Missouri Career Education

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Missouri Career Education

• Student Pathways To Success

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Overview

• Missouri Career Education
• Why Career Education?
• What does the data say?
• Missouris Vision
• Career Clusters
• Summary
• Questions

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Essential Question
Why is Career Education an essential component of
the overall educational system in Missouri?
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What is Missouri Career Education?

• A complete system of educational opportunities
  for Missourians
• Consists of several different components offered
  through these institutions
• 440 Comprehensive High Schools
• 57 Area Career Centers
• 12 Community College Districts
• 8 Four-year Universities
• 1 State Technical College

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Enrollment

• School Year 2005-06
• 154,511 Secondary students (54 of all 9-12
  population)
• 44,523 Postsecondary students
• 64,405 Adults

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Expenditures

• School Year 2005-06
• State Funds 52,880,428
• Federal Funds 26,482,005
• Local Funds 149,765,401
• Reported Expenditures Only

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Then Now
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Why Career Education?

• Supports national and state
• legislative and educational initiatives,
  including
• Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
  Improvement Act of 2006
• No Child Left Behind
• Breaking Ranks II Strategies for Leading High
  School Reform - NASSP
• Improving Missouri High Schools February 2006
• High Schools That Work
• Missouri METS Alliance
• Project Lead The Way
• Missouri Workplace Readiness Initiative
• . . . and more

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Why Career Education?

• Our economy is changing to
• Technology-driven
• Knowledge-based
• Global
• Increased employer demands

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Industry Data
Skills in math are important for half of all
occupations, while science skills are necessary
for 24.3 percent of all occupations. Occupations
that are math and science intensive pay much
higher than average wages.
Source MERIC analysis of Occupational Employment
Statistics and ONET Online data.
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Industry Data
Approximately 1 of every 5 new jobs by 2014 in
Missouri will require a bachelors degree or
higher. (4 of 5 will not)
Source Missouri Department of Economic
DevelopmentMERIC Occupational Projections
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Decreasing Pyramid of Educational Achievement
Sources National Center for Public Policy and
Higher Education (2004) Missouri Department of
Higher Education
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Planning for the Future

• Sources U.S. Department of Labor (2006) and
  Missouri Department of Economic Development (2007)

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Percent of studentswho take remedial courses

• Overall, 36.4 of Missouri students take remedial
  courses in college
• Of those,
• 78.9 are students at two-year institutions
• 21.1 are students at four-year institutions

Source Missouri Department of Higher Education
2007 Missouri High School Graduates
Performance Report
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Other Indicators

• Increasing competition from other countries where
  students are better prepared
• China graduates twice as many students with
  bachelors degrees and six times as many
  engineering majors as the U.S. India and
  Singapore are producing scientists through
  top-notch undergraduate programs. In 2001, India
  graduated almost a million more students from
  college than the U.S., including 100,000 more in
  the sciences and 60,000 more in engineering.
• Employers and college professors grade high
  school graduates performance as average or
  poor (Am. Diploma Project)
• According to the National Association of
  Manufacturers, by 2010 there will be an estimated
  5.3 million high-skill jobs available to
  qualified workers and 14 million more 10 years
  later.

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What Does This Mean?

• New vision for education
• Alignment of Career Education to education
  reform, workforce development and economic
  development

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Missouris Vision
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Four Recommendations

• Focus on School Career Guidance and Counseling
• Focus on Rigor, Relevance and Relationships in
  School Curricula
• Focus on Student Transitions
• Focus on High Quality Professional Development

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Career Clusters Framework
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A bit of history

• National
• U.S. Department of Education
• National Association of State Directors of Career
  Technical Education
• National Advisory Committees
• State
• Cluster Leaders
• Missouri CTE Course Alignment to Career Clusters
  and Pathways
• Development of Personal Plans of Study

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Career Clusters

• A model that
• Fits our mission to help Missourians succeed in
  the workplace, education and life
• Prepares students for a broad range of career
  options
• Employment
• Technical and postsecondary education
• Lifelong learning
• Increases our ability to be student-centered,
  industry-focused, and performance-driven

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Career Cluster Goals

• Improved learner achievement both academic
  technical
• Successful transitions across learner levels
• Supports workforce and economic development

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Career Path
Career Path
Career Cluster
Career Pathway
Program of Study
Personal Plan of Study
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Career Cluster
Career Path

• A Career Cluster is a grouping of occupations and
  broad industries based on commonalities.
• A Career Cluster represents the knowledge and
  skills, both academic and technical, that all
  students within the cluster should achieve
  regardless of their career field.

Career Cluster
Career Pathway
Program of Study
Personal Plan of Study
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Knowledge and Skill Statements
Knowledge and skill statements represent the
skills and knowledge, both academic and
technical, that all students should achieve for a
given career area.
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Career Pathway
Career Path

• A Career Pathway represent a grouping of
  occupations within a cluster based on
  commonalities.
• For example, there are 3 career pathways within
  the Education and Training Career Cluster
• Administration and Administrative Support
• Professional Support Services
• Teaching and Training

Career Cluster
Career Pathway
Program of Study
Personal Plan of Study
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Programs of Study

• A full range of activities, documents and process
  that make up a seamless education program from
  school to school within a given Career Cluster or
  Career Pathway.
• Includes a three-part curriculum framework
  extending from secondary to two-year
  postsecondary to four-year postsecondary
  education.

Career Path
Career Cluster
Career Pathway
Programs of Study
Personal Plan of Study
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Sample Program of Study
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Personal Plan of Study

• A students scope and sequence of coursework and
  co-curricular experiences based upon chosen
  educational and career goals.
• Arranged according to secondary graduation
  requirements and postsecondary admissions
  requirements.
• Required of all students in grades
• 9-12 and is to be reviewed annually.

Career Path
Career Cluster
Career Pathway
Programs of Study
Personal Plan of Study
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Personal Plan of Study (sample)
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Personal Plan of Study (sample)
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Major Steps of Development

• Industry Validation of Career Cluster Pathway
  Knowledge and Skills(November 2006 January
  2007)
• Statewide Industry Advisory Councils (January
  2007)
• Pilot Project Ag and Health Clusters (April
  June 2007)
• Tech Prep Coordinator Training and continuation
  of pilot project(July 1, 2007 June 30, 2008)

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• In Summary---

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Benefits for Educators

• More engaged learners
• Broader community support
• Structure for true integrated teaching and
  learning
• Enhanced achievement for all students
• Makes teaching fun by applying all knowledge
  both academic and technical

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Benefits for Employers

• Building a pipeline of workers
• Workforce is well qualified and able to adapt to
  the changing needs
• Meaningful engagement with the school system
• Framework for cross-training or re-tooling the
  workforce

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Benefits for Parents

• More informed options
• Smoother transitions among learner levels
• Potential savings integrated credit and
  articulation agreements
• More focused and engaged students

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Benefits for Learners

• Relevancy
• Durable technical preparation
• Opportunities to explore multiple careers
• Connected, seamless transitions
• More engaged learning

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Career Clusters Can Help

• Reduce the need for remedial studies in college
• Increase enrollment and persistence in
  postsecondary education
• Raise academic and technical achievement in high
  school and college

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continued

• Increase the percentages of students receiving
  postsecondary degrees, certificates or other
  recognized credentials
• Improve students chances of getting good jobs
  and pursuing further education

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What Can High Schools Do?

• Reinforce high expectations for all students
• Provide a rigorous and relevant core curriculum
  to match expectations
• Personalize the school environment
• Establish partnerships with community partners,
  higher education, and families
• Align curricula with state content standards and
  benchmarks

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More Recommendations. . .

• Link instruction to careers and postsecondary
  education What will students need in 10-15
  years?
• Make all CTE programs more intellectually
  demanding- (High expectations)
• Make sure all students are following a
  plan/program of study

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Questions

• Contact
• Dennis D. Harden, Ed.D.
• Coordinator, Career Education
• Missouri Department of Education
• P.O. Box 480
• Jefferson City, MO 65102
• e-mail dennis.harden_at_dese.mo.gov
• 573-751-3500
• www.dese.mo.gov/divcareered