INDIVIDUAL PLANS OF STUDY: WHY EVERY SECONDARY STUDENT NEEDS ONE

KEEN CONFERENCE

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Higher Education completion is more important than ever

before

2020 WORKFORCE

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100% KansasMaster's Degree

11%

Bachelor's Degree

25%

Associate's Degree/Some Col-

lege35%

High School Diploma or Less

29%

USA

By 2020, 71% of jobs in Kansas will require

postsecondary education.

This is 6 percentage points above the national

average of 65%.

Kansas ranks 7th nationally in postsecondary

education intensity for 2020.Georgetown Public Policy Institute

KANSANS WITH POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

2015BY 2020 NEEDS

TO BE

52% 71%

POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT %KANSAS CLASS OF 2011

77.1%

% COMPLETING 1 YEAR OF POST-SECONDARY

KANSAS CLASS OF 2011

63%

% STUDENTS ENROLLING IN REMEDIAL COURSEWORK

KANSAS CLASS OF 2011

28.2%

DEGREE COMPLETIONKANSAS CLASS OF 2007

45%

The Current Landscape of earning a Bachelor’s…..

• Recent Bachelor’s degree earners – over 50% unemployed or underemployed

• On average, $26,000 student loan debt to obtain a Bachelor’s which will take an average of 10 years to pay off

• Skills that will need to be updated in increasingly shorter time periods

SYSTEM FOR EDUCATION ENTERPRISE IN KANSAS

SEEK

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

1. What are some of the reasons the majority of our students who enroll in college don’t complete a degree?

2. What can secondary education do to help more students persist and complete a post-secondary award?

COLLEGE AND CAREER READY IN KANSAS

College and Career Ready means an individual has the academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the workforce, without the need for remediation.

INDIVIDUAL PLAN OF STUDY (IPS)

Product - Multi-year educational plan based on career interests

Process – Providing students access to career exploration and career planning

It’s NOT just a graduation plan

Individual Plans of Study

IPS PROCESS

I. Self – exploration

II. Career exploration

III. Career planning

WHY AN IPS?

Student’s Educational Path becomes:

• Relevant → Higher Student Engagement• Focused → based on Career Interests• Efficient → time and $

• Not a silver bullet, but an IPS will help a student make better choices and ultimately lead to a higher % of post-secondary completion

COLLEGE AND CAREER READY IN KANSAS

academic preparation

cognitive preparation

technical skills

employability skills

CTE

CLIFF NOTES FOR CTE PATHWAYS

a. Advisory Committee (made up of Post-secondary, Business/Industry)

b. 3 course sequence (minimum of 3 credits offered)

c. Articulation agreements

d. Credentials aligned with Pathway offered….if applicable

e. CTE Student Categories:

• Participant – 1.0 CTE credit• Concentrator – 3.0 CTE credits (completed Pathway and

qualifies for articulation agreement)

STATE CTE INITIATIVE - SENATE BILL 155

Tuition-free college CTE courses for 11th and 12th graders

Credential Incentive Program: $1000 incentive for school districts where students earn an industry-recognized credential that leads to a high-demand occupation in Kansas

EARLY COLLEGE WORKS……….

Texas Dual Enrollment Students Twice as Likely to Earn Associate Degree or Higher

Twice as likely to enroll

Twice as likely to persist (complete 1 year)

Twice as likely to complete

Regardless of socioeconomic status

SUMMARY

Higher Education completion is more important than ever before.

Through a comprehensive career exploration system and a focus on rigorous, relevant CTE Pathways, including the implementation of individual plans of study for all students, schools can help students prepare more extensively for careers.

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