Career, Technical, and Adult Education Monitoring Report

Kris Martini, Director - CTAEPhyllis Gandy, Supervisor - CTAE

Margaret Chung, Principal, Arlington Career CenterNovember 7, 2019

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Presentation Overview

Program Profile

Good News

Data That Provides Insight

Moving Forward

What We Learned

Bright Spots

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Program ProfileCentral Office

• Christopher Martini, Director• Phyllis Gandy, Supervisor• Raul Matos, Arlington Community Learning Coordinator• Eileen Conoboy, REEP Supervisor• Jerri Young, GED Specialist• Jacqueline Firster, STEM Specialist• Shari Brown, Yes Coordinator• Rona Cox, Administrative Assistant

Teachers• 24 Middle School, 50 High School, 30 REEP, 120 Arlington

Community LearningCourse Offerings

• 21 Middle School offerings, 42 High School offerings at home schools, and 99 High school offerings at the Career Center

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Good News

• Overall CTE enrollment in secondary classes has increased.

• Total enrollment at Arlington Tech this year is 294 (Source: Sept 30, 2019 Membership Report).

• 1541 students participated in work-based learning experiences last school year (Source: Synergy and school information).

• Students passed 3,248 state-approved industry credentials in 2018-19 (18-19 Credentials-Demographics by Exam Summary-Synergy).

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Student Success

CTE Key Performance Indicators

APS Students Earning One or More CTE Credentials

2016-17 2017-18 2018-19*

CTE Completers 329 354 410

Total Credentials Earned 2,325 3,026 3,221

Students Earning One or More Credentials 2,025 2,524 2,613

Competency Attainment 91.0% 98.6% 96.8%

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Performance Objective 1 – Increased achievement for all reporting groups on district and state assessments shows progress toward eliminating the opportunity gap.

Source: VDOE School Quality Profile for Arlington schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/arlington-county-public-schools#

CTE Enrollment

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Enrollment 16-17 17-18 18-19

Middle School 2,318 2,679 2,824

High School 4,228 4,151 4,436

Source: CTE course enrollment for students with final grades (APS Data Warehouse)

CTE Enrollment

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Source: APS Insights (Data Warehouse) CTE Course Enrollment Count for students with final grade.

Enrollment 16-17 17-18 18-19

Arlington Tech 38 106 199

Career Center From Home Schools 713 675 766

HILT Academy 62 88 65

Academic Academy 35 41 44

PEP 42 51 52

Total Career Center 925 1,206 1,418

State-Approved Credentialing

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Source: 18-19 Credentials-Demographics by Exam Summary-Synergy

Ethnicity Tests Taken Tests Passed Pass RateAsian 505 317 63%Black 663 368 56%Hispanic 1,734 896 52%Other students (including Two or More Races)

309 232 75%

White 1,888 1,435 76%Total 5,099 3248 64%

For 2018-19, By Race/Ethnicity

Student Success

Work-Based Learning Opportunities

Program 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Senior Experience W&L 480 464 537

Senior Experience Yorktown 380 374 388

Senior Project Wakefield 302 356 410

AYES 15 9 15

Arlington Tech - - 66-job shadow

C-CAP 5 4 1

Urban Alliance 32 24 27

PRIME 30 30 30

MIPA 12 16 12

PEP 52 48 57

High School Life Skills & Stratford 37 33 25

Performance Objective 4: All graduates will have engaged in at least one experience that demonstrates productive workplace skills, qualities, and behaviors, and may include a work-based experience.

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Student Well-Being

Healthy, Safe, and Supportive Students

1. Performance Objective 8: Each school will report 95% implementation of the Whole Child Indicators in the areas of safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments.

• Lab Safety • Internet Safety

Competencies• CPR Training• OSHA 10 • All Aspects of Industry,

included in all CTE Classes

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EngagedWorkforce

High Quality Staff

Performance Objective 15: All staff participate in training that meets or exceeds industry standards for their position and focuses on student success and well-being.

Teacher Training • NOVA Systemic Solutions

regional ongoing training• CodeVA-Computer Science

training• State and National Associations• Project Lead the Way • SIOP training• PBL training through Buck

Institute

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Partnerships

Community Partnerships

Chamber of CommerceMercedes Benz of ArlingtonAccentureeTradeFBI Cyber DivisionNOVAGeorge Mason UniversityMarymount UniversityCompTIA, CompTIA AcademyMicrosoft, Microsoft Imagine AcademyNetwork for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)Oracle, Oracle AcademyAmazon, Edhesive

Performance Objective 23: The number of partnerships/volunteer opportunities will meet the needs of students, specifically in the areas of internships and externships.

Mercedes-Benzof

Arlington

Oracle Academy

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Moving Forward

Recommendation #1: Explore and utilize opportunities within APS that increase awareness of and participation in CTE courses.

Strategies: Collaboration with other APS Offices

• Office of Equity and Excellence• Office of Special Education• Office of Student Services

Communications via• Websites• Twitter• Peachjar

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Moving Forward

Strategies: • All CTE courses have workplace readiness

and career exploration competencies.• Working with Information Services to

identify and launch a program to facilitate student access to work-based learning opportunities.

• Promoting student experiences in newsletter and other venues.

Recommendation #2: Increase student knowledge of and participation in the positive experience of work-based learning opportunities.

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Moving Forward

Strategies: • Program offerings reviewed by CTAE Advisory

Board.• Workforce data is used to determine high-

demand and high-wage careers.• Students are surveyed to determine interest

level.• CTE industry certifications are offered based

on current workforce needs.

Recommendation #3: CTE offerings align with the many local job openings, required skills, and required certifications.

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What We Learned

• CTE Completers have been increasing over the past three years.

• State-approved credentialing has been increasing since the 11-12 school year.

• Enrollment has increased over the past three years.

• A large portion of students are participating in work-based learning opportunities.

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Bright Spots

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Bright Spots

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Career, Technical, and Adult Education Monitoring Report

Kris Martini, Director - CTAEPhyllis Gandy, Supervisor - CTAE

Margaret Chung, Principal, Arlington Career CenterNovember 7, 2019

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