CNMI Public School System Office of Curriculum Instruction and Assessment

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CNMI Public School SystemOffice of Curriculum
Instruction and Assessment

• Career and Technical Education Program

Presented By Jessica Taylor
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PSS and CTE
CNMI Public School SystemStrategic Priorities 1
BOE Policy

• To offer equal educational opportunity for all
  students in preschool through grade twelve by
  providing optimum curriculum, instruction,
  community service, and work experience in
  academic and vocational programs based on the
  different needs of students, unhampered by
  preconceived roles or artificial constraints.

• High Student Performance
• Highly Qualified Faculty and Staff
• Effective and Efficient Operations
• Safe and Orderly Schools
• Parent and Community Partnerships (1)

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Career and Technical Education

• Formerly known as Vocational Education
• Name was changed to Career and Technical
  Education to combat the perception of Voc Ed
  being considered as second class.
• When CTE courses also incorporate more academic
  rigor, research shows that student achievement
  significantly increases.
• These findings suggest that CTE should be an
  important aspect of a states broader high school
  redesign strategy.

NGA Best Practices
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The New CTE
Vocational Education Career and Technical Education
For a Few Students For All Students
For a Few Jobs For All Careers
6 to 7 Program Areas 16 Career Clusters
In-lieu of Academics Aligns/Supports Academics
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Role of Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Program

• High School Reform
• 21st Century Learning Themes/Clusters
• Rigor and Relevance
• Coordination between Core Content and CTE courses
• Integrate 21st Century Skills/Rigor and Relevance
  into curriculum
• Economic and Workforce Development
• Career Cluster Programs
• Collaboration with Schools and Business/Industry
  Partners
• Empowering Learners
• Career Cluster Programs designed around student
  interests/skills and workforce demands
• Providing opportunities for students to choose
  from a wide array of career programs

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21st Century Learning Themes

• Interdisciplinary themes into core subjects
  (English, Math, Science, and SS)
• Global Awareness
• Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial
  Literacy
• Civic Literacy
• Health Literacy

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21st Century Learning Clusters

• Learning and Innovation Skills
• Creativity and Innovation
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Communication and Collaboration
• Information, Media and Technology Skills
• Information Literacy
• Media Literacy
• ICT (Information, Communications and Technology)
  Literacy
• Life and Career Skills
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Initiative and Self-Direction
• Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
• Productivity and Accountability
• Leadership and Responsibility

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Rigor and Relevance

• Rigor Learning experiences that are
  appropriately challenging in academic rigor,
  allowing students to think independently and
  extend their knowledge.
• Relevance Learning experiences relate to a
  problem or situation connected to the world
  beyond school and allow students to focus on a
  real audience for a real purpose.

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Career Clusters

• Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
• Architecture and Construction
• Arts, A/V and Communications
• Business, Management, and Administration
• Education and Training (All CNMI PSS High
  Schools)
• Finance
• Government and Public Administration
• Health Science
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Human Services
• Information Technology (All CNMI PSS High
  Schools)
• Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
• Manufacturing
• Marketing, Sales, and Service
• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
• Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

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Kuder Assessment Tool

• All CNMI PSS 9th-12th Grade Students
• Junior High and Elementary Schools
• Username and Password (Lifetime Use)

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• PSS Overall High School Student Interest
  Clusters
• Health Science
• Finance
• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
• PSS Overall High School Student Skill Clusters
• Information Technology
• Education and Training
• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource

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• Kagman High School Student Interest Clusters
• Health Science
• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
• Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
• Kagman High School Student Skill Clusters
• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
• Education and Training
• Hospitality and Tourism

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• Marianas High School Student Interest Clusters
• Finance
• Health Science
• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
• Marianas High School Skill Clusters
• Information Technology
• Education and Training
• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

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• Rota High School Student Interest Clusters
• Health Science
• Finance
• Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
• Rota High School Student Skill Clusters
• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
• Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications
• Health Science

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• Tinian High School Student Interest Clusters
• Health Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Human Services
• Tinian High School Student Skill Clusters
• Architecture and Construction
• Education and Training
• Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications

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KHS MHS RHS SSHS THS
Education and Training Education and Training Education and Training Education and Training Education and Training
Information Technology Information Technology Information Technology Information Technology Information Technology
Business Management and Admin Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Business Management and Admin Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Business Management and Admin
Hospitality and Tourism Manufacturing Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security Hospitality and Tourism
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Architecture and Construction Health Science Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Finance Health Science
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PSS CTE Standards

• Basic Skills
• Thinking Skills
• Personal Qualities
• Resources
• Interpersonal
• Information
• Systems Technology
• Health and Safety

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PSS CTE Standards and Benchmarks

• Air Conditioning (9th-12th)
• Auto Body (9th-12th)
• Auto Mechanics (7th-8th) (9th-12th)
• Bookkeeping (9th-12)
• Cabinetmaking (9th-12th)
• Construction (9th-12th)
• Digital Video (9th-12th)
• Electricity (7th-8th) (9th-12th)
• General Business (7th-8th) (9th-12th)
• Home Economics (9th-12th)
• Hospitality and Tourism (7th-8th) (9th-12th)
• Marketing (9th-12th)
• Video Production (9th-12th)
• Welding (9th-12th)
• Technology (K-12th)
• The Arts

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If students are asked to work hard to achieve
high performance goals, their courses must

• Model the concept of quality
• Produce independent learners
• Develop active rather than passive participants
  in the learning process
• Result in quality products that address real
  problems in life and the workplace
• Confront students shortcomings and show them how
  to improve
• Contain challenging assignments that require hard
  work in and out of the classroom
• Actively involve students in productive learning
  throughout the class period
• Require student teamwork, with teachers serving
  as coaches rather than as a source of all
  knowledge
• Prepare youth for work and further education
  beyond high school

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COE Initiatives

• 222 Program (HS, 2 yr, then 4 yr)
• Summer Health Career Program
• Future Teachers Organization (Jr High Schools)
• Junior Senior Seminar
• Kuder Software Program
• Parent Summit
• School to Apprenticeship Program
• STEAM Fair (STEM and Arts Fair)
• Teacher Academy and Summer Teacher Program
• Youth Summit/Youth Advisory Panel

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CTE Networking Activities

• Association for Career and Technical Education
  (ACTE) Convention (Nashville TN)
• Micronesia Works! Workforce Investment Summit
  (Guam)
• 12th Micronesian Chief Executives Summit (Guam)
• Guam Visits
• University of Guam
• Guam Community College
• Meeting with Saipan college students
• Meeting with Mr Peter Cunningham (US Dept of Ed
  Asst Sec)
• Machananao Elem School (MES)/JFK High School
  visits

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ACTE Convention
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Micronesia Works! Workforce Investment Summit
The Power of E3
Education
Economic Development
Employment
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12th Micronesian Chief Executives Summit
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UOG, GCC, MES, and JFK Visits
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Meeting with Saipan College Students and with Mr
Peter Cunningham
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The Power of CTE

• As a state, it is imperative that we
• Connect education to economic growth industries.
• Include the skills employers demand in state
  standards, assessment, and accountability
  systems.
• Base CTE curricula around state standards.
• Improve the quality of CTE teaching (21st Century
  Skills/Rigor and Relevance).
• Design quality-control measures to promote more
  rigorous programs (Career Programs).
• Require high school students to declare a course
  of study.
• Eliminate duplicated coursework between high
  school and postsecondary systems (Collaboration
  with NMC, GCC, UOG, etc).

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• Thank You ?