MANUFACTURING RPOSSEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Rigorous Programs of Study

HOW DID WISCONSIN GET INVOVLED?

U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education sent a RFP announcement. Great opportunity to expand Wisconsin’s work in the area of

programs of study Announcement of the award was in October, 2010 $258,400/year up to a maximum of four years

WHY MANUFACTURING

Wisconsin is home to over 9,000 manufacturesManufacturing accounts for $47 billion to our

state’s economyThe manufacturing industry ranks #2 in

Wisconsin gross state productThe manufacturing industry employs 448,000

workersSix states in total were awarded RPOS grants

Arizona – Education Kansas – STEMMaryland – Automotive Montana – ConstructionUtah – Health Science Wisconsin - Manufacturing

WHO IS INVOLVED

The Northcentral Technical College area and four area local high schools Wausau West Wausau East D.C. Everest Spencer

WHAT IS A RPOS?

Focuses on the ten components The ten components are currently embedded into the

five areas of our current Carl Perkins application

Spencer High School

Framework element year 2 action steps: Partnerships with Industry

to develop and communicate industry skill requirements

Teaching and learning Develop learning communities between core academic

and career & technical education

Technical Skills Assessment Streamline manufacturing TSA document for classroom

Spencer High School

Enhancement of RPOS elementsPartnerships:

-NTC - Transcripted-credit-and additional partnerships Local Manufacturing Businesses

Guidance Counseling and Academic Advisement: CTE team leader-pathway development Career counseling 8th and 10th grades with parental

involvement through WISCAREERS website

Grant money uses: Local core and CTE collaboration, tours, curriculum

development, consortium in-service of CTE and core

DC EVEREST

Identified areas of growth (pre/post assessments) Technical Skills Assessments Partnerships Teaching and Learning Strategies

Capturing and Sharing Successes Accuracy of Data and its Importance Create Partnerships through a TSA or Crosswalk

EVALUATION

We will be using data to evaluate the effectivness of our work. The evaluation will using RPOS concentrators versus non-RPOS concentrators.

WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT

Who has not implemented these ten components?

WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT

School Counseling to RPOSTechnical Skill AttainmentCourse SequencingTeaching and LearningData

ENGINEERING A BETTER FUTURE IN WISCONSIN

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY TAKE A CHOICE OF UP TO 79 CAREER PATHWAYS.

TRANSCRIPTED CREDIT STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES IN WELDING

AAS – MECHANICAL DESIGN – NTC BS – ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY – UW-STOUT 100% FULL TRANSFER OF NTC STUDENT

CREDITS INTO UW-STOUT’S PROGRAM. CURRENTLY EXPLORING MULTI-TRACK CLASS

OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN INTO RPOS.

WISCONSIN JOB REPORT ACCORDING TO WTCS SEPT ‘10-SEPT’11

Electro-Mechanical Technology – 483 / 22Mechanical Design Technology – 401 / 42Welding – **1300 / 15**Transcripted Credit Course for NTC

STUDENT SUCCESS STORY

SPRING 2005 MPTC – ENGINE DESIGN ASSOC. DEGREE

FALL 2005 UW FDL –GENERAL STUDIES TOWARD ENGINEERING.

SPRING 2007 – NTC- MECHANICAL DESIGN A. D.FALL 2009 – UW-STOUT- BS – MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING.ENGINE DESIGN DEGREE- MAINTENANCE JOB AT

BRENNER TANK, AND A DEALER SERVICE REP @ MERCURY MARINE.

UW-STOUT B.S. DEGREE – JOB A MANUFACTURING ENGINEER AT G3 INDUSTRIES. – CURRENTLY.