UPDATE FROM dese AND THE OFFICE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

1. MoACTE Summer Conference July 2012 UPDATE FROM deseAND THE OFFICE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

2. DESE Updates • ESEA Waiver • MSIP 5 • Pathways to Prosperity • Educator Evaluation System Pilot

3. Office of College and Career Readiness Updates • Model Curriculum • Assessment Updates

4. Career Education Updates • New Teacher Institute • Career Education Mentoring Program • Career Education Coordinators • Missouri Center for Career Education • Math In CTE • Literacy in CTE • Missouri Writing Project • Missouri Reading Project • Displaced Homemaker Fee Waiver • Student Services Funding (At-Risk and Counselor)

5. New Teacher/Counselor Institute • 89 Registered Participants • 35 secondary • 22 postsecondary • 13 both secondary and postsecondary • 23 Health Sciences • 4 Family Consumer Sciences • 42 Skilled Technical Sciences • 1 Business Education • 19 Counselors

6. Career Education Teacher/Counselor Mentoring Program • Continue with Year Two Mentoring during the 2012-13 school year • Will not be starting a new mentoring class this year

7. Career Education Coordinators • Under the direction of Bragg Stanley and Tom Schlimpert • Focus on Career Development and System of Support with emphasis on gender equity and nontraditional. • Relocation of Region IV CEC to Columbia Area Career Center • Addition of new CEC in St. Louis area – located at Lewis and Clark Career Center • New CECs at Monett, Kirksville and Columbia

8. Missouri Center for Career Education • Scope of Work for 2012-13 • Model Curriculum Development and Support • New Teacher/New Counselor Institutes • Resources@MCCE

9. Math In CTE Project • Partnership with NRCCTE • Focuses on curriculum integration to improve mathematical understanding • Recognizes CTE teachers are teachers of Math in CTE and not math teachers

10. Math In CTE Project • How does it work? • Pairs CTE instructors with Math instructors • Starts with the CTE curriculum • Identifies math that naturally occurs within CTE curriculum • Math instructor assists CTE instructor in broadening math concepts from specific tasks to general math essentials.

11. Math In CTE Project • Family Consumer Sciences is the focus area during the 2012-13 school year. • Instructor teams will develop and implement a minimum of 10 enhanced Math lessons by the end of the year • Future goals • Expand reach throughout the state • Expand program areas: Agriculture and Construction

12. Literacy in CTE Project Missouri Writing Project Missouri Reading Initiative

13. Literacy in CTE, 2011-2012 Missouri Writing Projects Network Making & Technical Writing Conferences: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjHYZztiToY • Two-day Missouri Writing Projects Network/DESE co-sponsored statewide conference along with shorter, local follow-up conferences held regionally at each university site Cross-Content Literacy Institutes: • Nine-day workshop during the winter semester geared toward improving students’ informational reading and technical/argumentative writing habits in various content areas as required by the CCSS Video Series: https://vimeo.com/44035604 • Series of videotaped lessons contributed by WP Teacher Consultants showcasing effective literacy practices and lessons relevant across content areas

14. NWP Core Beliefs: • Joins teachers in grades pre-K-16 • Focuses on teaching and learning, not assigning and grading • Blends theory, research, practice • Advocates no single, right approach but rather relies on experience and best practices

15. Literacy in CTE Project - MRI Missouri Reading Initiative Focuses on assisting teachers of all content areas strategies to support students’ literacy performance Recognizes that CTE teachers are not Reading and Writing teachers. However CTE teachers can intentionally support their content as they assist students with literacy challenges

16. Literacy in CTE Project - MRI Missouri Reading Initiative How does it work? Two year, on-site, comprehensive training Year one: focus is Reading Year two: focus is Writing Work with both comprehensive high schools and their CTE centers Given modeled strategies of Before, During, and After reading/writing strategies Application of each strategy is to be connected to each content and CTE area

17. Literacy in CTE Project - MRI Missouri Reading Initiative Collaboration is done with participants sharing how they have used specific literacy support strategies Next year, coaching will follow training with MRI trainer providing feedback to participants

18. Literacy in CTE - MRI Missouri Reading Initiative In 2011-2012, focused on 4 high schools and 4 CTE centers reaching 156 teachers In 2012-2013 will focus on 6 high schools and 6 centers reaching up to 225 teachers Future plans…expand to more CTE centers and high schools

19. Literacy in CTE Project - MRI • What Are Some Positive Outcomes For You and Your Students As A Result of MRI? • A wealth of ideas about what to do before we teach something • Good ideas for every content (vocabulary and pre-assessment) • As a result of MRI, I now have exciting new strategies to help increase vocabulary knowledge • I liked how applicable the techniques we learned were • I liked how sessions were tailored for each area.

20. Literacy in CTE Project - MRI “The MRI training has given us great new tools to improve the delivery and assessment of the materials presented in our coursework. It has been amazing to see how these strategies have improved student comprehension and retention. “ Rob Flatness Agriculture Instructor Ozarks Technical Community College

21. Displaced Homemaker Fee Waiver • Submit FV-4s for the upcoming school year • Expended all funds the past fiscal year • Deadline for FV-4s – December 31, 2012 • Unobligated funds will be redistributed beginning in January 2013

22. Student Services Funding • Formerly At-Risk and Counselor Salary Reimbursement • No longer available after June 30, 2013 • Will become Student Services Funding July 1, 2013. • Application Process will be unveiled at MCCTA Fall Conference with subsequent webinars • Looking at comprehensive student services program in place based on local needs

23. Administration and Accountability • Enhancement Grants • Technical Skill Attainment/Technical Skill Assessments • Important Updates • Percentage required to tested for 2012-13 • 100% for Secondary, Postsecondary, & Adult • Performance Levels for 2012-13 • 63.00% Secondary • 72.50% Postsecondary/Adult

24. OVAE Blueprint • Four Core Principles • Alignment • Collaboration • Accountability • Innovation

25. Common Career Technical Core • State-led initiative to establish a set of rigorous, high-quality standards for CTE. • States adopt voluntarily • A set of standards for each of the 16 Career Clusters and their corresponding pathways. • Define what students should know and be able to do after completing instruction in a program of study. • Includes twelve (12) over-arching Career Ready Practices.

26. Common Career Technical Core • To learn more about the Common Career Technical Core, visit the Website at: www.careertech.org/career-technical-education/cctc/.

27. Adult Education / Rehabilitation

28. GED by the Numbers Calendar Year 2011

29. Cost of Paper Based Test

30. New Costs “2002” Computer Based Testing (CBT) $120.00 Total ($24.00 per test) $ 20.00 State Administration ($4.00 per test) $140.00 Total ($28.00 per test) “2014” GED Test $120.00 Total ($30.00 per test) $ 20.00 State Administration ($4.00 per test) $140.00 Total ($35.00 per test)

31. Computer Based Testing (CBT) Locations • Metropolitan Community Colleges – Business and Technology College (BTC) • St. Charles Community College • Other locations to be announced

32. Seeking Alternatives to GED • ACT • McGraw-Hill • University of Iowa/ETS • Other options pursuing • Option of purchasing off another state’s contract 2 other states are RFPing

33. Stay Tuned • Go to GEDCBT.org • Keep in touch with your area AEL and GED staff • Contact us

34. Questions????