Using Career Pathways and Innovative School Models to Improve
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Myra Pannell
Research and Curriculum Unit
Mississippi State University
Assist
students in selecting their appropriate
graduation pathway
Increase attendance rates, high school GPA,
and scores on statewide tests in secondary
schools
Increase enrollment in dual-credit courses
Higher rates of postsecondary (PS)
enrollment and completion
Decrease remediation at the PS level
Higher skilled employees in the workforce
See this
handout
on
Mississippi
Students’
Pathway
to Success.
Employment: Career Advancement
Continuing education and lifelong learning
Post-secondary: Career Preparation
Achieving credentials: college, certification, military
9–12: Career Preparation
Academics and Career and Technical education courses, intensive guidance,
individual Career and Academic Plans
8: Individual Career and Academic Plan
Choosing a career cluster and career pathway(can change easily at any time)
6–8: Career Exploration
Discovering areas of career interests and aptitudes
K–5: Career Awareness
Introduction to the world of careers
Career
Clusters are groupings of similar
occupations and industries.
Mississippi
Example:
uses the 16 national clusters.
Are
broad groups of careers that share
similar characteristics within a career cluster
Example: Early Childhood Education is a career
pathway in the Human Services cluster.
Prepare
today's students for tomorrow’s jobs
Connect
students with knowledge and skills
for success in college and career
Motivate
students to enroll in more rigorous
and relevant courses
Guide
students from high school into career
District-developed,
sequential set of courses
Includes academic core courses
Coherent, challenging and relevant to
real-world situations
Aligned to common core standards
Includes elective courses
Logical and challenging
Aligned to industry-recognized standards
Aligned to College Readiness Standards
Leads to multiple exit points
Associate’s or bachelor’s degree
Certificate at the postsecondary level
Industry-recognized credential
Aligns to
Articulated credit opportunities
Dual enrollment opportunities
A student’s guide that helps him or her establish and
achieve career and academic goals for success after
high school
Provides mentoring and guidance to assist students
in career pathway planning
Helps identify correct graduation pathway options
Supports changes to meet student needs and
ambitions
Transitions into a profession or postsecondary
educational major
Students will be introduced to career options in the
6th-7th grades.
Spring pre-registration
All 8th grade public school students in Mississippi
Should select a program of study (major).
Develop an iCAP based on this major with input
from counselors, mentor teachers, and parents.
In the following years, iCAP will be developed for all
incoming 8th graders.
Students will revise iCAP each year in grades 9-12.
Multiple pathway options to a standard diploma
Career Pathway Option
(21 Credits LAW) (MS Code 37-16-17)
Or
Traditional Pathway Option
(24 Credits minimum)
Or
District Pathway Option
(21 Credits minimum)
Or
MS Early Exit Exam Option
Applies only to students in a State Board of Education (SBE)
approved
Innovative Program
(17.5 Credits minimum)
See Handout on Graduation Pathways
Innovative
High School Models
Traditional high school route
Excellence for All
Career Academies
Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment
Early College High School (ECHS)
MS Works
Open to all high school students
May include a cohort of students
May include all students at school
Students may exit after successful completion of
lower division OR
Students may continue the high school
experience in the upper division
Locations
Corinth (Cambridge)
Clarksdale (Cambridge)
Lamar County (ACT)
Columbia (ACT)
Gulfport (ACT Innovations)
Open to all high school students
May be a cohort of students (pocket academies)
May include all students (wall-to-wall academies)
Students exit the Career Academy in the typical four
years required for high school
Locations
Rankin County
Meridian
Gulfport
Madison County
Lamar County
Clinton
Lincoln County
George County
Hattiesburg
Open
to all high school students who meet
entrance criteria established by college
Dual credit/dual enrollment does not impact
exit time unless combined with another
option
Locations
Many schools offer opportunities for dual
credit/dual enrollment
2012-2013, 42 MS school districts awarded dual
credit
At-risk
students or recent dropouts
Students must be between ages 16 and 21
Students exit the MS Works program at the
point they earn their high school diploma or
at age 21
All community colleges must implement
MS Works Task Force recommendations ready
by Fall 2013
Locations
Hinds CC/Rankin-Pearl
Copiah-Lincoln CC/Lincoln County
Open to all students in school
Targets at-risk or first-generation college students
Implementation involves a cohort group meeting specified criteria
A new small high school usually located on a college campus
Students enter in 9th grade after selection based on specified
criteria and application
Last two years are almost all dual-credit college courses
High school and college provide extensive student support
services for success in college courses
Support available through the Early College High School Initiative
Students enter the ECHS in 9th grade; programs are designed to
complete high school and AA/AAS degree in four to five years
Locations
In planning stage
For information concerning Pathways to
Success or MS Innovative High School Models,
please contact:
Myra Pannell
Research and Curriculum Unit
Mississippi State University
[email protected]
662.325.3305