Transcript Career Clusters Module #2: Implementation Guide

“Blending the 15 Critical Components to
Implement Career Clusters
into a
Five-Year Local Plan for Carl D. Perkins”
A Joint Effort Between
Laramie County Community College
and its Secondary Partners:
LCSD #1, LCSD #2, and ACSD #1
Brenda Abbott and Mimi Hull
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Common Terminology
Used Nationally and in Wyoming:
Career Clusters – 16 identified nationally - are
made up of
Career Pathways – 81 identified nationally –
are made up of sequential courses leading to
a more focused
Program of Study –– incorporates all levels
of education required to meet future career
goals resulting in a degree or industry
certification.
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Wyoming Perkins IV State Plan (Draft) –
Primary Goals
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Integration of Academic and Career Learning
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Linkages between Secondary and Postsecondary Education
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Use common language for best results.
Eliminate redundancy (through dual credit) and remediation at postsecondary.
Learners acquire self-knowledge, academic preparation, technical knowledge and
workplace skills to transition seamlessly through life.
Career Exploration and Counseling
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Create vertical (k-20) and horizontal (academic and career) teams for each career
cluster
Curriculum contains career-themed issues and problems
Begins in middle school and continues throughout life
In consultation with teachers, school staff, professional counselors, community
representatives and parents
Implementation of the Career Clusters
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The 15 Critical Components to
Implement Career Clusters and Assess Progress
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Perkins IV – Section 134 (b)
Some Mandates for Five-Year Local Plans
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Identify Programs of Study
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Involve parents, business, and labor organizations
Provide career guidance and academic counseling
Facilitate transition into baccalaureate degree programs
And more!
Meet Required Levels of Performance
Expressed in percentage or numerical form
Objective, quantifiable and measurable
Require progress toward improving the performance of (CTE)
students
Administrative Support
Shared Planning
Professional Development
Standards-Based Curriculum
Integrated Curriculum
Critical Components
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Shared Planning
Professional Development
Educational Partnerships
Business and Industry Partnerships
Interdisciplinary Teams
Flexible Schedules
Integrated Curriculum
Critical Components
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Strengthen the academic and CTE skills
Link CTE at secondary and postsecondary
Provide in-service and pre-service professional development
And more!
Address Permissible Use of Funds
Critical Components
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Address required Use of Funds
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Incorporate secondary and postsecondary elements
Include coherent and rigorous content aligned with
challenging academic standards and relevant career and
technical content
Provide opportunities for dual credit in a coordinated nonduplicative sequence of courses that align secondary and
postsecondary to adequately prepare students to SUCCEED in
postsecondary education.
Lead to an industry-recognized credential or certificate or
degree at the postsecondary level.
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Administrative Support
Career Development
Parent and Community Support
Business and Industry Partnerships
Critical Components
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Multi-Measure Assessment
Creative and Innovative Teaching Strategies
Workplace Learning
Student-Centered Learning
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Laramie County Community College’s
Five-Year Perkins Plan for the 15 Critical Components
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2008-2011
THE FOUNDATION LAYER
• Administrative support
• Shared Planning
• Career Development
• Professional Development
• Standards-Based Curriculum
2009-2012
THE BUILDING BLOCKS
• Parent and Community Support
• Education Partnerships
• Business and Industry Partnerships
• Multi-Measure Assessment
• Interdisciplinary Teams
2010-2013
• Flexible Schedules
• Integrated Curriculum
• Creative and Innovative Teaching Strategies
• Workplace Learning
• Student-Centered Learning ULTIMATE GOAL OF CAREER CLUSTER IMPLEMENTATON
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Laramie County Community College’s
Five-Year Perkins Plan* for Cluster Implementation
2008-2009 (3 clusters)
Health Science; Education & Training; Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources.
2009-2010 (6 clusters)
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics; Finance; Marketing, Sales & Service.
Health Science; Education; Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources.
2010-2011 (10 clusters)
Hospitality & Tourism; Human Services; Arts, A/V Technology & Communications,
Science Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics; Finance; Marketing, Sales & Service.
2011-2012 (13 clusters)
Manufacturing; Architecture & Construction; Business, Management & Administration;
Hospitality & Tourism; Human Services; Arts, A/V Technology & Communications; Science
Technology, Engineering & Mathematics.
2012 -2013 (16 clusters)
Government & Public Administration; Information Technology; Law, Public Safety,
Corrections & Security
Manufacturing; Architecture & Construction; Business, Management & Administration.
*Actual Clusters for years 2-5 yet to be determined.
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Career Clusters/Pathways
Selected for Emphasis during 2008-2009
CLUSTERS and PATHWAYS
Health Science
Therapeutic Services
Diagnostic Services
Agriculture, Food & Natural
Resources
LCCC PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Nursing
Paramedic
Surgical Technology
Wind Energy Technology
Power, Structural & Technical
Systems
Education & Training
Teaching/Training
Education
Early Childhood Education
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Career Clusters Implementation
(pause for discussion)
“Never doubt that a
small group of
thoughtful,
committed citizens
can change the
world. Indeed, it is
the only thing that
ever has.”
—Margaret Mead
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CRITICAL COMPONENT #1:
Administrative Support
Administrative Support is the foundation upon which all
educational reform is built.
Administrators at the Wyoming Department of Education and the Wyoming Community
College Commission are involved and supportive of the Career Clusters implementation
process. The leaders of local educational institutions (principals and college presidents)
are informed and supportive. However, our local school boards and the college’s Board
of Trustees may not be fully aware of the cooperative and collaborative support for the
implementation of Career Clusters.
Supportive administrators recognize the potential
workload for staff and the benefits their work will
provide ALL learners.
Supportive administrators embrace rigorous academic
and technical course offerings, coupled with
consistent and accurate career guidance, for ALL
learners.
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Administrative Support is critical for educational reform. Do you
believe that your local school and state administrators: (circle one)
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Understand the “big ideas” that
should be taught in core curriculum?
Know your subject’s state and
national standards well enough to
help you prioritize?
Understand and promote “literacy”
across the curriculum?
Understand assessments?
Have a working knowledge of
successful learning strategies?
Encourage you to continually strengthen
your own subject matter knowledge?
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CRITICAL COMPONENT #2:
Shared Planning
Relationships are the key to success in educational reform; Career
Clusters implementation is no exception.
Secondary and Postsecondary
Educators and Business & Industry
Administrators and Faculty
Career Technical and Academic
Shared Planning provides time for educators to work in
instructional/curriculum teams to develop the relationships
among their various content areas. This enables them to model
that connection of one subject to another to their learners.
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Shared Planning depends on relationships and communication. As
educators work in a variety of teams, they see the relationships among
content areas and can model that connection to their learners.
Do you communicate AND collaborate regularly with the following
partners:
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Postsecondary faculty
Secondary faculty
Administrators – all levels
Business and industry
professionals
Academic teachers
Career and technical teachers
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CRITICAL COMPONENT #3:
Career Development
A learner’s career focus and training efforts should not be
channeled into a single occupation. Teach learners how
to transition through a lifelong process that builds upon
their core knowledge and skills.
Learners must have early and on-going access to accurate
information if they are to be equipped to make wellinformed choices about their futures at every step of
their Career Pathway.
Programs of Study are an excellent tool for supporting the
learner’s career and education choices adequately and
accurately.
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Career Development is more than a short-term goal of gainful
employment. Students must understand early in their education that a
college degree is usually necessary for continued advancement on a
chosen career path. (Survey students if possible.)
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Are your students taught to set career goals?
Do your students meet with a counselor or advisor
twice a year to develop and revise as necessary an
individual career education plan?
Do your students understand that secondary
coursework + postsecondary coursework =
advanced careers?
Do your students understand the alignment of
careers within a pathway by recognizing the
progressive status (advancement) of those careers
within a pathway?
Are your students taught the benefits of lifelong learning
and continuous skill training.
Are statewide career education materials, such as
education plan templates, available to your students?
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CRITICAL COMPONENT #4:
Professional Development
While it is critical to recruit the right educators for inclusion on the
three tiers of implementation, it is also important that ALL faculty
and staff support the Career Clusters effort.
Professional development opportunities must be made available to
collaborative team members, administrators, teachers/faculty,
instructional leaders, and counselors/advisors to ensure success.
All classroom innovation and reform hinges upon an entire staff being
capable, competent, caring and committed; being well-informed
about Career Clusters implementation is no exception.
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Professional Development for Career Clusters implementation must be
consistent, meaningful, and designed for everyone. Leadership is
important, but all members of the educational community must be
involved in Career Cluster implementation.
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Do you ever participate in Professional Development activities
which include partners from other arenas of education and/or
business?
Do you feel that the Professional Development activities you
have attended about Career Clusters have helped to build your
knowledge and skills in your content/subject area?
Would you value PD activities designed for that purpose?
Do you feel that the Professional Development activities you
have attended on Career Clusters have strengthened your
knowledge of good teaching strategies?
Would you value PD activities designed for that purpose?
Have you made a site visit to any institution or attended any
conference or a statewide meeting for the primary purpose of
learning about Career Cluster implementation?
Would you be likely to make a Career Clusters site visit or
attend a conference or meeting if you had the opportunity?
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CRITICAL COMPONENT #5:
Standards-Based Curriculum
Provide a consistent offering of state and/or
national-based curricula for learners in
academic subject areas as well as technical
subject areas.
Curricula must be determined to meet Career
Cluster and Pathway Knowledge and Skills to
ensure that content has sufficient rigor and
provides meaningful learning opportunities.
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Standards-Based Curriculum provides consistently rigorous instruction
to all learners. When coupled with accurate and adequate career
guidance, it will deliver technical instruction in a way that expands,
enhances, and reinforces the system’s academic content.
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Does your secondary curriculum meet state academic
standards and grade-level expectations?
Does your secondary curriculum meet high school
testing and exit requirements?
Does your secondary curriculum provide additional
preparation to ensure college readiness?
Does your secondary curriculum meet college entrance
and placement requirements?
Does your secondary curriculum provide academic and
career-related knowledge and skills in a student-selected
Career Cluster?
Does your secondary curriculum provide opportunities
for learners to earn college credit through credit-based
transition programs?
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Contact Information
• Laramie County Community College
1400 East College Drive
Cheyenne, WY
82007
– Brenda Abbott, Manager, High School Programs
• [email protected] or 307.778.4378
– Mimi Hull, Grants Writer/Facilitator
• [email protected] or 307.778.1245
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