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College and Career Ready It’s Simple When You Give Them What They Need

Who are we?  35 sending schools  21 programs  5 sites  LCC West  LCC Downtown  AIS Construction  Potter Park Zoo  Olivet College (at Farm Bureau Insurance)

What we offer…  AM and PM sessions  High school and college credit  High school 4 th year math credit  Work based learning opportunities  Career development  Career and Technical Student Organizations  National Technical Honor Society

Data from 2010-2011  All Students  High school credit = 98%  College credit = 89%  National T echnical Honor Society = 25%  Special Needs Students  High school credit = 100%  College credit = 90%  National T echnical Honor Society = 17 % of 101 students inducted

Current year enrollment data  Total number of students = 465  Total number of special needs students = 95 or 20.5%  Academic at risk = 114 students or 25%  Staff to student ratio = 1/14 (33/465)

“If students sense that they are not welcome, accepted, and supported in the classroom, the probability is low that they will engage in classroom activities.” Marzano, Pickering, & Heflebower (2011)

Career Preparation Center Staff  Key Players • Principal • Student Service Coordinator • Academic Support • Instructor – most are Lansing Community College staff

Principal  Relationships – with students and staff • Meets buses daily • Addresses students by name • Makes effort to make parent contacts • Synervoice and Skyward announcements/access  Consistency – with students and staff • Refers to and follows student handbook • Expectation of college an career ready behavior  Visibility – with students and staff • Greets students in café before class begins • Walks halls and stops in classrooms on a regular basis

Student Service Coordinator  Relationships – students, instructors, and Academic Support  Know students by name  Provide comfort level and level of respect  Support Instructors  Provide a presence in class  Research – classroom strategies, student opportunities  Assist with community connections – field trips, job shadows, guest speakers  Deliver career and post-secondary planning – tools beyond high school  Provide career planning activities for Eaton County 7 th and 8 th graders

Peer relationships are equally as important as teacher/student relationships. (Ladd, Herald-Brown, & Kochel, 2009) The longer that students are rejected by their peers, the less likely they are to participate in classroom activities. (Ladd, Herald-Brown, & Kochel, 2006)

Academic Support  Relationships – with students, instructors, and SSC  Help students maximize their strengths  Collaboration with teachers  Monitor all students’ grades and progress  Total Tutoring  Help with homework – Career Center and high school  T est prep/review/reading – individually or in the classroom  Special needs students  Assure that accommodations are in place  Help students learn to advocate for self  Organization, study skills, and learning styles  Individual students or entire classes

Academic Strategies  Strategies that are taught to students • Study, test taking, reading strategies • Learning styles/strategies o Use of whiteboards, flashcards, flip charts o Use of study games o Mnemonics: chants, songs, acronyms, pacing • Organization skills • Networking

Instructor  Relationships – with students, SSC, Academic Support, and Principal  College expectations on a college campus  Experts in their field  Flexibility  Revolving door  Presence of other adults in class  Students being pulled from class  Teaching strategies  Willingness to try new strategies  Strive to make learning fun

Chad Bennett – Graphic Design Maurice Armstrong – Criminal Justice

Frank Medrano – Law Enforcement Annie Wojtkowski - Fashion

Instructor Video Clips

Total Tutoring  Total Tutoring began in October 2010  Available at West Campus  30 minutes before class – am & pm  1,681 students visited last year!  Students worked on CTE homework, home school homework, resumes, portfolio pieces, and accuplacer.

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Special Populations  100% of our special education students earned high school credit  90% of our special education students earned some college credit

Certifications 146 certifications were earned  Safety & Pollution Prevention, State of MI Brakes test, C.E.R.T., Health Care Provider (CPR), CENA, Sparrow HIPPA, Blood Borne Pathogens LCC, National Health Care Foundation Assessment, AWS, Serve Safe, CPR, First Aid, FEMA 100, A+ Essentials, A+ IT Technician, A+ Certified, Blood borne Pathogen Exposure/Prevention, Playground Supervision, Playground Maintenance & Intervention, HIV/AIDS Awareness

National Technical Honor Society  25% of the students who attend the CPC are members of NTHS!  17 % of NTHS members are special needs students  To qualify a student must: Maintain A- or better every grading • term 4 absences or less for the first half of • the year and the same for the second half. Community service • Character reference •

Career and Technical Student Organizations  28% of our students participated in a CTSO.  35% of CTSO participants were special pops  4 students qualified for SkillsUSA Nationals.  Calvin Hamilton placed 2 nd in the Nation in Technical Drafting!  Sarah Kyes Pin Design was chosen for the 2011 Michigan pin.  Austin Chuhak & Heather Delong participated in Web Design.

College Credits  College Credits  Students earned a total of 2,481 Lansing Community College credits this year.  An average of 6 credits per student

Work Based Learning Experiences Guest Speakers  170 guest speakers presented to students at the career center.

Internships & Job Shadows  164 students had internships/placements related to the program they were in  323 students completed a job shadow experience related to the program they we in

#1 Career Preparation Center Goal College and Career Ready Providing all students with the tools they need to be successful now and in the future.