Wisconsin Career Pathways Web Site Project DPI Fall Workshop

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Wisconsin Career Pathways Web Site ProjectDPI
Fall Workshop

• All you have got to do is plant that seed in your
  mind, care for it, work steadily toward your
  goal, and it will become a reality.
• Earl Nightingale
• Marge Rubin, Project Coordinator
• Jennifer Wagner, Project Assistant Coordinator

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Project Overview

• Background
• 2008-09 Grant Goals
• Project Team
• Mission
• Guiding Principles

• Strategies
• Research
• Gap Analysis
• New Focus
• 2009-10 Grant Goals

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National Background

• National Career Clusters Movement Organized
  Careers by Clusters and Pathways

States Career Clusters Initiative, 2007,
www.careerclusters.org
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State Background

• State Support for Organized, Consistent,
  User-friendly Career Pathways Web Site
• Single Web-based warehouse of career clusters
  (link career, education, and labor market data)
• Free and accessible
• Consolidate career planning resources, connect
  partners, and eliminate duplication

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2008-09 Grant GoalsFunded through Carl D.
Perkins WTCS Reserve Grant
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Leadership

• Executive Team
• Marge Rubin, FVTC Project Coordinator
• Sue Maresh, WCTC
• Lora Schultz, MSTC
• Jennifer Wagner, MPTC
• Steve Wilkes, GTC
• Karen Clarke, Project Assistant

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Project Team

• Wisconsin Technical College System
• Wisconsin Technical Colleges
• University of Wisconsin System
• Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and
  Universities
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
• K-12 School Districts
• CESAs 1, 3 and 6
• Dept of Workforce Development

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The Mission...

• To partner with educational organizations,
  government, and business/industry to develop a
  feasibility report with recommendations to create
  a statewide Career Pathways Web Site to be
  accessed by Wisconsin citizens in the pursuit of
  career planning and pathway sharing

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We Agree To...

• Guiding Principles
• Maintain the mission
• Work within project authority
• Work collaboratively
• Reach consensus of all partners

• Strategies
• Start with career clusters
• Chunk and prioritize
• Implement in stages
• Continue to clarify audience

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Research The Audience
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Research The Content

• Brainstormed content for a career
  development/career pathway Web site
• Explored WISCareers
• Explored CareeringCruising
• Gap analysis Susan Moumblow, NWTC
• Determined we have two impressive career
  development Web vendors operating in
  Wisconsin.... Jayson Chung

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Closing the Gap

• Whats unique about us is our stake in promoting
  development of and commitment to career pathways,
  whether youth or adult.... A career pathways Web
  site that is focused on supporting the educators
  that were counting on to develop career pathways
  could be very helpful to the cause.
• Jayson Chung
• WTCS Education Director
• Economic and Workforce Development

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2009-2010 Focus

• Developers of Secondary to Postsecondary
  Programs of Study

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2009-2010 Focus

• Organized by 16 Career Clusters / 79 Pathways

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The Content

• Organized by 16 Career Clusters / 79 Pathways

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The Content

• Organized by 16 Career Clusters /79 Pathways

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The Content

• High School Resources
• Recommended high school courses for a career path
• Articulation agreements (advanced
  standing/transcripted credit)
• Industry-based certifications
• Work-based learning
• Youth apprenticeships

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The Content

• Postsecondary Resources
• All postsecondary programs, majors, and
  apprenticeships organized by cluster
• Links to other Web sites
• UW Transfer Information System (TIS)
• Educational sectors UW System, WTCS, WAICU
• Postsecondary career pathway Web sites
• Preparing for college (KnowHow2Go.org)

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The Content

• Links to other Web sites
• Careerclusters.org
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
• Other states with career pathways Web sites
• Reliable/free Web site resources on career
  development, assessment, and descriptions
• Career development Web sites, (e.g., WISCareers,
  CareerCruising, WisconsinMentor)
• Labor market information, (e.g., WORKNet) and
  organizations

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The Content

• Oregon CTE Pathways Web Site
• http//oregon.ctepathways.org
• Click on Tutorial on the upper right
• Click on the link to View Examples of Roadmap
  Drawings
• Select 2 Embedded POST Views under the Contents
  heading

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2009-10 Grant Goals

• Funded through Carl D. Perkins WTCS Reserve Grant

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Develop Web Site
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Evaluate, Pilot Promote
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Sustainability
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Wisconsin Career Pathways Web Site Project

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