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College Ready or Career Ready? The Same or Different. Myth or Fact?. Nationwide about 70% of students entering high school do not graduate. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MCCTA July 2009
College Ready or Career Ready?
The Same or Different
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 2MCCTA July 2009
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 3MCCTA July 2009
Myth or Fact?
Nationwide about 70% of students entering high school do not graduate.
Fact: Nearly half of individuals included in “The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts” report said that they were bored and not engaged in
school.
www.all4ed.org
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 4MCCTA July 2009
Myth or Fact?
In Missouri, 18,000+ teenagers (who should have graduated in 2008) did not graduate.
Fact: Based on the average wage for Missourians, these 18,000 people would have the potential of earning 4.7 billion
dollars in wages.
www.all4ed.org
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 5MCCTA July 2009
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 6MCCTA July 2009
Continue to innovate during tough economic
times. --Jim Welch, author of Growth Leader
thegrowthleader.com
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 7MCCTA July 2009
Why?
• HSTW Goals and Key Practices
• Mo. General Assembly passed legislation
• Mo. Comprehensive Guidance Program
• Increased graduation requirements
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 8MCCTA July 2009
• Formation of team called Connecting Each Student to the Future
• Career Pathways Advisory Teams recommendation
• District Design Team
THE PROCESS
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 9MCCTA July 2009
Activity
Employability Skills – foundation skills that apply across the board, no matter what the specific job may be.
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Employability Skill/Character Trait
List the evidence or artifact that would support that skill or trait.
Ranking (write a 1 in this column if it is the most important, 2 for second in importance, etc.
What Are The Shortcomings of Applicants?Response Vacancies Percent
Lack of Positive Attitude 34,364 63%Poor Customer Serv. Skills 31,304 58%Poor Work Ethic 31,178 57%Poor Communication Skills 29,409 54%Lack of Industry Knowledge 24,458 45%Poor Technical Skills 17,214 32%Inability to Understand Written Information
16,333 30%
Other Shortcomings 13,145 24%Poor Writing Skills 12,400 23%Lack of Computer Skills 11,973 22%Poor Basic Math Skills 11,392 21%No Shortcomings 3,809 7%
Respondent Total 54,456 —Mo. Job Vacancy Study 2008, missourieconomy.org
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• Advisory Team Input
• District Design Team Input
THE PROCESS
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 13MCCTA July 2009
Possible Evidence• attendance
• tardies
• WorkKeys scores
• participation in activities/sports
• participation in internship programs
• Area of Focus
• community service
• discipline record
• resume
• 8th grade technology standard
• oral presentations
• senior project
• mock interview
• leadership roles in activities
• no late assignments
• teacher reference
• portfolio
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 14MCCTA July 2009
Employability Skill/Character
Trait
Documented Evidence
Data Source
in Power
School?
Data Source in Career Portfolio?
Notes
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Elements included on the R7 Employability
Transcript
THE PRODUCT
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 17MCCTA July 2009
Five areas on transcript:1st area validates Career Interest
Career Path:Career Cluster:Career Area of Focus:Successfully completed?
THE PRODUCT
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 18MCCTA July 2009
• Focused learning involves successful completion of four related units of credit
• Courses are chosen based on identified areas of interest within one of six career paths
• LSR7 has 37 areas of focus or concentration areas
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 19MCCTA July 2009
Focused Learning Timeline
• 7th grade: investigate six career paths, Career Portfolio begins
• 8th grade: individual personal plans of study using MO Connections, EXPLORE test to identify academic and career readiness
• 9th grade: complete career unit and career inventory assessment, explore and enroll in focus electives
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 20MCCTA July 2009
• 10th grade: declare an area of focus, take PLAN test to identify career strengths, area of focus shows on employability transcript, enroll in focus electives
• 11th grade: continue career assessments, select additional focus electives
• 12th grade: complete focus coursework, if earned four units of focus electives, request to add on academic transcript in addition to employability transcript
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• Students can change a focus if they find this is no longer an area of interest
• Students are never locked into a specific focus
• Although not a graduation requirement, students must declare an area of focus as a sophomore
Be Flexible……….
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 22MCCTA July 2009
Choices in Venues and in Delivery Methods…..
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2nd area validates Dependability
Yearly attendance percentage and accumulative attendance percentage
THE PRODUCT
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3rd area validates Career Readiness Academic Skills
ACT’s WorkKeys– Reading for Information– Applied Math– Locating Information
THE PRODUCT
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 25MCCTA July 2009
4th area validates Supervised Internship Programs
– Marketing– CCE– SBE– Industrial Internships– Teacher Cadets
THE PRODUCT
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5th area validates Technical Skill Attainmentthird-party assessments or industry certifications
– NOCTI– Microsoft– A+, Cisco, etc.– PLTW End-of-Course Assessments
THE PRODUCT
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• Available to the Class of 2011 and beyond• Requested through the high school
registrar’s office• Student permission to release
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Promoting Employability Transcripts
• To students?
• To parents?
• To employers?
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 29MCCTA July 2009
Activity
What elements would you include on an employability transcript for your students?
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Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 31MCCTA July 2009
Millenials (people born 1980 to 2000) are:
• Achievement oriented • Busy, multi-taskers• Ambitious yet clueless• Short – very short –
attention span
---LifeCourse Associates
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 32MCCTA July 2009
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 33MCCTA July 2009
Questions?
http://cesttf.leesummit.k12.mo.us
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 34MCCTA July 2009
Contact Information:
Tawni Boman, MBADistrict Career Explorations Teacher
Elaine Metcalf, Ed.SCareer Education Coordinator
David Sharp, Ed.DDirector, Summit Technology Academy