1. Career Pathways, 2+2+2: Traps & Barriers
Final
W introduces topic & speakers.
Read the program description aloud as an introduction. (Please don’t say the things that will be covered later, or there will be nothing left to say!)
What we do in our curriculum committees can help to provide either pathways or barriers to students as they progress from high school, through our colleges and toward certificates, degrees, transfer and careers. The content of our curriculum, restrictions in enrollment, and articulation in both directions (to high schools and universities) can simplify or complicate students' reaching their goals. We will discuss current efforts to improve the school to college articulation as well.
Jane Patton, Vice President
Wheeler North, Curriculum Chair ASCCC
Curriculum Institute 2008

2. Where students have been; Where they will go
Curriculum does not exist in a vacuum
depends on student prep & goals
Faculty challenge: students’ level of preparation
Hence BSI and new grad. reqs (Math & English)
We articulate in 2 directions
With universities
With high schools and ROCPs
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3. Curriculum helps/hinders progression
Describe students’ progression from high school:
Basic Skills
Occupational
Transfer-oriented
Compare the high school curriculum to college:
Honors
Occupational/ CTE (“Career Technical Education”)
Reading, math, English
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4. Where are the traps or barriers?
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5. What’s our role as faculty?
Ensuring students’ pathways
from secondary, to colleges, through colleges, to work or universities
Considering multiple student needs:
noncredit
basic skills
occupational
transfer
Considering the overall curriculum---the “big picture”
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6. The Context of Curriculum
ß Input ß “Throughput” ß Output
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7. Various Secondary / Postsecondary Linkage Efforts
Tech Prep
School-to-Career (federal name: STW)
SB 70 (Scott)
2+2
2+2+2
Middle College
Early College High School
Concurrent /Dual Enrollment
Over the years there have been many projects to link schools, ROCPs and colleges. This is a list of them.

8. Benefits to linking schools & colleges
FOR THE H.S. STUDENTS
Clearer expectations
May not need to repeat
Feel connected to college
Motivation to graduate
FOR THE COLLEGE/PROGRAMS
Recruitment
Better prepared students
Higher retention & completion rates
More motivated students
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9. To facilitate articulation between high schools, ROCPs
Project’s goal:
To facilitate articulation between high schools, ROCPs
and colleges
Jane

10. Activities
Opportunities for CCC faculty to develop agreements with teachers
Database of agreements
Outreach to students, parents, staff
Goal: More transportability of articulation agreements
Jane
Opportunities------we know that we have to bring faculty together-that when they meet and share what they teach, they develop understanding and ultimately trust.
Database—all the articulation agreements that will be written based on our templates will be in a database, available statewide. So if a student comes to your college from across the state, if there had been an agreement between his school & another college, the faculty member at your college can read it and determine whether credit can also be given at your college. OR-what we hope will occur more often is that a student will receive a transcript as soon as the credit is earned.
Outreach efforts will be to school counselors, parents and to college personnel including A & R, college counselors, faculty etc.

11. Sequence Discipline groups develop articulation templates.
Templates disseminated for field input.
Once approved, added to new database.
Local articulation agreements written using templates
New articulation agreements put into database
Available statewide
Jane
This is how the project works.

12. Status 40 discipline groups convened 90 templates drafted
Agreements being written to templates
Outreach & marketing begun (internal/external)
Regional articulation meetings held
Articulation Handbook developed
Tools for hosting articulation events
Jane

13. Discipline groups so far. . .
Administration of Justice
Agricultural Business
Animation
Animal Science
Allied Health
Automotive Technology & Repair
Biological Science/ Biological Technology
Building Trades and Construction
Business/ Accounting/E commerce
Child Development
CISCO/ A+
Computer Information Science (CIS)
Dental Assisting
Design Drafting
Engineering/Applied Technology
Fashion
Fire Science
Gaming
Geospatial Technologies (GIS/GPS)
Graphic Design
Health Occupations/CNA/ HHA
Hospitality/ Culinary Arts/Hotel
Interior Design
IT Applications
IT Web Design
Landscape Design
Logistics
Machining / CAM
Marketing
Medical Assisting
Office Technology
Ornamental Horticulture
Photography
Retail
Robotics
Sustainable Construction (Green Construction)
Video Production
Welding
Go to for updates
Jane
90 templates have been drafted in 40 discipline groups so far. Not all are posted yet. Go to website for the latest. SHOW WEBSITE if time.

14. Next steps Local & Regional articulation meetings
Populate database of agreements
More templates
Outreach: parents, students, staff & faculty
Collaboration with other projects & groups
Transcript issues
University articulation issues

15. Your Role Share project info. (occupational faculty)
Speak to Tech Prep Director & A.O.
Check website
Volunteer yourself and others
Help ensure your local processes give students credit they earned
In their folders they have a nomination form. If any of them might be interested in participating, please give us your name.

16. Resources www.statewidepathways.org
Tech Prep Directors
Academic Senate (916)
Jane
If time permits, show them the Statewidepathways website

17. Linking schools & colleges: Trends
Concurrent enrollment
Competency statements
Collaboratives
Besides CTE links, talks are starting RE: English, math, etc.
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18. What’s the role for curriculum members?
Ensure COR and catalogs have correct designations
Work with Articulation Officer
Support discipline faculty as they participate in articulation agreements
Communicate with Tech Prep Director
Work with your academic senate in considering the the “big picture” of your curriculum: are courses a pathway or obstacle?
Before showing the bullets, ask them for the answers.
At the end---if there is time:
1.Discuss what you might do locally
2.I could show WhoDoUWant2B website---as outreach to students
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19. Marketing our Colleges
Statewide marketing campaign:
Jane
If time permits, show them the website
Athletic directors remind us that when student athletes come to our colleges, they also enroll in many courses besides their sport. The same is true of any specialized programs, including our occupational programs.
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges