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Portland Public Schools. Increasing student engagement, achievement and graduation. Career Coordinators August 24, 2011. Welcome Career Coordinators!!. Introductions. Portland Workforce Alliance. Kevin Jeans Gail Executive Director. What’s a Career Coordinator??. Quiet write
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Portland Public Schools Increasing student engagement, achievement and graduation Career Coordinators August 24, 2011
Welcome Career Coordinators!! Introductions
Portland Workforce Alliance Kevin Jeans Gail Executive Director
What’s a Career Coordinator?? • Quiet write • What are your tasks and responsibilities • Pair share • Identify commonalities • With a partner • Review job description • Identify questions, concerns, • Group share out
Personalized Learning Requirements (PLRs) • Personal Education Plan & Profile • Career Related Learning Experiences • Extended Application • Career Related Learning Standards / Essential Skills*
Personal Education Plan & Profile • Students develop a plan and profile to guide their learning and document progress toward their personal, career, and post-high school goals. • Examples include: • Self assessment - 4-year/post high school plans • Goal setting - Occupation research • Resume - Documentation for other PLR reqs • Where is it implemented? • Varies by school
Career Related Learning Experiences (CRLEs) • Students participate in experiences that connect classroom learning with real life experiences in the workplace, community, and/or school relevant to their education plan. • Where are CRLEs implemented? • Electives and Core Classes
Extended Application (EA) • The application of knowledge & skills in the context of the student’s personal & career interests and post-high school goals. • Students solve problems, create products, and make presentations in new and complex situations.
Extended Application (EA) EA Examples Where is it documented? Advanced elective classes Senior research class Credit for Proficiency Other - TBD • Internship / Clinical, • Science Fair Project • IB Extended Essay • Art Portfolio • CBLL/Immersion
Essential Skills (ES) / CRLS Students will be required to demonstrate proficiency in skills that are deemed critical for future success before they are awarded a high school diploma. • Read • Write • Speak / Listen • Think Critically • Apply Math • Use Technology • Civic & Community Engagement • Global Literacy • Personal Management & Teamwork
ES – Assessments* * Assessments also include SAT, ACT, PSAT, COMPASS, Asset, Work Keys & Work Samples
Resources • Oregon Department of Education • ODE - Diploma Requirements (Search “diploma requirements”) • Personalized Learning Requirements • Portland Public Schools • Pathways Website
PLRs – Personal Education Plan • Lesson Plans • Naviance
Nuts & Bolts • Other duties as assigned… • Credit for Proficiency Packets • Summer Academy, 9th Grade Counts, C3 • Packets to you (school point person) • Coordinate w/admin & counselors to: • Review • Award credit • Enter into eSIS to transcribe credit
For Tomorrow Review School Plans for PLR implementation