Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College Articulation

Articulation Simply: An agreement between two institutions. Variations: 1.Alignment of course content 2.Sequencing of skills & knowledge 3.Advanced placement by examination

Two directions: Between community colleges and universities (public and private) Between high schools and colleges –typically in vocational areas – can take various forms

Our project: Articulation between high schools and colleges

Middle College Early College High School Concurrent Enrollment Tech Prep School-to-Career (federal name: STW) SB 70, Scott (Governor’s Initiative on Economic Development and Career Technical Education) Secondary / Postsecondary Linkage Projects

Governor’s Initiative on Economic Development and Career Technical Education Chaptered into Ed Code CCC System Office ---developing many projects CCC Academic Senate will develop one project--to develop H.S. articulation SB 70 (Scott)

Opportunities for faculty to develop agreements. Database of agreements Outreach strategies to students, parents, staff Goal: More transportability of articulation agreements Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College Articulation Overall Project Purpose

Career Pathways Agriculture, natural resources Arts, media, entertainment Building trades Energy Engineering Fashion, interior design Finance & business Health, human services Hospitality, tourism Info tech Manufacturing Educ services Public services Retail & wholesale Transportation

Status Steering committee met 3,700 existing agreements collected First disciplines identified; resource materials developed; template drafted Database & technology infrastructure developed Website under construction Oct. 2006: first discipline meetings

Fall ’06 Disciplines South Coast: Business/accounting North/Far North: Building Trades Desert: Health Occupations/C.N.A. San Diego: Hospitality LA/Orange: Arts & media/animation Bay Area: I.T./ web design Central: Child Development Statewide: I.T. apps & Ornamental Horticulture

Sequence Discipline groups meet in-person (later remotely). –Groups include high school & college faculty, tech prep & articulation reps, administrators. –Groups review existing agreements & write articulation templates. Templates disseminated for field input. –Once approved, added to new database. Larger discipline groups write local/regional agreements –New articulation agreements put into database.

Next steps More disciplines/pathways added. Outreach to parents, students, school and college staff and faculty. Cooperation with other projects options will be considered.

Questions? Contact the project’s office at Or call the Academic Senate (916)