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Making Academics and CTE a Seamless System. Raymond J. McNulty Senior Vice President. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. - Leonardo da Vinci. People are born free… They are not born wise… The purpose of schooling in a democracy is to make free people wise.
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Making Academics and CTE a Seamless System Raymond J. McNulty Senior Vice President
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” - Leonardo da Vinci
People are born free…They are not born wise…The purpose of schooling in a democracy is to make free people wise.
The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
The Six Hawaii Career Pathways • Arts & Communications • Business, Management & Technology • Health Services • Industrial & Engineering Technology • Natural Resources • Public & Human Services
We’ve created false proxies for learning… • Finishing a course or textbook has come to mean achievement • Listening to lecture has come to mean understanding • Getting a high score on a standardized test has come to mean proficiency
Learning should have its roots in.. • Meaning, not just memory • Engagement, not simply transmission • Inquiry, not only compliance • Exploration, not just acquisition • Personalization, not simply uniformity • Collaboration, not only competition • Trust, not fear
Applied Skills • Critical Thinking/Problem Solving • Oral Communication • Written Communication • Teamwork/Collaboration • Diversity • Information Technology Application • Leadership • Creativity/Innovation • Lifelong Learning/Self Direction • Professionalism/Work Ethic • Ethics/Social Responsibility • Basic Knowledge/Skills • English Language (spoken) • Reading Comprehension • (in English) • Writing in English • (grammar, spelling, etc.) • Mathematics • Science • Government/Economics • Humanities/Arts • Foreign Languages • History/Geography “Are They Really Ready To Work?”
The Six Hawaii Career Pathways • Arts & Communications • Business, Management & Technology • Health Services • Industrial & Engineering Technology • Natural Resources • Public & Human Services
“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”- Eric Hoffer, American Social Writer
Traditional Approach Academic Education CTE
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The Future Applied Academic Learning Academic Education CTE
We can’t talk our way out of something we behaved our way into. We have to behave our way out of it!
URGENCY COMPLACENCY
We have a flawed perspective of always listening to our best customers… They tell us how good the system is working for them!
Not a bad idea, but to earn a grade more than a C+, the idea has to be viable! (Yale Professor) Fredrick Smith The idea FedEx A Story….
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.” -Shurnyu Suzuki
Sustaining Innovation And Disruptive Innovation
System Innovation
Sustaining Innovation Disruptive Innovation
New Idea Fidelity Adapt It Take It To Scale
New Idea Fidelity Adapt It Take It To Scale Sustaining Innovation
New Idea Fidelity Adapt It Take It To Scale Disruptive Innovation
21st Century World The Future World of Work
Report : Measuring Skills The ‘Must Have’ Skill • It is an emphasis on what students can do with knowledge, rather than what units of knowledge they have, that best describes the essence of 21st century skills. “Measuring Skills” November 2008 Education Sector
Basic skills are necessary but not sufficient. • The commission’s report describes how new technology and global competition have changed the game for American workers. Students need a strong foundation of basic skills, the commission asserts, but that alone is no longer enough for economic and job security. “It is a world in which comfort with ideas and abstractions is the passport to a good job, in which creativity and innovation are the key to the good life, in which high levels of education—a very different kind of education than most of us have had—are going to be the only security there is.” “Measuring Skills” November 2008 Education Sector
Basic skills are necessary but not sufficient. • The commission’s report describes how new technology and global competition have changed the game for American workers. Students need a strong foundation of basic skills, the commission asserts, but that alone is no longer enough for economic and job security.“It is a world in which comfort with ideas and abstractions is the passport to a good job, in which creativity and innovation are the key to the good life, in which high levels of education—a very different kind of education than most of us have had—are going to be the only security there is.”
The Six Hawaii Career Pathways • Arts & Communications • Business, Management & Technology • Health Services • Industrial & Engineering Technology • Natural Resources • Public & Human Services
Making Academics and CTE a Seamless System Raymond J. McNulty Senior Vice President