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Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College Articulation. Articulation. Simply: An agreement between two institutions. Variations: Alignment of course content Sequencing of skills & knowledge Advanced placement by examination. Two directions:.
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Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College Articulation
Articulation Simply: An agreement between two institutions. Variations: • Alignment of course content • Sequencing of skills & knowledge • Advanced placement by examination
Two directions: • Between community colleges and universities (public and private) • Between high schools and colleges • typically in vocational areas • can take various forms
Our project: Articulation between high schools and colleges
2+2 2+2+2 Middle College Early College High School Concurrent Enrollment Tech Prep School-to-Career (federal name: STW) SB 70, Scott (Governor’s Initiative on Economic Development and Career Technical Education) Secondary / Postsecondary Linkage Projects
SB 70 (Scott) • Governor’s Initiative on Economic Development and Career Technical Education • Chaptered into Ed Code 88532 • CCC System Office ---developing many projects • CCC Academic Senate will develop one project--to develop H.S. articulation
Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College Articulation Overall Project Purpose • Opportunities for faculty to develop agreements. • Database of agreements • Outreach strategies to students, parents, staff • Goal: More transportability of articulation agreements
Agriculture, natural resources Arts, media, entertainment Building trades Energy Engineering Fashion, interior design Finance & business Health, human services Hospitality, tourism Info tech Manufacturing Educ services Public services Retail & wholesale Transportation Career Pathways
Status • Steering committee met • 3,700 existing agreements collected • First disciplines identified; resource materials developed; template drafted • Database & technology infrastructure developed • Website under construction • Oct. 2006: first discipline meetings
Fall ’06 Disciplines • South Coast: Business/accounting • North/Far North: Building Trades • Desert: Health Occupations/C.N.A. • San Diego: Hospitality • LA/Orange: Arts & media/animation • Bay Area: I.T./ web design • Central: Child Development • Statewide: I.T. apps & Ornamental Horticulture
Sequence • Discipline groups meet in-person (later remotely). • Groups include high school & college faculty, tech prep & articulation reps, administrators. • Groups review existing agreements & write articulation templates. • Templates disseminated for field input. • Once approved, added to new database. • Larger discipline groups write local/regional agreements • New articulation agreements put into database.
Next steps • More disciplines/pathways added. • Outreach to parents, students, school and college staff and faculty. • Cooperation with other projects. • 2 + 2 + 2 options will be considered.
Questions? Contact the project’s office at careerpathways@sbcglobal.net Or call the Academic Senate (916) 445-4753