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US Department of Education Office of Adult and Vocation Education Career and Technical Education Overview Aaron BredenkampTeaching Ambassador Fellow
University of NE-KearneyKearney, NE March 4, 2013
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Department of Education Mission Statement
ED's mission is to promote student achievement and
preparation for global competitiveness by
fostering educational excellence and ensuring
equal access
The federal role should be to invest in innovation and build capacity to drive reform.
Best ideas from the state and local level.
New Federal Role
Conditions for Success
Theory of Change
Use federal dollars to spur & support reform and create
conditions for success.
Standards
Data
Teachers & Leaders
School Turnaround
Comprehensive plans for change.
Shared responsibility for student results.
Collaboration at all levels.
Fairer, Flexibility, and More Focused Accountability
•American Jobs Act Proposal•Waivers from No Child Left Behind
•http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/esea-flexibility/index.html•http://www.ed.gov/esea/flexibility/requests
•Race To The Top I, II, III, IV•http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/states-continue-progress-during-second-year-race-top•http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html
•Early Learning Challenge Grants•Investing in Innovation - i3
•http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html•http://www.ed.gov/open/plan/investing-innovation-i3
•RESPECT Project •http://www.ed.gov/teaching/national-conversation•http://www2.ed.gov/documents/labor-management-collaboration/vision-statement.pdf
“Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-Tech in Brooklyn, a collaboration between New York Public Schools, the City University of New York, and IBM, students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering.
We need to give every American student opportunities like this. Four years ago, we started Race to the Top – a competition that convinced almost every state to develop smarter curricula and higher standards, for about 1 percent of what we spend on education each year. Tonight, I'm announcing a new challenge to redesign America's high schools so they better equip graduates for the demands of a high-tech economy. We'll reward schools that develop new partnerships with colleges and employers, and create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math – the skills today's employers are looking for to fill jobs right now and in the future.” -President Obama, State of the Union Address, February 12, 2013
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ED’s Cradle to Career Agenda
•College- and Career-Ready Students
•Great Teachers and Great Leaders
•Meeting the Needs of English Learners and Other Diverse Learners
•A Complete Education
•Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students
•Fostering Innovation and Excellence
•Additional Cross-Cutting Priorities
United States Department of Education, RESPECT Project
“Our goal is to work with educators in rebuilding their profession—and to elevate the teacher voice in shaping federal, state and local education policy…Our larger goal is to make teaching not only America’s most important profession—but America’s most respected profession.”
Why RESPECT?
RR Recognizing
EE Educational
SS Success
PP Professional
EE Excellence
CC Collaborative
TT Teaching
What Does It All Mean?
• Educational Success recognizes our commitment to improving student outcomes
• Professional Excellence means that we will continuously sharpen our practice, and that we will recognize, reward, and learn from great teachers and school leaders.
• Collaborative Teaching means that we will concentrate on shared responsibility and decision-making. Successful collaboration means creating schools where principals and teachers work and learn together in communities of practice, hold each other accountable, and lift each other to new levels of skill and competence.
7 Critical Areas
1.A Reorganized Classroom2.A New School Day and School Year3.An Environment of Shared Responsibility
among Teachers and Principals4.Entering the Profession5.Career Pathways and Professional
Advancement6.Teacher Evaluation and Development7.Community/Family Engagement
Labor Management Collaboration
Multi-stakeholder groups gathers in Cincinnati in May of 2012 and agreed upon the document “Transforming the Profession“ which contains the same 7 critical areas of necessary improvement as the RESPECT document.
American Association of School Administrators, American Federation of Teachers, Council of the Great City Schools, Council of Chief State School Officers, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Education Association, and National School Boards Association
If Arne Duncan was here…
What would you want to tell him?
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