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Connecting CTE to the Future

Connecting CTE to the Future. by Robert G. Sheets Business and Industry Services Northern Illinois University June 2005. The Challenges for CTE. Responding to the skill requirements of the new economy Communicating results to key stakeholders. Responding to the New Economy.

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Connecting CTE to the Future

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  1. Connecting CTE to the Future by Robert G. Sheets Business and Industry Services Northern Illinois University June 2005

  2. The Challenges for CTE • Responding to the skill requirements of the new economy • Communicating results to key stakeholders

  3. Responding to the New Economy • Sources of Competitive Advantage • Business agility • Product and process innovation • Transition to New Workplaces • New Skill Requirements for Career Success---Balancing Depth and Breadth

  4. Balancing Depth and Breadth • Depth: Expert Occupational Performance • Beyond routine job performance • Strengthening academic/technical knowledge and skills • Breadth: Career Entrepreneurs • Business entrepreneurship • Business process innovation • Career and learning management

  5. Solution: Career Clusters • Depth: Career Specialties • Connecting to degrees/certificates and industry certifications with market value • Breadth: Foundations and Pathways • Foundations—career management, business systems, new workplace basics, academic and technical knowledge and skills • Pathways---managing business processes and more focused and integrated skill applications

  6. Next Steps for Career Clusters • Improve Curriculum Frameworks • Improve clarity and consistency • Establish coherent programs of study • Establish assessment systems • Identify and align credentials with market value • Make Strategic Connections • State/local economic and workforce development cluster/sector initiatives • State/local career pathway(adult education) initiatives • K-12 school improvement and P-20 initiatives • Communicate Results • Define key stakeholders—who should get what • Develop reporting and communication strategies

  7. Communicating Results to Key Stakeholders • New Accountability Environment • Invest limited resources in what is working • Continuous improvement in results • Consistent measurement and data quality • Key Stakeholder Requirements • Students/parents—guidance and investment information (consumer information) • Employers—managing skilled worker pipelines • Federal/state/local funders—reporting program and system results

  8. Solution: Performance Management Systems • Performance Measurement • Perkins performance accountability system • Perkins alignment with education and workforce development • Managing Continuous Improvement • Multi-year reporting • Using data to manage improvement • Reporting and Information Systems • Federal reporting system • State reporting systems • Career information systems

  9. Next Steps in Performance Management • Define who we are accountable for—improving standardization of state concentrator definitions • Improve standardization of state Perkins measures and approaches with strong data quality standards • Develop new strategies for measuring career and technical skill attainment and identifying and aligning credentials with market value • Improve consistency with education (e.g., NCLB) and workforce (e.g., WIA) performance measures • Expand capacity to use data for managing continuous improvement • Improve reporting systems to key stakeholders

  10. Coordinating Next Steps • Defining concentrators and programs of study for participation and completion • Assessing career and technical skill attainment • Defining degrees/certificates, industry certifications, and other types of credentials with market value • Reporting and communicating information to key stakeholders

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