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Governor’s Workforce Development Council. Full Council Meeting. May 14, 2009. MN Education Updates. College and Career Readiness Policy Institute/Education Commission of the States May 14 th 2009. College and Career Ready Policy Institute Partners Achieve (American Diploma Project)
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Governor’s Workforce Development Council Full Council Meeting May 14, 2009
MN Education Updates College and Career Readiness Policy Institute/Education Commission of the States May 14th 2009
College and Career Ready Policy Institute Partners Achieve (American Diploma Project) Jobs for the Future Data Quality Council Education Council National Governor’s Association (Best Practices) MN Education Updates
MN Education Updates • Time Line • MN one of eight states in accepted in project • Initial Assessment July 2008 • First joint state meeting November 2008 • Meeting with partners for assessment review January 2009 • Second joint state meeting March 2009 • First Draft due mid-June 2009 • Final Draft due mid November 2009
MN Education Updates • Identified Work Groups • Policy Goals and Benchmarks • Karen Klinzing MDE, Leslie Mercer MnSCU • Assessment and Accountability Systems • Dirk Mattson MDE, Kent Pekel Uof M • MN Early Indicator and Response System (MEIRS) • Cammy Lehr MDE, Keith Ryskoski Superintendent Stillwater
MN Education Updates • Work groups continued • Dual Credit • Sally Wherry MDE, Mo Amundson ETC • Data Elements and Data-Based Decision Making • Cathy Wagner MDE, Barb Schlaefer MOHE
MN Education Updates • First joint group and individual group meeting • May 1st, 2009 • What is College and Career Ready? • Ready for postsecondary education leading to a certificate, diploma, industry skill certification, AA, AS, BA, BS • How will we get there? Big question for work group discussion and policy drafts
MN Education Updates • Dual Enrollment Committee • Target Group • Underrepresented and low income students • Middle College • Re-entry opportunities • Identify Current • PolicyDifferent practices across the state • Identify Current Practices • Different Language used across the state
MN Education Updates • Where are we now? • Identifying current practices • Credit transfer between institutions • Bridge programming • How does Career Planning fit? • Identifying current language and terminology • Make language consistent • Consider national terminology?
MN Education Updates • Education Commission of the States • April 21-22, 2009 Minneapolis • Challenges • Major Findings • Recommendations • Next Steps
MN Education Updates • Questions? • Comments? • Mo Amundson mamundson@clbp.org