Program of Study

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Program of Study

• Office of Career and Technical Education November
  14, 2007

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Program of Study

• Jim Folkening, Director
• Office of Postsecondary Services
• Glenna Zollinger-Russell,
• Supervisor of Career Planning Education Unit
• Office of Career and Technical Education

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Program of Study

• The Mission of Perkins is to improve and
  increase the seamless transition between
  Secondary and Postsecondary

• State Set Initiatives-
• High School Redesign
• High Skill and Training

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Program of Study

• College and work readiness skills are one and the
  same
• CTE and academic education must be integrated in
  amore comprehensive way
• CTE must be strategically placed within the
  broader vision, mission and goals for education
  within the state of Michigan

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What is a Program of Study?

• Is a requirement of Perkins Act IV, Public Law
  109-270
• Addresses key issues that must be identified by
  Michigan in the New State Plan to help ensure the
  success of all career and technical education
  students
• Meets the four key components described in the
  following slides taken directly from the Federal
  requirements that must be addressed in the New
  State Plan

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Key component 1- Incorporates Secondary and
Postsecondary

• Ensures academic and technical course pathways
  for success in high school and preparation for
  postsecondary entry
• Use of the Career Clusters Model is validated by
  business and industry
• There is a process for postsecondary level
  program and course determinations
• Requirements for both strengthening academic,
  technical and employability skills of students

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Identifying Necessary Elements

• Provide services, activities, and instructional
  program offerings that are of sufficient size,
  scope and quality to be effective
• Link secondary and postsecondary career and
  technical education, including tech prep program.

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Key Component 2- Coherent and Rigorous Content

• Aligned with challenging academic standards and
  relevant career and technical content
• Coordinated, non-duplicative progressions of
  courses that align secondary and postsecondary to
  prepare students to succeed in postsecondary
  education

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Key Component 3- Postsecondary Education Credit

• Dual credit
• Concurrent credit
• Other postsecondary credit

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Key Component 4-Postsecondary Achievement

• Industry-recognized credential
• Industry-recognized certificate
• Associate or baccalaureate degree
• Recognized apprenticeship

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Challenges for a Successful Program of Study

• Need all four key components
• Identify the essential elements
• Support for the development and implementation

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Does Michigan have a successful formula for
Programs of Study?

• Presence of the key 4 components-Yes, being
  defined in the State Plan required for Perkins IV
• Presence of the essential elements-Yes, being
  defined in the State Plan for Perkins IV
• Support for the development and
  implementation-Yes, being defined in the State
  Plan for Perkins IV

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Where does my secondary CTE program fit in the
Program of Study?

• Follows the appropriate National Career Cluster
  Standards
• Uses the Michigan approved technical standards
• Aligns to the required Michigan standards,
  including the academic standards
• Uses the Technical Review and Compliance (TRAC)
  CIP Program Self-Review for program quality
• Aligns and articulates with postsecondary

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2005-06 Michigan Community College Enrollment
Snapshot
2005-06 Michigan Community College Enrollment
Snapshot

• 413,800 students enrolled
• 227,500 (55) enrolled in 396 programs
• 186,200 (45) took coursework in order to
  strengthen their skills, increase their
  employment potential, or for personal interest.
• 206,113 enrolled in 292 occupational education
  programs.
• 30,400 (15) received special population services

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2005-06 Michigan Community College Enrollment
Snapshot
2005-06 Michigan Community College Enrollment
Snapshot

• Fifty-six percent (56) women forty-four percent
  (44) men
• Thirty-six (36) full-time sixty-four percent
  (64) part-time.
• Nineteen percent (19) were minority
• 39,853 students entered a community college for
  the first time
• The mean age was 26.7 years old

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PostsecondaryTop 10 CIP Programs
Postsecondary Top 10 CIP Programs
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PostsecondaryTop 11-20 CIP Programs
Postsecondary Top 11-20 CIP Programs
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2005-06 Michigan Community Colleges Enrollments
by Program Cluster Area
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2005-06 Michigan Community Colleges Enrollments
by Program Cluster Area Continued
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Community College Revenue Source 2005-2006
State funding not enrollment driven
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Secondary to Postsecondary Linkages Plan

• Bureau of Career Education awarded competitive
  grants to 13 community colleges and their
  secondary partners to develop seamless Career
  Cluster components in 2006.
• Throughout the life of the State Plan, OPS will
  continue to assist community colleges to link
  secondary academic and technical standards to
  individual colleges occupational education
  courses. The product is the content for
  articulation agreements.

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Secondary to Postsecondary Linkages

• Tech Prep
• Programs of Study
• RSA (Regional Skill Alliances)
• WIRED (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
  Development)
• Early College Learning Experiences

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Early College Learning Experiences

• By 2015, 50 of the states high school students
  will be earning college credit (Cherry
  Commission)
• Opportunity to experience college
• Better use of the senior year
• Academic deficiencies are discovered early
• Saves the student money

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Early College Opportunities

• Advanced Placement (AP)
• College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
• International Baccalaureate (IB)
• Early and Middle College High Schools
• Direct Credit
• Formal Articulation Agreements
• On-line College Credit Courses
• Pre- and Apprenticeship
• Dual Enrollment

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Dual Enrollment

• Students enrolled in high school and college
• Regular college class offered at the high school
  or at the college
• Instructor is a college faculty member
• Grades are recorded on the college transcript and
  may also be recorded on the high school
  transcript
• Tuition and fees are paid by the high school or
  by the student

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Resources
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Program of Study

• Moving
• Forward
• Together
• This Program of Study PowerPoint is posted on
  the MCCTE-FSU.org website