Secondary Perkins Adminstrator Meeting

March 10, 2015

ACCOUNTABILI

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MARIA S

WIC

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ACCOUNTABILITY

Core Indicators – Performance, Targets, and Improvement Plans

Perkins Coordinator Manual

Deadlines and reminders

Changes to Perkins Portal for July 1

District Status Reports

Equipment/Low-Value Equipment Asset Form ($100)

Perkins Travel

Conference/Workshop Food Costs

Finance Monitoring

Submission of Reimbursement and Documentation

WORKING LUNCH

Discussion Topic:

“I have a question?”

FinanceProgram Areas

Perkins

CURRICULU

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COURSE

APPROVA

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CHERYL W

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GI BILL

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STUDENTS

LATR

ENDA JACKSON

CTE U

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SANDRA PORT

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ARKANSAS CTE VISION

The vision for the Career and Technical Education Division (CTE) of the Arkansas Department of Career Education through 2015 is to modernize college- and career-readiness programs through innovation, collaboration, alignment and accountability to provide students technical skills developments and guidance toward career opportunities.

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/cte/transforming-career-technical-education.pdf

WITH PERKINS V, THE RACE FOR THE $$$$$$ BEGINS . . .

Accountability: Funding shift to competitive allocations

Innovation: Not “gonna” but “done did it”

BOTTOM LINE . . .

Building capacity to integrate CTE Programs of Study (POS) into the broader career pathways system

EVOLUTION OF CAREER PATHWAYS SYSTEM

DEFINITION OF CAREER PATHWAYS

ALL students (including adult learners)

ALL Career Clusters

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Multiple entrance & exit points

MULTIPLE EXIT POINTSCREDENTIALS

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PROGRAM OF STUDY (POS)/CAREER PATHWAYS“ROAD MAPS” jointly produced by educators and employers, showing the connections between education and training programs and jobs in a given sector and at different levels.

Career Pathway Primer & Planning Guide,Davis Jenkins, University of Illinois at Chicago

ARKANSAS CAREER PATHWAY MODEL

ACT 743 – Definition of Program of studyrevision in 2015 legislative session

1. LEGISLATION AND POLICIES

Put into place state and local legislation or administratve policies that promote Program of Study Development/Implementation

Provide for state/local funding and other resources

Require secondary students to develop individual graduation and/or career plans

2. PARTNERSHIPS Develop Regional Advisory

Councils Ongoing analyses of

economic and workforce trends

Link existing initiatives that promote workforce and economic development

Identify, validate, and keep current technical and workforce readiness skills

3. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Curriculum alignment from grade to grade and from secondary to postsecondary

Integrated academic and CTE curriculum and instruction

Foster innovative teaching and learning strategies

4. ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION

Student education and employment data record matching

Key student Perkins outcomes

Provide timely data to evaluate and improve Program of Study

5.COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS

Developed and validated in collaboration with secondary, postsecondary, and industry

Incorporate essential knowledge and skills

Provide rigorous English and math knowledge and skills

Incorporate industry-recognized technical standards

6. COURSE SEQUENCES Map academic and CTE

courses Introductory courses at

secondary Pathway and

occupation-specific courses at or through postsecondary institutions

Identify opportunities for postsecondary credit for coursework (concurrent credit)

• In education we think in a linear fashion.

• Pre-school, then kindergarten, then elementary then secondary, postsecondary and career.

• Design the Program of Study, backwards.

7. CREDIT TRANSFER

Transferability of postsecondary credit earned in high school (concurrent credit)

Automatically transcripted credit Seamless process to earn

postsecondary credit

8. GUIDANCE COUNSELING AND ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT Based on state/ local

guidance and counseling standards

Ensure up-to-date information

Offer information and tools about postsecondary and career options

Offer resources to identify career interests and aptitudes

Provide information and resources to parents

Offer web-based resources/tools

9.TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES Academic and CTE

interdisciplinary teaching teams

Contextualized work-based, project-based, and problem-based learning

Team-building, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication skills

10. TECHNICAL SKILL ASSESSMENTS

Industry-approved technical skill assessments

State-developed and/or approved assessments where industry-approved assessments do not exist

Performance-based assessment items- where students must demonstrate the application of their knowledge and skills

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SANDRA PORT

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START-UP GRANT TIMELINE

Offcycle- - Start date August, 2015 – May 1, 2015Submit completed start-up grantProgram Coordinator will approve/disapprove for

August, 2016 startResubmittal if funding is desired by October 1,

2015Submit by October 1, 2015 – Start date August, 2016Reimbursement Deadline December 15 for 14-15

grant awards

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