Transcript Transforming Learning in High School for College and Career Success

Transforming Learning
in High School
for
College and Career Success
Agenda
•Current CTE and Need for Change
•Goals
•Accomplishments
•Partnership with ConnectEd
•Next Steps
Where We’ve Been
Student Enrollment in CTE
Students
High Growth Jobs
Based upon data
from the Gulf
Coast Workforce
Board, 2013
Students
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The Need for Change
Findings from Gap Analysis conducted by Dr. Jim Stone,
Director, National Research Center for Career & Technical
Education:
1) Our current CTE programs are not preparing students for
high-growth, high-demand jobs
2) Many of our high schools are offering the same CTE career
pathways, causing redundancy in low-demand fields
3) The school facilities are not adequate to support the types of
CTE programs being offered or that need to be offered, and
4) The instructional models are not innovative in providing
students opportunities for internships, student-run businesses
or student organizations to support the career pathways
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Where We Are Headed
Goals
1.Ensure equitable access to quality
CTE programs for all students
2.Provide relevant and highly engaging
coursework
3.Increase the number of students
graduating with industry-recognized
certificates and relevant work
experience
4.Increase student opportunities to earn
college credits and potentially
Associate’s Degrees
Accomplishments
• Implemented >FUTURES
Academy
• Streamlined industry certifications
• Researched nationally recognized
programs
• Established the HISD Chamber of
Commerce
• Aligned with 2012 Bond Program
• Engaged ConnectEd
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ConnectEd Partnership
Our current partnership with ConnectEd furthers our high
school transformation work by:
• Strategic Planning and Alignment
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Training and Coaching
• Online Education Platform – Linked Learning &
ConnectEd Studios
• Formalizing Work-Based Learning Experiences
ConnectEd is . . .
…a non-profit organization that partners
with communities to transform education
through Linked Learning. Linked Learning
combines strong academies, demanding
technical education, real world experience
and personalized support to ensure all
students, regardless of life circumstance,
graduate ready for college, career and life.
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ConnectEd
• Leads the multi-year California Linked Learning District
Initiative that includes Long Beach, Sacramento, Los
Angeles, Oakland and over 150,000 HS students so
far.
• Serves as lead technical assistance provider for AB790
state-wide Linked Learning pilot.
• Expanded Linked Learning into Michigan, Wyoming,
and Texas, with more states to come.
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Four Pillars of Linked Learning
A comprehensive four-year program of study
in a career-themed pathway integrating:
• Rigorous academics
• Real-world technical skills
• Work-based learning
• Personalized supports
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How we know it’s working
Linked Learning students…
• Attend school more consistently (2-4% improvement)
• Are more likely to graduate; less likely to dropout
(57% vs. 36% statewide in CA)
• Enroll and persist in postsecondary programs at
higher rates (10+%)
• Earn as much as $2,500 more annually in the eight
years after high school graduation
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Common Pathway Features
• Operate as small learning
communities within large schools or
as small-themed schools
• Utilize a common set of student
learning outcomes to guide and align
assessment, curriculum, and instruction
• Blend rigorous academic and careerthemed course content through rigorous
and relevant standards-aligned projects
• Offer dual-enrollment and dual-credit
with college institutions
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Creating a System of High-Quality Pathways
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Systemic Approach to Linked Learning
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Next Steps
• Identify High Schools for Phase I
• Train Coaches
• Conduct Summer training on Linked Learning
• Implement Districtwide CTE Pathways
• Formalize Industry Partnerships
• Finalize Student Enrollment in >Futures 2013-2014
cohort (Ongoing)
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