Success Factors in Career Education: Bringing Relevance to the Classroom Through Community Partnerships

1. Success Factorsin Career Education: Bringing Relevance to the Classroom Through Community Partnerships Presenters Susan Fisher, Consultant, CVELI Dave Stubbs and James Toste, Patterson High School Alisa Gomez, Corcoran High School Audrey Bonomi and Greg Ravy, Sanger High School

2. Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley • Formed in 2005 • Valley Legacy Grant • Develop a regional workforce based around targeted industry clusters with high demand occupations • Improve the economic outlook • Enhance quality of life

3. Valley Legacy Grant • Challenge to • Develop new high school programs • Enhance existing high school programs • Emerging career sectors • Water technology • Renewable Energy • Ag Business, Food Processing, Biotechnology • Manufacturing • Logistics and Distribution

4. Site Based Articulation Deliverable • Identify High Schools in the 8 county region that were willing to develop and offer new programs • Work with post-secondary institutions to articulate these new programs • Model programs that can be replicated by other interested schools and districts

5. Programs Developed in the Valley • Corcoran High School • Renewable Energy • Ag Manufacturing • Patterson High School • Logistics and Supply Chain Management • Sanger High School • Ag Biotechnology • Ag Manufacturing • Waterford High School • Ag Machinery and Manufacturing

6. Components of a Model Program • Partnerships among Education, Business, and other Key Stakeholders (Advisory Committees) • Sustainable leadership and shared planning-(Involvement of site and district personnel) • Aligned Secondary and post secondary education elements (articulation with post secondary) • Rigorous academic and technical standards and assessments • Innovative teaching and learning strategies- (Project based learning/ application of theory) • Student centered education-Job shadowing, mentorships, work place readiness skills)

7. Patterson High School New Program! Logistics and Supply Chain Management Pathway “How an Advisory Committee Paved the Way from Concept to Reality” Dave Stubbs, Principal James Toste, Teacher

8. Patterson USD Demographics District: 6,000 +/- students PHS: 1,600 +/- students • 65% Hispanic • 23% White • 6% African American • 6% Other

9. Need for Advisory Committee • Required by grant • School personnel had no knowledge of Supply Chain Management and Logistics

10. Identifying Members • Kathy Pon – Asst. Superintendent • Keith Griffith – Stanislaus County Alliance • Cindy Young – ROP, Stanislaus County Office of Education • Brainstormed – made extensive list of potential participants

11. Member Invites • Letter of invitation • Phone calls • Personal visits to invite key players • Targets: • Distribution Center Directors • Operations • Human Resources

12. Kick-Off Luncheon May 5, 2010: Kathy Pon and Dave Stubbs developed agenda 40 – 45 people attended Catered lunch was paid by grant Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Marcy Masumoto Explanation of the grant Request support by serving on Advisory Committee Brainstormed how to get started

13. Participants

14. Surprises Willingness to help Enthusiasm for Logistics Pathway Willingness to support Field trips Guest speakers Funding

15. After Kick-off Luncheon Challenges: How does PHS live up to all of this support? Project can’t fail Outside groups don’t understand “Education” Group meets quarterly Participation has remained fairly constant

16. Rewards • Expertise • Curriculum • Financial support: • Grainger donation of $25,000

17. Meetings Typically last one hour End of work day (3:30 pm) No ongoing cost unless refreshments are provided Rotate to different Distribution Centers Increased student involvement

18. Advice in convening an Advisory Group Invite everyone Food Put them to work Give kudos when speaking to press

19. Committee Impact in Classroom Curriculum development Guest lecturers: Professionalism – appearance, demeanor, hand shakes, & logistic topics Distribution Center tours: CVS, Kohl’s, Grainger, In-N-Out Burger On-campus resume workshops Mock Interviews: March 2012 Mentorship roles with students

20. Ease of Communication Open line of communication Email preferred Available via office and cell phone Communication occurs bi-weekly

21. Challenges Some members more committed than others Strong core of nine members Local company closing doors Future growth in logistics Living up to the high expectations Will students get hired for internships?

22. Student Reactions Speakers offer real-life perspective Honest communciation Positive interactions They enjoy facility tours See business in operation Students accept feedback from community members

23. Student Involvement Grainger donation press conference Attendance at committee meetings Eight students on January 19 Direct feedback on assignments and experiences provided Many would like internship opportunity

24. What Do Our Students Say? “This program has given me an understanding of the types of job skills needed to be successful in any industry.” – Saul Santana “I have obtained a better understanding of logistics as well as what it takes to compete in this tough economy.” – Adriana Rodriguez “I now have a stepping stone to a career in a growing industry. I am excited for what the future holds for me.”– Erik Hernandez