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It’s a New Day in Alabama:  New Clusters and a New Course of Study

It’s a New Day in Alabama:  New Clusters and a New Course of Study. Career Cluster Institute June 17, 2008 Presenters: Paggie McSpadden, Education Administrator, SDE Meg Smith, Education Administrator, SDE. Conclusions from “Outside Education”.

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It’s a New Day in Alabama:  New Clusters and a New Course of Study

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  1. It’s a New Day in Alabama:  New Clusters and a New Course of Study Career Cluster Institute June 17, 2008 Presenters: Paggie McSpadden, Education Administrator, SDE Meg Smith, Education Administrator, SDE

  2. Conclusions from “Outside Education” • “American high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I mean that our high schools, even when they are working exactly as designed, cannot teach our kids what they need to know today. Training the workforce of tomorrow with high schools of today is like trying to teach kids about today’s computers on a 50-year old mainframe. It’s the wrong tool for the times…..” Bill Gates

  3. Immigration is projected to account for more than half of our population growth between now and 2015.

  4. 47% of 16- to 24-year-olds are enrolled in neither high school nor college. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2001)

  5. 29….. Average Age of Postsecondary Student in Alabama is

  6. 0 According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley, the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.

  7. “THIS WILL BE OUR GUIDE AS WE GO ABOUT THE GOAL OF IMPROVING EDUCATION IN ALABAMA. THESE GOALS SHOULD SERVE AS A COMMON PLATFORM FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE AFTER ALL, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS.” JOSEPH B. MORTON, STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION

  8. Career and Technical Education Career and Technical Education is a rigorous, progressive, and vital part of the total education system that provides students with life skills and prepares them as a workforce in which business and industry are confident.

  9. 0 Alabama is currently preparing students for jobs in a competitive global society that does not yet exist . . .

  10. 0 using technologies that haven’t been invented . . .

  11. 0 in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet. Edit…..David Warlick – Connect Learning blog

  12. So …

  13. Alabama's Transition THENNOW

  14. Alabama CTE • 240,213 Students • 2,138 Programs • 2,450 Teachers • 133 Local administrators + Data collectors • 133 Local and State Operated Education Agencies (LEA) • $250 million/year • State = 93% • Federal = 7%

  15. Alabama Career Pathways National Career Clusters

  16. Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment

  17. Design/Pre-Construction

  18. Construction

  19. Maintenance/Operations

  20. Will each school system support 16 clusters? • 1st - Labor market demand • 2nd - Alignment of existing resources to labor market demand • 3rd - Student interest

  21. Will each school system support all pathways within a cluster? • 1st - Labor market demand • 2nd - Alignment of existing resources to labor market demand • 3rd - Student interest

  22. Career clusters in Alabama include courses that identify academic and technical knowledge and skills needed for students to pursue a wide range of career opportunities. Courses provide rigor and relevance for students by linking school-based learning with career-related experiences. Career clusters provide the framework for what students need to know and be able to do for success in the twenty-first century.

  23. Courses of Study • State Mandate • Curriculum Development • Committee • Courses of Study • Plans of Instruction

  24. Student Thinking Student Thinking & Working Teacher/Student Working Teacher Working

  25. Resources for you and your students: • www.careerclusters.org The National Career Cluster Website • www.AlabamaMentor.com Employment, career information, college information and links, interest inventory • www.alcareertech.org Alabama Career and Technical website • www.altechprep.org Alabama Tech Prep website (career information)

  26. Today is a New Day www.alsde.edu

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