Strategy Work Session

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WELCOME

• Strategy Work Session
• For
• What Should the Tech Center
• of the Future Look Like?
• Nancy Headrick, Director
• State Services for School Improvement

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Tech Centers of the Future

• What is the future of the shared time centers?
• Define a futuristic shared time centers.
• What are some strategies for working with sending
  schools?
• How should shared time centers be organized?

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Strategy Session Objectives

• Review data and information presented during
  opening session
• Review TCTW Mission and Goals
• Review 2008 TCTW Teacher Survey Results
• Review the Career/Technical Center Rubric of the
  Future

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TCTW Mission

• Career and technical centers are preparing
  students for employment in a broad career field
  as well as further study

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TCTW Goals

• Increase to 85 percent the percentages of
  students who meet career and college-readiness
  goals in reading, mathematics and science.
• Increase the percentages of career tech students
  who perform at the Proficient level to at least
  50 percent in reading, mathematics and science.
• Increase the percentages of career tech center
  graduates who complete a CT concentration and
  enter employment within the field for which they
  were prepared and who enter postsecondary studies.

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TCTW Goals

• Increase to 95 percent the percentages of high
  school students who enter the technology center
  in grade 11 and graduate on time.
• Advance policies and leadership initiatives that
  sustain a continuous school improvement effort.
• Work with middle schools to use assessments to
  guide students in creating programs of study that
  prepare students for high school and career tech
  center.

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TCTW Goals

• Increase annually the percentage of students
  leaving the career technology center with
  postsecondary credit or having met standards for
  postsecondary studies so they avoid remedial
  courses.
• Work with the high schools to annually increase
  the percentage of students entering career tech
  centers prepared to earn college credit based on
  test scores.
• Increase annually the percentage of graduates
  that pass an approved employers exam. (National
  licensure, state exam/credential, etc., such as
  ASE)

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TCTW Goals

• Are the goals of
• Career Tech Centers clear?

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TCTW Goals

• 2008 TCTW Teacher Survey Results
• 27 strongly agree the goals and priorities for
  their school are clear
• 10 strongly agree that the surrounding community
  actively supports their schools instructional
  goals
• 27 strongly agree the school maintains a
  demanding yet supportive environment that pushes
  students to do their best
• 52 stated the principal stresses that all
  students be taught to the same high standards
  monthly
• 39 strongly agree they use data to continuously
  evaluate the schools academic and technical
  programs activities

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TCTW Goals

• 2008 TCTW Teacher Survey Results (Continued)
• 31 meet as a member of academic and career/tech
  teachers to plan joint instructional activities
  and to take collective responsibility for student
  learning at least monthly
• 21 meet with a group of teachers to examine
  students work to determine if it meets state or
  national standards in their content area at least
  monthly
• 39 strongly agree they are encouraged to revise
  lesson plans to teach more rigorous content to
  all students

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TCTW Goals

• 2008 TCTW Teacher Survey Results (Continued)
• Academic teachers reported
• 16 of math teachers require students to complete
  a joint assignment for mathematics and career
  tech teachers and receive a grade in both classes
  at least once a semester
• 27 of science teachers reported they require
  students to complete a joint assignment for
  science and career tech teachers and receive a
  grade in both classes at least once a semester
• 17 of English/language arts teachers require
  students to complete a joint writing assignment
  for English class and another class and receive a
  grade in both classes at least once a semester

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TCTW Goals

• 2008 TCTW Teacher Survey Results (Continued)
• Career tech teachers reported
• 43 require students to read and interpret
  technical books and manuals in carrying out
  assignments at least weekly
• 19 require students to write and prepare
  business or technical documents and service
  reports at least weekly
• 20 hold students to academic content standards
  in writing assignments set by the
  English/language arts department at least weekly
• 18 require students to complete a joint
  mathematics and career tech teachers and receive
  a grade in both classes at least once a semester
• 14 require students to complete a joint science
  project for science and career tech teachers and
  receive a grade in both classes at least once a
  semester

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What is the Schools Emphasis on the Mission to
Prepare Students for Further Learning?
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What is the Schools Emphasis on Using Assessment
Techniques to Improve Learning?
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What is the Schools Emphasis on Improving
Students Literacy Skills?
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What is the Schools Emphasis on Helping Students
Make Successful Transitions From the Middle
Grades to High School?
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What is the Schools Emphasis on Supporting
Teachers in Continuous Improvement?
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What is the Schools Emphasis on Teachers
Perception on Continuous Improvement?
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Career/Technical Center Rubric

• Are there topics under the broad categories that
  need to be deleted, added, collapsed, and/or
  reworded?
• What should be the broad category be called?
• Write a description for each level of
  implementation for each topic.
• Based on the discussion, should there be any
  changes to the TCTW mission and goals?