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Keeping the End in Mind: The Rigor of College and Career Readiness in Virginia Dr. Linda Wallinger Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Virginia Department of Education July 1, 2012
Keeping the End in Mind: The Rigor of College and Career Readiness in Virginia Dr. Linda Wallinger Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Virginia Department
Keeping the End in Mind: The Rigor of College and Career
Readiness in Virginia Dr. Linda Wallinger Assistant Superintendent
for Instruction Virginia Department of Education July 1, 2012
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2 Why College and Career Readiness? Everyone should have the
opportunity to go to college if he or she has the desire. Most
employers will likely provide or expect some kind of postsecondary
training and continuous learning for career readiness.
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3 Preparation for College and Career Readiness In order to
succeed in careers and college, our students must have the
preparation that ensures them that opportunity. AP, dual
enrollment, and IB courses Associates Degree concurrent with high
school diploma Industry credentials Apprenticeships or
career-related training programs Two- and four-year college
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4 Purposes of K-12 Education Helping students to: Master
academic content; Cultivate their intellect; Develop communication,
inquiry, and reasoning skills; Achieve personal excellence; and
Become responsible citizens. Many of these purposes are evident in
the vision, mission and goals of school districts across the
nation.
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5 Virginia Board of Education Goals The Virginia Board of
Education has as one of its goals: Expanded Opportunities to
Learn:.... Our schools will lead the nation in rigor and quality
and our students will compete and excel in postsecondary education
and/or in the global workplace. One way this goal has manifested
itself is in Virginias College and Career Readiness
Initiative.
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6 Virginias College and Career Readiness Initiative 2007 -
Board of Education authorized the Department of Education to
conduct studies to determine factors contributing to success in
postsecondary education. The Mathematics Standards of Learning that
were adopted in 2009 and the English Standards of Learning adopted
in 2010 reflected the results of these analyses, along with content
and skills introduced by the Common Core State Standards.
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7 College and Career Ready Performance Expectations Virginias
Standards of Learning establish expectations for what students
should know and be able to do at the end of each grade or course in
all content areas in Virginia. The next step involved the
development of college and career ready performance expectations in
English and mathematics that define the level of achievement
students must reach to be academically prepared for success in
entry-level credit-bearing college courses.
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8 College and Career Ready Performance Expectations Developed
with involvement of faculty from Virginias two- and four-year
colleges and universities, members of the business community, and
high school educators The Department of Education, the State
Council of Higher Education, and the Virginia Community College
System have endorsed the performance expectations as the
achievement and performance levels students must reach to be
academically prepared for success in entry-level credit-bearing
college courses
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9 Senior Seminar or Capstone Courses in English and Mathematics
Virginia has developed senior seminar or capstone courses in
English and mathematics. Support students who need additional
instruction to meet college and career ready performance
expectations before leaving high school students who are college
intending but not yet college ready. Four public universities are
providing professional development and instructional materials to
support teachers of the seminar courses.
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10 Senior Seminar or Capstone Courses in English and
Mathematics The courses help students reach higher levels of
critical reading, strong writing, and effective communication
skills in English and in mathematics, to apply advanced
mathematical skills and reasoning. They are intended to be taught
in such a way as to simultaneously reinforce readiness skills and
dispositions in adaptability and flexibility, creativity and
innovation, leadership, team work, collaboration, and work
ethic.
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11 Foundation for Success in College and Careers The content
and skills stated in the standards and performance expectations are
reinforced by the involvement of higher education and business and
industry. Teachers will need to develop instructional strategies
that help students develop the habits of mind that allow them to
transform their school learning into postsecondary success.
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12 Habits of Mind for Success in College and Careers Clear oral
and written expression Ability to discern applicability and
credibility of information Ability to draw inferences and reach
conclusions independently Analytical thinking and problem solving
An inquisitive nature Willingness to accept critical feedback
Openness to possible failures Desire and ability to cope with
frustrating and ambiguous learning tasks Ability to use technology
as an effective tool to assist in the learning process Higher
education faculty and business leaders have expressed these habits
of mind in terms such as:
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13 Preparing Our Students for A Changing World We need to
develop strategies that will position our students to compete
successfully across a broad spectrum of talents, interests, and
needs. Certainly, students need basic knowledge in all content
areas to establish the foundation for a strong international
presence. But they also need to develop skills that help them
create and innovate to meet the challenges of the changing
world.
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14 Virginias College and Career Readiness Initiative More
information about Virginias College and Career Readiness Initiative
and the College and Career Ready Performance Expectations is
available at the Department of Educations Web site at :
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/college_career
_readiness/index.shtml
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15 Resources Used In This Presentation Conley, D. T. (2005).
College Knowledge: What it Really Takes for Students to Succeed and
What We Can Do to Get Them Ready. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Summary at
http://www.avid.org/dl/res_research/research_collegeknowledge.pdf.
(Retrieved April 30, 2012.)
http://www.avid.org/dl/res_research/research_collegeknowledge.pdf
Virginia Board of Education Web Site.
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/index.shtml. (Retrieved May 6,
2010.) http://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/index.shtml Virginia
Department of Education. College and Career Readiness Web Site.
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/college_career_readiness/index.s
html. (Retrieved May 6, 2012.)
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/college_career_readiness/index.s
html