Cathy McCafferty-Smith, M.A L.P.CChief Engagement Officer, Know U LLC

Joan Helwig, CounselorMarlette Jr./Sr. High School

Preparing Students for Post-Secondary and

Career Readiness

What high school data is saying:Out of 100 high school students:

• 75 graduate from high school

• 27 enter the workforce with HS diplomas• 48 continue on to college

• 30 seek bachelor’s degrees• 11 graduate in 4 years• 18 enter two-year institutions• 11 do not complete a degree

….and 25 drop out !!!

S. Stimart - Director, Work Force Development - ACT

Why are 25% of students dropping out?

• One reason often cited is that students cannot see the relevance of school and how it relates to their lives.

• And … we know all students need workplace skills no matter what post-secondary training option they choose …

Source: Ready For College, Ready For Work: Are They the Same or Different ACT article

Like a circulatory system! The system parts…

Michigan Career Pathways Educational Development Plans (EDPs)

Michigan Merit Exam (MME)

Integrated Curriculums: Academic & CTE, Technological Literacy, Online Learning

Educational Development Plan (EDP) - E-portfolio storage cabinet (10 MB space)

• Self Assessments – Career Pathways

• Career Exploration

• Goal Setting

• Planning

• Researching post-secondary institutions (cost /benefits)

• Virtual Job Shadowing

• Resume Development, etc.

http://www.careercruising.com

Career Cruising – Key part of a career readiness system

Career Pathways: A student’s career interests

An excerpt from Cathy’s EDP – http://www.careercruising.com

• Career Cruising EDP portfolio follows the student

• Student academic/career exploration progress measured over time

• Students see relevance/ connection to schoolwork

• Teaches them to document successes, demonstrated skills

• Can be a helpful decision tool as students move to each/next level of education

Career Development is ongoing not a one time event

Career Development

Self Assessment Who Am I?

Exploration What are my options

Decision Making Sifting/matching

Goal Setting Action Planning

An EDP: Career development process versus event

• Important – we saw how/why (good decisions)• Needed – “exploration without reflections”

has little meaning • Required – Graduation 2011 – (MMC 2006 law change)• Post-secondary institutions/employers may

prefer a portfolio• Students have evidence to show what they have explored and accomplished

Courtesy of lprobatelitigation.com

“Good to Have” Why should all students have an EDP portfolio?

Student Academic and Career Assessment Data ……. as predictors, MDE news

• English, Math, Reading and Science

• World of Work (WOW) Map - Career Matches

• Readying for WorkKeys scores

• World of Work (WOW) Map - Career Matches

8th grade test

10th grade test

Find info at http://www.actstudent.org/explore/tests/epas.html

ACT EXPLORE - 8th grade student career interestsStep #1 World of Work - Step #2 Interests - Step #3 Career Options

ACT EXPLORE/PLAN – 8th and 10th Grade

ACT EXPLORE: World of Work (WOW) MapHelping students with career exploration and a skill level goal

• The interactive ACT-World of Work (WOW) map

• Using the ACT EXPLORE WOW- Career Interest report

• Information that will motivate students and help them set skill level goals

ACT World of Work Map

http://www.act.org/wwm/index.html

Looking at a career “interest” slice of the “ACT World of Work” (WOW) Map

First, we clicked on the black outer rim of the map

Next, we clicked on the “Financial Transactions” career choice

Let’s see what pops up for the student

Career Area Example: Financial Transactions

WorkKeys Scores levels found here!

Getting ready for the 11th grade MME ACT and WorkKeys Assessments

• Now have a college ready focus and a work ready focus

• Driven by WorkKeys!• Provides a common

target with our business friends

• Gives useable DATA to change our processes

• Reading for Information

• Applied Math• Locating Information

Resulting in the:

Got Skills? …Need Skills?

• We have a tentative interest based career choice • We have an identified skill level score needed • How can we be sure we have the skill levels we

need to prepare for our career?• If we don’t have them, how can we learn them?

(look …a “pair of dimes” we shifted!)

A “pair-a-digm” shift to 24/7 online learning…KeyTrain pre-assesses skills, tracks online time, provides learning experiences, skills building data

Applied practice & scoring data

KeyTrain has a feature inside to search for careers based on

student skills score levels!

ACT Readiness Benchmarksfor Credit-Earning College Courses

College EXPLORE (8th/9th) PLAN (10th) ACT (11th/12th)Credit-Earning College Readiness College Readiness College ReadinessCourse Benchmarks Benchmarks Benchmarks

English Comp. English English English

Algebra Math Math Math

Social Science Reading Reading Reading

Biology Science Science Science

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ACT College-Readiness Benchmarks

Through collaborative research with postsecondary institutions nationwide, ACT has established the following college readiness benchmarks*:

* Minimum score needed on an ACT subject-area test to indicate a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher or a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in the corresponding credit-bearing college course.

KeyTrain- Handout Suggested Map for Integration into High School: Where Does KeyTrain Fit in Our School?

Grade Level

Learning Focus KeyTrain Michigan Content Standards/ WorkKeys

Content Areas Suggested

9th grade

• Pre assessment and applied skills learning

• Determining the students base line scores for the WorkKeys • Michigan Merit Exam Assessments and postsecondary/career readiness• EDP career pathway choice student chooses what career fits pre-

assessment scores – create a student target• Building stronger skills for the classroom ( and the workplace )• with Listening, Writing, and Observation curriculum

Reading for Information Applied MathLocating Information

ListeningWriting Observation

ELA/Social Studies/ScienceCTE, Non coreMath/ScienceMath /Science/ Social Studies/ non coreCareer Courses

10th grade

• Pre assessment and applied skills learning for study and success in the High

• School courses and postsecondary /career readiness

• Also - Skill Acceleration - WorkKeys MME test Reading for Information, Applied Math and Locating Information

Applied Technology

Reading for Information Applied MathLocating Information

ELA ScienceCTE/ScienceELA

Math Math/ Science

11th grade

• Skill Acceleration - WorkKeys MME test • Reading for Information, Applied Math and Locating Information from Sept to

Feb (before MME) • Goal- 5 WorkKeys scores in each to increase National Career Readiness

Certificate level / passing of passing of the MME• Post – MME April – June in the junior year• Pre assessment of career employability skills

Reading for Information Applied MathLocating Information

TeamworkBusiness Writing

MME Prep CoursesAcademics/CTE/ Careers Course

12th grade

• Career and Employability skills• Prep for Postsecondary training• “Skill- ing “up for WorkKeys retesting and higher level NCRC score

( community college testing process for a fee)

Teamwork Business Writing Career Skills

ELA/ Career Course/CTE

NCRC Certificates: Four Levels

National Career Readiness Certificate Levelsand Approximate Median Annual Salaries (U.S.)

Platinum Occupations

Gold Occupations

Silver Occupations

Bronze Occupations

$92,000 $55,000 $31,000 $27,000

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, ACT data

Higher Skills = Higher Pay

Recap: Integrating to create a systemLet’s look at strategies on how to use these

Michigan Career Pathways Educational Development Plans (EDPs)

Michigan Merit Exam (MME)

Integrated Curriculums: Academic & CTE, Technological Literacy, Online Learning

ACT EXPLORE / ACT PLAN – Connections to what leaders care about in your school

“Have to Haves”ACT EXPLORE/PLAN

Building LeadersMI School Improvement Framework- Teaching for Learning Strand- Data Management Strand

Counselors- Michigan Comprehensive Guidance Model – Career Development Domain

“Good to Haves”ACT EXPLORE/PLAN

• Measures curriculum successes and needs for improvement• Student assessment at a point in time

(8th grade and 10th grade) • Able to intervene before student gets too far • Track all students over time (PLAN is a predictor of ACT)

• Richer guidance conversations

• College & Work readiness

• Parent and student dialogue

C Smith/AJB - Oakland Schools, 2009

ACT EXPLOREAcademic ScoresEnglish, Math, Reading, Science

8th Grade

ACT World of WorkCareer Cruising Matchmaker 1 Career Path Goals

ACT EXPLORE –ReportEDPNCLB Tech Literacy

Key Train pre-assess Reading for Info. Applied Math Locating Info.

9th

Grade

Career CruisingInterests/SkillsCareer Pathways/GoalsKeyTrain ONET Matchmaker cont’..

Key Train Student ReportEDP Activity,uploads

ACT PLANEnglish, Math, Reading, ScienceKey Train accelerate

10th

Grade

ACT World of WorkCareer Cruising and KeyTrain DOT Career Exploration Activities

ACT PLAN ReportKey Train Student ReportEDP

Key Train MME PrepMarch 2010 – MMEHS CourseworkPost MME-KeyTrain remediate

11th

Grade

Career Cruising-Postsecondary GoalsEmployability SkillsWorkbased Learning

MME ResultsResumePost-secondary Info.EDP

HS CourseworkKey Train / remediateWorkKeys re-test atOCC

12th

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Career Cruising-Postsecondary GoalsEmployability SkillsExit Portfolio

EDPNCRC CertificateSenior Exit PortfolioPost-secondary Plan

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Proactive Academic, Career Choice, MME PreparationAcademic Readiness

CareerReadiness

PortfolioEvidence

How to get this system into your schoolCounselor supported ideas and best practices

• EDP required for first day of class - pathway and skill data• EDP required for entry into CTE or Tech Center program – pathway match• Parent sign off/teacher sign off• Part of a high school transition/ orientation plan• Integrate content into other classes• Personal Curriculum modification• CTE Program of Study- Course Selection- MME- WorkKeys match

One Strategy: Freshman TransitionA proactive intervention

Kids are dropping out:• Drop out prevention• Build high school skills

(KeyTrain) • Data baseline• Create excitement about

the connections• Catch me before I struggle!

Academic scores:How am I doing in early 9th grade in:

• English • Math • Reading• Science

Helps me want to be in schoolProvides career choices!!!

Career Interest Assessment

Interest assessments• Career Cruising Matchmaker (8th grade) • ACT- UNIACT (8th grade) (Interest assessment)= Career Interest(s) / Possible pathways

Skills Assessment

+ ACT EXPLORE (8th grade)+ KeyTrain - Pre assessment= At what skill level am I?

= an Educational Development Plan (EDP) …….for a successful start in 9th grade

Talking with parents – Freshman transition / orientation

Summary: Using data in your school for reporting requirements• EDP/Career Cruising

Education Yes! Michigan Merit Curriculum Student Portfolio

Required Counselors/

Principals/Students Teachers/Parents

• KeyTrain Academic pre-assessment/

curriculum/ high school skills Pre-data MME WorkKeys

Teachers/Counselor/Principal

• ACT EXPLORE/PLAN Academic skill level check

Curriculum improvement Predictor for ACT PLAN in 10th

grade and ACT in 11th grade Teachers/Counselor/Principal

• WorkKeys Michigan MME (Day 2) Part of MME/ AYP scoring

process Teachers/Counselor/Principal

Special Ed

Workforce Development

CareerTech Ed

Academics

School Improvement

MME/NCRC

A Career Readiness System- -NCRC/MME intersects everyone’s work!

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Many students are not graduating, or once they do, they cannot decide who they were meant to be….

We can help them …with SYSTEM wide EDP/e-portfolio ongoing activities …… ensuring SELF-AWARENESS to help them see and REFLECT on what they have to offer………to make LEARNING real to their life TODAY and to their FUTURE

They will create dreams and goals and do the ACTIONS to complete them, because we taught them HOW!

They are our kids!

Let’s help themmake great choicesfor their future and ours!

How are you using student academic assessment data to intervene early?

How are you coordinating your students’ career choice results to help them see the relevance in what they are learning?

How are you connecting this information to your school improvement team efforts?

How can this information provide evidence for educator evaluation?

Thank you !Cathy McCafferty-Smith, M.A., L.P.C, GCDFIChief Engagement Officer, Know U LLC – 248-417-1987

Joan Helwig, M.A., L.P.C., GCDFCounselor/Instructional Technology, Marlette Jr./Sr. High School