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Student Transition Planning: Where the Rubber Hits the Road
Denise Felder Director of Professional DevelopmentCareer Technical Education | MnSCU
Denise.Felder@so.mnscu.edu
Value of Transition Planning
Shared Vision for Youth
Sandbox Group
MN Career & College Readiness
Collaborative
70% of increase in postsecondary requirements is due to occupations that previously did not require higher education
Earning gap increasing between those with postsecondary credential vs. those with high school diploma only
Postsecondary = college and/or industry-recognized job training
Sources: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce; Handbook of Labor Economics
Value of Transition Planning
College & Career Planningin State Legislation (HF2397)
1) World’s Best Workforce
2) Regional Centers of Excellence
3) Planning for Students' Successful Transition to Postsecondary Education & Employment (9th Grade Plans)
4) Parental Involvement Programs
5) Experiential & Applied Learning Opportunities for Students
6) Also: Charting the Future
World’s Best Workforce (120B.11)
Source: https://education.state.mn.us/MDE/SchSup/WorldsBestWorkforce/index.html
1) All children are ready for school.
2) All third-graders can read at grade level.
3) All racial and economic achievement gaps between students are closed.
4) All students are ready for career and college.
5) All students graduate from high school.
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Charting the Future
Experiential and Applied Learning Opportunities for Students
Parental Involvement Programs
Planning for Students' Successful Transition to Postsecondary Education and Employment
College & Career Readiness (PSEO, Concurrent Enrollment)
Rigorous Programs of Study
Technical Skills Assessments
Source: DRAFT Minnesota Career Technical Education
World’s Best Workforce
9th Grade Plans (120B.125)
Planning for Students' Successful Transitionto Postsecondary Education and Employment
Beginning in 2013-2014 school year, must assist all students by no later than grade 9 to:
explore college and career interests and aspirations
develop a plan for a smooth and successful transition to postsecondary education or employment
7 key elements in legislation
… Need to revisit at least annually.
Source: http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/EdExc/CollegePlan/
9th Grade Plans (120B.125)
Planning for Students' Successful Transitionto Postsecondary Education and Employment
1) Comprehensive academic plan for completing a college and career-ready curriculum that meets state and local academic standards
2) Emphasize academic rigor and high expectations
3) Help students identify personal learning styles
4) Help students gain access to postsecondary education and career options
Source: http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/EdExc/CollegePlan/
9th Grade Plans (120B.125)
Planning for Students' Successful Transitionto Postsecondary Education and Employment
5) Integrate strong academic and career-focused content
6) Help students and families identify and gain access to appropriate counseling and other supports
7) Help students and families identify collaborative partnerships of … postsecondary institutions, economic development agencies, and employers
Source: http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/EdExc/CollegePlan/
9th Grade Plans (120B.125)
Sample Individualized Learning Plan Components
Program of Study, class schedule
Career exploration (assessments, transferable skills, etc.)
Life goals
Favorite occupations
College or postsecondary training options
Skills and abilities
Source: Al Hauge, MDE
9th Grade Plans (120B.125)
Sample Individualized Learning Plan Components
Job search documents
Budget plan
Academic records
Extracurricular activities, athletics, service learning, leadership, student groups, etc.
Accomplishments (awards, honors, memberships, publications, photos and video artifacts)
Health records
Source: Al Hauge, MDE
Parental Involvement
Parent and Family Involvement Policy (24D.8955)
oral and written communication … in families' native language
fostering students' academic success and learning at home and school
welcoming parents in the school and using networks that support families' cultural connections
providing community resources
Source: http://legiscan.com/MN/drafts/HF2397/2013
Parental Involvement
Parental Involvement Programs (124D.895)
promote healthy self-concepts among parents or guardians and other family members
provide creative learning experiences for parentsor guardians
encourage parents to actively participate in their district's curriculum advisory committee
Source: http://legiscan.com/MN/drafts/HF2397/2013
Experiential & Applied Learning Opportunities for Students (124D.085)
• Strengthen alignment between career and college ready curriculum, and state and local academic standards
• Increase opportunities for applied and experiential learning in nontraditional settings
• Encouraged to provide ... college prep schools, career and technical education, work-based schools
• Schools and districts must have measurements and plans
Effective for the 2014-2015 school year and later.
Source: http://legiscan.com/MN/drafts/HF2397/2013
Rigorous Programs of Study (CTE)
• Incorporate and align secondary and postsecondary education elements
• Include academic and CTE content in a coordinated, non-duplicative progression of courses
• Offer opportunity for secondary students to acquire postsecondary credits
• Lead to an industry-recognized credential or certificate, or associate or baccalaureate degree
Source: www.cte.mnscu.edu/programs/index.html
LEGISLATION & POLICIES
PARTNERSHIPS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS
COURSE SEQUENCES
CREDIT TRANSFER
AGREEMENTS
GUIDANCE COUNSELING & ACADEMICS
TEACHING & LEARNING
STRATEGIES
TECHNICAL SKILLS ASSESSMENTS
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ACCOUNTABILITY & EVALUATION SYSTEMS
Rigorous Programs of Study (CTE)
Work Readiness & Technical Skills Assessments (CTE)
Source: www.cte.mnscu.edu/programs/mntsa.html
Improve program quality
Create strong connections between high school and college programs
Identify core skills and assessment tools for technical skill attainment for Programs of Study
Alignment to industry-recognized standards or state or national industry or trade standards
Charting the Future (MnSCU)
Source: www.mnscu.edu/chartingthefuture/index.html
1) Dramatically increase success of all learners, especially those in diverse populations traditionally underserved by higher education.
2) Develop a collaborative and coordinated academic planning process that advances affordability, transferability, and access to our programs and services across the state.
3) Certify student competencies and capabilities, expand pathways to accelerate degree completion through credit for prior learning, and foster the award of competency-based credit and degrees.
Charting the Future (MnSCU)
Source: www.mnscu.edu/chartingthefuture/index.html
4) Expand the innovative use of technology to deliver high quality online courses, strengthen classroom instruction … provide more individualized learning and advising.
5) Work together to be preferred provider of comprehensive workplace solutions … that build employee skills and solve real-world problems for communities and businesses across the state.
6) Redesign our financial and administrative models to reward collaboration … strengthen our ability to provide access to an extraordinary education for all Minnesotans.
Challenges & Opportunities
Changing Student Expectations
Millennial Generation (late 20s and younger) value: Individuality Information Entertainment Social interactions (electronic)
Millennials have different educational expectations/needs.
Millennials have different workforce expectations.
Source: Roehling PV, Vander Kooi TL, Dykema S, Quisenberry B, Vandlen C. (2010)
Challenges & Opportunities
Teaching, Learning and Millennial Students
1) Student-Faculty Contact
2) Reciprocity and Cooperation
3) Active Learning
4) Feedback
5) Time on Task
6) High Expectations
7) Diverse Talents and Ways of Knowing
Source: http://teachingcommons.depaul.edu/Classroom_Activities/teachingmcs.html
Challenges & Opportunities
Importance of Cross-Sector Collaborations
National/federal trend toward collaboration
MN Career & College Readiness Collaboration
CTE Consortia
Image: http://donnagore.com/2012/02/21/crime-writingusing-the-stone-soup-method/
Future of Career & College Readiness in MN
Integrating academics and Career Pathways
Measuring rigor and program data
Emergence of career academies
Collaborations with postsecondary, workforce and community partners
Importance of developing whole child for lifelong success
Professional Development Events
CTE Works! Summitwww.cteworksminnesota.org
Pathways to Postsecondary SummitsContact: Paula.Palmer@state.mn.us, MDEor Jessica.Espinosa@so.mnscu.edu, MnSCU
Regional Centers of Excellencehttp://education.state.mn.us/MDE/SchSup/RegCenterExc/
Future of Career & College Readiness in MN
Denise FelderCTE Director of Professional DevelopmentMinnesota State Colleges and Universities 651.201.1789 | Denise.Felder@so.mnscu.edu
For Students: www.learningthatworks.org For Educators: www.cte.mnscu.edu CTE Works! Summit: www.cteworksminnesota.org
MDE Contacts: John Raphael, John.v.Rapheal@state.mn.us Michelle Kamenov,
Michelle.Kamenov@state.mn.us
References
Carnevale, A.P., Smith, N., & Strohl, J. (2010). Help wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.
Acemoglu, D. & Autor, D. (2011). Skills, tasks and technologies: Implications for employment and earnings. In O. Ashenfelter & D. Card, (Eds.), Handbook of labor economics, (Vol. 4), (pp.1043-1171).
McKinsey Global Institute. (2009). Changing the fortunes of America’s workforce: A human capital challenge. McKinsey Global Institute.
Roehling PV, Vander Kooi TL, Dykema S, Quisenberry B, Vandlen C. (2010). Engaging the millennial generation in class discussions. College Teach. 59:1–6.
Wilson, M. (2004) Teaching, Learning and Millennial Students. New Directions for Student Services: Serving the Millennial Generation, Issue 106, 59-71. Retrieved from: http://teachingcommons.depaul.edu/Classroom_Activities/teachingmcs.html
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