Its a New Day in Alabama: New Clusters and a New Course of Study

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Its a New Day in Alabama  New Clusters and a
New Course of Study

• Career Cluster Institute
• June 17, 2008
• Presenters
• Paggie McSpadden, Education Administrator, SDE
• Meg Smith, Education Administrator, SDE

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Conclusions from Outside Education

• American high schools are obsolete. By
  obsolete, I mean that our high schools, even when
  they are working exactly as designed, cannot
  teach our kids what they need to know today.
  Training the workforce of tomorrow with high
  schools of today is like trying to teach kids
  about todays computers on a 50-year old
  mainframe. Its the wrong tool for the times..
  Bill Gates

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Immigration is projected to account for more than
half of our population growth between now and
2015.
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• 47 of 16- to 24-year-olds are enrolled in
  neither high school nor college. (U.S. Bureau of
  Labor Statistics 2001)

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Average Age of Postsecondary Student in Alabama is

• 29..

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According to former Secretary of Education
Richard Riley, the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010
didnt exist in 2004.
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THIS WILL BE OUR GUIDE AS WE GO ABOUT THE GOAL
OF IMPROVING EDUCATION IN ALABAMA. THESE GOALS
SHOULD SERVE AS A COMMON PLATFORM FOR ALL OF US
BECAUSE AFTER ALL, ITS ALL ABOUT THE
STUDENTS. JOSEPH B. MORTON, STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
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Career and Technical Education

• Career and Technical Education is a rigorous,
  progressive, and vital part of the total
  education system that provides students with life
  skills and prepares them as a workforce in which
  business and industry are confident.

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Alabama is currently preparing students for jobs
in a competitive global society that does not yet
exist . . .
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using technologies that havent been invented . .
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in order to solve problems we dont even know are
problems yet.
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Edit..David Warlick Connect Learning blog
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So
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THEN NOW
Alabama's Transition
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Alabama CTE

• 240,213 Students
• 2,138 Programs
• 2,450 Teachers
• 133 Local administrators Data collectors
• 133 Local and State Operated Education Agencies
  (LEA)
• 250 million/year
• State 93
• Federal 7

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Alabama Career Pathways
National Career Clusters
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• Careers in designing, planning, managing,
• building and maintaining the built
• environment

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Design/Pre-Construction
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Construction
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Maintenance/Operations
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Will each school system support 16 clusters?

• 1st - Labor market demand
• 2nd - Alignment of existing resources to labor
  market demand
• 3rd - Student interest

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Will each school system support all pathways
within a cluster?

• 1st - Labor market demand
• 2nd - Alignment of existing resources to labor
  market demand
• 3rd - Student interest

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Career clusters in Alabama include courses that
identify academic and technical knowledge and
skills needed for students to pursue a wide range
of career opportunities. Courses provide rigor
and relevance for students by linking
school-based learning with career-related
experiences. Career clusters provide the
framework for what students need to know and be
able to do for success in the twenty-first
century.
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Courses of Study

• State Mandate
• Curriculum Development
• Committee
• Courses of Study
• Plans of Instruction

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Student Thinking
Student Thinking Working
Teacher/Student Working
Teacher Working
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Resources for you and your students

• www.careerclusters.org The National Career
  Cluster Website
• www.AlabamaMentor.com Employment, career
  information, college information and links,
  interest inventory
• www.alcareertech.org Alabama Career and Technical
  website
• www.altechprep.org Alabama Tech Prep website
  (career information)

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Today is a New Day
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