Transcript Preparing Our Students

Programs of Study
We’re finding our way!
What is a Program of Study?
Program of Study
A road map that identifies the secondary
and postsecondary courses the student will
need to take to ensure that they will have
the knowledge and skills needed for the end
of their journey.
Programs of Study
A coordinated, non-duplicative progression of
courses that align secondary education with
postsecondary education to adequately prepare
students to enter into postsecondary education,
an apprenticeship, and employment.
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Knowledge and Skills
are the critical
foundation skills that
everyone working or
pursuing any career
needs to be successful.
Knowledge and Skills
Program of Study
There are generally ten areas for foundational Knowledge and Skills
1. Academic foundations
2. Communications
3. Problem solving & critical
thinking
4. Information technology
applications
5. Systems
6. Safety, health & environment
7. Leadership and teamwork
8. Ethics & legal responsibility
9. Career development
10. Technical skills
Knowledge and Skills
Program of Study
A Career Cluster is a groups of
occupations and broad industries
based on commonalities. There
are 16 commonly defined Career
Clusters.
A career cluster includes
the next level of knowledge
and skills, both academic
and technical, that all
students within the
cluster should achieve,
regardless of their
pathway.
Cluster
16 Career Clusters
Business, Managements & Administration
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Finance
Arts/AV Technology & Communications
Government and Public Administration
Manufacturing
Marketing, Sales, and Service
Architecture and Construction
Hospitality & Tourism
Education and Training
Information Technology
Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Health Science
Human Services
Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics
Law, Public Safety Corrections, and Security
Program of Study
A pathway is the next level of
knowledge and skills, both
academic and technical.
These are narrowed for
specific grouping of
occupations and broad
industries within a career
cluster.
There are 6 pathways
in your cluster.
Pathway
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A Program of Study is
the “map” of the courses
that one should take to
attain the knowledge
and skills required to
successfully enter a
chosen career.
The learning is
sequential, nonduplicative, and aligned
secondary-topostsecondary.
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Program of Study
A Program of Study
culminates in a degree,
certificate, apprenticeship,
or diploma.
The student should be able
to move from secondary
into postsecondary without
remediation.
Dual credit options,
based on articulation
agreements
are encouraged.
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Pathway
Cluster
Knowledge and Skills
Everyone should know what it takes to get to where they want to go.
Developing Your
Program of Study
What?
Who?
Where?
How?
Why?
When planning your Program of Study,
CLARIFY THE INDUSTRY NEED
Defining the Need
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When planning your Program of Study,
IDENTIFY YOUR PARTNERS
Who should be at the table with you?
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Identify the entities that you will involve with this
program of study:
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Do you have secondary and postsecondary instructors at the
table to build this Program of Study?
Have these instructors visited each others classrooms and
toured the program areas?
What equipment does each have?
What textbooks are being used?
Has curriculum been aligned?
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Who else might be a partner in this program of study?
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 Are they here today?
 How might you involve them?
 What will be their role?
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Can your committee members play a role in adding workbased learning experiences or project learning into your
program of study?
Can they play a role in professional development for
instructors?
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Can your local Chamber of Commerce provide scholarship
opportunities for students going through your program of
study?
How will you continue to involve business and industry?
Do you have other ideas?
What next?
THE WORK CONTINUES!
Program of Study Template
Steps for Developing
Programs of Study
1. Outline the format
• Reflect the number of classes scheduled per day at the secondary level
2. Insert required courses
• Secondary graduation requirements
• Postsecondary general education requirements
3. Determine the CTE courses
• Grades 9 & 10 provide foundational classes
• Grades 11 & 12 technical core classes
Steps for Developing
Programs of Study
4. Insert selected electives & work-based learning options
• Appropriate electives based on specific Cluster K&S
• Appropriate WBL: job shadows; internships; apprenticeships; projectbased learning
5. Identify and develop appropriate standards
• Crosswalk K&S with existing secondary and postsecondary
programs/courses
• Include state academic standards; employability standards (adapted to
local conditions)
Steps for Developing
Programs of Study
6. Map standards to selected courses
• Determine which existing secondary & postsecondary
programs/courses would adequately align to cover the K&A
• Where are the gaps?
• Where are the overlaps? (redundancy)
• Determine appropriate options for dual credit
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Include:
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Academic skills
Career/technical skills
Employability skills
Job entry skills
Advanced skills
Are there any personal needs that must be met for a
student to succeed in this career field?
 Professional licensing?
 Clinical experience?
 Drug-free testing?
Readiness Skills
Academic Skills
Soft Skills
Habits of the Mind
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• Analysis
• Interpretation
• Precision and
accuracy
• Problem solving
• Reasoning
Informational reading
Persuasive writing
Oral presentations
Data analysis and
statistics
• Math application
Teamwork
Responsibility
Attendance
Punctuality
Time
management
Programs of Study need to be
more that just a piece of paper!
Curriculum/competencies must be aligned.
Include the required and recommended academic
coursework that the student will need along the way.
Optimally, the student will have academic instruction
integrated into the skills instruction to reinforce and
enhance the learning experience, because contextual
learning keeps students engaged!
(This means that the math, language arts, and science instructors need
to be included in programs of study discussions, where appropriate.)
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Instructors will need to work together to assure that the
students are ready academically and technically to enter
postsecondary without remediation and repetition.
Invite your academic instructors to
Participate in these discussions.
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Instructors should work together to close any knowledge or
skills gaps of those students leaving secondary and
entering postsecondary.
Your instructors should have regularly scheduled meetings
to talk about their program alignment and students.
(This is less difficult when you seat a joint advisory committee.)
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Are there “stackable” certificates that can be
attained before completion of the degree or
diploma? (e.g., CNA, LPN, RN, MN)
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You’ve done the work…..
NOW WHAT?
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What will you do to tell secondary students about the
connection this program has with postsecondary options?
Secondary
Postsecondary
Are your counselors on-board?
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How will you tell parents, students, and business about this
program of study?
Will you involve counseling? How?
How will you measure success?
How will you replicate this process?
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Like most things in life, it may take time,
practice, and skill to get it right.
But it’s the right thing to do!
So..…..
WHAT IS THE STATE DOING?
PROGRAM OF STUDY
Four Statewide Programs of Study
– Manufacturing/Aerospace
– Healthcare
– Information Technology
– Agriculture
Statewide Programs of Study
• Manufacturing/Aerospace – Update – Create partnerships with training partners,
business and industry
– Create a pipeline to provide students who are
trained or on a pathway towards a:
• Certification
• 2- and 4- year degree programs
• Employment
– Identify knowledge skills and abilities
necessary to compete in these fields
Statewide Programs of Study
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• Work with COE for aerospace and advanced
manufacturing
• Able to identify the competencies and where
they are going to be taught (secondary and
postsecondary)
• Build stronger partnerships between secondary
and postsecondary institutions
Statewide Program of Study
- Challenges – Lack of program alignment between secondary
and postsecondary
– Lack of CIP alignment between secondary and
postsecondary
– Different entrance and exit points for each
course throughout the state
– Different ways of thinking
– Non-duplicative progression of courses
– Autonomy of programs
For Additional Information
Contact
Phouang Hamilton
OSPI
360-725-6253
Tiffany Merkel
SBCTC
360-704-4332
Terri Colbert
WTB
360-753-5680