1. San Diego Imperial Pathways Project
Randy Tillery
Allie Bollella

2. San Diego Imperial Pathways Project
Project Goal: To map and inventory every high school and community college career education program in the San Diego Imperial Region.
Understand the relationship between high school and college offerings and if they are responsive to regional labor demand
Inform pathway planning between high schools and colleges – fill in gaps, develop new programs, improve existing pathways
Develop advising tools to help counselors direct students to CC programs and to support college and career exploration

3. San Diego Area K12 CTE Enrollment
Seniors in 2016 who took two or more CTE courses before graduation
Source: CalPASS Plus

4. CTE Students In the Same College Pathway
Seniors in 2016 who take a college course in a related pathway within one year: 8.4%
Source: CalPASS Plus; Chancellors Office MIS System

5. Reversing the Flow
How can understanding pathways keep more students engaged and on track
2 or more
CTE Courses
Comm Coll
Within 1 Year
CC Course
In Pathway

6. Comparing High School and College Enrollment
San Diego Area High school CTE enrollment is less than 20% of enrollment in same pathway in community college
1,687
1,951
1,152
Source: CalPASS Plus; Chancellors Office MIS System

7. What is a K14 Pathway?
K14 pathways are built of one-to-many relationships
K12 sequences are foundational for postsecondary training
Competency Based – Auto/Manufacturing
K14 sequences lead to middle or advanced skill occupations – responsive to labor market demand
Source: CalPASS Plus

8. One to Many Relationships

9. One to Many Relationships
Community College Awards (1 district)
(30 awards; 914 course sections)
Associates Degrees
Accounting, Business Administration (ADT), Business Management, Computer Business Technology, Entrepreneurship, Financial Services, Legal Admin Assistant, Marketing, Real Estate, Retail Management, Small Business Accounting, Small Business
K12 Business Pathways
(11 course sections; )
Advanced Accounting
Business
Business & Financial Markets
Business Management
Business Law
Certificates
Accounting, Accountancy, Accountancy for Enrolled Agents, Business Administration, Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Financial Services, Legal Administrative Assistant, Marketing, Real Estate Broker, Retail Management, Small Business Management
Noncredit Certificates
Account Clerk, Accounting, Business Management, Project Management, Small Business Growth, Small Business Planning

10. One to Many Relationships

11. Methodology Interviews with 23 K12 Districts
Received K12 course level data from 23 districts
Extracted CC program level data from statewide curriculum inventory
Developed master data files based on K12 and CC data collection
Using Tableau and Illustrator for initial data visualization and analysis

12. Sectors and Occupations
15 K12 Sectors
Agriculture Natural Resources
Arts Media and Entertainment
Building and construction
Business and Finance
Education, Child Development, Family Svs
Energy, Env, Utilities
Engineering and Architecture
Fashion and Interior Design
Health Science Medical Technology
Hospitality & Tourism
Information Communication Technology
Manufacturing Product Development
Marketing Sales Service
Public Services
Transportation
10 CC Priority Sectors
Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Transportation Logistics
Agriculture, Water, Env Technology
Business and Entrepreneurship
Energy Construction Utilities
Global Trade
Health
Information Communication Technology
Life Sciences Biotechnology
Retail, Hospitality, Tourism
Onet Occupation Codes
Management Occupations
Business and Finance Operations
Computer & Math Occupations
Architecture Engineering Occupations
Community & Social Services
Legal Occupations
Healthcare Practitioners
Healthcare Support Occupations
Protective Service Occupations
Food Preparation and Serving
Personal Care and Service
Office and Administrative Suppt
Construction and Extraction
Installation, Maint, & Repair
Production Occupations

13. Occupations – SOC Codes
Organizing Systems
K12 – Pathway Codes
College – TOPS Codes
Occupations – SOC Codes

14. Data Fields – K12 1,800 individual course records across 23 Districts:
For Every K12 CTE Course:
District Name
School Name
SIS System
Sector
Pathway
Course Code
General Course Name
Course Descriptor
Sections
Perkins Sequence
Course Length
Articulation Status
A – G Status
School Address
1,800 individual course records across 23 Districts:

15. Data Fields – Community College
For Every CC CTE Program:
College
Sector
TOP 6 Title
TOP 4 title
Award Type (cert/degr)
Award Name
TOP 6 Code
CIP Code
SOC Code
Enrollments
Unduplicated Students
Course Sections
1,186 distinct CTE awards from 10 colleges

16. Data Fields – CalPADs/TOPS Crosswalk
Maps every 3 digit K12 pathway code to its corresponding 4 digit TOP Codes

17. Types of Data Visualization?
District and Regional Reports on Programs, Articulation and A to G course status
Geographic Program Distribution
Pathway Throughput
Source: CalPASS Plus

18. District Reports
Articulated Courses
A – G Eligible Courses

19. Health Sector Articulation and UC A-G Status
Comparing K12 number of courses within the health sector per district that are articled with CC vs UC A-G. What do you like most about this design? What insights do can you gather from this design? Is there anything misleading about this design? Is there anything you would add or take away from this design?

20. Health Sector K12 and CC Comparison of Offerings
Without Labels
Size bubbles where size of circle is calculated by number of courses within the health sector. The orange and plus sign marks indicate K12 and the blue bubbles and square marks indicate CC. The school names have been taken out of this one. What do you like most about this design? What insights do can you gather from this design? Is there anything misleading about this design? Is there anything you would add or take away from this design?

21. Health Sector K12 and CC Comparison of Offerings Closer Look

22. Agriculture Sector K12 and CC Comparison of Offerings
Without Labels
Another view of the same viz with the agriculture sector. Size bubbles where size of circle is calculated by number of courses within the agriculture sector. The orange and plus sign marks indicate K12 and the blue bubbles and square marks indicate CC. The school names have been taken out of this one. What do you like most about this design? What insights do can you gather from this design?

23. Information (ICT) Sector K12 and CC Comparison of Offerings
Without Labels

24. Comparison of K12 CC Offerings – Courses/Programs
Comparing K12 and CC sectors in a stacked bar chart based on number of courses within each sector.

25. Student Advising Tools

26. Student Advising Tools – OC Pathways

27. Student Advising Tools – OC Pathways

28. Next Steps
Final Report with visualizations and data tables end of December
Two sets of tools:
Data sets and tools to support pathway development
Visualization tools to support career exploration
Feedback on tools in regional convening with faculty and counselors in January/February
Support process for developing advising materials or interactive web content to support student college and career exploration

29. Questions/Discussions
What resources or data sources do you use now for planning
What resources or data sources do you use for providing college and career guidance
What kinds of information do you feel are most powerful for students to help them set their college and career goals
Randy Tillery
Allie Bollella