Transforming Learning in High School for College and Career Success

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Transforming Learning in High Schoolfor
College and Career Success
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Agenda

• Current CTE and Need for Change
• Goals
• Accomplishments
• Partnership with ConnectEd
• Next Steps

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Where Weve Been
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Student Enrollment in CTE
Students
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High Growth Jobs
Based upon data from the Gulf Coast Workforce
Board, 2013
Students
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The Need for Change

• Findings from Gap Analysis conducted by Dr. Jim
  Stone, Director, National Research Center for
  Career Technical Education
• Our current CTE programs are not preparing
  students for high-growth, high-demand jobs
• Many of our high schools are offering the same
  CTE career pathways, causing redundancy in
  low-demand fields
• The school facilities are not adequate to support
  the types of CTE programs being offered or that
  need to be offered, and
• The instructional models are not innovative in
  providing students opportunities for internships,
  student-run businesses or student organizations
  to support the career pathways

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Where We Are Headed
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Goals

• Ensure equitable access to quality CTE programs
  for all students
• Provide relevant and highly engaging coursework
• Increase the number of students graduating with
  industry-recognized certificates and relevant
  work experience
• Increase student opportunities to earn college
  credits and potentially Associates Degrees

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Accomplishments

• Implemented gtFUTURES Academy
• Streamlined industry certifications
• Researched nationally recognized programs
• Established the HISD Chamber of Commerce
• Aligned with 2012 Bond Program
• Engaged ConnectEd

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ConnectEd Partnership

• Our current partnership with ConnectEd furthers
  our high school transformation work by
• Strategic Planning and Alignment
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Training and Coaching
• Online Education Platform Linked Learning
  ConnectEd Studios
• Formalizing Work-Based Learning Experiences

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ConnectEd is . . .

• a non-profit organization that partners with
  communities to transform education through Linked
  Learning. Linked Learning combines strong
  academies, demanding technical education, real
  world experience and personalized support to
  ensure all students, regardless of life
  circumstance, graduate ready for college, career
  and life.

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ConnectEd

• Leads the multi-year California Linked Learning
  District Initiative that includes Long Beach,
  Sacramento, Los Angeles, Oakland and over 150,000
  HS students so far.
• Serves as lead technical assistance provider for
  AB790 state-wide Linked Learning pilot.
• Expanded Linked Learning into Michigan, Wyoming,
  and Texas, with more states to come.

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Four Pillars of Linked Learning

• A comprehensive four-year program of studyin a
  career-themed pathway integrating
• Rigorous academics
• Real-world technical skills
• Work-based learning
• Personalized supports

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How we know its working

• Linked Learning students
• Attend school more consistently (2-4
  improvement)
• Are more likely to graduate less likely to
  dropout (57 vs. 36 statewide in CA)
• Enroll and persist in postsecondary programs at
  higher rates (10)
• Earn as much as 2,500 more annually in the eight
  years after high school graduation

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Common Pathway Features

• Operate as small learning communities within
  large schools or as small-themed schools
• Utilize a common set of student learning outcomes
  to guide and align assessment, curriculum, and
  instruction
• Blend rigorous academic and career-themed course
  content through rigorous and relevant
  standards-aligned projects
• Offer dual-enrollment and dual-credit with
  college institutions

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Creating a System of High-Quality Pathways
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Systemic Approach to Linked Learning
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Next Steps

• Identify High Schools for Phase I
• Train Coaches
• Conduct Summer training on Linked Learning
• Implement Districtwide CTE Pathways
• Formalize Industry Partnerships
• Finalize Student Enrollment in gtFutures 2013-2014
  cohort (Ongoing)