1) The Porterville Unified School District has several career pathway academies across its high schools, with varying levels of certification from the National Academy Foundation.
2) The district uses a blended Linked Learning and California Content approach to career pathways, integrating project-based learning, work-based learning, and postsecondary articulation.
3) The district faces challenges in expanding pathways equitably to all students while maintaining quality, developing sustainable mentorship programs, and measuring college and career readiness outcomes.
2. Pathway LL Certification Status
HMA – Academy of Engineering Certified - Distinguished
PHS – Academy of Health Sciences Certified - Distinguished
PHS – Academy of Finance Certified - Distinguished
HMA – Academy of Performing Arts Certified
PHS – AERO Academy Certified
MHS – Multimedia Technology Academy Certified
GHHS – Digital Design and Communication Academy Certified
MHS – Environmental Science Academy Pending
SHS – Emerging Agriculture Technology Academy Pending
GHHS – Law and Justice Academy Pending
MHS – Manufacturing, Construction and Technology
Academy
Site Based
Year of Planning
MHS – Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Tourism Academy Site Based
Year of Planning
GHHS - Education Site-Based
Academy Development and Structure
10. CHALLENGES & HIGHLIGHTS
• Expansion in PUSD
– Highlight: Growth and Success in LL Pathways
– Challenge: Expansion and Maintain Quality Work with
Equitable Access for All students
• Mentoring
– Highlight: T/K Consortium Work and Regional Partnership
– Challenge: Time, Resources and Achieving Sustainability
• Data Use
– Highlight: Track Academic key data points
– Challenge: Measurement of College and Career Readiness
11. NEXT STEPS
• Fidelity to LL Model
– Continuous Program Improvement –
Annual Action Planning
– Build Quality towards Certification status
and beyond
• K-16 Focus – CCPT2
• Celebrate, Celebrate, Celebrate!
Editor's Notes
Slide 2: Academy Development and Structure
Original 10 began opening from 2008 to 2010 as Linked Learning Pathways
7 are certified – a status reflecting quality status as recog by connected and naf
of these 7 certified pathway 3 have received distinguished status. Only 4 distinguished pathways in state of ca and 3 are in Pville
Mid year decided that all pathways or academies would be recognized as NAF academies, so that we could use the same program development assessment and certification process. Having a common system of program improvement and analysis will help support the consistency in district wide system of work.
Goal of adding 3 more certifications to list
3 emerging YOP Pathways
2,631 Pathway students for 2015-16!
This is over 50% of all students in our five high schools are enrolled in a LL Pathway on a full-time basis.
Here is how the 2631 student breakdown goes per pathway.
Highly popular: LJE, Health Sciences, Engineering and Business
This fall, we anticipate 749 9th grade students to enter the pathway of their choice as a fulltime student studying in the LL pathway on the high school campus.
Key LL components:
Academic College Prep Core integrated with Demanding Career themed Core creating the Real World Application
This multidisciplinary curricular instruction is found in the Integrated PBL projects developed and/or enhanced each year by our grade level pahtway teams of teachers (no longer silo of traditional lesson planning but cross departments with cte at the core.)
PUSD set as priority the “blended LL/CC” approach. K-12 district-wide focus of college and career preparation for all students. Following suit of renaming cc as california standards our pathway and common core coaches – renamed as Instructional Coaches – to drive cohesive, coordinated effort around our district-wide monthly PD sessions.
This year, work around performance assessment development