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College Ready or Career Ready? The Same or Different

College Ready or Career Ready? The Same or Different. Myth or Fact?. Nationwide about 70% of students entering high school do not graduate.

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College Ready or Career Ready? The Same or Different

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  1. College Ready or Career Ready?The Same or Different

  2. Myth or Fact? Nationwide about 70% of students entering high school do not graduate. Fact:Nearly half of individuals included in “The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts” report said that they were bored and not engaged in school. www.all4ed.org

  3. Myth or Fact? In Missouri, 18,000+ teenagers (who should have graduated in 2008) did not graduate. Fact:Based on the average wage for Missourians, these 18,000 people would have the potential of earning 4.7 billion dollars in wages. www.all4ed.org

  4. Continue to innovate during tough economic times.--Jim Welch, author of Growth Leader thegrowthleader.com

  5. Why? • HSTW Goals and Key Practices • Mo. General Assembly passed legislation • Mo. Comprehensive Guidance Program • Increased graduation requirements

  6. THE PROCESS • Formation of team called Connecting Each Student to the Future • Career Pathways Advisory Teams recommendation • District Design Team

  7. Activity Employability Skills – foundation skills that apply across the board, no matter what the specific job may be.

  8. What Are The Shortcomings of Applicants? Mo. Job Vacancy Study 2008, missourieconomy.org

  9. THE PROCESS • Advisory Team Input • District Design Team Input

  10. attendance tardies WorkKeys scores participation in activities/sports participation in internship programs Area of Focus community service discipline record resume 8th grade technology standard oral presentations senior project mock interview leadership roles in activities no late assignments teacher reference portfolio Possible Evidence

  11. THE PRODUCT Elements included on the R7 Employability Transcript

  12. THE PRODUCT Five areas on transcript: 1st area validates Career Interest Career Path: Career Cluster: Career Area of Focus: Successfully completed?

  13. Focused learning involves successful completion of four related units of credit • Courses are chosen based on identified areas of interest within one of six career paths • LSR7 has 37 areas of focus or concentration areas

  14. Focused Learning Timeline • 7th grade: investigate six career paths, Career Portfolio begins • 8th grade: individual personal plans of study using MO Connections, EXPLORE test to identify academic and career readiness • 9th grade: complete career unit and career inventory assessment, explore and enroll in focus electives

  15. 10th grade: declare an area of focus, take PLAN test to identify career strengths, area of focus shows on employability transcript, enroll in focus electives • 11th grade: continue career assessments, select additional focus electives • 12th grade: complete focus coursework, if earned four units of focus electives, request to add on academic transcript in addition to employability transcript

  16. Be Flexible………. • Students can change a focus if they find this is no longer an area of interest • Students are never locked into a specific focus • Although not a graduation requirement, students must declare an area of focus as a sophomore

  17. Choices in Venues and in Delivery Methods…..

  18. THE PRODUCT 2nd area validates Dependability Yearly attendance percentage and accumulative attendance percentage

  19. THE PRODUCT 3rd area validates Career Readiness Academic Skills ACT’s WorkKeys • Reading for Information • Applied Math • Locating Information

  20. THE PRODUCT 4th area validates Supervised Internship Programs • Marketing • CCE • SBE • Industrial Internships • Teacher Cadets

  21. THE PRODUCT 5th area validates Technical Skill Attainment third-party assessments or industry certifications • NOCTI • Microsoft • A+, Cisco, etc. • PLTW End-of-Course Assessments

  22. Available to the Class of 2011 and beyond • Requested through the high school registrar’s office • Student permission to release

  23. Promoting Employability Transcripts • To students? • To parents? • To employers?

  24. Activity What elements would you include on an employability transcript for your students?

  25. our satisfied customers

  26. Achievement oriented Busy, multi-taskers Ambitious yet clueless Short – very short – attention span Millenials (people born 1980 to 2000) are: ---LifeCourse Associates

  27. Employability Transcript: Don't Leave High School Without One

  28. Questions? http://cesttf.leesummit.k12.mo.us

  29. Contact Information: Tawni Boman, MBA District Career Explorations Teacher 816-986-1125 tawni.boman@leesummit.k12.mo.us Elaine Metcalf, Ed.S Career Education Coordinator 816-986-1084 elaine.metcalf@leesummit.k12.mo.us David Sharp, Ed.D Director, Summit Technology Academy 816-986-3415 david.sharp@leesummit.k12.mo.us

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