1. Leveraging Career Opportunities to Create Hope in the Noble Local School District

2. Pathways Program
New Position-Oct. 1, 2015
Connecting resources- To provide opportunity for area youth to experience real-world work based learning
Local Schools/Adult Career Centers/Colleges
Businesses
Manufacturers
Community (TV, Newspaper, Rotary, Lion Club, Port Authority, Chambers)
Vision- To expand career options so students are motivated to create and attain life goals

3. Career Focus
Backpacks- Assessments- Ohio Means Jobs/Career Cluster Inventory
Job Shadowing Sites- Over 100 businesses that are involved
Speakers into schools- Colleges/ Career Centers (Trade Programs)
Manufacturing Tours
Congressman Johnson (Manufacturing Your future)
Positions available/ 401K/ Benefits/Tuition Reimbursement
Soft Skills- Team Player/ Drug testing/Work on time
Career Expos- Sharing of stories and pathways
Workforce Tours- Career guidance to be more employable: Job Applications/ Interview techniques/Techniques/Soft Skills

4. Life Skills/Direction
Providing/Setting Goals
Although grades are important, without vision/purpose/aspiration there isn’t career direction.
Work Ethic/Teamwork/Self Awareness
Knowing what I do matters, having that positive attitude, being dependable, cooperating with those around you and having emotional intelligence.
Hope
Belief that the future will be better than the present, and that they have the power to make it so.

5. Statistics Oct. 2015-Present
Over all students that have had individual job shadowing opportunities: Over: 350
Overall students that have completed tours: 565
Students that I have helped and that have been given job opportunities within the local community: 40
Over 4,300 students have been spoken to directly and impacted by local employers/career centers/colleges on the opportunities they can offer to prospective employees.
Expos within districts that Manufacturers have been present: 10

6. Career Pathway Stories, Job Shadowing, Workforce Opportunities

7. Noble Local Students Welding at Bi-Con

8. Lisa Rich, from Dr. Jacksons office, talking to students about what Radiology Technicians do in the workplace while casting an arm.

9. Noble Local students job shadowing at Marietta Memorial

10. Manufacturing tours of Kerry, Detroit Diesel, Cambridge Pkg and Quanex

12. Students touring at Detroit Diesel and learning about problem solving/critical thinking while on the jobsite

13. Noble Local Students checking out the Surgical Tech program at WCCC

14. Students to Mid-East Adult Power Line Prog

15. Helping Buckeye Trail/Shenandoah Students fill out job applications

16. How do we expand these opportunities within our school?
Began with
A Three Question Culture
What do you want students to know?
How do you know if they know it?
3. What do you do for the students that don’t?

17. Led to creation of a daily extra help period: On Target
Teachers are assigned students each and teachers act as those students’ advisors.
Between OT advisors and open study hall periods we have created numerous opportunities for staff to check on students and monitor progress.
Creation of a tracking system for OT students.
41 minutes daily...12:08-12:49...used for speakers, careers, colleges, military, internship opportunities, soft/essential/professional skills.
Tied this period to PBIS, and offer Freedom Fridays periodically to reward students who are on target.

18. Career Pathways Coach
The Career Pathways Coach will work closely with high school and middle school students to determine academic and career pathways based on their interests and aptitudes. The coach will serve as a liason between the students and college personnel, community stakeholders, and business/industry professionals to help students transition to postsecondary education and successful career pathways.

19. Career Connections Learning Strategies
Collaborate w/ teachers to create coursework relevant to career pathways
Collaborate w/ curriculum coordinators to incorporate model curriculum into district curriculum
Career Advising for Students in Grades 6-12
Goal setting
career interest inventories, researching career and education options, developing a draft resume, etc.
Determination of pathway/ course of study

20. Interventions for Students At-Risk of Dropping Out
Process for identifying students
Student Success Plans
Career Pathways
Ohio Means Jobs
Mentoring
Internships/ Job Shadowing
Pathways to Earn a High School Diploma
Traditional
Certificates
College Readiness Assessments

21. Credit Flexibility – Academic and Career Tech
Documentation
Ohio Means Jobs backpacks
Ohio Means Jobs Readiness Seal
Career Portfolio
Successful Postsecondary Transitions
Interventions for students in need of remediation

22. taught students to believe in themselves and their abilities,
In summary, we have...
taught students to believe in themselves and their abilities,
engaged students in thinking about their futures,
helped students discover their interests and skill sets,
connected students with models and mentors,
provided students with supports and encouragement
and in doing so, it has built hope and optimism about their future and increased their opportunities for success. ,

23. higher levels of performance self-efficacy Which in turn has…
Which has lead to…
higher levels of performance
self-efficacy
Which in turn has…
increased student engagement
increased college and career readiness
increased social/ emotional health
increased opportunities s

24. Increased SUCCESS Increased ASPIRATIONS Increased HOPE
Increased ACCESS
Increased SUCCESS