Bayless High School Middle Apprenticeship Project US-DOL Action Clinic December 10, 2008 Chicago, IL

Overview • Video (See on YouTube) • Partnerships • Middle College Experience • Middle Apprenticeship Project • Results

Partnerships • Affton HS – Superintendent – Computer Lab > < Weld Shop – Retirement • SSD – Superintendent – Desegregation • Bayless HS – Blue Collar – Bosnians – Defunct Workshop • Floor Layers JAC – Management – Labor – Germany Model

Middle College Experience • Improve HS Graduation Rates – Changes HS Structure • Better Prepare Students for Careers – Compresses Years to a Degree • Removes Barriers to College – Financial, etc.

• Case Study – Texas

Middle Apprenticeship Project • Partners – Bayless • Space and Need – SSD • Funding and Need – FLJAC • Rigor and Relevance • Condense FLJAC related-Training – US-DOL’s OA Oversight • Summer Opportunities • College Degree @ FLJAC Graduation • Pros & Cons

Outcomes-based Results •2006-07 • GPA • Attendance / Discipline • Grad Rate •2007-08 • GPA • Attendance / Discipline • Grad Rate

Contact Info: John S. Gaal, EdD Director of Training & Workforce Development Carpenters’ District Council of Greater St. Louis 314/678-1113 [email protected]