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SUNY Provides a Link to National Resources (STEMx)WNY Established November 2013
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300+ Members from 100+ Cross-Sector Organizations
PreK-12• STEM
Instructors
• Teacher Centers
• BOCES• STEM
Platform Programs
Post Diploma• K-12 Early
College• STEM
Higher Ed• STEM
Teacher Prep
Business• STEM
Employers• Internship
Sites• Employee
Outreach Centers
Government• Departmen
t of Labor• Workforce
Investment Board
• WNYEDC• Political
Leaders and Policymakers
Informal • Museums• Libraries• Public
Broadcast• After-
School Programs
• Professional and Civic Groups
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STEM Professionals
Teachers &Parents
Students
Sustained Economic and Intellectual Vitality Across the Region
STEMPipeline
Cross-Sector Collaboration
Mathematical Analysis and Scientific Inquiry
InterdisciplinarySTEM and Arts/Humanities
Problem-Based, Project-Based Learning
Connections toSTEM Careers
Technology Integration
Applied Engineering Design
SUNY STEM Scholarships
• Students in the top 10% of their class are eligible for free tuition at a SUNY college if enrolled in a STEM field. Deadline: Aug. 15
• See Higher Education Website, http://www.hesc.ny.gov/pay-for-college/financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/nys-grants-scholarships-awards/nys-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-stem-incentive-program.html
• Counselors Section (Free Newsletters & Workshops): http://www.hesc.ny.gov/partner-access/high-school-counselors.html
• Questions? Contact the Scholarship Unit at 1-888-697-4372
Internships and Other Resources
Undergraduate Research Experiences
Encourage student awareness & participation:
– CURCA: Celebration of Academic Excellence, April 16 @ UB Center for the Arts
– ARGUS: Alfred U Undergraduate Research Fair, April 23 @ Miller Theater
– Buff State Student Research & Creativity Celebration, May 1-2– UG: Niagara U Research Conference, Spring– JCC: HURI/SURI, TBA– OSCAR-CUR: SUNY Fredonia, Student Research & Creativity
Exposition, Spring
STEM Expos & STEM Career Days
• STEM Expos – professional learning, poster sessions, networking
• STEM Career Days – Save May 9 at Niagara Power Vista
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JA Programs
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Junior Achievement &Common Core• JA programs provide students with a bridge from school to work
readiness & entrepreneurship, reinforcing the CCS for college and career readiness.
• Our corporate & community volunteers deliver JA program content using informative text, developing literacy skills as early as elementary school.
• All JA programs utilize one-on-one, small group and whole-class discussions, supporting CCS for speaking and learning.
• JA programs embed fundamental math skills to build students understanding of economics, finance and budgeting.
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Junior Achievement & STEM
JA has incorporated STEM career related concepts into several of our existing programs and are committed to incorporating relevant
STEM elements into new programs we develop, including:
JA Our Nation- (5th grade)
JA It’s My Future – (MS)
JA Economics for Success – (MS)
JA Career Success- (HS)
Additionally, we continue to engage volunteers who are currently working in STEM fields to facilitate JA programs and provide “real-
world” experiences.
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JA Programs
JA’s High School Programs are economic and business curricula for students in grades 9 – 12.
JA Economics™
JA Exploring EconomicsJA Career Success
JA Be EntrepreneurialJA TITAN School Edition™ *
JA Personal Finance ™
JA Company ProgramJA Job Shadow™ **
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JA Programs
JA’s Middle Grades Programs include economics and business curricula for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.
JA Global Marketplace™
JA It’s My FutureJA Economics for Success®
JA It’s My Business™
JA America Works™
JA Job Shadow™
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Next Steps
• Present JA to key building staff• Determine who is interested in having JA programs
within your building• Notify JA of request
– Fill out request form on website: http://www.jawny.org/request-a-ja-program
OR – Email Alycia at [email protected]
• Programs can begin when volunteers are secured. JA Finance Park (because it is primarily teacher-driven) can begin sooner.
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Contact Information
• Alycia Ivancie, Senior Education Manager
(716) 853-1381 ext. 15 or [email protected]
• Justine Waldron, JA Program Manager
(716) 853-1381 ext. 16 or [email protected]
www.jawny.org
NYSED UpdatesPathways to Graduation
Multiple Pathways
Five Graduation Pathways
CTE Art
Humanities STEM
LOTE
Regents Item Highlights
• Graduation credit requirements will remain the same (22 credits)
• 4 + 1 assessment model• Students must pass one Regents exam in
English, Math, Science, Social Studies & one Alternate Assessment
• All Pathways assessments must be approved by NYSED and the Board of Regents
Assessment Options for the Five Identified Pathways
• CTE – Students will take an approved Technical Assessment
• STEM – Students will take one additional Math or Science Regents exam
• Humanities – Students will take a second Social Studies exam
• Bilingual – Students will take an approved Language assessment
• Art – Students will take an approved Art assessment
What the CTE Pathway is NOT
• A call for every student to be a CTE student• An attempt to limit student choice and develop tracks• A call for a separate CTE pathway independent of
other equally viable educational experiences and pathways (Brindisi Bill)
• Abandoning the Common Core State Learning Standards
• Adding more assessments• Fulfilling the interests of Business and Industry
The CTE PathwayDOES
• Provide options for students• Keep students engaged in the learning process• Allow students to explore career options• Prepare students to truly be College and
Career ready• Allow students to earn Industry Certifications• Increase graduation rates
The CTE Pathway
• CTE Approved Program• Taught by a certified CTE Teacher• Integrated/Specialized academic content• Work Based Learning Experiences• Employability Profile• Post-Secondary articulation agreement • Students take an end of program technical
assessment
Certified CTE Teacher
• Business and Marketing• Family and Consumer Sciences• Technology Education• Agriculture Education• Health Sciences Education• Trade and Technical Education
Technical Assessments
• Pathways allow for a substitution of one Social Studies Regents exam with a pathway exam(CTE)
• All CTE pathway assessment approved by the Commissioner and Board of Regents
• Following the completion of a CTE approved program(3 or more credit program)
13 Approved Technical Assessments
• ProStart - Culinary• ASE student certification –
Auto• A+ certification - Cisco• Network+ certification – • National Institute of
Metal Working (NIMS) certification – Welding, Machining
• PrintED – Graphic Communications
• Student Electronics Technician Electronics Technicians Association (ETA)
• NCCER Carpentry level 1• A*S*K Assessment of Skills &
Knowledge for Business– Business Programs (NOCTI)
• Advertising & Design (NOCTI)• Accounting Basics (NOCTI)• Ag Mechanics (NOCTI)• Hospitality Management –
Food & Beverage (NOCTI)
16 Career Clustershttp://www.careertech.org/career-clusters
• Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
• Architecture & Construction • Arts, A/V Technology &
Communications • Business Management &
Administration • Education & Training • Finance • Government & Public
Administration • Health Science
• Hospitality & Tourism • Human Services • Information Technology • Law, Public Safety,
Corrections & Security • Manufacturing • Marketing • Science, Technology,
Engineering & Mathematics • Transportation,
Distribution & Logistics
Career Cluster Areas for the 13 Approved Assessments
• Hospitality & Tourism• Information Technology• Arts, A/V Technology &
Communications • Finance• Architecture &
Construction
• Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
• Manufacturing • Business Management
& Administration
Career Cluster Areas ThatAre Not Addressed
• Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
• Government & Public Administration
• Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
• Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
• Education & Training • Health Science• Human Services • Marketing
Moving Forward with the CTE Pathway
• Cornell University will review potential technical assessments
• Blue Ribbon Panel set up the process for determining the criteria of the technical assessments
• CTE Program Approval process set as the standard for all CTE pathways
Resources
• Multiple Pathways information http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/multiple-pathways/home.html
• Multiple Pathways questions [email protected]
• CTE Program Approval Process http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/ctepolicy/
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
Pathways to Graduation CTE Assistance
Charlie [email protected]
Cheryl [email protected]
518-486-1547
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www.nyctecenter.org
NY CTE Technical Assistance Center
In 2010, NYSED entered into a contract with the Successful Practices Network, Inc. to establish the Career and Technical Education Technical Assistance Center of New York (CTE TAC). The CTE TAC’s scope of work, developed in cooperation with NYSED, includes identifying and disseminating best practices in CTE and fostering an increase in the number of approved programs. As a result of that charge, the CTE TAC has engaged in reviews of selected approved programs in the Big Five School Districts, Local Education Agencies and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services.
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
CTE Technical Assistance Center Staffing Director Tim Ott Dr. Edward Shafer (now a senior consultant)
4 Center Specialists Dr. Constance SpohnPeter McBrideJerry PedinottiTom Venezio
5 Regional Staff 1.5 FTE (NYC) – Marsha Iverson and Ted Gershon1FTE (LI and Yonkers) – Ellen Palazzo1 FTE (Southern tier) -- Vacant1 FTE (Western) – Charlie Crumb1 FTE (Central North East) -- Carol Ann Zygo
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
CTE Technical Assistance Center Work Plan
Improve CTE data collection to create an accurate picture of career and technical education program performance
Assist schools in the integration of the new national common core academic standards with CTE.
Expand CTE program approvals.
Use best practices in CTE for high school improvement.
Expand CTE programs and student leadership participation
Build relationships and networks to strengthen CTE.
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
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• In the last year of a five year contract
• Moving forward in this last year the TAC will continue supporting CTE programs in the state under the contracts 6 areas originally identified with a large focus on Multiple Graduation Pathways and CTE approvals and approval changes.
Technical Assistance Center
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.orgCTE Program Approval ProcessBased on the Board of Regents Nationally Recognized Plan
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Self Study: An Opportunity To Evaluate CTE Programs
• Input from various stakeholders (CTE Teachers, General Education Teachers, Administrators, Business/Industry Representatives, and Students)
• Analysis of curriculum for alignment and rigor• Prepare application materials
External Review: An Opportunity To Evaluate CTE Programs
• Involvement of various stakeholders (CTE Teachers, General Education Teachers, Administrators, Business/Industry Representatives, BOCES and 2 Component Schools)
• Review, address, approve (sign-off) on CTE program plan• Forward plan to Superintendent of Schools or District Superintendent for Approval
Board of Education Approval
• Submit Statement of Assurances Form• Signed by Superintendent of Schools and BOE President
SED Review
• Subject specialist reviews the plan• Letter to Superintendent of Schools or District Superintendent once approved (5 year
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Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
CTE Programs in NYS
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
Recent Sample of Districts Asking For CTE Technical Assistance in Western NY
East Aurora Eden Penn Yan Orchard Park Hamburg Williamsville Amherst Dunkirk Alden West Seneca Brockport Clarence
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www.nyctecenter.org
College, Career and Citizenship Readiness
Vision: College and Career Readiness in NYS will ensure that all students graduate high school able to succeed in postsecondary programs of study and the workforce; that they understand and demonstrate citizenship skills; and that they may meaningfully contribute to the economic and democratic well-being of our society.
Goal: By 2015, NYS will offer all students an established set of assessment pathways that are grounded in the Common Core Learning Standards, are similarly rigorous, allow for student choice and have demonstrated, effective outcomes for students.
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
Domains of College and Career Readiness
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Defines the academic knowledge and skills students need to be successful in college and careers.
Specifies the non-cognitive, socio-emotional knowledge and skills that help students successfully transition from high school to college or careers.
Describes the career- specific opportunities for students to gain the knowledge, skills, and competencies they need to pursue and succeed in their chosen career.
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www.nyctecenter.org
Data Summary
• Graduation Rates are Increasing• Aspirational performance Increasing
however, only 38% of students are college and career ready
• High Dropout Numbers• over 9% Still in School After 4 Years• Charter Schools Growing
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
Top Five Reasons Dropouts Identify as
Major Factors For Leaving School
• Classes were not interesting 47%• Missed too many days and could not catch up 43%• Spent time with people who were not interested in
school 42%• Had too much freedom and not enough rules in my
life 38%• Was failing in school 35%
From The Silent Epidemic Bridgeland, John, John DiIulio Jr., and Karen Burke Morison, p. 3
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
Gaps• 9.1 % Of Students Still In School After 4 Years
Of High School• 6.2 % Dropout Of School• Big Five Still Struggling • State Goal: All Students Graduate College and
Career Ready We Are At 38%• Large 25.4% Gap Between High Need And Low
Need Districts• More Failing Schools Operated By EPO’s
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
CTE Programs of the future will:
Improve AYP at the school and subgroup level
Improve graduation & college success resultsShow that students were more highly
engagedImprove your faculty student relationshipsHelp your students to meet the aspiration
standards on the Regents ExaminationsImprove school relationships with the
parents, community and employers
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Yet 3.8 Million jobs in the
U.S. remain unfilled
13 Million Americans are unemployed
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Skilled Workforce Employment Gap
National Skills Coalition New York’s Forgotten Middle
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Middle Skilled Workforce Employment Gap
• Advanced Manufacturing 675 estimated jobs unfilled annually
• Information Technology 401 estimated jobs unfilled annually
• Skilled Trades 768 estimated jobs unfilled annually
• Hospitality and Tourism 456 estimated jobs unfilled annually
• Health Care 1,267 estimated jobs unfilled annually
Monroe Community College Measuring Middle-Skills Occupational Gaps Within the Finger Lakes Regional Economy
Successful Practices Network
www.nyctecenter.org
What you major inMatters!
A LOT!
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1. Business2. General Studies3. Social Science and History4. Psychology5. Health Professions6. Education7. Visual and Performing Arts8. Engineering and Technology9. Communications and Journalism10. Computer and Information Science
Top 10 Bachelor’s Degrees
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
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1. Business (1)2. General Studies (10)3. Social Science and History (6)4. Psychology (9)5. Health Professions (4)6. Education (5)7. Visual and Performing Arts (8)8. Engineering and Technology (2)9. Communications and Journalism (7)10. Computer and Information Science (3)
Bachelor’s Degrees Aligned to Need
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
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College & Career Ready Curriculum
Regents Requirements
Sequence of courses aligned to a pathway
Approved alternative assessments
CTE assessments & industry-certified exams
Work-based learningPostsecondary Study
Additional career training
Employment
Pathways are a route to two-year and four-year colleges, additional career training, and employment.
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Why The Fuss With CTE and Pathways
• About 50 percent of all STEM jobs are open to workers with less than a bachelor's degree. (Rothwell, The Hidden STEM Economy, 2013)
• Students attending CTE high schools have demonstrated higher rates of on-time graduation and credit accumulation and a greater likelihood of successfully finishing a college preparatory mathematics sequence. (Neild et al., The Academic Impacts of Career and Technical Schools: A Case Study of a Large Urban School District, 2013)
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• Eighty percent of students taking a college preparatory academic curriculum with rigorous CTE met college and career readiness goals, compared to only 63 percent of students taking the same academic core who did not experience rigorous CTE. (Southern Regional Education Board, High Schools That Work 2012 Assessment)
• The average high school graduation rate in 2008 for students concentrating in CTE programs was 90 percent, compared to the average nationwide graduation rate of 75 percent. (U.S. Department of Education 2007–2008 data, National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium analysis)
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• Health care occupations, many of which require an associate degree or less, make up 12 of the 20 fastest growing occupations.
• STEM occupations such as environmental engineering technicians require an associate degree and will experience faster than average job growth.
• Middle-skill jobs, jobs that require education and training beyond high school but less than a bachelor’s degree, are a significant part of the economy. Of the 55 million job openings created by 2020, 30 percent will require some college or a two-year associate degree.
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The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well
in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of
school.
NGSS and the NYS Strategic Plan for Science
2015: A Year of Action
NYS Strategic Plan for Science
Evolution of several years worth of work by professional organizations in science in NYS under the umbrella of the NYS Science Education Consortium
13th Summit held in the Summer of 2014
Generated the NYS SPS
Representation included: Science Teachers Association of NYS (STANYS)
Science Council of NYC
NYS Science Education Leadership Association (NYSSELA)
Long Island SELA (LISELLA)
Capital Area Science Supervisors Association
Biology-Chemistry Professional Development Network
NGSSOverview: http://www.nextgenscience.org/new-york
NGSS – 3 Dimensions
THE National Research Council Framework describes a vision of what it means to be proficient in science. The standards address three dimensions:1. Practices (behaviors of scientists)
2. Crosscutting Concepts (applications across all sciences)
3. Disciplinary Core Ideas (focal points for K-12 science curriculum and assessments) – grouped into 4 domains:
Physical sciences Life sciences Earth and Space Sciences Engineering, Technology and applications of science
NGSS – Research Based
Use learning progressions – one examplehttp://education.msu.edu/projects/leaps/proceedings/Schwarz.pdf
NYS SPS – A Year of Action
Support implementation in six key areas (mission, vision statements and goals):1. Standards
2. Curriculum
3. Professional Development to Enhance Instruction
4. Assessment
5. Materials and Resource Support
6. Administrative and Community Support
NYS SPS – Timeline
Winter 2015Determine core science content, conceptual understandings, and practices required of all students.
Benchmark student expectations.
Determine architecture of standards document.
Spring 2015 – Write draft standards
Summer 2015 – Review & comment (draft standards)
Fall 2015 – Revisions (based upon review & comment)
Winter 2016 – propose Science LS for Regents adoption
Questions? Comments?
Please share with your science faculty and administrators!!
Additional Information:
Joseph Zawicki, Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo State
(716) 560-0237
Problem: • Mass mailing and marketing strategies are not effective in reaching students• Guidance counselors and teachers are often not fully aware of the research programImpact:• Students learn of the program after the application deadline date• Students who are a good fit and would benefit from the program do not apply• Myths about the program are spread due to lack of accurate program informationGoals:• Ensure that students interested and talented in science apply to the summer research
program• Ensure a broader reach to candidates across schools in the Western New York RegionSolutions:• Develop stronger connections between Roswell Park Cancer Institute Summer Program
leadership and high school teachers and guidance counselors• Provide channels for RPCI Summer Program leadership to come into the classroom to
speak directly with students about the program and application process
Guidance counselors: Let’s Work Together to Recruit Your Talented Science-Focused Students to apply to the Summer Research Internship Program in Cancer Science and Launch them on their STEM Career
