INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY: A LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE

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INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY A LOOK TOWARD
THE FUTURE

• Richard L. Lynch
• Occupational Research Group
• University of Georgia

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TODAYS COMMENTS

• Background and Vision of STW
• STWOA of 1994
• Impact and Effects of STW
• Recommendations
• Q A

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WHY STWOA?

• Develop education to employment systems
• Address education - employment needs of
  Forgotten Half
• Respond to new economy
• Improve education, especially high schools

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WHO ARE THE FORGOTTEN HALF?

• In non-statistical terms, they are the young
  people who build our homes, drive our buses,
  repair our automobiles, fix our televisions,
  maintain and serve our offices, schools and
  hospitals, and keep the production lines of our
  mills and factories moving. To a great extent,
  they determine how well the American family,
  economy, and democracy function. They are also
  the thousands of young men and women who aspire
  to work productively but never quite make it to
  that kind of employment. For these members of the
  Forgotten Half, their lives as adults start in
  the economic limbo of unemployment, part-time
  jobs, and poverty wages. Many of them never break
  free.
• The Forgotten Half, 1998

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STWOA of 1994

• 7 years 1.8 billion
• Supplemented by state legislation
• Unique federal bill
• Emphasis on 3 components
• School-based learning
• Work-based learning
• Connecting activities
• Education should prepare youth for careers

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AN AMBITIOUS FEDERAL AGENDA
STWOA
NCLB

• EDUCATION BILLS

Perkins III Tech Prep
GOALS 2000
IDEA
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AN AMBITIOUS FEDERAL AGENDA
21st Century Community Learning Centers
21st Century Learning Communities
WIA (youth councils)

• RELATED BILLS with
• EDUCATION COMPONENTS

Community Service
Smaller Learning Communities (HS)
17 others
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IMPACT, EFFECTS, and SUSTAINABILITYof STW
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School-based Learning

• Career academies
• Career/education pathways (i.e., high school
  majors)
• Standards (academic and industry-based skills)
• Authentic assessment
• Integration of cte into academics and vice versa
• Tech prep curriculum models

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Work-based Learning

• Job shadowing and tours (middle school)
• Intern, co-op, apprenticeship development (high
  school)
• Mentoring (at risk)
• Service Learning
• Business/industry as resources
• School-sponsored enterprises

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Connections

• Professional development
• Transitions to postsecondary
• Career guidance and development, K-through the
  lifespan
• Smaller high schools on community college
  campuses
• Comprehensive, partnership approach to education
  reform

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Systems Building

• A good Board of Directors
• Equity in partners
• Knowledgeable staff
• Articulation agreements
• Felt need a plan a focus
• Work is integral to school reform

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2 YEARS IN GEORGIATHE FUTURE

• Communicate about STW
• Work a plan
• Use good info and data

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2 YEARS IN GEORGIATHE FUTURE

• Align with school improvement
• Leverage funds
• Emphasize education for the new economy

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2 YEARS IN GEORGIATHE FUTURE

• HS Reform, such as
• Improved academic skills
• Strengthened SCANS skills
• Greater emphasis on standards
• All aspects of the industry
• Innovative pedagogies, including the integration
  of academic and vocational education
• Reduced drop-outs
• Participation of many particularly employers in
  education
• Facilitating career pathways for students
• Improved instructional materials
• Block scheduling
• Technical skill certificates
• etc.

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2 YEARS IN GEORGIATHE FUTURE

• HS PHS Connections (tech prep)
• Beef up work-based learning
• Draw on community

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2 YEARS IN GEORGIATHE FUTURE

• Promote career guidance, counseling, and
  development
• Offer lots of professional development
• Communicate with data, assessment

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