1. Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College Articulation

2. Articulation Simply: An agreement between two institutions. Variations: 1.Alignment of course content 2.Sequencing of skills & knowledge 3.Advanced placement by examination

3. Two directions: Between community colleges and universities (public and private) Between high schools and colleges –typically in vocational areas – can take various forms

4. Our project: Articulation between high schools and colleges

5. 2+2 2+2+2 Middle College Early College High School Concurrent Enrollment Tech Prep School-to-Career (federal name: STW) SB 70, Scott (Governor’s Initiative on Economic Development and Career Technical Education) Secondary / Postsecondary Linkage Projects

6. Governor’s Initiative on Economic Development and Career Technical Education Chaptered into Ed Code 88532 CCC System Office ---developing many projects CCC Academic Senate will develop one project--to develop H.S. articulation SB 70 (Scott)

7. Opportunities for faculty to develop agreements. Database of agreements Outreach strategies to students, parents, staff Goal: More transportability of articulation agreements Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College Articulation Overall Project Purpose

8. Career Pathways Agriculture, natural resources Arts, media, entertainment Building trades Energy Engineering Fashion, interior design Finance & business Health, human services Hospitality, tourism Info tech Manufacturing Educ services Public services Retail & wholesale Transportation

9. Status Steering committee met 3,700 existing agreements collected First disciplines identified; resource materials developed; template drafted Database & technology infrastructure developed Website under construction Oct. 2006: first discipline meetings

10. Fall ’06 Disciplines South Coast: Business/accounting North/Far North: Building Trades Desert: Health Occupations/C.N.A. San Diego: Hospitality LA/Orange: Arts & media/animation Bay Area: I.T./ web design Central: Child Development Statewide: I.T. apps & Ornamental Horticulture

11. Sequence Discipline groups meet in-person (later remotely). –Groups include high school & college faculty, tech prep & articulation reps, administrators. –Groups review existing agreements & write articulation templates. Templates disseminated for field input. –Once approved, added to new database. Larger discipline groups write local/regional agreements –New articulation agreements put into database.

12. Next steps More disciplines/pathways added. Outreach to parents, students, school and college staff and faculty. Cooperation with other projects. 2 + 2 + 2 options will be considered.

13. Questions? Contact the project’s office at careerpathways@sbcglobal.net careerpathways@sbcglobal.net Or call the Academic Senate (916) 445-4753