Building a Statewide Collaboration to

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Building a Statewide Collaboration to Provide
Career Clusters Education
Phoenix Career Clusters Institute Monday, June
12, 2006 245 345 Ballroom G-H
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SoWhats Your Problem?

• NebraskaThe Good Life
• 1.8 million people

Good Schools
Good Work Ethic
Good Quality of Life
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SoWhats Your Problem?

• Good can be the enemy of GREAT

New Opportunities
Diversity
Equity
Efficiency
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New Spirit of Collaboration

• Creating the Preferred Future Conference
• resulted in
• new strategic partnerships

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New Mission
To prepare all Nebraskans for . . . Learning,
Earning, and Living
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New Vision

• Create a new model for Career and Technical
  Education in Nebraska
• Expand into new career areas
• Ensure equity of program offerings
• Increase rigor and relevance of curriculum
• Enhance partnerships with School Counseling
• Become a part of school improvement

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Nebraska Career Fields and Clusters Model
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Key Strategies forAchieving the NCE Model

• Partnership with School Counseling
• Extended Learning Opportunities
• Career Student Organizations
• Alternative Delivery Systems
• Expanded Professional Development
• Strategic Partnerships
• Marketing the Change

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New Brand
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New Partnerships

• Develop a common language around career
  development using our career fields and
  clusters model

• Education K-12 and Postsecondary
• Workforce Development
• Economic Development
• Extension and 4-H

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New Partnerships
Nebraska School Counseling Career Development
Model

• Career Awareness Elementary School
• Career Exploration/PLP Middle School
• Career Preparation Application/PLP High School

NE School Counseling Career Development Guide
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• Partnership of many state agencies
• K-12 Education
• State Agencies Education, Labor, Economic
  Development, Health and Human Services
• Two- and four-year public private
  colleges/universities
• Private Career Schools
• Organized Labor
• Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary
  Education
• Business and Industry
• Workforce Investment Board

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• Secondary/postsecondary curriculum alignment
  based on Pathways
• Health Sciences
• Manufacturing
• Transportation, Distribution, Warehousing
  Logistics
• Construction
• Entrepreneurship
• Biotechnology

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New Partnerships
WIA/ABE/Perkins Incentive Grant

• Nebraska Innovative Projects
• Statewide Career Development Portal
• FutureForce Nebraska
• Workplace Literacy for Hispanics
• Align and Connect One-Stop Centers
• NCE Model - Professional Development

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NebraskaCareerConnections.org

• A single statewide portal providing
• Career information
• Lifelong electronic Personal Learning Plans
• Interest, aptitude, and skills assessments
• Programs of study information
• Postsecondary education information
• Labor market information
• Employee/employer resources

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Electronic Portfolio
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Kuder Career Search
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Kuder Interest Skills
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ACT Explore/Plan Interest Inventory
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CALS Assessment
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CALS Assessment
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CALS Assessment
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7th 8th Grade
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9th 12th Grade Level
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9th12th Grade Level Career Specialty Info
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Career Specialty Info
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PLP Discussion Questions
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PLP - Sample Plan of Study
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PLP - Student Program of Study
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Career Specialty College Info
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Career Specialty College Info
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NebraskaCareerConnections Benefits

• Unified Vision, Mission, Common Language
• Electronic Communication
• Students, Parents, Schools, Agencies,
  Employers
• Integrated Database
• Informed career decision making
• Accountability for career development programs
• No Fee for Services
• Nebraska citizens of all ages

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Building a Statewide Collaboration

• Determine the most appropriate career cluster
  model for your state
• Focus on career development for ALL citizens
• Align partner services and resources for
  effectiveness and efficiency
• Build buy-in from the top and bottom
• Integrate academic and career education at all
  levels
• Align secondary/postsecondary curriculum for
  seamless transition
• Plan for a low-cost or free electronic management
  system
• Start NOW!

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• Questions/Discussion

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Thank you!

• Rich Katt
• Nebraska Career Education State Director
• rich.katt_at_nde.ne.gov
• 402-471-4808
• JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey
• Executive Vice President of Development
• Visions Unlimited, Inc., Iowa

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