TMP Partner Project Showcase Webinar

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TMP Partner Project Showcase Webinar

• Pierce County Transition Math Project
• Math/CTE Partnership Institute Building
  Partnerships for Increasing Opportunities in Math
• September 22, 2009
• Jo Jacobson, Director, Pierce County Careers
  Connection
• Linda Drake, Project Manager, Pierce County
  Careers Connection
• Lynn Green, Career and Technical Education
  Director, Aberdeen School District

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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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Math/CTE Partnership Institute

• Teams of Math and CTE educators meeting to work
  together on math achievement, both in math
  classrooms and CTE classrooms
• Enhancing math in CTE classes
• Contextual examples in math classes
• 4 Workshops 2008-2009

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When we started this series

• 2006 College Readiness Standards (CRS) for
  Mathematics approved and published
• -2nd Phase Local Partnerships launched
• 2006 Joint Math Action Plan was in place
• 2007 Number of math credits needed
• to graduate increased
• April 2008 K12 Mathematics Standards
• were not yet approved

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Kick-off session Clover Park Technical College,
April 24, 2008

• Focus Bringing High School Math CTE Teachers,
  Math Coordinators/Coaches District/Building
  Administrators together as teams to implement
  local-level projects.
• Purpose Unfettered time together to work and
  cultivate relationships
• 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
• Outcome 20 teams from 8 counties guided by
  experts officials who share systemic knowledge
  to support local initiatives (King, Pierce,
  Snohomish, Kitsap, Thurston, Lewis, Grays Harbor,
  Mason)

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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 and hardwork
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October 2008 Workshop

• Focus Update returning and new teams on newly
  adopted math standards, CTE 3rd credit option,
  CTE course sequencing
• Purpose Identify progress on projects, new
  additions, provide facilitated networking in
  areas of support requested by teams, provide
  teams work time with resources to support their
  forward progress.
• Outcome Completed new Team Planners, identified
  next steps, identified resource needs

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February 2009 Workshop

• Focus Provide requested support training in
  Partnership Building
• Purpose Introduce Professional Learning
  Communities Model/Integrate PLC Model with
  Institute projects
• Outcome Project Teams applied PLC Model to use
  as a common framework for partnership growth
  sustainability identified strengths of the
  Institute structure for professional development
  Updated Team Planners for project next steps
  May Showcase

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May 2009

• Focus Showcase projects
• Purpose Cross project sharing support for
  enhancements sustainability
• Transition from TMP to STEM Reform Philosophy
• Informing economic and workforce policy and
  practices
• Projected Outcome Demonstrated local support for
  Math/CTE integration, state support for
  sustainability, identified model for cross sector
  professional development

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STEM Discussion

• Sandra Mickolaski, Director
• National Workforce Center for Emerging
  Technologies
• Maureen Majury, Director
• Center for Information Technology Excellence
• Heather Winfrey, former Director
• Construction Center of Excellence
• Bonnie Smith
• Allied Health Center of Excellence

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WAOE Presentation, March 5, 2009Jo Jacobson was
invited to present, with Clover Park School
District as a project partner guest

• Clover Park School District Project
• Project work supports the District Improvement
  Plan for goal (1) Math, goal (2) Reading, goal
  (3) Citizenship, Career College Readiness
• Partnering with CTE Director Secondary
  Initiatives utilizing High Demand Perkins
  Grants
• Providing initial support for Project Lead the
  Way curriculum adoption
• Bridging relationships between math teachers
  CTE teachers exploring team teaching
  alternative scheduling, example Algebra 3/4
  Principles of Engineering, Algebra 3/4
  Chemistry Algebra 1/2 9th grade Physical
  Science

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Making Math Meaningful M3

• The CTE and Math journey in the Aberdeen School
  District

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The Early Stages

• CTE
• Aligning CTE coursework with math GLEs
• Revising curriculum frameworks

• Math
• Aligning math coursework with GLEs
• Working on common assessments

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Addition of Math Coach

• Review of CTE curriculum
• Sharing with math department
• Math/CTE workshop put on by PC3
• Pursued course equivalency funding
• Transition Math Project
• Common goals emerge
• Relationship building is key

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Current Program of Work
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Release Time Together

• Already In Progress

• Soon to Come

• Review new math standards
• Share curriculum
• Common vocabulary
• Collaborative projects

• Review new math standards
• Collaborative project updates
• Focus on equivalency crediting toolkit

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Outcomes During 2008-09
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Institute Message

• We dont yet have all the answers
• This is about starting a positive relationship
  across Math and CTE
• Project teams worked through stages of
  partnership development
• Each workshop developed in response to team
  requests
• Professional Learning Communities
• Preparation for sustainability through STEM
  reform philosophy
• Teams work a blueprint for others

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Workshop - Survey Results

• Partnering across disciplines
• April 2008 67 felt Math and CTE were
  Potential but wary partners
• October 2009 47 of Returning Teams were still
  wary
• February, 2009 28 still war

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Workshop Survey Results

• College Readiness Standards and the Transition
  Math Project
• April 2008 25 did not know about the College
  Readiness Standards
• October 2008 19 of new teams did not know
  about the College Readiness Standards
• October 2009 23 of returning teams knew about
  local TMP partnerships in their region

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Workshop Survey Results

• Looking toward the future---by the end of the
  institute
• 40 of participants were enthused about their
  work together
• 40 felt unsure about how their work will fit
  into the states direction for Math and CTE
• 56 wanted to find resources to finish or
  continue to work together

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National Recognition

• Institute work a blueprint for others
• The National Association for
• Tech Prep Leadership
• Best Practice Award for 2009