Lodi Unified School District Career and Technical Education Executive Summary May 21, 2013

1. Lodi Unified School District Career and Technical Education Executive Summary May 21, 2013

2. Executive Summary • CTE prepares students for college AND career through multiple pathways • LUSD offers courses in 12 of the 15 recognized CTE industry sectors. • LUSD offers 20 pathways within those 12 industry sectors • 18 LUSD CTE courses are approved through Delta College to receive college credit • 8 CTE courses meet UC a-g requirements • CTE classes offer context-rich support in math and English • CTE courses are tied to exacting standards and produce results.

3. Executive Summary • CTE courses help students develop the ability to think critically, solve problems and work collaboratively, the skills prospective employers say are most missing in job applicants • CTE teachers work closely with business partners and advisories. • According to independent studies, CTE positively affects attendance, grade point averages, graduation, employment opportunities and college success. • Nearly 50% of LUSD H.S. students are enrolled in CTE • 75% of LUSD seniors have taken at least one CTE course

4. Executive Summary • Challenges: • Enrollment: Loss of summer school and spike in academic intervention courses have led to declining enrollment in CTE classes • Equitable access to CTE courses • Funding: CTE designated funding streams could disappear under Gov. Brown’s LCFF. • Remaining Current and Relevant: Maintaining state-of-the-art equipment, technology and teacher training • College preparatory track narrows choices • Increasing intern/extern opportunities • Perception that CTE is Vocational Education

5. Executive Summary • Future Actions: • Make CTE pathways accessible to ALL students • Pursue and develop additional industry partnerships to support community, context-based learning • Work with teams of gen. ed and CTE teachers to develop context-rich, industry-relevant lessons. • Provide expanded externship opportunities for students to put their academic and CTE skills to work • Pursue opportunities to link CTE and general education for Common Core Standards: • Encourage more academy-like teams

6. Academies Team Teachers for Student Success • Academies: • LUSD is home to FIVE California Partnership Academies (CPAs). • There are 601 total students in these five academies. • Academies exemplify the future of education especially for common core standards. • Academies team core academic and CTE teachers to integrate English, math, science, social science and CTE standards to create hands-on, context-rich, relevant learning environments. • Academies epitomize Professional Learning Communities

7. California Partnership Academies (CPA) • The CPA’s represent a high school reform movement that is focused on smaller learning communities with a career theme. • The CPA model is a three-year program (grades ten—twelve) structured as a school-within-a-school. • Teachers collaborate across disciplines (Excellent model for common core standards!) • Academies incorporate integrated academic and career technical education, business partnerships, mentoring, and internships. • The funding for three of our five academies (Lodi and Tokay) would disappear under Gov. Brown’s proposed LCFF. • Bear Creek’s Green Academy funding is set to expire January, 2014.

8. California Partnership Academies • APPLE “Education/Child Development” –Lodi High • Agricultural Science– Lodi High • C3O2*– Tokay High • Green Technology – Bear Creek High • Health Occupations – McNair High *Children-Centered Career & Occupational Opportunities Academy

9. California Partnership Academies • History (Ms. Boschee) • Benefits (Ms. Anaforian) • Foundation for CTE-themed student organizations (Ms. Lum and Mr. Newport) • Challenges (Ms. Cancilla) • How integrated curriculum model can be extended beyond academies (Ms. Boschee and Ms. Anaforian)

10. Recommendations: • Fund four Requests for Application (RFA) to recruit teams of teachers to apply for funds around CTE themed pathways • Cost: $100,000 • Provide funding to establish an agriculture program at McNair High School • Cost: $200,000 (approx.) • $70,000 for teacher • $130,000 for Greenhouse, equipment & supplies