2nd Annual Tech Valley Career Pathways Annual Conference January 27, 2011

1. 2nd Annual Tech Valley Career Pathways Annual Conference January 27, 2011

2. Agenda • Introductions • Background & Purpose of Technical Assistance Center • Discuss Draft Work Plan

3. Background & Purpose State Contract to assist SED in carrying out its mission of improving the quality, access, and delivery of CTE through research-based methods and strategies resulting in broader CTE opportunities for all students.

4. Background & Purpose State Contract • Increases the capacity of SED to Serve, Support, and Expand CTE across the state • BOCES • LEAs • Highest Needs are Highest Priority • All services will be mutually agreed upon • Jean Stevens, Associate Commissioner • Eric Suhr NYS CTE Team Leader

5. Background & Purpose State Contract • Federally Funded (Carl Perkins) • Targeted funds for state support • 3 years beginning January 2011 • 2 year contract extension possible with successful performance

6. Background & Purpose Contractor: Successful Practices Network Patrick Carrese, CEO • Not-for-profit membership organization organized in 2003 by Bill and Bonnie Daggett • National Professional Learning Community designed to share data, experiences, technical assistance, research, and successful practices focused on rigor, relevance and relationships for allstudents.

7. Contractor: Successful Practices Network Notable Work • Schools, school districts, regional providers and individual educators in 41 states are members of SPN • Gates Foundation: Five-year initiative with 10 SEAs and 75 high schools to identify, analyze, enrich, and disseminate the nation’s most successful school wide practices and policies for achieving a rigorous and relevant curriculum for all students, with a particular focus on classroom instruction and effective learning • Comprehensive Initiatives in Florida, Texas, Michigan, Hawaii, Iowa and Nevada to share research-based best practices and provide technical assistance • Researched-based student, faculty, leadership and community surveys that measure rigor, relevance, relationships and key indicators of school leadership • Interactive Web site featuring webinars, podcasts, online professional development courses, high rigorous and relevant lessons plans and case studies of successful schools and CTE programs

8. CTE Technical Assistance Staffing • Director Dr. Edward Shafer • Assistant Director Tim Ott • 4 Center Specialists • Dr. Connie Spohn • Dale Eggebraaten • (2 )TBD • 5 Regional Staff • 1.5 FTE (NYC) .5 FTE (LI) • 1 FTE (Capital Region and Southern tier) • 1 FTE (Western) 1 FTE (Central)

9. Draft Work Plan • Improve CTE data collection to create an accurate picture of career and technical education program performance • Assist schools in the integration of the new national common core academic standards with CTE. • Expand CTE program approvals. • Use best practices in CTE for high school improvement. • Expand CTE programs and student leadership participation • Build relationships and networks to strengthen CTE.

10. 1. Improve CTE Data Collection • Work in collaboration with Regional Information Centers (RIC), SED, and large city Directors of Technology • Establish an annual calendar for local education agencies (LEA) to collect and report CTE data. • Conduct webinars to inform staff on CTE data requirements and increase participation in data collection. • Design an enhanced website to answer questions and provide online forms for collecting CTE completion data conveniently. • Meet with New York City CTE and data staff to improve procedures for data collection on New York City schools. • Assist SED staff with on-site grant monitoring and implementation of SED initiatives such as but not limited to: Technology Centers That Work (TCTW), High Schools That Work (HSTW) and CTE Future Directions Initiative action steps

11. 2. Integrate Common Core State Standards with CTE • Complete a curriculum matrix crosswalk between CTE program areas and the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics. • Create a website component to provide curriculum matrix data and core academic standards related to each program area available to every CTE teacher in New York State. • Conduct webinars on the CTE curriculum matrix by CTE subject area. • Conduct professional development on the CTE curriculum matrix and responsibilities of CTE in implementing Common Core Standards.

12. 3. Expand CTE program approvals. • Identify targeted schools and districts that appear to be undersubscribed in approved CTE programs. • Conduct site visits to identify districts and explore potential for CTE program approvals. • Work with New York City Department of Education to assess potential for increasing CTE program approvals. • Develop model applications that can be used with program approvals. • Develop enhanced website component to support schools throughout the state seeking CTE program approval and selection of certification tests used in CTE programs.

13. 4. Use best practices in CTE for High school Improvement. • Make recommendations on best practices in CTE programs aligned to SED’s school accountability model to support the school improvement initiatives in persistently low performing high schools. • Develop self-paced professional development tutorials • Develop and conduct face-to-face and online professional development to support CTE teachers in persistently low performing high schools. • Design and implement evaluations of the recipients of federal Carl D. Perkins Act funds to determine the effectiveness of the funding and its impact on student achievement. • Assist SED with research and data needs on CTE-related topics such as: whole school reform, services to special populations and other school improvement strategies.

14. 5. Expand CTE programs and Student Leadership participation • Establish communication systems and websites to promote CTE and support student leadership organizations. • Provide professional development on student leadership for persistently low performing high schools to create and/or expand student leadership chapter formation and participation. • Provide statewide leadership to seek business partners to support student leadership organizations and foundations support and expand student leadership in CTE in New York State. • Identify and disseminate model CTE programs and best practices.

15. 6. Build Relationships and Networks to Strengthen CTE Engage With: • Leadership of administrator and teacher professional organizations • Leadership of career and professional organizations in business and industry • Institutions of higher education and business/industry associations • Directors of CTE in the Big 5 Cities • CTE Leaders in the BOCES and LEAs • Leaders of regional technical assistance centers • District Superintendents

16. Feedback • Questions • Areas of Need • Suggestions/Advice

17. Preliminary Contact Information Dr. Ed Shafer • 315-269-7095 • Ed@SPNET.us • eshafer1@roadrunner.com Tim Ott • 518-723-2070 • Tim@SPNET.US