1. Pathways for Success Tisha Lewis

2. Success in the New Economy

3. Preparing for the “New Economy” High School Diploma Advanced, Transferable Skills and Knowledge Ability to Navigate the 21 st Century Workplace Digital Literacy – use and understanding of technology and the role it plays in our lives both personally and professionally

4. Meandering Toward Graduation

6. The Reality By 2020, 65% of Ohio jobs will require postsecondary education and training 48% of Ohioans have education and training past a high school diploma (OWT)

7. The Concern Nationally, 47% of high school graduates are unprepared for college and careers Only 8% are college and career ready Annually: 24,000 Ohio students drop out

8. College and Career Readiness Definitions… ACT Achieve Education Trust Ohio Department of Education ACTE Ohio Department of Higher Education CCSSO ASCA High school “generalists” are not graduating ready to be competitive in today’s economy

9. Why and Why Early Adolescence is the time when youth need to exercise the skill of decision making. Providing more opportunities for students to make choices in a safe environment builds their efficacy and also helps them navigate the process with support.

10. WORKFORCE TRAINING (Credentials) UNIVERSITY (Degree) COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Certificate or Degree) APPRENTICESHIP (Certificate) MILITARY Job seekers graduate with industry-recognized credentials that get them hired CAREER PATHWAY SYSTEM Large / Anchor Firms Medium Firms Support Sectors Suppliers TRANSITION TO WORKFORCE Small Businesses Start -ups RETRAINING TRANSITION TO POSTSECONDARY Grades 7-12 Ohio’s Options for a High School Diploma

13. New Graduation Options education.ohio.gov/options

14. Options: Class of 2018 Students who began ninth grade on or after July 1, 2014, must meet their course requirements and one of the following options for the testing requirement: A total of 18 Graduation Points across all end-of-course tests; A remediation-free score on the ACT or SAT; or A composite score of 13 on the WorkKeys and an approved industry-recognized credential.

15. 2016 and 2017 Graduates Students who began ninth grade before July 1, 2014, must meet their course requirements and their current testing requirements, the Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT), to graduate. However, new options will allow students additional ways to meet graduation requirements. This means that students who must pass the Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) may: Current: Use old graduation requirements (OGT); New: Use new graduation requirements (see the three options); or New: Use new testing options to fulfill old graduation requirements (see table below for the new options for these students).

16. 2016 and 2017 Alternatives Alternative Way to Meet the Testing Requirements A student may meet the testing requirements for passing all five Ohio Graduation Tests if he or she meets ALL of the following criteria: Passes four of the five tests and has missed passing the fifth test by no more than 10 points; Has a 97 percent attendance rate, excluding any excused absences, through all four years of high school; Has not been expelled from school in any of the last four school years; Has at least a grade point average of 2.5 out of 4.0 in the courses of the subject area not yet passed; Has completed the high school curriculum requirement; Has participated in any intervention programs offered by the school and must have had a 97 percent attendance rate in any programs offered outside the normal school day; and Has letters recommending graduation from the high school principal and from each high school teacher in the subject area not yet passed.

17. Class of 2018

18. End-of-Course Tests Algebra I Geometry Biology American History American Government English I English II 7 or Integrated Math I and Integrated Math II }

19. Minimum Points by Subject Four points in math Four points in English Six points in science and social studies 18

20. Industry Credential and Workforce Readiness 12 points from the approved list of credentials in a career field Workforce readiness score on WorkKeys Ohio pays one time for students taking WorkKeys

21. Industry-Recognized Credential

22. Credential Examples

24. 2018/2019 WorkKeys Minimum Applied Mathematics Reading for Information Locating Information 13

25. 2020 WorkKeys Minimum Applied Mathematics Reading for Information Locating Information 14

26. College Admission Exam “Remediation-free” score on a nationally recognized college admission exam Ohio pays for all 11 th grade students to take one test

27. College Admission Exam

28. Career Advising in Ohio Ohio’s goal: every student prepared for successful transitions after high school

29. Educator Questions How can we present career awareness? How can we create connections between academic assignments and career fields– making it "real world?" How do you advise students with unrealistic career goals?

30. Career Connections Aligns district efforts to ensure consistent and ongoing opportunities for all students Embeds curriculum strategies that help students link their learning to future careers Engages students in opportunities to discover their career interests, explore pathways and make plans for their future

31. District Career Advising Policy Advising students beginning in grade 6 Grade-level examples that link students’ schoolwork to one or more career fields Developing Student Success Plans with students identified as at-risk of dropping out of school

32. Career Connections Framework Career Awareness Kindergarten through Grade 5 Career Exploration Grades 6 through 8 Career Planning Grades 9 through 12 and beyond

35. OhioMeansJobs.com

36. OhioMeansJobs K-12 Landing Page

37. Career Cluster Inventory

38. Career Cluster Inventory Results

39. Occupation Search

40. Occupation Search Results

41. Occupation Details

42. Education and Training Options

43. Tools for College and Career Readiness

44. Test Preparation and Academic Skill-Building

45. OhioMeansJobs K-12 Backpack

46. Reporting Tools Landing Page

47. Reports Menu

48. Reports Available

49. Navigate to Reports

50. Career Cluster Inventory

51. Career Cluster Inventory Results

52. Career Cluster Inventory Report

53. Career Cluster Inventory

54. View District Data

55. View School Data

56. Navigate to Reports

57. Group Detail Report

58. Navigate to Reports

59. Backpack Activity Report

62. OhioMeansJobs K-12 Backpack

63. education.ohio.gov/CareerConnections

64. OhioMeansJobs K-12 Resources

66. Social Media @OHEducation ohio-department-of-education Ohio Families and Education Ohio Teachers’ Homeroom OhioEdDept storify.com/ohioEdDept

67. Carolyn George Carolyn.George@education.ohio.gov | 614-995-5042 Tisha Lewis Tisha.Lewis@education.ohio.gov | 614-466-5756 Career Connections Ohio Department of Education 25 S. Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 | 800-700-6247 Questions?