1. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities Nelson County Board of Education Work Session March 5, 2015 Kimberly Brown Director of Secondary Education Nelson County Schools

2. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities  Horizons Academy  Nelson County High School  Thomas Nelson High School  Bloomfield Middle School  Boston School Center  The New Haven School  Old Kentucky Home Middle School

3. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities  ACT was administered districtwide on March 3, 2015.  Counselors are scouring spreadsheets and other data forms to ensure that students are college and career ready by graduation day.  Those who are not yet “ready” are involved in focused interventions for mathematics and reading.  Kentucky Occupational Skills Standards Assessment (KOSSA) will be administered in late February/March.  Workkeys is also administered in late February /March  COMPASS 5.0 will be administered online at Nelson County High School as part of a pilot program with the Kentucky Department of Education.

4. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities  End of Course (EOC) Assessments in:  Algebra II  English II  Biology and  American History will be administered in April/May.  College and Career Readiness 1-1 student coaching is occurring weekly.  Interventions are implemented for all students as a result of discussions and data review in content/grade level Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s)

5. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities Measures of College Readiness Academic:  ACT,  COMPASS or  KYOTE Career Ready Technical:  Kentucky Occupational Skills Standards Assessment (KOSSA)  Industry Certificates Career Ready Academic:  Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)  ACT Workkeys: Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, Reading for Information

6. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities

8. Middle Schools are currently scrimmage or “practice testing” in preparation for the KPREP assessments to be administered throughout the district in May. Practice tests include:  Multiple Choice  Constructed Response  Written Assessments Tests are administered over a 2-3 day period then scored by classroom teachers and administrators. Data is aggregated per content and grade level then disaggregated per student. Students are grouped and regrouped using assessment results to target unlearned content skills. Skills are retaught and reassessed to ensure students are able to apply the information when required.

9. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities  Spring administration of the MAP test will take place March 16 – April 17, 2015 in grades K – 12.  Schools are involved in 1-1 student coaching setting goals for Spring MAP administration and reviewing their progress on the Fall and Winter MAP tests.  Middle Schools have visited high schools and the Area Technology Center to begin planning for a successful transition to grades 9 – 12.  High School and Area Technology Center personnel have also visited the middle schools to introduce themselves and their programs to all 8 th grade students.  Eighth grade students are being encouraged to choose/complete a career pathway as they enter high school.

10. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities We currently offer the following Career Pathways:  Air Force Junior ROTC (JROTC)  Agriculture  Automotive  Carpentry  Computer Aided Design (CAD)  Health  Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC)  Information Technology (IT)  Welding

11. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities In the future we hope to offer programs in:  Business and Marketing  Creative and Performing Arts/Humanities  Family and Consumer Sciences To enhance the secondary academic curriculum, we are pursuing: PIMSER Programs for the areas of math and science; Simulations in the area of social studies; Performance Events as they relate to the study of science, and; The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) as it relates to reading and writing in all content areas.

12. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities Operation Preparation – Middle Schools  The Nelson County Schools Operation Preparation Activities took place in late fall/early winter 2014.  Bloomfield, Boston, New Haven, and Old Kentucky Home Middle Schools eighth grade students were transported to Parkway Baptist Church where they participated in a Reality Fair.  Each student was given a salary directly related to their GPA. The higher the GPA the better their job/pay.  Then students were required to visit various community businesses (reps were sitting at tables) to pay their rent, electric bill, cable, car insurance, go to the grocery store, etc… to experience the reality of paying bills and making their money last for a month or longer……  A banker was present just in case someone needed a loan or wanted to start a savings account.

13. Nelson County Schools College and Career Readiness Activities Operation Preparation – High Schools  Our high schools addressed Operation Preparation in their individual buildings.  Area post secondary institutions, business and community leaders, and professionals set up at tables where students were able to visit three (3) 20 minute presentations that related to their interest in college and career.  Students were also coached on GPA, taking advantage of challenging curricular choices, and the importance of the ACT and End of Course Assessments on their future.