Educational Pathways Update Presentation to the Citizens’ Advisory Council May 3, 2018
Career Academy Working Vision 2020 toward College & Career Readiness ▶ 19-20 School Year ▶ 18-19 School Year: ▶ Every 7 th & 8 th grade ▶ Roll up of Dual student has completed Language to high career exploration school opportunities ▶ Implementation of ▶ Potential pilot of one Naviance in middle educational pathway or one school school in Career Academies ▶ EXPO Sept. 12, 2018 ▶ 20-21 School Year at Sears Centre for all ▶ Every high school freshman 2,600 8th graders enrolled in a Career Academy ▶ Pilot local internships
Middle School Preparation 7th Grade 8th Grade All students take a ▶ Year-round: All ▶ career exploration students take elective class classes aligned to All students take Career Academies ▶ elective classes September: All ▶ aligned to Career students attend the Academies annual career and curriculum expo In January: all eighth ▶ grade students choose a Career Academy to try out
High School Plan 10th Grade 9th Grade All students begin a ▶ one-year course specific All students take a ▶ to the Educational one-semester overview Pathway in the Career class in their chosen Academy Career Academy and select an Educational Pathway If a student does not 11th & 12th Grade ▶ like his/her academy Pathway classes ▶ choice, opportunity to focus on skills, job switch academies shadow or work experience
Local: Strategic Plan Increase the percentage of students who are college and career ready.
Local: Strategic Plan CTE & Academy Audits Regional: P-20 Council Data: Northern Kane Educational U-46 Results Elgin Comm. Student Summit College Pathways & the concept of Academies for All State: Federal: IL Workforce Every Student Readiness Act Succeeds Act (60 by 25)
ESSA College and Career Readiness Indicators College and Career Ready GPA: 2.8/4.0 ▶ 95% Attendance in high school junior and ▶ senior year AND College and Career Pathway Endorsement ▶ under Postsecondary Workforce Readiness Act OR All of the following: One Academic Indicator in each of ELA and ▶ Math during the Junior/Senior Year (or Algebra II at any time) Identify a Career Area of Interest by the end of ▶ the Sophomore Year Three Career Ready Indicators during the ▶ Junior/Senior Year
ESSA Academic Indicators English Language Arts Math Advanced Placement Advanced Placement ▶ ▶ Courses (A, B or C) Courses (A, B or C) ELA AP Exam (3+) Math AP Exam (3+) ▶ ▶ Dual Credit English Course Dual Credit Math Course ▶ ▶ (A, B or C) (A, B or C) Minimum SAT Subject Algebra II (A, B, or C) ▶ ▶ Score of Evidence-Based Minimum SAT Subject ▶ Reading and Writing: 540 Score of Math: 540 + Math Minimum ACT Subject Senior Year ▶ Scores of English 18, Minimum ACT Subject ▶ Reading 22 Scores of Math 22 + Math Senior Year
ESSA College and Career Readiness Indicators cont... Career Indicators: Career Development Experience ▶ Industry Credential ▶ Military Service or ASVAB score of 31 or higher ▶ Dual Credit Career Pathway Course (college credit earned) ▶ Completion of a Program of Study ▶ Attaining and maintaining consistent employment for a minimum of 12 ▶ months Consecutive summer employment ▶ 25 hours of community service ▶ Two or more organized co-curricular activities ▶ Illinois Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) College & Career Readiness Indicator (CCRI) As adopted at April ISBE meeting
Postsecondary & Workforce State: Readiness Act (PWR Act) IL Workforce Readiness Act (60 by 25) Public Act 99-0674 (HB 5729); signed by Gov. Rauner in July 2016 Four components: ▶ Postsecondary and Career Expectations (PaCE) ▶ College & Career Pathway Endorsements on HS Diplomas ▶ Pilot of competency-based high school graduation requirements ▶ Scaling of 12 th grade transitional courses
PWR Act: College and Career Pathway Endorsements on High School Diplomas by 2020 Endorsements demonstrate college and career readiness within pathway Prescribed sequence of courses and 60 hours of internships or similar experiences
SD U-46 Class of 2015
Audit Findings: Academy Students Invested Local: in Learning, enjoy relationships Strategic Plan Academy Audit “The Academy taught a “I think the academy jump-started well-rounded education from the my career trajectory, it was really beginning and helped me get a nice to have that strong community better background.” of support. It was a really cohesive - Dr. Brian Poustinchian, Bartlett program that was useful.” High School Academy of Science, - Ashley Horne, Elgin High School Engineering and High Technology Gifted and Talented Academy Academy Graduate Graduate
Findings from the Student Summit with Implications for Educational Pathways & Data: Academies for All U-46 Results Student Summit ▶ Students need to feel more connected to school and it needs to start their freshman year. ▶ Students want to choose electives that are related to field of study. ▶ Students want more vocational training opportunities and information on options after high school that don’t involve a four-year college. ▶ Students want to give back to their communities and have their parents and the community more involved in their education.
Student Loan Debt ▶ The average Illinois graduate leaves college with $29,305 in student loan debt. Of Illinois graduates, 66 percent have debt. ▶ The federal balance sheet for student loans exploded from $101 billion in 2006 to more than $1 trillion in the latest fiscal year.
College & Career Readiness Students who graduate from high school: ▶ Follow a rigorous course of study ▶ Demonstrate the skills or habits of mind that enable ▶ them to apply their knowledge in a range of situations Take entry-level, credit-bearing postsecondary courses ▶ without the need for remediation Take advantage of career exploration opportunities, ▶ obtain industry credentials, and/or articulated/dual credit www.careerreadynow.org
Current Academies to become Magnet Schools BHS – contracted with ● Hanover Research to find the best STEM programing other than PLTW EHS – IB application ● submitted LHS – Examine current ● VPAA structure SEHS – BEACON Academy ● of Media & Digital Arts (written in Magnet School format) SHS – WLISA - Examine ● current format
Academy Placement to be Determined ▶ A U-46 team: ▶ Began with the 16 career clusters and looked at them in light of our current programs and facilities. ▶ Examined data from the NIU P-20 Council, Illinois Department of Employment Services, Workforce regions, the Hanover Research firm, and the ECC Workforce Summit to determine the cluster areas with the highest levels of growth moving beyond 2020. ▶ Ongoing work. Decisions to be made by late Fall 2018.
Career Clusters
Research and data-driven decisions means we have a starting point for Academy groupings PLTW Engineering Academy at Government, Public ● ● all five high schools Administration, & Safety Business, Management, Academy to include ROTC at ● Marketing, & Finance Academy two to three high schools at four high schools Hospitality & Tourism ● Manufacturing, Transportation, Academy at two high schools ● Distribution, & Logistics Education, Training, & ● Academy at BHS (autos), EHS Human Services Academy at (welding - Regional /autos), four high schools SEHS (precision mfg. & autos), Health Care Sciences ● SHS (precision mfg. & diesel) Academy at three high schools
Graduation and College Requirements Met High School Graduation Requirements (40.0 Credits) English 4 Years 8.0 College Admission Requirements Mathematics 3 Years 6.0 English 4 Years Science 2 Years 4.0 Mathematics 4 Years Physical Education 3.5 Years 7.0 Science 3 or 4 Years* Health 1 Semester 1.0 Social Studies 3 or 4 Years* US History 1 Year 2.0 Foreign Language 2 Years of the Civics 1 Semester 1.0 same language Economics 1 Semester 1.0 *A fourth year of either Science or Electives 2 Semesters 8.0 Social Studies is suggested Art or music or 2 Semesters 2.0 Career and Technical Education or World Language
Pathway Planning - Four Year College
Up Next: Ongoing Work ▶ Continued realignment of our middle school electives to mirror Career Academies ▶ Continued updating and improving current academies and work to determine expanded model ▶ Continued outreach to parents, business and community
Communications and Outreach ▶ Parent Information Sessions about the Expo at Open House events in each middle school. ▶ Bilingual Town Hall meetings in fall for parents and community about career academies. ▶ Communications via website, mass notification emails, social media and more.
How can CAC assist with implementation? ▶ Family and Community Engagement ▶ Curriculum & Instruction ▶ Enrollment & Facilities ▶ Specialized Student Services
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