Transcript Why MS students? - Colorado State University

Got Love? Got Adolescents?
Why MS students?
Guiding Questions:
• How do I get a 6th grader to see past their
shoes?
• How do I convince my MS teachers that its
important and relevant to connect MS
students to the World of Work (WOW)?
• What activities are effective in engaging
MS Students in their future planning?
"10 New Skills That Every Worker Needs”
Rotman Management (Winter 2013)
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Computational thinking - making sense of all the data at our disposal
2. Design mindset - shaping the impact of our environments
3.
Cognitive load management - filtering and focusing to prevent overload
4.
New media literacy - using the new tools
5.
Transdisciplinarity-multifaceted problems require {diverse} solutions
6.
Sense making - high-level thinking that can't be performed by machines
7.
Social intelligence - assessing emotions and adapting accordingly
8.
Novel and adaptive thinking -responding to unique circumstances
9.
Cross-cultural competence - operating in diverse environments
10. Virtual collaboration - working effectively at a distance
PWR-ful Students, PWR-going School Cultures: Colorado’s interpretation of 21st Century Skills!
Work Ethic
Critical
Thinking &
Problem
Solving
Collaboration
Creativity &
Innovation
Civic
Responsibility
Communication
Personal
Responsibility
Learning & Behavior
Skills
Find and Use
Information &
IT
Global &
Cultural
Awareness
Postsecondary & Workforce
Ready
Social Studies
& Social
Sciences
Literacy
Content Knowledge
• Social, cultural,
historical concepts
• Interpret sources,
evaluate evidence,
build conceptual
frameworks
• Civic responsibility
& political process
• Interpret from a
global perspective
Arts &
Humanities
Shaping of culture
• Instruments of social
& political thought
• Awareness of
innovators
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Mathematical
Sciences
• Be quantitatively literate
• Algebraic & geometric
principles
• Problem solving
• Data & statistics
Read with
understanding &
write coherently
• Employ English
properly &
fluently
• Use logic &
rhetoric
• Access primary
& secondary
sources
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Science
Scientific method
• Draw conclusions
• Core concepts of
disciplines
• Scientific concepts
can be challenged
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CDE: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdegen/downloads/PWRdescription.pdf and CCCS/CTE: www.coloradostateplan.com/careerguidance.htm
August 2013
INDUSTRY
PWR Standards!
PLAN OF STUDY
Career Academies/Pathways
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CTE programs, career academies, and other pathways models all rely on a
high level of employer engagement, and we certainly found evidence of that in
the survey results. The vast majority noted that businesses were involved in some key ways,
such as participating on advisory boards (90%), sharing their expertise with students (85%), or
offering students work-based learning opportunities (81%).
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However, we also found evidence of missed opportunities for engagement at a
higher level. Only 40% reported that employers participated in program design or retrofit, or in
curriculum development; 35% said that employers offered learning opportunities to teachers; 27%
said that employers shared their expertise with the school (for example, a PR company helping the
school with branding and communications); and only 16% report employers serving as executive
mentors to administrators.
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Connecting employers to students is critically important, of course. But business partners can, and
want to, do more. If you want a pathways program that provides students with
current and truly relevant preparation, it makes sense to invite employers to
the table to help with program structure, curriculum development, and
teacher prep. It also makes sense to offer your partners "skills-based volunteering"
opportunities, letting them share their professional expertise in a way that can benefit your entire
operation and support your administration.
The MS CTE Program Journey
Year
1
Year
2
Year
3
Year One
2011-2012
•10 programs by 10 schools with no more
than 2 programs each
•Paper program approval
•Taskforce established
•Verbiage in Administrators Handbook
Year Two
2012-2013
•No limit on number of programs by school
•64 total as of Mid January 2013
•Still Paper Program Approval
•Webpage developed on
www.coloradostateplan.com/middleschool.html
•Introduction to the Career Exploration Wheel
•Begin data collection (demographic soley)
•Summit April 2013
Year Three
2013-2014
• Still no limit on number of programs by school
• More than 64 programs statewide
• Move from Paper Program Approval to electronic (like HS and PS).
• Update Webpage with curriculum, best practices, sample programs and
contacts www.coloradostateplan.com/middleschool.html
• Implementation and effective utilization of the Career Exploration Wheel
- gather best practices
• Expand data collection (include graduation rate, attendance rate, truancy
rate, matriculation rate, retention rate, concurrent enrollment rate)
• Expand Taskforce – wanna join??
• Create Standards
• Solidify a 6-8th grade Plan of Study
• January Forum planned
• Greeley 6: Career Pathway Hallways and lower level ICAP
activities
• Adams County Education Consortium
• DPS: 8th grade Career Fairs + 5-12 ICAP curriculum –
Counselor Led
• Brighton 27j: MS CTE (Growing Up Ready, Creative Learning
Systems lab)
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Pueblo 70: Invest in MS CTE and Credentialed Teachers
APS: (Health Science) Pathways
BVSD: k-5 ICAP curriculum in the works
You? Others?
– *Check out Expeditionary Learning MS Practices
Gallery Walk
Remember…..
You R. O. C. K!
R – React with
O – Optimism
C – Challenge and
K - Knowledge
Resources for Middle School
Home Page:
www.coloradostateplan.com/middleschool.htm
Cool Middle School Counseling Ideas:
http://www.themiddleschoolcounselor.com/
Career Pathway Models:
Promising Practices
Career Based School Reform
Greeley 6
Utah: Intro to CTE
Career Projection Data:
http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/Colorado2020.pdf
CTE MS Program Coordinator: [email protected]