Illinois Pathways and STEM Learning Exchanges
Illinois Pathways: Building Blocks • Built from longstanding state strengths: o Agricultural education model o CTE Programs of Study • Race to the Top as an accelerant v 2011 Illinois Pathways Intergovernmental Agreement • 60% by 2025 2
Illinois Pathways Vision Statement • Statewide, public-private education and economic development initiative designed to meet two twin goals: 1. Provide students with skills and experience that will prepare them for success in college and careers 2. Spur community economic development by fostering a homegrown talent pipeline in critical industries 3
Illinois Pathways Strategies • Support local career pathway systems development that empower students to explore their academic and career interests in STEM fields. • Launch new statewide, public-private partnerships known as STEM Learning Exchanges that better coordinate investments, resources and planning. 4
Illinois Pathways – Focus Areas Builds off of the National Career Cluster Framework and supports career pathway systems in eight STEM application areas: 5
Historic Funding & Support Model School Business One – Off System Program Program Program School School School State Government Philanthropy (Economic Dev. Agency) Federal Government Program School School School School Program School Employer Associations Program State Government School (Education Agency) = Funding & Technical School Assistance School School School Program
Illinois Pathways Advisory Council: Illinois Pathways Governance Model • State agencies, business, Learning Exchanges, local representatives Illinois Pathways Interagency Committee: DCEO Non-sector Based Supports: IDES Pathways Resource Center (HS & CC) • 60 x 2025 Network (Regions) • ISBE ICCB IBHE AFNR Learning MFG Learning TDL Learning ISAC Exchange Exchange Exchange IT Learning R&D Learning EGY Learning Exchange Exchange Exchange FIN Learning HS Learning Exchange Exchange
Regional Focus for Implementation 1. RTTT3 School Districts: 25 school districts implementing at least two career pathways in prioritized sectors 2. Pathways to Prosperity Network: Chicago, Aurora, East St. Louis, Peoria 3. 60 x 2025 Network Communities: Cross-sector; aligning pathways with collective impact processes
Illinois Pathways Policy Impacts • One of the key strategies for achieving the state’s 60% by 2025 goal • “Career” portion of State’s college and career readiness agenda • Other State policy impacts: Ø School funding reform: Additional weighting for “career pathway completers” Ø Higher Ed: Guided Pathways to Success Ø Department of Employment Security : Funding for regional career development strategy support Ø Adult Ed & Workforce Development: Alignment with and incorporation into ICCB adult education and DCEO/DOL grants Ø Next Fiscal Year: Learning Exchanges line item and Regional RFP Funding
STEM Learning Exchanges • The STEM Learning Exchanges are a key strategy of the Illinois Pathways approach 1. Advise communities on career pathway system structure and best practices in a particular sector 2. Deliver high quality curricular and professional development resources 3. Expand access to real world challenges and work-based learning
Illinois Pathways – Learning Exchange Members Who makes up a STEM Learning Exchange? Employers and employer-led School districts and regional • • organizations Economic and workforce agencies • Labor unions STEM education experts • • Professional associations Federal labs and research centers • • Secondary and postsecondary Local workforce investment boards • • teachers and faculty Museums and non-profit • Students and student organizations organizations • Community colleges and universities Community-based organizations • • Organized and coordinated by an industry-supported lead entity 11
Learning Exchange Efforts Addressing Employer Needs & WBL Health Sciences IT Manufacturing R&D • Building scalable • Developing IT • Expanded MSSC • Corporate & model for WBL model in 5 Cert. Prod. Tech. research Health CPS IT STEM assessment university Informatics academies, centers from 2 partners pathways, with including 1-to-1 to 40, # of sponsoring R&D embedded mentors, authorized student AHIMA project-based instructors from challenges & certifications learning, 4 to 97, and # of using online internships, & certs earned mentor tool for SBE from 53 to 879 student R&D projects
Questions or More Information www.ilpathways.com ioer.ilsharedlearning.org Jonathan Furr jfurr@niu.edu
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