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Advancing Early Postsecondary Opportunities: OPCA's Drive to Success

Discover how the Office of Postsecondary Coordination and Alignment promotes high school students' success through early postsecondary credit programs. Learn about EPSOs and the importance of offering dual credit programs to address workforce needs. Get insights from the 2014-15 statewide dual credit pilot courses.

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Advancing Early Postsecondary Opportunities: OPCA's Drive to Success

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  1. Office of Postsecondary Coordination and Alignment Division of Career and Technical Education TICUA Drive to 55 Meeting November 7, 2013

  2. Who Is OPCA? Office of Postsecondary Coordination and Alignment • An office in the CTE Division of the Department of Education • Designed to expand and promote early postsecondary credit opportunities for all high school students (in general education and CTE content areas) • Works closely with representatives from higher education (UT, TBR, THEC, TICUA) to support successful transitions from high school to postsecondary

  3. Office of Postsecondary Coordination and Alignment Core Beliefs

  4. What Are EPSOs? Early Postsecondary Opportunities (EPSOs) allow students to earn college-level credits in high school. Common types of EPSOs are: • Dual Enrollment (DE) • Dual Credit (DC) • Advanced Placement (AP) • International Baccalaureate (IB) • College Level Examination Program (CLEP) • Articulated Credits

  5. Why Should EPSOs Be Offered? By 2020, nearly two out of every three U.S. jobs will require some postsecondary education and training. Source: 2012. Georgetown University Center on Education and Workforce, CTE: Five Ways That Pay

  6. The Future Of The U.S. Workforce • In 2012 • 3.4 million job openings go unfilled because companies cannot find qualified candidates • By 2014 • Need to fill new jobs and replace retirees • Require high skills - 33% • Require middle skills – 45% • Require low skills – 22% • By 2018 • Labor market demand projected to increase by 10% • Expected addition of 15.3 million jobs Source: Sept. 2012. Achieve, Middle Skills Jobs and the Growing Importance of Postsecondary Education

  7. Different Types of Dual Credit

  8. 2013-14 State Approved Dual Credit Courses • College Algebra/Advanced Algebra Trigonometry (3124) • Introduction to Agriculture Business/Agricultural Business Finance (5943) • Introduction to Plant Science (Ornamental Horticulture)/Greenhouse Management (5954)

  9. What is P.C. 967? • A legislative response to the needs of the Tennessee workforce • A call for collaboration between education organizations • An initiative to increase early postsecondary opportunities and participation

  10. 2014-15 Statewide Dual Credit Pilot • Art Appreciation • Health Informatics • Introduction to Criminal Justice • Introduction to Sociology • Pre-Calculus • World History

  11. Logistics of the Dual Credit Pilots

  12. Office of Postsecondary Coordination and Alignment www.tn.gov/education/opca Patrice Watson, Program Manager Office of Postsecondary Coordination and Alignment Division of Career & Technical Education Early.Postsecondary@tn.gov (615) 532-2811 Questions? 12

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