Pierce County Careers Connection TMP Partnership Project

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Pierce County Careers Connection TMP Partnership
Project

• May 16, 2008

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Pierce County Careers Connection

• A partnership of
• 14 K-12 School District
• 5 college campuses
• Bates Technical College
• Clover Park Technical College
• Pierce College Fort Steilacoom
• Pierce College Puyallup
• Tacoma Community College
• University of Washington Tacoma
• Central Washington University
• Business, Industry, Labor and Community
  Organizations

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Pierce County Careers Connection is a Tech Prep
Consortium and more

• 22 Tech Prep Consortia in Washington State
• Tech Prep Consortia administer Tech Prep Dual
  Credit
• Pierce County Careers Connection is the largest
  consortia in the state
• Our strong partnerships have allowed us to
  facilitate initiatives that overlap with the
  goals of Tech Prep, but go beyond Tech Prepsuch
  as our TMP Partnership project

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Pierce County Careers Connection and the
Transition Mathematics Project

• Career Math Toolbox
• A compendium of math problems based on industry
  partner real life scenarios
• Construction Math Toolbox, developed by the
  Construction Center of Excellence through a
  2006-2007 TMP Partnership Grant
• Math problems from the Construction Industry
  designed for middle and high school math teachers
  to enrich their classes with industry-based
  lessons and supporting career guidance
  information

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2008-2009 Math/CTE Partnership Workshop Series
Building Partnerships for Increasing
Opportunities in Math

• Kick-off session Clover Park Technical College,
  April 24, 2008
• Goals of the Workshop
• Support math and CTE collaboration in math
  teaching and learning
• Present updates on new Math Standards, third year
  of math, and the CTE Option for the third year of
  math
• Encourage team development for contextual math
  and learning across disciplines

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April 24, 2008 Math/CTE Partnership Workshop

• Planning Committee Representatives from OSPI,
  SBCTC, the State Transition Math Team, 4 Tech
  Prep Consortia, 3 ESDs, 2 Skills Centers, LMEA,
  and 4 school districts
• Guest Speakers John House, State Transition
  Math Project John Aultman, OSPI Carlos Veliz,
  President/CEO PCSI Design
• Participants 93 total, representing 15 school
  districts 36 Math teachers 6 CTE
  Directors/Coordinators 47 CTE teachers 4
  School/District administrators

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April 24, 2008 Math/CTE Partnership Workshop
sharing
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April 24, 2008 Math/CTE Partnership Workshop
hard work
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Examples of team work plan goals to accomplish by
Spring 2009

• Kington High School Action Algebra
• Lakes High School
• Develop cross-credited classes aligned to state
  and industry standards and with Algebra II.
• Develop partnerships with colleges
• Consider Applied Math curriculum
• Auburn School District Teachers, counselors,
  administrators and staff informed about the new
  State Math Standards and College Readiness
  Standards.
• South Kitsap High School Identify math concepts
  already present in CTE classes coordinate
  language used in CTE and math

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Impact on Recruitment, Retention and Renewal
challenges for state educators and
policy-makers(Paraphrased from a June 2007
conference of state educators and policy-makers
sponsored by the Southern Regional Education
Board and the Council of Chief State School
Officers)

• Challenge 1 Alignment of curriculum with
  standards.
• Challenge 2 Career pathways to prepare students
  for college and careers.
• Challenge 3 Policy framework that --
• Links high school to postsecondary studies and
  work
• Blends academic and technical studies
• Connects students to a goal

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Impact on Recruitment, Retention and Renewal
challenges for state educators and policy-makers

• Challenge 4 Assessment for improving academic
  and technical achievement.
• Challenge 5 Professional development for
  teaching academic skills through application

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Actions States Can Take (some are happening
already in Washington State)(From Crafting a
New Vision for High School How States Can Join
Academic and Technical Studies to Promote More
Powerful Learning, Southern Regional Education
Board, 2008)

• Establish panels in high-demand, high-skill,
  high-wage fields of two- and four-year college
  faculty members, employers, high school teachers
  and school and district leaders
• Provide incentives to school districts and high
  schools to form partnerships with community and
  technical colleges to give student access to
  high-quality career/technical programs leading to
  a certificate or degree
• Enable community and technical colleges to assign
  itinerant advisors to high school campuses to
  communicate to students and educators the level
  of academic preparedness required for
  certificates and degrees
• Develop polices to help schools determine
  students level of college and career readiness
  prior to their senior year

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• Pierce County Careers Connection Contact
• Linda Drake
• Tech Prep/Special Projects Manager
• [phone]
• ldrake_at_pc3connect.org