Education Plans: Making AchieveTexas Work

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Education Plans Making AchieveTexas Work

• Aldine ISD
• Houston, TX
• CTAT Conference July 2008

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Presenters

• Franklin Higgins
• Director of Career and Technical Education
• 281-985-6646 ? fhiggins_at_aldine.k12.tx.us
• Angela Whorton
• Program Director for Career and Technical
  Education
• 281-985-6652 ? awhorton_at_aldine.k12.tx.us

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Presentation Outline

• Education Plans in Aldine ISD A Historical
  Perspective
• The Impact of Education Plans
• Implementation of Education Plans
• Impact on CTE Students/Student Evaluation

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Aldine ISD ? Houston, TX

• 111 square miles in north Harris County
• 58,774 students on 69 campuses last school year.
• Ethnic Composition
• Hispanic 64.34
• African American 30.16
• White 3.54
• Asian/Pacific Islander 1.88
• Native American 0.08

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CTE in Aldine

• Offers 15 Programs
• Agriculture, Automotive, Building Trades,
  Business, Computer Aided Drafting, Computer
  Maintenance, Cosmetology, Criminal Justice,
  Family Consumer Sciences, Health Science, HVAC,
  Marketing, Military Science, Technology Education
• Serves 15,000 students Grades 9 12
• Serves 26 of Aldine students

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Rationale for Education Plans
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Impact on the District

• All students in Grade 9 12 have an
  Education/Career Plan
• CTE Program Growth (Criminal Justice, Health
  Science, Computer Maintenance)
• CTE Staffing
• Master Scheduling
• Create a more organized and less hectic opening
  of school
• Alignment with AchieveTexas

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Implementation A Systems Approach

• Process begins in 8th grade
• Students take Career Interest Survey
• Career Cluster chosen based on survey results
• Counselors determine Aldine ISD Education
  Plan/Course Selection Guide
• Counselors assist students with course selection
  for Year 1 of Education Plan

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9th Grade Career Connections

• 9th grade students take Career Connections
• Students take inventories to identify interests
  and aptitude determining Career Cluster
• Counselor, Career Connections teacher, and
  student completes Years 2 4 of Plan

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Completed Education Plan
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Students receive verification of course
selections for the next school year
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Students receive a preliminary schedule of course
selections for the next school year
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Impact School-Wide

• Used as a tool for academic and career counseling
• Students understand the process and request to
  see Plan during conferences
• Verification letters issued through teachers
  provides opportunity for teachers to discuss
  Plans with students

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Impact On Counseling

• Students course selections are determined by
  Education Plans
• Schedule changes are very limited once school
  begins
• Act as an important working document for
  counselors
• Help counselors be more effective and efficient
  with scheduling students
• Creates a more organized and less hectic opening
  of school

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Student Evaluation
14. Career Connections . . .
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Student Evaluation
16. Career Connections . . .
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Student Evaluation
17. Four-Year Education Plan . . .
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Student Evaluation
18. Four-Year Education Plan . . .
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Questions