3C Curriculum

3C Curriculum

We’re Proud of What We’ve Achieved in Maine

Good things are happening in Maine education, thanks to K-12 leaders like you.

We’re Proud of What We’ve Achieved in Maine

Our eighth graders placed Maine among the top-performing states in reading, with 38% scoring at or above proficient.

Source: Charting Maine’s Future, The Brookings Institution, October 2006

Improved Educational Attainment

Maine – National Ranking

1970 2000 2006

44th

27th

25th

25.6% of Maine’s population over the age of 25 has a B.A. – a dramatic improvement over time.

But there’s still more to do…

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MEA Scale Score Trends 2003–2005

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% Students Proceeding from High School Directly to College (2004)

18% of Maine’s 18-24 Year Olds Are Not in School or Working

Bottom line

We’ve reached a plateau. We have tough standards, but need to push hard to reach the next level required in the global economy.

Why?

“The long-term opportunities and challenges that the flattening of the world puts before the United States are profound.

Therefore, our ability to get by doing things the way we’ve been doing them – which is to say not always enriching our secret

sauce – will not suffice any more.”

– Thomas Friedman, The World Is Flat

The Global Landscape Is Shifting…

... With Clear Implications for Maine


“Demographic change is raising education levels and accelerating population growth … but many workers remain unprepared for tomorrow’s jobs”

#1 article in The New York Times from November 13, 2006

“The Seattle level of concern about math may be unusual, but there’s now an enormous amount of discomfort about fuzzy math on the East Coast, in Maine, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and now New Jersey is starting to make noise,” said R. James Milgram, a math professor at Stanford University. “There’s increasing understanding that the math situation in the United States is a complete disaster.”

The frenzy has been prompted in part by the growing awareness that, at a time of increasing globalization, the math skills of children in the United States simply do not measure up: American eighth-graders lag far behind those from Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and elsewhere on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, an international test.

As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation

Maine Jobs Requiring Higher Education or Special Skills are Expected to Grow Considerably by 2012


Education or Training Requirement Projected Job Growth 2002–2012

Doctoral Degree 28.0%

Associate Degree 23.9%

Master’s Degree 23.6%

First Professional Degree 17.6%

Bachelor’s Degree plus Work Experience 14.5%

Postsecondary Vocational Award 14.1%

Bachelor’s Degree 12.7%

Work Experience in a Related Occupation 10.9%

Short-term on-the-job Training 10.5%

Long-term on-the-job training 5.8%

Moderate-term on-the-job training 3.8%

Global Is the New Local

Ranked 8th in the United States in terms of percentage of employees working for foreign corporations (6.4% of private sector workforce, an increase of nearly 48% over last five years).

Significant Foreign Employers in Maine

Country of Origin

Bachmann Industries Del Haize Prince of Fundy Cruises Huhtamaki Osram ZF Lemforder AlbatransAVX Tantalum Jotul North AmericaCreative Moldmakers Sappi Fine Paper North America Dragon Products Company Sprague Energy Nestlé Waters World Harbors First Technology McCain Foods Irving Oil Corporation

AustriaBelgium

BermudaFinland

GermanyGermany

ItalyJapan

NorwayPortugal

South AfricaSpain

SwedenSwitzerland

Trinidad & TobagoUnited Kingdom

CanadaCanada

What Are Business Leaders Saying?

“THIS IS FPO!!!! A meter reader today needs fluent quantitative skills, including algebra, to perform his job. Unfortunately, we’re having trouble finding the candidates we need.”

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“Our nation’s long term ability to succeed in exporting to the growing global marketplace hinges on the abilities of today’s students.”

– J. Willard Marriott, Jr.

Growth Industries for Maine

As manufacturing jobs decrease, there will be a rise in emerging industries.

Biomedical Health Services Retail Financial Services

• A career in health sciences may require high school courses in:– Biology– Chemistry– Physics– Anatomy – Physiology

• A career in financial services may require:– Pre-Calculus– Calculus– Trigonometry– Statistics

Source: States’ Career Clusters, Career Pathway Plan of Study, November 2006

The Bar Is High for Secondary School Students Seeking Careers in Maine’s Growth Industries …

More Than Two-thirds of New Jobs Require Some Postsecondary Training

Source: Carnevale, Anthony P., & Donna M. Desrochers, St&ards for What? The Economic Roots of K–16 Reform, Educational Testing Service, 2003.

Bachelor’sdegree

No high schooldiploma

Somepostsecondary

High schooldiploma

Our Response? The 3C Curriculum

Maine students need to be prepared for:

Career College Citizenship

Career and College Impact

• As skill requirements increase, career and college readiness are increasingly the same nationwide

• Some families struggle with the necessity and the cost, but the increasing education requirements for the workforce are clear

“A student headed for college does not mean a student lost to Maine …All I know is that history

repeats itself and people are going to want to

experience the world. But I know then they are

going to have a better appreciation for what is

here in Maine.”

–Governor John Baldacci

Citizenship Impact

Civic Health by Educational Background

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College Graduates No High School Diploma

Source: Broken Engagement, A Report by the National Conference on Citizenship, September 2006

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What Does the 3C Curriculum Represent?

• Teaching 21st century knowledge for 21st century Maine• Empowering students to apply learning and skills in new

or unpredictable situations• Ensuring active learning for four years: every student in

every school

Subject 3C Curriculum

English 4

Mathematics 4

Science & Technology 4

Social Studies 4

Visual and Performing Arts 1

Health Education 1

Physical Education 1

3C Curriculum

A Tale of Two Students

Jack Thompson, 11th Grade

• Honors English 11• Pre-calculus• Spanish 3• Honors Physics• AP U.S. History• Savings and Investing

Emma Shackford, 11th Grade

• Writing Lab• Accounting I• Family and Consumer Science• Human Nature and Social Problems• Clothing, Construction, and Design• Foods, Fads, and Fitness

3C Curriculum Timeline

2006 2007–08 2008 & 2009 2010–11 2011

• Task force convened & recommendations delivered

• Implementation of newly-revised Maine Learning Results

• Tools & support become available for administrators & teachers

• Development of State Assessments begins

• Certification of Secondary Course of Study

• State Assessments developed, piloted, refined

• State Assessments implemented

• ELA/Math graduation requirements

• Students graduate having met the content standards of Maine’s Learning Results in science and technology, social studies, physical education, and health`

2012

• 2012 Students graduate having met the content standards of

• Maine’s Learning Results in foreign language,

• career education, and visual and performing arts

3CAll students enrolled in

a challenging course of study that will

prepare them for career, college, and citizenship High levels

of reading, writing, math, and science

literacy will be universally promoted

“Ability” grouping and tracking will

be eliminated

Courses will bediverse, engaging,

and integrated learning

experiences

Classroom instruction will

be personalized to address the needs of

individual students

Moretechnological

tools and strategies to increase student

engagement will be integrated into

teaching

Implications for Maine High Schools

Our Future Needs Your Leadership

Good Great

MAINE

ACHIEVEMENT

COLLABORATION

EXTEND • SUPPORT

EVERY KID IN EVERY SCHOOL

CHALLENGE • POTENTIAL • BELIEF

These Recommendations Encompass All Students:

• Students who enter 9th grade

• Students identified as special education

• Students with limited English proficiency

• Students enrolled in alternative education programs

If You Remember Three Things from Today …

3C Curriculum means …

1. Teaching 21st century knowledge for 21st century Maine

2. Empowering students to apply learning and skills in new or unpredictable situations

3. Ensuring active learning for four years: every student in every school

The driving forces behind these principles are your belief, commitment, and leadership.

3C and You

You represent our K-12 leadership, and MDOE is relying on your help and your commitment

Next steps:• Examine your programs of study• Ask yourselves, ‘What are we

doing to reach all kids?’– Look at your data– Understand your population– Review your learning

environments– What are the barriers, and

how do we remove them?

Your belief in our kids is what will make their future – and Maine’s future – bright

Thank you

http://www.state.me.us/education/

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