Welcome to Williamsport! 2008 CEW Governor’s Institute Primer Presented by Sue Fox

Where You’ll Learn to Improve Your Game…

CEW Gov. Inst. Goals To create a vision and develop an implementation plan for standards-based Career Education Work district and classroom practices in K-12 by: Providing individual participants with content information on Career Education and Work Standards and understanding the resources within the on-line Toolkit. Assisting K-12 school district teams in developing a comprehensive implementation plan for the standards. using Career Education and Work Standards

To create a vision and develop an implementation plan for standards-based Career Education

Work district and classroom practices in K-12 by:

Providing individual participants with content information on Career Education and Work Standards and

understanding the resources within the on-line Toolkit. Assisting K-12 school district teams in developing a comprehensive implementation plan for the standards.

“ Think Globally” Study your school district to discover current CEW practices and identify gaps Use entrepreneurial thinking as you create a system wide plan for CEW standards implementation in your school district. This plan will be presented to your administrator on Thursday. What You Will Do This Week

“ Think Globally”

Study your school district to discover current CEW practices and identify gaps

Use entrepreneurial thinking as you create a system wide plan for CEW standards implementation in your school district. This plan will be presented to your administrator on Thursday.

What You Will Do This Week “ Act Locally” (classroom application & strategies for use with individual students) Learn best practice CEW strategies for your classroom Examine individual case studies as you learn to apply Career Development theory

“ Act Locally” (classroom application & strategies for use with individual students)

Learn best practice CEW strategies for your classroom

Examine individual case studies as you learn to apply Career Development theory

First Things First —CEW Standards What Are They?

First Things First —CEW Standards The Foundation of School Reform

Relevance, Rigor, Relationship & Reality

PA CEW Standards were adopted in the fall of 2006

Because the World has changed…

Getting Real For this generation, career maturity is as important as academic maturity. --Ken Gray author of Getting Real Penn State University

For this generation, career maturity is as important as academic maturity.

--Ken Gray

author of Getting Real

Penn State University

PA Career Education & Work Standards Strand #1 Career Awareness & Preparation

PA Career Education & Work Standards Strand #2 Career Acquisition (getting a job)

PA Career Education & Work Standards Strand #3 Career Retention & Advancement

PA Career Education & Work Standards Strand #4 Entrepreneurship

PA Career Education & Work Standards

CEW GI Overview

CEW GI Overview

Seek First to Understand Career Development Theory

John Holland

Albert Bandura

Donald Super

This afternoon Panel Discussion: Promising Practices, Fantastic Outcomes!

After Dinner… Theory into Practice Activities

Theory into Practice Activities

Begin with the End in Mind Project Overview

Project Overview

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Project Overview 1. Case Study

1. Case Study

Case Studies

Project Overview 2. Business Plan

2. Business Plan

Business Plan

Project Overview 3. CEW IMPLEMENTATION POWERPOINT

3. CEW IMPLEMENTATION POWERPOINT

CEW Presentation

Project Overview—Friday 4. Team Sharing

4. Team Sharing

Team Sharing CEW Promising Practices Post-assessment

CEW Promising Practices

Post-assessment

Institute Expectations You attend all sessions Participate in the activities Etc…. Jeannette do you want me to say something about this?

You attend all sessions

Participate in the activities

Etc….

Jeannette do you want me to say something about this?

Thinking Like an Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is a process through which people pursue opportunity, use resources, and initiate change to create value.

Entrepreneurship is a process through which people pursue opportunity, use resources, and initiate change to create value.

our challenge…

BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS HHHS Adventure Club--Alaska

Entrepreneurs are NOT

they become

If you ask a group of executives

talented competitive skilled creative innovative and entrepreneurial

we need innovators who combine skill with an ENTREPRENURIAL MINDSET

Entrepreneurial Mindset? Problem Solvers: Can anticipate and troubleshoot problems Looks at problems as opportunities Networks connects with others and builds strategic relationships. Market Awareness I can scan the marketplace and assess potential needs and gaps.

Problem Solvers:

Can anticipate and troubleshoot problems

Looks at problems as opportunities

Networks

connects with others and builds strategic relationships.

Market Awareness

I can scan the marketplace and assess potential needs and gaps.

Entrepreneurial Mindset? Low Support Needs provides for own needs with little support from others. Rationale Decision Maker has a basis for making effective decisions. Good Judgment can pick the right people to help execute vision.

Low Support Needs

provides for own needs with little support from others.

Rationale Decision Maker

has a basis for making effective decisions.

Good Judgment

can pick the right people to help execute vision.

Compare

Why Write A Business Plan? It will require you to practice entrepreneurial thinking and entrepreneurial habits

It will require you to practice entrepreneurial thinking and entrepreneurial habits

Why Write A Business Plan? 2. You will need to consider the realities that your administrators and community must consider as you plan: -financial feasibility -local opportunities -how to sell your plan to students, parents, community members and your faculty.

2. You will need to consider the realities that your administrators and community must consider as you plan: -financial feasibility

-local opportunities

-how to sell your plan

to students, parents,

community members

and your faculty.

Importance of a Business Plan A business plan makes you think about all aspects of your CEW implementation process.

A business plan makes you think about all aspects of your CEW implementation process.

2. A business plan may help you secure funding for your ideas. Importance of a Business Plan

2. A business plan may help you secure

funding for your ideas.

3. A business plan helps you communicate your ideas to others. Importance of a Business Plan “ the great communicator”

3. A business plan helps you

communicate your ideas to others.

4. A business plan can serve as a tool for managing your CEW program. Importance of a Business Plan

4. A business plan can serve as a tool for

managing your CEW program.

Essential Questions of the CEW BP What are your CEW standards gaps and what is your concept for CEW standards implementation ?

What are your CEW standards gaps and what is your concept for CEW standards implementation ?

Essential Questions of the CEW BP What is the need for CEW standards in your school district?

What is the need for CEW standards in your school district?

Essential Questions of the CEW BP What are the costs associated with your CEW implementation concept?

What are the costs associated with your CEW implementation concept?

Essential Questions of the CEW BP How will this fit into your existing program?

How will this fit into your existing program?

It’s time to Play Ball!