1. Northwest RESA Principals’ Council December 7, 2011
Jo Anne Honeycutt CTE Director, NCDPI December 7, 2011

2. Topics for Discussion Career and College Promise WorkKeys
CTE Essential Standards
High School Accountability Model

3. Career and College Promise
Seamless dual enrollment opportunities
Accelerates completion of college certificates, diplomas and associate degrees
Leads to college transfer or entry-level job credentials
Access to affordable college education
Effective January 1, 2012

4. Career and College Promise
High school
transition programs…
Learn and Earn
Huskins
Concurrent
enrollment
Consolidated
and replaced

5. Pathways
Core 44 College Transfer
Career Technical Education
Cooperative Innovative HS

6. College Transfer Certificate Pathway
What’s required?
Completion of at least 30 semester hours of transfer courses, including English and math)
What can be earned?
30 hours (minimum) of college transfer credit
College- and university-readiness skills
Transfer credit for participating colleges and universities

7. College Transfer Certificate Pathway
Who’s eligible?
High school junior or senior (as of Jan. 2012)
Weighted GPA of 3.0 on high school courses; and
Demonstrate college-readiness* in English, reading and mathematics
Currently enrolled high school students (Fall 2011) who completed college transfer STEM course with a C or better may be admitted in Spring 2012 without meeting GPA or testing requirements (i.e. PLAN). Required to meet course pre-requisites.

8. College Readiness* Benchmarks on Approved Assessment Tests
PLAN**
PSAT**
Asset
(NCCCS Cut Score
COMPASS
Accuplacer
(NCCCS Cut Score)
English 15 49
41 Writing
70 Writing
86 Sentence Skills
Reading 17 50
41 Reading
81 Reading
80 Reading
Mathematics 19
41 Numerical Skills and 41 Intermediate Algebra
47 Pre-Algebra and 66 Algebra
55 Arithmetic and 75 Elementary Algebra

9. May use SAT and ACT scores as benchmarks for college readiness
ACT
English
500 18
Critical Reading
Reading 21
Mathematics 22

10. College Transfer Certificates
Humanities and Social Sciences
Business and Economics
Life and Health Sciences
Engineering and Mathematics

11. Career Technical Education Pathway
What’s required?
Alignment with a high school Career Cluster
What can be earned?
Certificate or diploma aligned with a high school Career Cluster
Credentials for entry-level jobs

12. Career Technical Education Pathway
Who’s eligible?
High school junior or senior (as of Jan. 2012)
Weighted GPA of 3.0 on high school courses or recommendation of principal or his/her designee
Meet career pathway prerequisites
Currently enrolled high school students (Fall 2011) who completed community college technical education course with a C or better may be admitted in Spring 2012 without meeting GPA or testing requirements (i.e. PLAN). Required to meet course pre-requisites.

13. Career Technical Education Pathway
What are other requirements?
Consideration of PLAN scores
Partial or full fulfillment of a four-unit Career Cluster for college CTE courses
Utilize articulated credit to maximize college credit student achievement.

14. College Transfer Certificate and Career Technical Education Pathway
What are common requirements?
Enrollment eligibility maintained with a 2.0 in college coursework after completion of two courses
Enrollment in one program of study
No substitution of courses in one program for courses in another
Program of study major change allowed with approval from principal/designee and the college’s chief student development administrator.

15. Cooperative Innovative High School Programs
What’s required?
Located on college campuses
100 or fewer students per grade level
What can be earned?
High school diploma and associate degree program or up to two years of college credit within five years
Accelerated academic instruction

16. Cooperative Innovative High School Programs
Who’s eligible?
Eligibility requirements are in accordance with G.S. 115C
High school students in grades 9-12
Preference given to first-generation college students

17. Career and College Promise
What's school counselors role?
Prepare for implementation
Assist students with application process
Document students’ eligibility
Include information in registration process

18. Career and College Promise Websites:
Governor NCDPI NCCCS

19. WorkKeys Testing Window is February
Online testing is the preferred mode
Test administrators should be identified and noted on the google form at:

20. CTE Concentrators who are seniors should test
December/January graduates exempt
Process to identify students
Career Ready: Silver and Gold level of Career Readiness Certificates for accountability

21. Three part test with each part lasting about 55 minutes
Orders due by December 16th for paper tests. Batch upload for online can be anytime prior to test date
Three part test with each part lasting about 55 minutes
Reading for Understanding
Locating Information
Applied Mathematics
May schedule as continuous session or three separate times

22. Marketing for WorkKeys
For more information:
Public
Internal Processes

23. CTE Essential Standards
New Standards beginning in 2012
Standards are listed at:
New Courses
Business Financial Planning
Core and Sustainable Construction