3. BIG PICTURE of ICAP & PWR = Comprehensive Guidance!

4. Real Purpose Vision: Colorado CTE delivers intentional pathways & planning for lifelong career success! Mission: CTE ensures a thriving Colorado economy by providing relevant and rigorous education that is connected, responsive and real. Vision: Colorado CTE delivers intentional pathways & planning for lifelong career success! Mission: CTE ensures a thriving Colorado economy by providing relevant and rigorous education that is connected, responsive and real.

5. INDUSTRY CLUSTER PATHWAYS PLAN OF STUDY PWR Standards!

6. 21st Century Skills 20 th Century21 st Century 1 – 2 Jobs 10 – 15 Jobs Flexibility And Adaptability Integration of 21 st Century Skills into Subject Matter Mastery Mastery of One Field Subject Matter Mastery # of Jobs Job Skill Learning Model PWR

7. Colorado’s Current Pipeline Source: NCES 2006

8. Our adults students today could be… Known as Performers Born: 1938-1957 Size: 23% of US Population Spending: $1.32 Trillion Annually Themes: The Atomic Age/Personality Values: Freedom/Drama/Adventure Known as Techticians Born: 1958-1971 Size: 22% of US Population Spending: $1.45 Trillion Annually Themes: Science/Speed/Service Values: Self-Reliance/Pragmatism Or possibly… Known as Believers Born: 1972-1983 Size: 17% of the US Population Spending: $861 Billion Annually Themes: Withdrawal/Watergate/Women Values: Relationship/Diplomacy Excerpted from the work of Dr. Louis Patler, Steve Weiss, Ken Beller: The Consistent Consumer

9. Our current Students today are… Known as The Transformers Born: 1984-1995 Size: 16% of US Population Spending: $200 Billion Annually Themes: The Long Boom/Constant Chaos Values: Personal Power / Clarity Excerpted from the work of Dr. Louis Patler, Steve Weiss, Ken Beller: The Consistent Consumer ‘Millenials’ ‘Screenagers’ 7 Core Traits: Special Pressured Achieving ShelteredConventional ConfidentTeam Oriented * cited: Howe & Strauss: Millenials and K-12 Schools

10. Having a Career Goal and Plan makes a HUGE difference in PS success! Preliminary findings showed desired learning outcomes were the best predictors of student success. Students whose desire was to “Explore courses to decide career,” had the lowest graduation rate, 21%. This compares to a graduation rate for students who intend to, “Prepare to change careers,” of 78%. Clearly, having a career goal and plan that a student is acting upon makes a big difference - Rossol & Byers, Johnson County Community College, NE

11. Seamless Transitions: Career Awarenes s Career Exploration Career Concentration Career Preparation Lifelong: Career Advancement and Management Career Development Journey EARNING (Career) LEARNING (Academic) LIVING (Personal/Social)

12. Real Relevance ICAP Vision: Individual Career and Academic Planning allow all students access to and assistance with a portable seamless pathway for Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness and their success! ICAP Mission: To decrease drop-out rates and increase retention rates to support our global competitive economy. ICAP Vision: Individual Career and Academic Planning allow all students access to and assistance with a portable seamless pathway for Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness and their success! ICAP Mission: To decrease drop-out rates and increase retention rates to support our global competitive economy.

13. ICAP – Hidden Understanding Provides a relevant education pathway to their preferred career. Provides ownership of their future resulting in increased motivation Increased motivation leads to: Increased retention and Decreased dropout rates

14. The ICAP journey… Awareness & Dissemination Building Bridges & Building Readiness Transition Beginning to move to new understanding, mindset and practices Implementation Making meaning of ICAP Engaging in activities and the process Transformation Shift Happens Logo vernacular borrowed from CDE: Academic Standards

15. What is it all really? The ICAP, or Career & Academic Plan of Study is a process that students participate in, which results in an actual plan. Process: Developmentally appropriate recommended activities Plan: 1.Student’s career cluster or pathway goal 2.Relevancy of student’s goal to post secondary institution / workforce or other future option 3.Student’s intentional courses sequence & relevant experience Utilizing: CTE, core curriculums, existing & available resources (CDE, CDHE & CCCS), career & academic planning tools & assessments and “the village”.

16. 1.00 Statement of Basis and Purpose Pursuant to SB 09-256, the State Board of Education is required to promulgate rules to establish standards for Individual Career and Academic Plans (“ICAP”) for students enrolled in public schools in the state. The intent of this provision in the legislation is to ultimately decrease dropout rates and increase graduation rates by assisting students in developing and maintaining a personalized postsecondary plan that ensures readiness for postsecondary and workforce success. An ICAP shall be designed to assist a student and his or her parent or legal guardian in exploring the postsecondary career and educational opportunities available to the student, aligning course work and curriculum, applying to postsecondary education institutions, securing financial aid and ultimately entering the workforce. 9 Elements:

17. Paradigm Shift… So much Vocabulary! Post Secondary Plan MyCAP (My Career and Academic Plan) ICAP (Individual Career and Academic Plan) Personal Education Plan Transition Plan Five year (six year, seven year) Plan Cluster, Pathway, Plan of Study (POS), PWR, IEP, CiC And more…

18. Real Connection POS Vision: Provide a road map for the student/parent that connects Career Path courses with Core Academic courses POS Mission: Allow flexibility for students to explore and update their plans of study simultaneously guiding and preparing today’s students for high wage, high skill and high demand careers! POS Vision: Provide a road map for the student/parent that connects Career Path courses with Core Academic courses POS Mission: Allow flexibility for students to explore and update their plans of study simultaneously guiding and preparing today’s students for high wage, high skill and high demand careers!

19. Who are your partners? In your organization/institution? In your district? In your community? In your region? In your state? “…Like businesses, schools create value that people need…If we don’t take the leadership to shape the system we need, we would end up like an island caught in a raging current…schools, families, communities – together they secure a brighter future for us all.” ~ Gary Marx, Horace Mann League (ASCD)

20. Utilize your “Village” You Administrators, the school leaders Professional School Counselors: ASCA model, Career Development CTE instructors/directors: Plans of Study GT coordinators/instructors SpEd/Transition Coordinators: IEP’s (Individual Education Plans) IT Specialists: Data sharing, SIS pro’s Academic Core/AVID/IB/Elective instructors: time, relevance and relationship May we suggest: student(s), librarian, school board, Postsecondary Partners, workforce rep, parent(s), SAC members, PTA/PTO’s. pre-collegiate provider, business & industry rep, BOCES and inventories that are already in place but not expanded on!

22. World of Work Map People Data Things Ideas Holland’s Codes: Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional Colorado Career Cluster Model Industries Clusters Pathways PWR at the core!

23. Real P o W e R PWR Vision: To decrease remediation rates and enhance our Competitive Global Economy. PWR Mission: Assist students throughout their HS career in developing: Content Knowledge, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Finding and using IT, Creativity & Innovation, Global & Cultural Awareness, Civic Responsibility, Work Ethic, Personal Responsibility, Communication, Collaboration. PWR Vision: To decrease remediation rates and enhance our Competitive Global Economy. PWR Mission: Assist students throughout their HS career in developing: Content Knowledge, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Finding and using IT, Creativity & Innovation, Global & Cultural Awareness, Civic Responsibility, Work Ethic, Personal Responsibility, Communication, Collaboration.

24. INDUSTRY CLUSTER PATHWAYS PLAN OF STUDY PWR Standards!

25. Relevant Education Reform Initiatives Educator Effectiveness (SB09-191) – includes ICAP/PWR language. District Accountability (SB09-163) - include evidence of Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness PS ICAP’s proposed in Higher Education Strategic Plan ICAPs & Dashboard included in Assessments System Timeline: 2010/2011 last CSAP, 2011-2013 CTAP (Colorado Transitional Assessment), 2013/2014 new PWR Assessment (formative, simulated etc…) PWR attributes align to new CDE Standard Revisions.

26. ICAP/PWR Re-CAP! …And put it all together!

27. Real Purpose Vision: Colorado CTE delivers intentional pathways & planning for lifelong career success! Mission: CTE ensures a thriving Colorado economy by providing relevant and rigorous education that is connected, responsive and real. Vision: Colorado CTE delivers intentional pathways & planning for lifelong career success! Mission: CTE ensures a thriving Colorado economy by providing relevant and rigorous education that is connected, responsive and real.

28. Real Connection POS Vision: Provide a road map for the student/parent that connects Career Path courses with Core Academic courses POS Mission: Allow flexibility for students to explore and update their plans of study simultaneously guiding and preparing today’s students for high wage, high skill and high demand careers! POS Vision: Provide a road map for the student/parent that connects Career Path courses with Core Academic courses POS Mission: Allow flexibility for students to explore and update their plans of study simultaneously guiding and preparing today’s students for high wage, high skill and high demand careers!

29. Real Relevance ICAP Vision: Individual Career and Academic Planning allow all students access to and assistance with a portable seamless pathway for Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness and their success! ICAP Mission: To decrease drop-out rates and increase retention rates to support our global competitive economy. ICAP Vision: Individual Career and Academic Planning allow all students access to and assistance with a portable seamless pathway for Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness and their success! ICAP Mission: To decrease drop-out rates and increase retention rates to support our global competitive economy.

30. Real P o W e R PWR Vision: To decrease remediation rates and enhance our Competitive Global Economy. PWR Mission: Assist students throughout their HS career in developing: Content Knowledge, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Finding and using IT, Creativity & Innovation, Global & Cultural Awareness, Civic Responsibility, Work Ethic, Personal Responsibility, Communication, Collaboration. PWR Vision: To decrease remediation rates and enhance our Competitive Global Economy. PWR Mission: Assist students throughout their HS career in developing: Content Knowledge, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Finding and using IT, Creativity & Innovation, Global & Cultural Awareness, Civic Responsibility, Work Ethic, Personal Responsibility, Communication, Collaboration.

31. Additional Resources: www.coloradostateplan.com Toolbox for Educators: Plans of Study Content Standards Career Guidance www.coloradostateplan.com www.collegeincolorado.org www.cde.state.co.us/secondaryinitiatives O*Net - www.onetonline.orgO*Net - www.onetonline.org **(students)students

32. Remember….. You R.O.C.K! R – React with O – Optimism C – Challenge and K - Knowledge

33. Questions ?

34. Contact Lauren ‘LJ’ Jones CTE-Career Guidance Trainer Lauren.jones@cccs.edu 720-858-2825