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The Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Completer Follow-Up
2013 Follow-Up of the2012 CTE Graduates
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Purpose of theSurvey?
• An online survey of recent high-school CTE graduates for the 2011-2012 school year
• Required to meet federal and state regulations
• Allows VDOE and school divisions to evaluate their CTE programs
• Impacts school division performance measures: (5S1) Secondary Placement (Transition) Rate, and (5S1) Program Completer Response Rate on the Annual Performance Report (APR)
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CTE CompleterA CTE completer is a student who has met therequirements for a CTE concentration (sequence) and allrequirements for high school graduation, or an approved alternative education.
CTE Concentration A CTE concentration is a coherent sequence of courses as identified in the course listings within the Administrative Planning Guide (APG).
Definitions
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ALL SPECIAL POPULATIONS PERFORMANCE
2011-2012
90.48% (19 of 21)
(5S1) Secondary Placement (Transition) Rate – CTE completers (based on CTE serving school division) will successfully transition from secondary school to employment, military, further education, or full-time equivalency of part-time combinations of transition indicators.
Performance Standard: 5S1 Secondary Transition Rate = 88%Example:
ALL CTE COMPLETERS
2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010
94.59% (35 of 37) 95.65% (44 of 46) 97.37% (37 of 38)
Division Annual Performance Report
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(5S1) Program Completer Response Rate – The response rate to the Career and Technical Education Student Follow-Up Survey for school year 2011-2012.
Performance Standard: 5S1 Completer Response Rate = 75%Example:
ALL CTE COMPLETERS
2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010
94.59% (35 of 37) 95.65% (44 of 46) 97.37% (37 of 38)
Division Annual Performance Report
Why 75%?
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Response rates
• Your target: survey 75 percent of completers.
• A high response rate allows more meaningful analysis of divisions and programs.
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Satisfaction rates
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48% of completers statewide are “very satisfied” with their CTE programs
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Postsecondary enrollment
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67% of completers statewide are enrolledin postsecondary
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12% of completers statewide are unemployed
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Step #1
Read the CTE Director’s memo and follow the directions(Career and Technical Education Memo No. 047-13)Directions also available on the CTE Student Completer Follow-up Survey Web site.
http://ctefollowup.cooper.virginia.edu/
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Step #2
Download and distribute usernames and passwords from the VDOE SSWS dropbox.
https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/ssws/login.page.do
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SSWS Web site:https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/ssws/login.page.do
Lead CTE Division administrator will receive two sets of usernames and passwords:
• One for division-level access• One for school-level access
SSWS – DROPBOX
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Division ID Division Name Username Password
1 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-1-0001 waSfLN031 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-5-0034 BrwAHk821 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-2-0035 RPFpFn131 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-4-0002 iVsypT811 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-5-0001 naBdKU831 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-6-0001 QbQpob861 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-7-0001 xKXxlv511 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-0-0001 IJiofko811 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-9-0009 PXAAKEiu01 Anywhere County Public Schools Anywhere-11-0001 XUrtybw71
Excel Files
Division ID School Number School Name Username Password1 580 Cote High Cote-5-0080 rC45CU801 580 Cote High Cote-2-0084 wdI2iC181 580 Cote High Cote-6-0780 pjy6tO451 580 Cote High Cote-9-0880 Zkl5Wl591 580 Cote High Cote-5-0076 aWL7uP281 580 Cote High Cote-4-0530 uEAQtP611 580 Cote High Cote-7-0586 CUTA2m131 580 Cote High Cote-8-0540 JZLiw3261 580 Cote High Cote-6-0380 adqmgt92
Division Access
School Access
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Step #3
Login to the survey Web sitehttp://ctefollowup.cooper.virginia.edu/
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Conducting the Survey
The Web site includes all of the information necessary to survey former students:
• Student names
• Students’ school
• Phone numbers
• CTE program areas
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Step #4
Interview CTE Graduates
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• Fill out questionnaires online while interviewinggraduates.
• Avoid having teachers interview their former students.
• Be courteous and friendly when conducting the interview.
• Start early and do not wait until the last minute to conduct the survey.
Best Practices
Improving response rates
• Good student contact information is key.
• Multiple contacts are better than one.
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Divisions decide contact methods
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Use a 2-step approach
1. Electronic and/or mail (Send
passwords to students and ask
them to respond online or by mail.)
2. By telephone (Telephone students
who don’t respond.)
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Get started now for next year
• Prepare students for the upcoming survey.
• Collect contact information before students graduate.
• Consider asking for personal and parent/guardian phone numbers.
• Don’t forget college e-mail addresses.22
The digital divide is real
• Social and digital media are great.
• But sometimes traditional methods
are best.
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Step #5
Access your results!
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Things to Remember…
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• Survey start date: March 28th; Survey end date: July 1st
• A minimum 75% response rate is required to meet your division level target (all users can monitor response rates online)
• Try electronic media for contacting students
• Don’t forget to view the results of the survey in the fall
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Contact Us
Questions about the Web site or survey process, please contact Achsah Carrier or Dustin Cable at the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia at [email protected] or call (434) 982-5582.
For questions about policy and reporting requirements, please contact the Virginia Department of Education, Office of Career and Technical Education Services, directly at [email protected] or call (804) 786-4206.
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Evaluation Link
Please access the following link to give your feedback about the session:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BGCNPB8
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