Got Love? Got Adolescents?

1. Got Love? Got Adolescents?

2. Why MS students?

3. Guiding Questions: • How do I get a 6th grader to see past their shoes? • How do I convince my MS teachers that its important and relevant to connect MS students to the World of Work (WOW)? • What activities are effective in engaging MS Students in their future planning?

5. "10 New Skills That Every Worker Needs” RotmanManagement (Winter 2013) 1. Computational thinking - making sense of all the data at our disposal 2. Design mindset - shaping the impact of our environments 3. Cognitive load management -filtering and focusing to prevent overload 4. New media literacy -using the new tools 5. Transdisciplinarity-multifaceted problems require {diverse} solutions 6. Sense making - high-level thinking that can't be performed by machines 7. Social intelligence - assessing emotions and adapting accordingly 8. Novel and adaptive thinking -responding to unique circumstances 9. Cross-cultural competence - operating in diverse environments 10. Virtual collaboration - working effectively at a distance

6. PWR-ful Students, PWR-going School Cultures: Colorado’s interpretation of 21st Century Skills! Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Work Ethic Civic Responsibility Collaboration Communication Creativity & Innovation Personal Responsibility Learning & Behavior Skills Global & Cultural Awareness Find and Use Information & IT Postsecondary & Workforce Ready Social Studies & Social Sciences • Social, cultural, historical concepts • Interpret sources, evaluate evidence, build conceptual frameworks • Civic responsibility & political process • Interpret from a global perspective Literacy • Read with understanding & write coherently • Employ English properly & fluently • Use logic & rhetoric • Access primary & secondary sources Content Knowledge Arts & Humanities • Shaping of culture • Instruments of social & political thought • Awareness of innovators Mathematical Sciences • Be quantitatively literate • Algebraic & geometric principles • Problem solving • Data & statistics Science • Scientific method • Draw conclusions • Core concepts of disciplines • Scientific concepts can be challenged CDE: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdegen/downloads/PWRdescription.pdf and CCCS/CTE: www.coloradostateplan.com/careerguidance.htm August 2013

8. CLUSTER INDUSTRY PWR Standards! PATHWAYS PLAN OF STUDY

11. Career Academies/Pathways • CTE programs, career academies, and other pathways models all rely on a high level of employer engagement, and we certainly found evidence of that in the survey results. The vast majority noted that businesses were involved in some key ways, such as participating on advisory boards (90%), sharing their expertise with students (85%), or offering students work-based learning opportunities (81%). • However, we also found evidence of missed opportunities for engagement at a higher level. Only 40% reported that employers participated in program design or retrofit, or in curriculum development; 35% said that employers offered learning opportunities to teachers; 27% said that employers shared their expertise with the school (for example, a PR company helping the school with branding and communications); and only 16% report employers serving as executive mentors to administrators. • Connecting employers to students is critically important, of course. But business partners can, and want to, do more. If you want a pathways program that provides students with current and truly relevant preparation, it makes sense to invite employers to the table to help with program structure, curriculum development, and teacher prep.It also makes sense to offer your partners "skills-based volunteering" opportunities, letting them share their professional expertise in a way that can benefit your entire operation and support your administration.

13. The MS CTE Program Journey

14. Year One 2011-2012 • 10 programs by 10 schools with no more • than 2 programs each • Paper program approval • Taskforce established • Verbiage in Administrators Handbook

15. No limit on number of programs by school • 64 total as of Mid January 2013 • Still Paper Program Approval • Webpage developed on www.coloradostateplan.com/middleschool.html • Introduction to the Career Exploration Wheel • Begin data collection (demographic soley) • Summit April 2013 Year Two 2012-2013

16. Year Three 2013-2014 • Still no limit on number of programs by school • More than 64 programs statewide • Move from Paper Program Approval to electronic (like HS and PS). • Update Webpage with curriculum, best practices, sample programs and contacts www.coloradostateplan.com/middleschool.html • Implementation and effective utilization of the Career Exploration Wheel - gather best practices • Expand data collection (include graduation rate, attendance rate, truancy rate, matriculation rate, retention rate, concurrent enrollment rate) • Expand Taskforce – wanna join?? • Create Standards • Solidify a 6-8th grade Plan of Study • January Forum planned

17. Greeley 6: Career Pathway Hallways and lower level ICAP activities • Adams County Education Consortium • DPS: 8th grade Career Fairs + 5-12 ICAP curriculum – Counselor Led • Brighton 27j: MS CTE (Growing Up Ready, Creative Learning Systems lab) • Pueblo 70: Invest in MS CTE and Credentialed Teachers • APS: (Health Science) Pathways • BVSD: k-5 ICAP curriculum in the works • You? Others? • *Check out Expeditionary Learning MS Practices

18. Gallery Walk

19. Remember….. You R. O. C. K! R – React with O – Optimism C – Challenge and K - Knowledge

20. Resources for Middle School Home Page: www.coloradostateplan.com/middleschool.htm Cool Middle School Counseling Ideas: http://www.themiddleschoolcounselor.com/ Career Pathway Models: Promising Practices Career Based School Reform Greeley 6 Utah: Intro to CTE Career Projection Data: http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/Colorado2020.pdf CTE MS Program Coordinator: Lauren.Jones@cccs.edu