DOE Updates

High School 2025 Labor Workforce 2025 – Grow Dakota: Prepare students for tomorrows workforce Relevance: Advance career goals Relationships: connect students, teachers, parents, schools, & communities Rigor: prepare for postsecondary education and career goals Results: evaluate student progress & improve educational outcomes

HS 2025 Personal Learning Plans –Exploratory Curriculum – MS, 9th & 10 th grade –Rigorous courses Career Cluster Programs of Study Career Guidance –SDMyLife.com –Course Registration = Career Clusters –Transition programs Parental Engagement

Proposed Graduation Requirements Senate Bill 185 passed during the 2009 legislative session One recommended set of graduation requirements Freshmen class of Workgroup of teachers, administrators, counselors, state Board of Education members, and DOE staff to make recommendations

Rationale Create the opportunity to develop a Personal Learning Plan Create more flexibility Reduce the inherent labeling Maintain the rigor of core content courses and increase the rigor

Summary of Changes Reduce the number of required credits for graduation from 17 to 15.5 Math: Three units or more, including Algebra I, Geometry and a math elective Lab Science: Three units or more, including biology, physical science and a science elective Move non-core subjects outlined in the current graduation requirements into one category. Option of allowing extracurricular activities to serve as partial credit for Physical Education and Fine Arts

Time Line Sept. 29, 2009 State Board of Education meeting: First reading of proposed rules September to November 2009 Public Comment Period November 2009 Board of Education meeting: Public hearing of proposed rule changes

SDMyLife.com SD Cap –8 th Grade Interest Survey –10 th Grade Career Aptitude

Professional Development SDMyLife.com –Basic & Advanced training –Parent Portal Career Cluster Exploration Course Registration & more

Career Guidance Grant Career Guidance Framework Parental Engagement Framework Career Guidance Core Standards & Sample Syllabi, Career Cluster Resources Career Cluster Posters

South Dakota Virtual School A clearinghouse of distance courses offered by providers that have been approved by the South Dakota Department of Education Courses available for any MS or HS South Dakota Student (Public, Private, Home School etc) Registration for courses by school district personnel only.

SDVS Can Provide Solutions for: Students with scheduling conflicts Schools not able to find qualified staff to teach a particular course Students who want to take courses not offered in their resident district Students looking for advanced (AP) coursework Students needing credit recovery due to failure or illness Home school other non-traditional students i.e. colony Effective July, 2009 all distance courses must be provided electronically via South Dakota Virtual School

Current Course Offerings: Complete High School Graduation Requirement Course Offering (Exception.5 Speech Unit) Over 200 Semester Course Offerings in : CTE, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Health Education, Science, Language Arts, Political Science, Technology, World Language, Other offerings: Advance Placement and Credit Recovery

Graduation Calculations School Year 4 years + summer Calculations are programmed into system

Upcoming Conference Parent Conference – Sept 25 & 26 –Registration information: or Indian Education and Dropout Prevention Summit – Oct 10 –Registration information: Systems Change Conference – Nov. 4-6 –Registration information:

DOE Contact List SDMyLife.com – Steven Rounds Graduation Requirements – Becky Nelson Virtual School – Sarah Carter Assessment – Gay Pickner