  after high school
• Explore skills, interests, and abilities as early
  as possible
• Practice careers by choosing relevant CTE
  courses
• Encourage relationships with caring adults

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Whats New in CTE?

• Enhanced access to skills centers
• Secondary I-BEST program for English Language
  Learners
• Personalized support through Navigation 101
• Expanded training in high-demand fields through
  grants to high schools
• Math and science enhancements for middle schools
• Partnership among CTE, Advanced Placement and
  Secondary Education

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Skills Centers

• Regional high schools that provide extended,
  industry-defined technical education
• Students can earn up to 4 high school
  credits/year in programs that include hands-on
  training
• Students typically attend the skills center for
  half day, regular high school for half day
• Washington State has 10 skills centers, helping
  to start 4 more
• Approximately 7,000 students in 85 districts
  attend skills centers

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Secondary I-BEST

• Integrates with core academics with technical
  skill training for our English Language Learners
• Creates seamless transition from high school to
  community and technical college programs
• Aims to help students who are struggling with
  English earn a high school diploma and prepare
  for postsecondary
• Program is currently piloted through skills
  centers
• Five skills centers funded for 2008-09

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Science, Technology, Engineering Math

• STEM is science, technology, engineering and math
  instruction
• Includes classes and career exploration in
  BioTechnology, Agriculture Technology,
  Nanotechnology, several areas of Engineering, and
  other technologies
• STEM helps students in grades 7-12 engage in
  high-demand high-wage careers
• State funding has provided support to develop
  courses and train teachers

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CTE and Advanced Placement

• CTE is partnering with AP to increase student
  success after high school
• 250 teachers have been trained to add AP outcomes
  to CTE classes
• CTE/AP pairings include
• CTE Computer programming ? AP Computer Science
• CTE Commercial Art ? AP Studio Art Drawing 2D/3D
• CTE Natural Resources ? AP Environmental Science
• CTE Family Systems ? AP Psychology
• CTE Economics ? AP Macroeconomics

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Washington Tech Prep

• In 2006-07, 19,436 high school students earned
  over 121,030 community and technical college
  credits
• In 2007-08, 24,326 students earned over 148,160
  credits
• Students average 6 college credits
• Families save over 6 million in college tuition
  each year
• Tech Prep includes apprenticeship options
• Program is growing quickly, with more course
  options for students

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Running Start for the Trades

• Pre-apprenticeships for high school students
• Pair classroom work with on-the-job training
• Prepare students for post-graduation
  apprenticeships
• Apprenticeships available in
• Construction
• Health Care
• Firefighting
• Child care
• Culinary arts
• 14,500 people enrolled in apprenticeships in 2007
  up from 8,500 in 2005

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College and Career Readiness

• Completing a CTE program is associated with
  higher levels of employment, wages, hours and
  earnings
• CTE concentrators are equally likely to enroll in
  either community and technical college or
  four-year college as non-concentrators

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Navigation 101 CTE

• Navigation 101 helps students explore their
  interests and learn how to prepare
• CTE is a best fit within Navigation 101
  advisory lessons
• Navigation curriculum is being upgraded to
  strengthen integration with CTE
• Offer CTE alignment within ASCA standard areas
• Fully integrate HS Beyond Plan with CTE Program
  of Study so students need only one plan
• Add more information on secondary and
  postsecondary CTE options
• Expand information on career clusters
• Coordinate with skills centers

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Academic Development
What have I accomplished in school this year?

• Navigation 101 Activity
• Portfolios help students organize and reflect on
  their work
• CTE Alignment
• Portfolios are discussed related to job
  application and interviews in order to stand out
  from other applicants

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Academic Development
What have I accomplished in school this year?

• Navigation 101 Activity
• Course selection and postsecondary planning
  engage students in school
• CTE Alignment
• During course selection, CTE offerings will be
  discussed as a recommended option for all
  students

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Academic Development
What have I accomplished in school this year?

• Navigation 101 Activity
• Students prepare Academic Inventories and drafts
  of their High School Beyond Plans each year
• CTE Alignment
• All CTE courses include discussions of various
  career options and needed preparation

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Career Development
What do I want to do in the future?

• Navigation 101 Activity
• Aptitude and interest surveys help students set
  goals and consider options for the future
• CTE Alignment
• Students discuss career options in each career
  cluster and how those options relate to their
  interests

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Career Development
What do I want to do in the future?

• Navigation 101 Activity
• Students explore educational needs for careers
• CTE Alignment
• Students explore educational needs, work
  conditions and hours, meet industry
  professionals, and, in some programs, actually
  work as an intern in the field

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Career Development
What do I want to do in the future?

• Navigation 101 Activity
• Workplace experience through job shadows,
  internships, and research
• CTE Alignment
• Workplace experience through job shadows,
  internships, and research

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Personal Social Development
Who am I? How do I contribute?

• Navigation 101 Activity
• Community building and leadership within the
  school and in the larger community and
  student-led conferences to help students share
  their experiences
• CTE Alignment
• Leadership activities and standards are required
  components of all CTE courses. Career and
  Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) often
  provide curricula and experiences, but leadership
  skills should be included for every student in
  every lesson, every day

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High School Beyond Plan

• Navigation 101 students complete HS Beyond
  worksheets each year to track their progress and
  their plans
• By senior year, these plans are robust, and
  incorporate high school courses, a financial
  plan, postsecondary plans, and career goals
• The Navigation 101 High School Beyond Plan is
  fully compliant with the CTE Program of Study
  requirement CTE students in a Navigation 101
  school can simply complete the HS Beyond Plan

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Culminating Project

• Navigation 101 students use their HS Beyond
  Plans and the information in their portfolios as
  the basis for robust plans for their lives
• For their Culminating Projects, students reflect
  on their plans and share them with their
  advisors, families, and a team of community
  members
• CTE students also develop clear and careful plans
  for life after high school a natural fit with
  the Culminating Project

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Lesson Plan Updates

• Navigation 101 Lesson plans are being enhanced to
  include information on key CTE initiatives
• Why? Knowledge is power
• Updates will offer additional resources for
  advisors and students and supplement the
  opportunities already available through
  Navigation 101

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CTE Opportunities

• Navigation 101 lesson plans help students
  identify career interests and learn what they
  must do in school to prepare
• Lesson plans include information about CTE
  options, including
• Pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships
• One-year certificate programs
• Community and technical college programs
• Tech Prep
• Running Start for the Trades
• AP CTE courses
• Skills Centers

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Career Clusters

• Navigation 101 lesson plans are being upgraded to
  refer to Career Clusters, the designation used in
  CTE
• Career Cluster information helps students explore
  their options and learn how to connect their
  interests to potential careers
• Students and advisors are offered links to more
  detailed career exploration tools

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Navigation 101 CTE

• As part of CTEs growth, Navigation 101 lesson
  plans are being upgraded to integrate more fully
  with CTE
• This upgrade will help Navigation 101 serve ALL
  students, no matter what their chosen path
• Please let us know what is working in your school

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Resources
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• Robyn Buck
• CTE Program Supervisor
• Health Sciences
• Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction