21st Century Life and Career Skills - Standard 9 State Board Meeting August 6, 2014

Composition of Standard 9 CurrentProposed st Century Life SkillsCareer Ready Practices Personal Financial Literacy Personal Financial Literacy Career Awareness, Exploration & Preparation Career Awareness, Exploration & Preparation Career & Technical Education Career & Technical Education

Overview of Updates Convened content specific work groups for input and discussion Reviewed national standards: –Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) published by the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) –National Standards for Financial Literacy published by the Council for Economic Education (CEE) –ASCA National Standards for Students published by the American School Counselor Association

Responses from Educators “Smooth and seamless transition” “Directed, but flexible” “Practical, usable, more clarity” “User friendly, flexible and clear concepts” “Teachers may need training in how to address skills across grade levels” “Would help in developing interdisciplinary connections”

Current 9.1 – 21 st Century Life and Careers Skills Remove current 9.1 and 66 CPIs Adopt the 12 Career Ready Practices of the Common Career Technical Core –Describe skills that students will need to develop and practice to be career ready –Implement across grade levels, over time –Developmentally appropriate –Parallel mathematical practices of CCSS

Current 9.2 – Personal Financial Literacy Renumbered 9.2 as 9.1 Minor revisions to align with the National Standards for Financial Literacy Delete some standards; move a few to different grade levels Condense standards deemed duplicative by personal financial literacy teachers and financial management practitioners in industry

Personal Financial Literacy Example of Additional Standard C.8 – Identify the types and characteristics of predatory lending practices (e.g., payday loans, car title loans, high-risk mortgages) Rationale: Stakeholder groups and research indicate a need for individuals in NJ, especially in low-to-moderate income communities, to be aware of ways in which they are targeted by predatory lending practices. This is especially prevalent in communities with immigrants.

Current 9.3 – Career Awareness, Exploration, and Preparation Renumbered 9.3 as 9.2 Reduce the number of standards at the middle school and high school levels by synthesizing indicators into succinct overarching standards Align to the ASCA National Standards for Students Provide educators more flexibility in helping students achieve mastery; less prescriptive

Current 9.4 – Career and Technical Education (CTE) Replace 9.4 with the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) for CTE programs and renumber as 9.3 –Developed by 44 States –Informed by Business & Industry –Sample performance indicators in separate document

Alignment Report First-ever analysis of state-approved standards for secondary and postsecondary CTE Compared state-approved standards to CCTC Indicated that NJ is % aligned in all Career Clusters ® The Common Career Technical Core Alignment Study: State of New Jersey National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium

CCTC and Standard 9.4 Currently, 1,923 Career Cluster ® /Pathway-level CPIs in Standard Career Cluster ® /Pathway-level CCTC standards

Benefits Enhance Project-Based Learning (PBL)/ Interdisciplinary Approaches Support the implementation of the Common Core State Standards Provide opportunities for Experiential Learning

Next Steps Development of rubrics for student and teacher reflection for Career Ready Practices Samples of implementation across grade levels Resources on Website Continue the development of Model CTE Programs Implementation – September 2015 –CTE already aligned

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