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Supporting K-12 Partners in College and Career Readiness
Lori Suddick, Vice President of Learning
April 2015
AACC Conference
Objectives for Presentation
• NWTC commitment to K-12 partnerships
• Career pathways that focus on K-12 students, community and the workforce
• Detailed examples of rural and urban district partners
• Hear voice of NWTC partners highlight benefits for their districts, students and workforce
NWTC District Profile• Publicly supported to strengthen NE WI,
spanning over 6.5 counties• Serving over 40,000 students annually or 7,000 FTE• Main campus: Green Bay, WI • Two other satellite campuses, five Regional
Learning Centers, three Regional Academies, two other sites (Business Incubator & Artisan Center) and three mobile training labs
• Offer over 100 associate degrees, technical diplomas, and apprenticeships; with additional certificates, contracted business services, personal enrichment and continuing education
• Serve 32 school districts, totaling 36 high schools
K12 PartnershipsThrough the Lens of NWTC
Why partnerships with K12?
• Moral imperative
• Unmet workforce needs
• Increase skill levels for today’s jobs
• Remediation is costly
• Creation of a pipeline
Benefits of K-12 Relations • Allows career exploration and exposure
• Provides students the opportunity to experience the rigor of a college level course
• Provides career pathways that may have been missing from the high school curriculum
• Allows students to earn college credit while in high school
• Promotes the NWTC curriculum products and meets labor market demands
• Strengthens NWTC & K-12 relationships
• Increases further recruitment, retention and persistence efforts with high school transcribed credit students
• Creates professional development options for teachers through Technical College training
NWTC K-12 CommitmentsFuture 2018 Statement of Strategic Directions
1. Career exploration activities for 5-12th grade
2. Share and educate K-12 partners on career and labor market information to help them in developing relevant career pathways
3. Create dual credit opportunities
4. Employ mobile instructional labs as a means to deliver high capital cost programs to school districts within the district
5. Work with its PK-12 districts to reduce remediation or developmental education upon entry to the college
6. Align its assessment tools with those utilized in K-12
7. Prioritize its efforts in support of K-12
What is a Career Pathway?
A way of organizing education into a sequence of credentials that lead students in attainable steps toward better jobs and a degree or technical diploma. Each step of the path improves the learner’s career and earning opportunities, and provides a skillset needed by an industry.
Three essential features make-up a Career Pathway:1. Well-connected and
transparent education, training, support services, and credential
2. Multiple entry points –for both well-prepared students and targeted populations
3. Multiple exit points
Dual Credit Options
Dual Credit
Youth Options
Youth Apprenticeship
Transcripted Credit
Advanced Standing
College Instructor
K-12 Pays Tuition & Books
High SchoolTeacher Tuition Cost
Neutral
https://www.wicareerpathways.org/CareerPathways
Clusters
12
Why K-12 Career Pathways?
• Student Success and curriculum relevancy
• Responsibility to labor market and our community
• Increasing demand for credentialed workforce
• Future 2018 Metrics
GBAPS: Industrial Welding, Design & Graphic Communications, Healthcare, Home Remodel/Construction, Engineering: Robotics &
Animation, Marketing, Bay Link Manufacturing, Automotive
Northwoods Technical Academy, Wausaukee, Crivitz & Pembine: Welding, Automotive, Healthcare, Engineering, Arts, AV
Technology & Communication & Entrepreneurship
Woodland Technical Academy, Florence, Niagara & Goodman:Healthcare Business, Engineering, Arts, AV Technology &
Communication
Bonduel: Welding & CNC/Machining Manufacturing, Engineering, Business
Management & Admin.
Lakeview Regional Technical Academy: CTE Academy Model, Wolf Tech, Manufacturing,
Business, Healthcare
Marinette School District: Health Sciences
Career Pathway Cooperative: Gillett, Suring, Coleman, Lena
Oconto School District
Pulaski School District
Oconto Falls School District
Kewaunee School District
West DePere School District
Ashwaubenon School District
Southern Door School District
Growth of Dual Credit
Academic Year Unduplicated Student Count
Duplicated Enrollment Count
Total Credits % Growth of Student Count
2014-15 2387 4433 10,953 +16%
2013-14 2050 3481 8879 +20%
2012-13 1706 2724 6983 +7%
2011-12 1600 2620 6837 +71%
2010-11 868 1492 3991 baseline year
Edware Dual Credit Students by High School (YO, YA, TC)
Edware Transcripted Credit Students Enrolled in Post Secondary Courses
Transcripted Credit Student Enrolledin Post Secondary
Academic Year
HS Grads with TC
Enrolled in PS in 1st Year
Enrolled in PS in 2nd Year
Enrolled In PS in 3rd Year
Unduplicated Enrolled in PS in last 3 years
2014 1323 383 29% NA NA NA
2013 1047 301 29% 100 10% 0 0% 39%
2012 900 225 25% 79 9% 34 4% 38%
2011 458 127 28% 35 8% 19 4% 40%
2010 417 127 30% 40 10% 12 3% 43%
Completion Rates, Persistence& Performance
High School and Pathway HS Graduates that completed TC coursework
Enrollment into related NWTC Program
Southwest HS – Welding 5 4
Bonduel HS – CNC/Machining 6 4
A comparison of students who took courses in high school for two programs revealed that they had higher program completion rates(8 of 8, 100%) versus students who enrolled directly from high school without taking courses in high school (36 of 54, 67%). Students who took courses in high school also had slightly higher gpa’s (3.0 vs. 2.91).
While these results should be viewed with caution (e.g., small sample size, self-selected groups, non-statistical analyses, etc.), it does reflect our observation that students who take courses in high school appear to be more motivated, ready, more prepared, etc.
Rural High School Profile School District of Bonduel
2013-14 District Review
• Grades K4-12
• Enrollment=840
• Race/Ethnicity:
American Indian or Alaska Native 3.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander 0.1%
Black not Hispanic 1.1%
Hispanic 2.7%
White not Hispanic 92.9%
• Student Groups
Students with Disabilities 12.9%
Economically Disadvantaged 42.7%
Limited English Proficient 1.7%
• High School Report Card: Overall Accountability Score: Meets Expectations (71.0)
– On-Track and Postsecondary Readiness 87.9/100
– HS Enrollment: 306
2013 Graduates:
63 graduates with 21% enrolling at NWTC WI DPI School Report Card
Computer Integrated Mobile Lab
Why a CIM Mobile Lab?
• Over 100 Machine Shops in NWTC’s district alone
• High-end CNC equipment
• 1151 job postings
• High entry level skills
• NEW Manufacturing Alliance Survey
• $34,000 median starting salary
• Lack of CNC Technology in K12
How It Works
•First three CNC courses transcribed (4 credits)•10 high schools per semester at 12 students each •Visit each high school for 3.5 hours (4 periods) each week (am or pm)•NWTC Lab Aide delivers, sets-up and assists the high school instructor•High school instructors are trained at NWTC
•$5000 operating fee per semester for each high school – sponsorship opportunities
Bonduel: Growth ofManufacturing Pathway
• Partnership with NWTC impacts students and teachers
• Community response to partnership
• Business and industry response to partnership
• Advice to other secondary professionals
• Meaningful support and trust of Administration
Next Steps
• Bonduel is one of five schools that will pilot use of the Engineering Technology Mobile Modular Lab
• Five high school instructors will be trained on four NWTC courses during Spring 2015
• These dual credit courses will be delivered by high school instructors at the high school location via the mobile lab
• Bonduel is also expanding to include a Business/Finance pathway
• Future planning includes a pathway focus on Information Technology
WI DPI School Report Card
Urban High School ProfileGreen Bay Area Public Schools Southwest
2013-14 District Review• Grades K4-12• Enrollment=21,006• Race/Ethnicity:
American Indian or Alaska Native 5%Asian or Pacific Islander 7.3%Black not Hispanic 10.2%Hispanic 25%White not Hispanic 51.9%
• Student GroupsStudents with Disabilities 15.7%Economically Disadvantaged 60.9%Limited English Proficient 18.2%
• Southwest High School Report Card: Overall Accountability Score: Meets Expectations (70.4)On-Track and Postsecondary Readiness 81.8/100HS Enrollment: 1176
2013 Graduates:272 graduates with 29% enrolling at NWTC
** New Pathways for 2015-16
Green Bay AreaPublic Schools Pathways
Career Cluster Career Pathway Related NWTC Program
Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources **
Agribusiness Systems and Plant Systems
Sustainable Food and Agriculture Systems & Landscape Horticulture
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics **
Facility and Mobile Equipment Maintenance
Automotive Technology and Automotive Technician
Manufacturing Production Welding & 7 other programs
ManufacturingManufacturing Production Process Development
Electromechanical Technology & Automation Engineering Technology
Architecture and ConstructionConstruction
Construction Technology & Structural Systems
Arts, A/V Tech & Communication Printing TechnologyPrint Technology
Arts, A/V Tech & Communication Visual ArtsPhotography
Arts, A/V Tech & CommunicationAudio and Video Technology and Film
Design and Graphic Communication
Health Sciences Therapeutic Services
Nursing Assistant & Practical Nursing
Marketing Marketing CommunicationsMarketing
• Exploration to Implementation: Discovery Team to Dream Team
• Project overview & rationale for relevant, real-world experience
• Value of partnership: academic & business/industry
• Curriculum overview from middle school to high school
• Dual credit opportunities infused into Bay Link• Opportunities for secondary and post-secondary students to
work together
• Anticipated outcome of college and career ready students
Home Construction Partnership
• Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity (GGBHfH) and NeighborWorks partnership with NWTC and School Districts
• Construction Coordinator partnership with High School Teacher in supervising and teaching secondary students
• Apply classroom competencies in an applied setting, providing for a much higher level of learning
• 10 NWTC Dual Credits awarded• Exposure and experience in
workforce related to home construction and trades
• Relationship building and community awareness
12 Steps to Partnership Etiquette
1. Begin partnership conversations with high level leaders at K-12 and post-secondary levels
2. Involve other stakeholders early and often
3. Consider champion teachers, student interest, labor market needs and middle school curriculum supports to define career pathways
4. Identify a charter with clearly stated mission, vision and parameters
5. Collaborate to identify expense and training for pathway development
6. Identify timeline and work backwards
7. Use district board requirement to develop timeline
8. Phase in new pathways over a 3-5 year plan
9. Identify key K-12 contact to lead action steps
10. Work on marketing and recruiting plan for students/parents
11. Support K-12 partners through contacts, observations, accolades, recognition
12. Evaluate, adjust, and expand
K-12 partnerships are about “the people, the stakeholders, and the return on investment”
“Transform lives, educational institutions and whole industries”(The
Career Pathways Effect: Linking Education and Economic Prosperity).
Questions
Related Links
• CIM Mobile Lab Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxr2xs3jMoQ
• NWTC Dual Credit Video http://video.nwtc.edu/college advancement/dualCredit.wmv
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