Career & Technical Education in New Mexico

1. Career & Technical Education in New Mexico A Presentation for New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee Catherine Cross Maple, Ph.D., Deputy Secretary Melissa W. Lomax, Ph.D., Bureau Chief Career-Technical and Workforce Education July 10, 2008

2. What IS Career & Technical Education (CTE)???http://www.acteonline.org/career_tech/index.cfmJuly 3, 2008 • Education & Training - assists students, workers and lifelong learners fulfill working potential • Employability skills – from job-related skills to workplace ethics • Continuing Education & Skills Upgrades – current workforce

3. CTE is… • Academic subject matter – contextualized • Educational pathways – exploration ofinterests & careers while progressing through school • Linkages - high school, college, and workforce education & training

4. What IS New Mexico’s Career Cluster Initiative??? • A tool for organizing information for RELEVANCY

5. ~Personal Interests ~Personal Talents ~Preparation for self-selected NextStepLifetime Earnings ~$$$$$ ~Quality of Life New Mexico’s Career Cluster Initiative & Self-Selected Relevancy

6. New Mexico’s Career Cluster Initiative 7 Core STRATEGIC MARKET CAREER CLUSTERS Multiple CAREER PATHWAYS within CLUSTERS define & illustrate career opportunities Link to– HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, and WORKFORCE education & training

7. New Mexico’s Career Cluster Initiative Links Education with Life

8. New Mexico’s Career Cluster Initiative http://ped.state.nm.us/CTWEB/index.html workinnewmexico.gov

9. Career Clusters: Purposes • Organizing tool for schools offering a broader, more durable preparation for the world of work by • Preparing an Emerging Workforce • Cross-training Workforce • Re-training Workforce

10. Cluster:ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT • Pathways • A/V Technology & Film • Performing & Visual Arts • Journalism/Broadcasting

11. Cluster:BUSINESS SERVICES • Pathways • Marketing • Accounting • Finances/Securities/Investments • Human Resources • Education • Law Enforcement • Banking • Legal

12. Cluster: COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION • Pathways • Telecommunications • Visual/Performing Arts • Web & Digital Communications • Information Support & Services • Networking • Journalism & Broadcasting • Programming & Software Development

13. Cluster:ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES • Pathways • STEM • Manufacturing • Research • Green Energy • Safety • Fire Management

14. Cluster:ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION, MANUFACTURING & AGRICULTURE • Pathways • Architecture/Design/Pre-Construction • Distribution/Transportation/Logistics • Machinists • Natural Resources Systems • Plant/Animal Systems • Agribusiness • Quality Assurance and control

15. Cluster:HOSPITALITY & TOURISM • Pathways: • Lodging/Management • Food/Beverage/Restaurant • Travel/Tourism • Business Information Management • Financial Accounting • Business/Finance • Marketing

16. Cluster:HEALTH & BIOSCIENCES • Pathways: • Biotechnologies R&D • Diagnostics • Health/Supportive Services • STEM • Therapeutic Services • Emergency Management • Fire Science Management

17. Educational Foundation of New Mexico’s 7 Clusters • 9 Strands of Academic/Technical Knowledge & Skills Common Across All Clusters

18. Academic & Technical Skills Common Across NM’s 7 Clusters • Communications • Problem Solving & Critical Thinking • Safety, Health, & Environment • Information Technology Applications • Systems • Leadership and Teamwork • Ethics & Legal Responsibilities • Technical Skills • Employabilitly and Career Development

19. Strand Standards/Benchmarks • STRAND: COMMUNICATION Standard: Use oral and written communication skills in creating, expressing and interpreting information and ideas including technical terminology • Benchmark: Match verbal and visual communications to industry specific situations • Performance Standards: Use reading strategies (e.g., word analysis) to expand understanding and fluency; • Locate, organize and reference written information from various sources (books, journals, magazines, Internet) to answer questions, solve problems, and develop written and oral communication;. • Write and report subjective and objective information.

20. Strand Standards/Benchmarks • STRAND:PROBLEM SOLVING/CRITICAL THINKING Standard: Solve problems using critical thinking skills (e.g., analyze, synthesize and evaluate) while working independently and in teams. • Benchmark: Formulate and evaluate ideas, proposals and solutions to handle problems. • Performance Standards: Formulate ideas and proposals to solve problems; • Analyze and evaluate ideas, proposals and solutions to manage a variety of problems..

21. Future: We Will All Need Even More Education Share of new jobs, 2000–10 Source: Carnevale, Anthony P. and Donna M. Desrochers, Standards for What? The Economic Roots of K–16 Reform, Educational Testing Service, 2003.

22. How New Mexico is Doing New Mexico Statistics, 2004 Fall Enrollment Survey Source: NCES-IPEDS Fall Enrollment Survey (The Emerging Policy Triangle)

23. Why Relate High School Education to New Mexico’s Career Cluster Initiative? By 2010 ~~2/3 new jobs created need some postsecondary education

24. Median Earnings of Persons Age 25 or Older by Highest Education Attainment in the U.S. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual, Social and Economic Supplement, Educational Attainment--People 25 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex

25. Poverty Status by Educational Attainment Poverty Rate for the U.S. Population 25 Years and Over Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual, Social and Economic Supplement, Educational Attainment--People 25 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex

26. New Mexico Roadmap… High School Redesign Dual Credit IDEAL NM: Innovative Digital Education and\ Learning (e-Learning) NextStep Planning Programs of Study

27. Programs of Study Requirements • Sequential • Non-Duplicative • May include articulated, dual, distance learning • Integrated, contextualized academic and CTE coursework connecting HS-PostSecondary endeavors • Leads to industry certification/ Associates Degree

28. Secondary Programs of Study supported via Carl D. Perkinssupplemental funding: 2008-2009: 140 POS’s in 65 High Schools 42 POS carried over in 2008-2009 from 2007-2008 98 New POS’s will be implemented in 2008-2009 New Mexico Programs of Study 2008-2009Inventory

29. New Mexico Programs of Study 2008-2009Inventory • Postsecondary Programs of Study supported via Carl D. Perkins supplemental funding: • 2008-2009: 69 POS’s in 16 institutions • 34 POS carried over in 2008-2009 from 2007-2008 • 35 New POS’s will be implemented in 2008-2009

32. Apprenticeship • Feasibility Study HM46/SM36: HS Pre-Apprenticeship Program • Collaboration of PED/HED/DWS/EDD/Trades and Industry • Present to LESC August 6-8 EDC TBD

33. New Mexico’s Career CIuster Initiative~21st Century CTE showcase~ • Preparation for postsecondary education & employment • Achievement of a degree, certificate or credential • Freedom of Choice • Pocket Jingle (Lifetime Earnings $$$$)

34. RELEVANCE for learning • Connections to • Personal creativity, • Personal success: NextStep Plan for Graduation • Postsecondary engagement—education or workforce

35. CTE & Graduation RatesAlex Harris, NGA’s June 21, 2007 American Youth Policy Forum Though the impact is uneven: ~CTE has a positive impact upon high school graduation rates, postsecondary enrollment, and labor market outcomes; ~CTE course-taking reduces dropout for most at-risk students; BUT ~NAEP math scores for 2/3 graduating Senior CTE concentrators are not generally at the basic levels.

36. CTE & Drop-Out Prevention • NEA’s 12 action steps to address the nation's school dropout crisis Action Step 5 (of 12) Increase career education and workforce readiness programs in schools so that students see the connection between school and careers after graduation. To ensure that students have the skills they need for these careers, integrate 21st century skills into the curriculum and provide all students with access to 21st century technology. http://www.nea.org/presscenter/actionplan1.html

37. March 2005 Techniqueswww.acteonline.org/members/techniques/2004-2005/mar05_feature1.cfm • National Dropout Prevention Center confirms • Importance of Tech Prep, career academies, CTE initiatives like • School-to-career programs • Apprenticeships • Internships • School-based enterprises • Cooperative education • Job shadowing, and • Mentoring • Summary: Numerous studies have demonstrated the positive effect of CTE on reducing high school dropout rates

38. March 2005 Techniques con’t. • NRCCTE’s Deputy Director Corinne Alfeld discusses • -- power of CTE for keeping kids in school; • -- complexity of relationship between taking CTE courses and staying in school; • -- studies reflecting • at worst, “students who are CTE concentrators do not differ from other students in their likelihood of dropping out of school • at best,taking CTE courses of all kinds can lower the risk of dropping out.”

39. March 2005 Techniques con’t. • NRCCTE’s own study: ~~the greater the percentage of CTE in a student’s total course load, the lower the probability that the student would drop out, especially in the case of lower-ability youth~~

40. High School Dropout and the Role of Career and Technical Education:A Survival Analysis of Surviving High School by Stephen Plank, Stefanie DeLuca and AngelaEstacion (2004) • Participation in a career major is associated with a lower risk of dropout • Risk factor drops by about 1/2 when comparing youth who experience a career major to those who do not.For more information, visit the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education at www.nccte.org.

41. So WHAT - really – is RELEVANCY???

42. Thank you Catherine Cross Maple, Ph.D., Deputy Secretary Melissa W. Lomax, Ph.D., Bureau Chief New Mexico Public Education Department Career-Technical & Workforce Education 300 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, New Mexico 505 827-1817 melissa.lomax@ state.nm.us