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Ann-Claire Anderson Susan Finn Miller

November 2, 2012. Ann-Claire Anderson Susan Finn Miller. Workshop Agenda. Introductions Project Background Overview of Adult Career Pathways (ACP) Tour of the ACP Training and Support Center (ACP-SC) Review of Contextualized Instruction Unpacking ACP-SC Resources

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Ann-Claire Anderson Susan Finn Miller

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  1. November 2, 2012 Ann-Claire Anderson Susan Finn Miller

  2. Workshop Agenda • Introductions • Project Background • Overview of Adult Career Pathways (ACP) • Tour of the ACP Training and Support Center (ACP-SC) • Review of Contextualized Instruction • Unpacking ACP-SC Resources • Examining and Adapting Career Pathways Contextualized Instructional Resources • Designing Contextualized Instruction • Workshop Follow-up Activities

  3. Designing Instruction for Career Pathways • Three-year initiative of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) • Goal:Assist state and local adult education providers in developing and delivering instructional resources that enable lower-skilled adults to progress on a career pathway and prepare for postsecondary success

  4. Designing Instruction for Career Pathways Project Partners • Kratos Learning • Center for Occupational Research and Development • Technical Work Group • 17 expert practitioners from across the country: • Adult-Ed Practitioners at Local and State Levels • Secondary and Postsecondary Faculty and Administrators • Employers • Researchers • Input and guidance on resources, professional development courses, communities of practice

  5. Project Deliverables } • Online Resource Collection • Professional Development Courses • Regional Workshops • E-Newsletters • Communities of Practice • Issue Briefs Accessible through ACP Training and Support Center: www.acp-sc.org

  6. Session 1: Learning Objectives • Participants will be able to: • Define career pathways. • Explain the importance of career pathways to economic development. • Explain the significance of career pathways for lower-skilled adults.

  7. Why the focus on Career Pathways? To address: • The critical need for an increased number of those in or entering the workforce to achieve credentials and degrees to stimulate U.S. economic growth. • The demand by employers and workers to close the skills mismatch between mid- and high-skilled jobs and those lower-skilled adults in or entering the workforce. • The challenge in bridging lower-skilled adults into relevant postsecondary education and training that leads to family-sustaining wages and careers.

  8. Joint Commitment to Career Pathways “The U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor have made a joint commitment to promote the use of career pathways approaches as a promising strategy to help adults acquire marketable skills and industry-recognized credentials through better alignment of education, training and employment, and human and social services among public agencies and with employers.” U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor (2012). Interagency Letter on Career Pathways.

  9. Career Pathways in Partnership Career Pathways are founded upon and managed through a collaborative partnership among workforce, education, human service agencies, business, and other community stakeholders. U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor (2012). Interagency Letter on Career Pathways.

  10. Career Pathways – A Definition Career pathways are… a series of connected education and training strategies and support services that enable individuals to secure industry relevant certification and obtain employment within an occupation and to advance to higher levels of future education and employmentin that area. U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor (2012). Interagency Letter on Career Pathways. http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/ten-attachment.pdf .

  11. Career Pathways Goals Career Pathways services should have among their goals: • focus on secondary and postsecondary industry- recognized credentials; • sector specific employment; and, • advancement over time in education and employment within a sector.

  12. Career Pathways Essential Components • Align with secondary and postsecondary education with workforce development systems and human services • Connect basic education and skills training through “bridge” curriculum and integrated education and training • Programs with multiple entry and exit points that accommodate work schedules with flexible and non-semester-based scheduling, and the innovative use of technology

  13. Career Pathways Essential Components • Align with the skill needs of targeted industry sectors important to local, regional, or state economies • Use curriculum and instructional strategies appropriate for adults that make work a central context • Accelerate participant educational and career advancement through credit for prior learning and other strategies • Build in comprehensive support services, including career counseling, child care, and transportation

  14. Related Career Pathways Projects • ABE Career Connections (ED-OVAE) • Manual - Integrating Adult Basic Education into Career Pathways • Policy to Performance (ED-OVAE) • Policy to Performance (P2P) Toolkit • P2P State Systems Report • Career Pathways Technical Assistance Initiative (DOL-ETA) • Career Pathways Framework • Website of resources

  15. Related Career Pathways Projects • Points of Entry (Open Society Foundation) • Transition programs preparing prisoners to re-enter the workforce • Alliance for Quality Career Pathways (Center for Law and Social Policy—CLASP) • Identification of metrics for evaluating state and student success in career pathways programs • Career Clusters Initiative (National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education) • Identification of sixteen broad occupational pathways and their associated content and performance standards

  16. Six Key Elements of Career Pathways Career Pathways Technical Assistance Initiative DOL-ETA. https://learnwork.workforce3one.org

  17. Career pathways lead to higher levels of future education and employment. TRUE Career pathways are implemented the same way in every region. FALSE Career pathways consist of a series of connected education and training strategies and support services. TRUE Career pathways address employer needs. TRUE Before we move on…

  18. Session 2: Learning Objectives • Participants will be able to: • Name several types of resources that are freely available through the ACP-SC. • Describe how to access materials in the ACP-SC Resource Center. • List two types of social media that can keep participants connected to project updates. • Explain the significance of a community of practice.

  19. ACP Training and Support Center

  20. Log in and Customize Your Account

  21. ACP Training Resources: Online Courses

  22. Online Courses

  23. Course 1: Building Strategic Partnerships

  24. Professional Development Courses • Online, self-paced courses to support professional development needs of local practitioners Building Strategic Partnerships • Developing Effective Bridge Programs • Designing Contextualized Instruction – Parts 1 and 2 • Integrating Career Planning and Counseling • Employer Engagement in Adult Career Pathways • How to Sustain Pathways: Funding, Leadership, Policy • Using Data for Continuous Improvement

  25. ACP News & Events: Social Media

  26. Follow Project Activities via Computer or Mobile Device Adult Career Pathways Training and Support Center (ACP-SC) Facebook Twitter ACP-SC homepage http://acp-sc.org @Career_Pathways or http://twitter.com/#!/Career_Pathways

  27. ACP News and Events: Newsletters

  28. ACP News E-Newsletter • Featuring news from across the country • Current and archived issues available on acp-sc.org • Read online or download PDF to share with colleagues.

  29. ACP Community: Forums

  30. Forums: Communities of Practice

  31. Asking Questions and Sharing Knowledge

  32. Forums: Communities of Practice • Network, share, and exchange ideas and strategies with people around the country in programs like yours about topics like how-to: • Use career pathways with re-entry programs and in correctional education settings, • Engage others and build partnerships, • Design contextualized instruction and bridge programs, or • Integrate effective career planning and counseling.

  33. The ACP-SC Resource Center

  34. The ACP-SC Resource Center Showcases resources from the field: • InstructionResources such as lesson plans, curricula, course outlines, and bridge-related course materials that focus on teaching adult education level academic content within the context of a career pathway -(demonstrating the intersection of academic and technical/career content) • Professional DevelopmentResources such as toolkits, guides, and manuals that support professional understanding on designing contextualized instruction • Support ServicesVariety of resources that support program elements including assessment, career awareness/exploration, study skills, career planning, goal setting, and academic advising

  35. Search for Instructional Resources

  36. Sample Content from the Collection

  37. Share a Resource

  38. Let’s Recap! What kinds of resources for Adult Career Pathways can you expect to find at the project website? How can you access them? Before we move on…

  39. CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING

  40. Session 3: Learning Objectives • Participants will be able to: • Define contextualized instruction. • Identify basic premises underlying contextualized instruction.

  41. Contextualized Instruction – integrates basic reading, math, and language skills and industry and occupation knowledge. relates instructional content to the specific contexts of learners’ lives and interests to increase retention of information and motivation to learn. Definition for Today’s Conversation

  42. How are career pathways relevant to contextual teaching and learning? Provide “instant” lesson context. Facilitate development of lessons that meet employer/workforce needs. Provide contextual framework for the development of entire programs of study along a continuum of academic and technical education. Relevance of Career Pathways to Contextualized Instruction

  43. Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) What does a “contextual approach” really mean?

  44. A Closer Look at CTL • The contextual approach recognizes that: • Learning is a complex, multi-faceted process that goes beyond drill-oriented, stimulus-and-response methodologies.

  45. A Closer Look at CTL • The contextual approach recognizes that: • Learning occurs only when students process new information in such a way that makes sense to them in their own frame of reference (memory, experience, response).

  46. A Closer Look at CTL • The contextual approach recognizes that: • The mind naturally seeks meaning in context, in relation to a person’s environment, doing so by searching for relationships that make sense and appear useful.

  47. Theoretical Basis for CTL Convergence of intelligence and learning theories support contextual methods for effective teaching and learning: • Gardner: The mind’s capacity for learning is broader than assumed. • Kolb: Individuals have a natural ability to learn through a variety of methods. • Caine and Caine: Connectedness is a key to effective learning.

  48. Learning is enhanced when new information is presented in familiar contexts. TRUE Most people learn best through skill-drill activities. FALSE Most people learn best when concepts are introduced in isolation. FALSE Individuals are capable of learning through a variety of methods. TRUE Before we move on…

  49. Why Use Contextual Strategies? • Adult students don’t want to learn in a vacuum. • No longer motivated by “how can I pass this class” but by “how is this course relevant to my future career?” • Understanding real-world connections to course content increases student engagement, leading to: • Persistence • Successful Transitions

  50. The Quiz

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