An Orientation

1. CCTI - An Orientation March 18, 2006 Atlanta, Georgia Presenters: Laurance J. Warford CCTI Project Director Jean Petty CCTI Assistant Project Director

2. Welcome to CCTI

3. Purpose: To provide information and ways in which you can get assistance in developing career pathways to ease student transitions.

4. Transitions – Why Critical Today “For most Americans, education and training through and beyond high school is now a necessary condition (not just the most advantageous or desirable route) for developing skills required by most well-paying jobs.”

5. College and Career Transitions Initiative (CCTI) Cooperative Agreement between U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education and The League for Innovation in the Community College Consortium

6. Purpose of CCTI CCTI will contribute to strengthening the role of community and technical colleges in - • Easing student transitions between secondary and postsecondary education as well as transitions to employment, and • Improving academic performance at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.

9. CCTI Timeline

10. 1-Miami Dade College 6-Corning Com. College 11-St. Louis Com. College 2-Northern Virginia Com. College 7-Maricopa Com. Colleges 12-Lehigh Carbon Com. College 3-Ivy Tech Community College 8-Anne Arundel Com. College 13-San Diego Com. College Dist. 4-Central Piedmont Com. College 9-Lorain County Com. College 14-Prince George’s Com. College 5-SW Oregon Com. College 10-Sinclair Com. College 15-Fox Valley Technical College 5 15 6 12 9 10 3 8 14 11 2 4 13 7 1 2005-06 CCTI Site Partnerships

11. CCTI Site Partnerships • Education & Training • Anne Arundel Community College (MD) • Lorain County Community College (OH) • Maricopa Community Colleges (AZ) • Health Science • Ivy Tech State College (IN) • Miami Dade College (FL) • Northern Virginia Community College (VA) • Information Technology • Central Piedmont Community College (NC) • Corning Community College (NY) • Southwestern Oregon Com. College (OR)

12. CCTI Site Partnerships • Law, Public Safety and Security • Fox Valley Technical College (WI) • Prince George’s Community College (MD) • San Diego Community College District • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics • Lehigh Carbon Community College (PA) • Sinclair Community College (OH) • St. Louis Community College (MO)

13. CCTI Products • Virtual Reader • Career Pathway Templates • Toolkit • Case Studies Book • National Policy Study • State Policy Forums

14. Perhaps most importantly … Building relationships with Secondary and Business Partners to help students navigate through oursystems of education and employment

15. OUTCOME #1 Decrease remediation at the postsecondary level

16. Percent of students who take remedial courses • 63% at two-year institutions • 40% at four-year institutions The Bridge Project Stanford University

17. OUTCOME #2 Increase enrollment and persistence in postsecondary education

18. National Statistics on High School Students • For every 100 ninth graders:

19. OUTCOME #3 Increase academic and skill achievement at both the secondary and postsecondary levels

20. Rigor in High School “Knowing what they know today, a large majority of students say they would have worked harder and taken more difficult courses in high school.” Source: “Rising to the Challenge: Are High School graduates prepared for college and work?”; Achieve, Inc., 2005

21. OUTCOME #4 Increase attainment of postsecondary degrees, certificates, or other recognized credentials

22. Why Focus on Student Retention? Student Pipeline Sources, 2000 Data Sources: NCES Common Core Data (2000); IPEDS Residency and Migration File (2000); ACT Institutional Survey (2001); NCES, IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey (2000).

23. OUTCOME #5 Increase successful entry into employment or further education

24. Are Students Prepared? • College instructors estimate that 42% of their students are not adequately prepared. • Employers estimate that 39% of high school graduates who have no further education are not prepared for their current job and that 45% are under prepared for advancement. Source: “Rising to the Challenge: Are High School graduates prepared for college and work?”; Achieve, Inc., 2005

26. Sixteen Career Clusters Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Hospitality & Tourism Manufacturing Finance Human Services Architecture & Construction Marketing Sales & Services Education & Training Information Technology Arts, AV Tech & Communications Science, Tech, Engineering & Mathematics Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Government & Public Administration Business, Mgt & Admin. Transportation, Distribution & Logistics Health Science

27. Then and Now

28. Funded by the U. S. Department of Education (V051B020001) CCTI Career Pathways Template Rigorous Academics CTE for all Dual Enrollment Early Assessment in H.S.

29. What We Are Learning From CCTI • Community colleges can lead this work. • Partners are anxious to work together. • Communication is key: • generally among education sectors and business • between faculty of high school and college • Postsecondary remediation can be reduced. • Transformation needs to take place in the context of a P-20 or a lifetime framework.

30. The Role of Community Colleges in the New Economy • Community Colleges are uniquely positioned to take advantage of changes. • Community Colleges are at the nexus of K-12, Higher Education, and workforce development. • Transformation needs to take place in the context of a P-20 framework.

31. The Role of Community Colleges in the New Economy • Community Colleges need to expand their development of partnerships. • Will require institutional instructional transformation.

32. CCTI Network • www.league.org/ccti/networkapplication A network designed to assist you!