Lodi Unified School District

Career and Technical Education Overview

May 21, 2013

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Career Technical Education:Why do we need it?

THINGS HAVE CHANGED:• Students need marketable, employable skills with

goals and visions for the many careers they will have in their lifetime

• Employable skills are necessary for all students. From the 4 year university student to the student who needs to work immediately from high school.

• There is a gap between the skills that businesses value and the skills most graduates actually have

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Career Technical EducationCareer Technical EducationWhat it’s NOT…What it’s NOT…

• … the vocational classes of old (remember wood and metal shop?)

• … a refuge for kids who are NOT going to college• … a place to stick kids who don’t seem to fit into a curriculum• … only exploratory

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Career Technical EducationCareer Technical EducationWhat it IS…What it IS…

• …a series of courses grouped together to prepare students for college AND careers

• …a method to give students 21st century skills• …pathways that include UC a-g approved courses• …an opportunity for all students

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Career Technical EducationCareer Technical EducationWhat it DOES…*What it DOES…*

• …increases student attendance• …helps close the achievement gap• …raises grade point averages• …increases graduation rates• …assists in getting a job• …paves the way to college

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* Based on independent studies* Based on independent studies

Career Development Pre K-16Career Development Pre K-16

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Career & Technical Ed: 15 Industry SectorsCareer & Technical Ed: 15 Industry Sectors

• Career Tech classes are organized into 15 groups of inter-related occupations and broad industries called “industry sectors”

• Each sector has two or more career pathways, for a total of 58 pathways options

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LUSD Offers Courses in 12 of 15 Sectors:LUSD Offers Courses in 12 of 15 Sectors:

• Agriculture and Natural Resources• Arts, Media, and Entertainment• Building Trades and Construction• Education, Child Development, and Family• Engineering and Design • Fashion and Interior Design

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LUSD Offers Courses in 12 of 15 SectorsLUSD Offers Courses in 12 of 15 Sectors(cont.):(cont.):

• Finance and Business Industry Sector• Health Science and Medical Technology • Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation • Information Technology • Public Service • Transportation

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Sectors NOT represented:Sectors NOT represented:

• Energy and Utilities• Manufacturing and Product Development• Marketing, Sales & Service

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CTE Provides for Multiple Pathways: *

• Prepare students for the full range of postsecondary options—two and four year college, apprenticeship and formal employment training

• Effective Pathways include:1.A college preparatory academic core that meets

“a-g”2.A technical core providing knowledge and skills3.A series of work-based learning opportunities,

mentoring, job shadowing, internships, apprenticeships

4.Support services

11* See Appendix for current LUSD CTE Pathways

Industry Pathways

LUSD offers 20 career industry pathways

But some pathways are NOT available to all students…

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CTE Pathways NOT Offered at Each Site

Pathways NOT Offered at Each High SchoolLodi Tokay Bear Creek McNairAdmin. of Just.BusinessCulinary ArtsHealth Occ.

BusinessCulinary ArtsDrafting /Eng.Health Occ.Woodworking

Admin. of Just.BusinessCulinary ArtsHealth Occ.

AgricultureAutoDrafting/Eng.Woodworking

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CTE Courses Earn College CreditCTE Courses Earn College Credit

• 18 LUSD CTE courses are articulated with Delta College

• Students who complete these courses with the grade required grade receive college credit.

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Eight CTE Courses are a-g ApprovedEight CTE Courses are a-g Approved

• Agricultural Biology• Agricultural Earth Science • Child Development (Academy)• Exploration in Education (Academy)• Graphic Design (ROP)• The Art & History of Floral Design (ROP)• Ag Govt. and Ag Econ.

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CTE FundingCTE Funding

• LUSD receives federal and state funds to provide primary and supplemental support for CTE programs– Regional Occupation Program (ROP)– California Partnership Academy (CPA)– Carl Perkins– Ag. Vocational Incentive Grant

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Regional Occupational Program

• ROP courses provide high school students 16 years of age and older, and also adult students, a valuable career and technical education that prepares them to:1. enter the workforce with skills and competencies to be

successful 2. pursue advanced training in postsecondary educational

institutions3. upgrade existing skills and knowledge

• LUSD offers 21 ROP courses

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Funding: ROP ProgramFunding: ROP Program

• 2012-13: $1,662,012– Supports administration, program requirements and

support services (including transportation) for 21 ROP courses.

– Based on previous year’s ROP average daily attendance.

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Funding: CPA GrantsFunding: CPA Grants

• 2012-13: $321,702.00 (total district allocation)

– Supports administration, program requirements and support services for Five California Partnership Academies.

– Grant has district and business partner matching requirements that are met without additional expense to the district

– Award amount is based on enrollment.– Three academies would lose funding under proposed LCFF

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Funding: Carl PerkinsFunding: Carl Perkins

• 2012-13: $235,398.00– Supports administration, program requirements and support

services for CTE teachers and programs.– Funds are to be used to initiate, expand, enhance and/or to

improve CTE programs.– Recent foci have been on expanding Ag. and graphic design

pathways and classroom resources, and updating two engineering labs.

– For 2011-2014 Perkins is being used to expand Tokay, Lodi and Bear Creek High School’s Ag. programs by funding one teacher per site.

– Sequestration threatens to reduce allocation for 2013-14 by 10%.

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Funding: Ag. Voc. Incentive GrantFunding: Ag. Voc. Incentive Grant

• 2012-13: $43,764.00– Primary Foci:

• integrated academic and Ag. vocational curriculum• curriculum that reflects Ag. workplace needs and instruction• support services for special populations

– Supports supplies and capital equipment requirements, not staff.

– May not be funded under proposed LCFF

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School Site StaffingSchool Site Staffing

• Primary funding for CTE staffing and course materials comes from site budgets.– Exceptions are ROP courses and the short-term Perkins

funding for three agricultural teachers.

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Business Partners/Advisories

• ROP Teachers– Meet at least once per year with industry

partners.• California Partnership Academies– Meet at least once per year with industry

partners.• A district-wide CTE business advisory meets at

least once per year.

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Community Classroom/Intern/Externships

• Internships, externships, and community classroom function like “working interviews.” While serving in these positions students get the chance to apply knowledge they have learned in a classroom in a professional job setting.

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Community Classroom/Intern/Externships

• A recent Rutgers University study found that 2/3rds of recent college graduates would have chosen a different major if they could do it over. Internships, externships and community classroom permit students to test drive a profession before spending years and thousands of dollars studying for a career that may not suit them.

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Community Classroom/Intern/Externships

• A 2012 National Association of Colleges and Employers survey revealed that 63% of paid interns received at least one job offer upon graduation while 41% of the unpaid interns received at least one offer. In contrast, only 36% of graduates who had no internship experience received at least one job offer.

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Community Classroom/ Internships

• After approximately a quarter of classwork, where they learn fundamentals related to the industry, students are deployed to job sites an average of four days per week in lieu of their class period. They are supervised by a site manager and the classroom teacher. Students generally attend one day of class with the teacher per week.

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Community Classroom/ Internship Courses

• Careers with Children• Careers in Education• Sports Medicine• Health Occupations• Fashion Merchandising

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Externships

• Externships are for those students who have completed the classwork and who need to complete a number of hours in a professional setting to apply their skills. Current externships require students to be at least eighteen years old.

• Courses offering externship opportunities:– Medical Assisting– Dental Assisting

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• Academies:– LUSD is home to FIVE California Partnership Academies

(CPAs). – There are 601 total students in these five academies.– Academies exemplify the future of education especially

for common core standards.– Academies team core academic and CTE teachers to

integrate English, math, science, social science and CTE standards to create hands-on, context-rich, relevant learning environments.

– Academies epitomize Professional Learning Communities

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Academies Team Teachers for Student Success

California Partnership Academies (CPA)

• The CPA’s represent a high school reform movement that is focused on smaller learning communities with a career theme.

• The CPA model is a three-year program (grades ten—twelve) structured as a school-within-a-school.

• Teachers collaborate across disciplines (Excellent model for common core standards!)

• Academies incorporate integrated academic and career technical education, business partnerships, mentoring, and internships.

• The funding for three of our five academies (Lodi and Tokay) would disappear under Gov. Brown’s proposed LCFF.

• Bear Creek’s Green Academy funding is set to expire January, 2014.

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California Partnership Academies

• APPLE “Education/Child Development” –Lodi High• Agricultural Science– Lodi High• C3O2

* – Tokay High

• Green Technology – Bear Creek High• Health Occupations – McNair High

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*Children-Centered Career & Occupational Opportunities Academy

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CTEPutting Education to Work!