PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Joel Vargas Jobs for the Future | November 10, 2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTORS SUMMIT WELCOME
PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Joel Vargas, Valerie Lundy-Wagner Jobs for the Future | November 10, 2015 SECONDARY-POSTSECONDARY PARTNERSHIPS WELCOME
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >Overview –Technology Moment –Partnership for Transitions –CCPT Initiative Assumptions & Core Principles –Considerations & Lenses for Partnership Work –“Essential Responsibilities” of Partners –Hooks, Opportunities & Wrap-up
FIRST, A MOMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY 4 Network: sheraton-meeting Internet Access Code: ccpt0001
FIRST, A MOMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY 5 1.Take out your smart phone or computer: pollev.com/jffevents 2.Text “JFFEVENTS” to Reply with “LEAVE” at the end of our institute 3.You’re ready to use poll everywhere Note: Please register only one device (phone, tablet, computer) on the wifi!
POLL EVERYWHERE >Think of your consortia’s secondary-postsecondary partnerships like a hand of poker – what hand do you have? 1 – No pairs 2 – One pair 3 – Two pairs 4 – Full house 5 – A royal flush
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT Partnership for Transitions: Why Now?
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >CCPT Initiative Assumptions & Core Principles 1. Student participating in career pathways programs are more fully prepared for career and college.
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >CCPT Initiative Assumptions & Core Principles 2. Collaborative regional or county-wide networks are more likely to build innovative and quality career pathways programs to employment or postsecondary education than programs designed by a single institution.
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >CCPT Initiative Assumptions & Core Principles 3. Work-based educational and training opportunities aligned with industry sectors driving local and regional employment will enhance the employment prospects of low- and moderate-income individuals, and contribute to the stability and economic development of their communities.
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >CCPT Initiative Assumptions & Core Principles 4. Integrated academic and technical learning will best prepare students for both postsecondary education and careers in high-skill, high-wage, and high-growth sectors of the economy.
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT “Essential Responsibilities of Partners”
POLL EVERYWHERE >You’ve seen the “Essential Responsibilities” – what is your reaction in 3-5 words?
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >“Essential Responsibilities of Partners” >Do these ‘responsibilities’ seem right for secondary- postsecondary partnership work? –What would you add if anything? –Which of these is the hardest to operationalize and why?
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >Elements of Secondary-Postsecondary Partnership Work –Course articulation –Registration –Curricular pathways –Dual enrollment –Assessment and placement –First-year experience –Student supports –Partnership infrastructure
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >Elements of Secondary-Postsecondary Partnership Work –Course articulation –Registration –Curricular pathways –Dual enrollment –Assessment and placement –First-year experience –Student supports –Partnership infrastructure
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >Organizing Secondary-Postsecondary Partnership Work: –Curricular/Programmatic –Financial –Leadership –Advocacy
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT >Activity >As a table, pick 2 elements of this work and discuss the support needed in each dimension for planning and operationalizing the work. >Use post-its to write up table notes, and post them in your area of the room.
2015 CCPT PROJECT DIRECTOR’S SUMMIT Hooks, Opportunities, and Wrap-Up
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