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US Department of Education
The Role of the Federal Government
in Education and
Plans for the Second Term

Aaron Bredenkamp
Teaching Ambassador Fellow
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Iowa Association of Alternative Education
Des Moines, IA
April 4, 2013
Department of Education
     Mission Statement

ED's mission is to promote
student achievement and
  preparation for global
   competitiveness by
  fostering educational
 excellence and ensuring
       equal access
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The federal role should be to invest in
innovation and build capacity to drive reform.


                    Best ideas          Use federal dollars to spur &
    New
                  from the state         support reform and create
 Federal Role     and local level.        conditions for success.



                         Standards               Teachers & Leaders
 Conditions for
   Success                  Data                 School Turnaround


                   Comprehensive plans             Collaboration at
   Theory of           for change.                     all levels.
    Change
                        Shared responsibility for student results.
Fairer, Flexibility, and
More Focused Accountability
•American Jobs Act Proposal
•Waivers from No Child Left Behind
   •http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/esea-flexibility/index.html
   •http://www.ed.gov/esea/flexibility/requests
•Race To The Top I, II, III, IV
   •http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/states-continue-progress-
   during-second-year-race-top
   •http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html
•Early Learning Challenge Grants
•Investing in Innovation - i3
   •http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html
   •http://www.ed.gov/open/plan/investing-innovation-i3
•RESPECT Project
   •http://www.ed.gov/teaching/national-conversation
   •http://www2.ed.gov/documents/labor-management-
   collaboration/vision-statement.pdf
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“Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a
path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on
graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a
technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that
they're ready for a job. At schools like P-Tech in Brooklyn, a
collaboration between New York Public Schools, the City University
of New York, and IBM, students will graduate with a high school
diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering.
We need to give every American student opportunities like this.
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Four years ago, we started Race to the Top – a competition that
convinced almost every state to develop smarter curricula and
higher standards, for about 1 percent of what we spend on
education each year. Tonight, I'm announcing a new challenge to
redesign America's high schools so they better equip graduates for
the demands of a high-tech economy. We'll reward schools that
develop new partnerships with colleges and employers, and create
classes that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math –
the skills today's employers are looking for to fill jobs right now and
in the future.”
-President Obama,
 State of the Union Address, February 12, 2013
ED’s Cradle to Career Agenda
Four Core Principles for the
                Transformation of CTE
Transforming the Perkins program would add to key investments the Obama
Administration already has made to align classroom teaching and learning
with real-world business needs. These investments include $2 billion in Trade
Adjustment Assistant grants to strengthen community college programs
and workforce partnerships. In addition, transforming the Perkins program
aligns with proposed investments that include $8 billion for the Community
College to Career Fund aimed at training 2 million workers for high-growth
industries, and $1 billion to help 500,000 (a 50-percent increase) high school
students participate in career academies.

The Obama Administration’s FY 2013 budget proposes a $1.1 billion
investment to support the transformation of the Perkins program. For a copy
of the Administration’s proposal, Investing in America’s Future: A Blueprint for
Transforming Career and Technical Education,
Investing in America:
 A Blueprint for Transforming
Career and Technical Education
                                     Includes key changes from the current Perkins
                                    Act and highlights the administration's proposal
                                    for reauthorization that will usher in a new era
                                    of rigorous, relevant and results-driven CTE
                                    shaped by four core principles—Alignment,
                                    Collaboration, Accountability and Innovation.
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Four Core Principles for the
              Transformation of CTE

 Effective ALIGNMENT between CTE and labor market
 needs to equip students with 21st-century skills and
 prepare them for in-demand occupations in high-growth
 industry sectors

•Clear Expectations for High-quality Programming: Provide states better
guidance on establishing high-quality programs
•A More Active Role for States: Empower states to identify the in-demand
occupations in high-growth industry sectors on which CTE programs should
focus
Opportunityindex.org


Today, the most commonly discussed measure on economic strength and security are
the GDP and the poverty rate. Both measures are too limited and do not provide
communities the data they need to understand the progress they can make in boosting
measures of economic mobility for Americans.

This led us to our interest in developing an Opportunity Index that measures a number of
indicators at the county and state levels that contribute to economic opportunity and
mobility. We include indicators that have a demonstrated connection to expanding or
restricting economic mobility and opportunity, which together help measure the
opportunities that are present in different communities.
Opportunityindex.org
Opportunityindex.org
Opportunityindex.org
Four Core Principles for the
                  Transformation of CTE

    Strong COLLABORATION among secondary and
    postsecondary institutions, employers, and industry
    partners to improve the quality of CTE programs

•Consortia Funding: Establish consortia to ensure collaboration among
secondary and postsecondary institutions
•Private-sector Match: Use a match contribution to strengthen the
participation of employers, industry, and labor partners in program design
and execution
Four Core Principles for the
                  Transformation of CTE

    Meaningful ACCOUNTABILITY for improving academic
    outcomes and building technical and employability skills
    in CTE programs, based upon common definitions and
    clear metrics for performance
•Within-state Competition to Distribute Funds to Consortia: Provide states
increased autonomy to select and fund high-quality programs responsive to
regional labor-market needs
•Common Definitions to Strengthen Data Systems and Close Equity Gaps for
Participation: Use uniform definitions for participation and performance
indicators to create high-quality data systems that enable meaningful
comparisons and identification of equity gaps
•Incentives for High Performance: Incentivize and reward local recipients that
exceed performance targets
Four Core Principles for the
                  Transformation of CTE
    Increased emphasis on INNOVATION supported by
    systemic reform of state policies and practices to support
    CTE implementation of effective practices at the local
    level

•State Conditions for Success and Innovation: Ensure states have in place the
policies and systems to support programs at the local level

•A Competitive CTE Innovation and Transformation Fund: Develop and
implement new practices and models at the local level and support systemic
reforms at the state level
www.careertech.org
         http://www.careertech.org/resources/statesnapshots.html



         Looking for information on Career Technical
         Education (CTE) in your state? Our new
         collection, CTE State Snapshots: CTE Data
         for Your State, provides recent CTE
         information, enrollment data, performance
         data, funding levels, and labor market
         connections, all specific to your state. These
         tools can help you tell the story of how CTE is
         working in your state and every state across
         our nation.Use the CTE State Snapshots as an
         advocacy resource, sharing these CTE data
         points and facts with educators,
         administrators, policymakers, and business
         and industry.
United States Department of
    Education, RESPECT Project
“Our goal is to work with
educators in rebuilding their
profession—and to elevate
the teacher voice in shaping
federal, state and local
education policy…Our larger
goal is to make teaching not
only America’s most
important profession—but
America’s most respected
profession.”
Why RESPECT?

R         Recognizing
E         Educational
S           Success
P         Professional
E         Excellence
C        Collaborative
T          Teaching
What Does It All Mean?
• Educational Success recognizes our commitment to
  improving student outcomes
• Professional Excellence means that we will
  continuously sharpen our practice, and that we will
  recognize, reward, and learn from great teachers and
  school leaders.
• Collaborative Teaching means that we will concentrate
  on shared responsibility and decision-making.
  Successful collaboration means creating schools where
  principals and teachers work and learn together in
  communities of practice, hold each other accountable,
  and lift each other to new levels of skill and
  competence.
7 Critical Areas
1.A Reorganized Classroom
2.A New School Day and School Year
3.An Environment of Shared Responsibility
  among Teachers and Principals
4.Entering the Profession
5.Career Pathways and Professional
  Advancement
6.Teacher Evaluation and Development
7.Community/Family Engagement
Labor Management Collaboration
Multi-stakeholder groups gathers in Cincinnati in May of 2012 and agreed upon
the document “Transforming the Profession“ which contains the same 7 critical
areas of necessary improvement as the RESPECT document.




American Association of School Administrators, American Federation of Teachers, Council of the Great City
Schools, Council of Chief State School Officers, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Education
Association, and National School Boards Association
Learn More!
                  Connect with ED
Find us on the Web
www2.ed.gov/teachers/landing.jhtml
www.ed.gov/teaching
www.free.ed.gov/
answers.ed.gov/

Sign up for the Teaching Matter’s Newsletter
www.ed.gov/teaching/teaching-matters-archive

Social Media
www.youtube.com/usedgov
www.facebook.com/ED.gov
www.twitter.com/usedgov
If Arne Duncan was here…


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 What would you want to tell him?
QUESTIONS?
              COMMENTS?

Aaron Bredenkamp
Teaching Ambassador Fellow
Aaron.Bredenkamp@ed.gov

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  • 1. US Department of Education The Role of the Federal Government in Education and Plans for the Second Term Aaron Bredenkamp Teaching Ambassador Fellow QuickTime™ and a Aaron.Bredenkamp@ed.gov decompressor are needed to see this picture. Iowa Association of Alternative Education Des Moines, IA April 4, 2013
  • 2. Department of Education Mission Statement ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access
  • 5. The federal role should be to invest in innovation and build capacity to drive reform. Best ideas Use federal dollars to spur & New from the state support reform and create Federal Role and local level. conditions for success. Standards Teachers & Leaders Conditions for Success Data School Turnaround Comprehensive plans Collaboration at Theory of for change. all levels. Change Shared responsibility for student results.
  • 6. Fairer, Flexibility, and More Focused Accountability
  • 7. •American Jobs Act Proposal •Waivers from No Child Left Behind •http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/esea-flexibility/index.html •http://www.ed.gov/esea/flexibility/requests •Race To The Top I, II, III, IV •http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/states-continue-progress- during-second-year-race-top •http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html •Early Learning Challenge Grants •Investing in Innovation - i3 •http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html •http://www.ed.gov/open/plan/investing-innovation-i3 •RESPECT Project •http://www.ed.gov/teaching/national-conversation •http://www2.ed.gov/documents/labor-management- collaboration/vision-statement.pdf
  • 12. “Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-Tech in Brooklyn, a collaboration between New York Public Schools, the City University of New York, and IBM, students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this. QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. Four years ago, we started Race to the Top – a competition that convinced almost every state to develop smarter curricula and higher standards, for about 1 percent of what we spend on education each year. Tonight, I'm announcing a new challenge to redesign America's high schools so they better equip graduates for the demands of a high-tech economy. We'll reward schools that develop new partnerships with colleges and employers, and create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math – the skills today's employers are looking for to fill jobs right now and in the future.” -President Obama, State of the Union Address, February 12, 2013
  • 13. ED’s Cradle to Career Agenda
  • 14. Four Core Principles for the Transformation of CTE Transforming the Perkins program would add to key investments the Obama Administration already has made to align classroom teaching and learning with real-world business needs. These investments include $2 billion in Trade Adjustment Assistant grants to strengthen community college programs and workforce partnerships. In addition, transforming the Perkins program aligns with proposed investments that include $8 billion for the Community College to Career Fund aimed at training 2 million workers for high-growth industries, and $1 billion to help 500,000 (a 50-percent increase) high school students participate in career academies. The Obama Administration’s FY 2013 budget proposes a $1.1 billion investment to support the transformation of the Perkins program. For a copy of the Administration’s proposal, Investing in America’s Future: A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education,
  • 15. Investing in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education Includes key changes from the current Perkins Act and highlights the administration's proposal for reauthorization that will usher in a new era of rigorous, relevant and results-driven CTE shaped by four core principles—Alignment, Collaboration, Accountability and Innovation. QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.
  • 16. Four Core Principles for the Transformation of CTE Effective ALIGNMENT between CTE and labor market needs to equip students with 21st-century skills and prepare them for in-demand occupations in high-growth industry sectors •Clear Expectations for High-quality Programming: Provide states better guidance on establishing high-quality programs •A More Active Role for States: Empower states to identify the in-demand occupations in high-growth industry sectors on which CTE programs should focus
  • 17. Opportunityindex.org Today, the most commonly discussed measure on economic strength and security are the GDP and the poverty rate. Both measures are too limited and do not provide communities the data they need to understand the progress they can make in boosting measures of economic mobility for Americans. This led us to our interest in developing an Opportunity Index that measures a number of indicators at the county and state levels that contribute to economic opportunity and mobility. We include indicators that have a demonstrated connection to expanding or restricting economic mobility and opportunity, which together help measure the opportunities that are present in different communities.
  • 21. Four Core Principles for the Transformation of CTE Strong COLLABORATION among secondary and postsecondary institutions, employers, and industry partners to improve the quality of CTE programs •Consortia Funding: Establish consortia to ensure collaboration among secondary and postsecondary institutions •Private-sector Match: Use a match contribution to strengthen the participation of employers, industry, and labor partners in program design and execution
  • 22. Four Core Principles for the Transformation of CTE Meaningful ACCOUNTABILITY for improving academic outcomes and building technical and employability skills in CTE programs, based upon common definitions and clear metrics for performance •Within-state Competition to Distribute Funds to Consortia: Provide states increased autonomy to select and fund high-quality programs responsive to regional labor-market needs •Common Definitions to Strengthen Data Systems and Close Equity Gaps for Participation: Use uniform definitions for participation and performance indicators to create high-quality data systems that enable meaningful comparisons and identification of equity gaps •Incentives for High Performance: Incentivize and reward local recipients that exceed performance targets
  • 23. Four Core Principles for the Transformation of CTE Increased emphasis on INNOVATION supported by systemic reform of state policies and practices to support CTE implementation of effective practices at the local level •State Conditions for Success and Innovation: Ensure states have in place the policies and systems to support programs at the local level •A Competitive CTE Innovation and Transformation Fund: Develop and implement new practices and models at the local level and support systemic reforms at the state level
  • 24. www.careertech.org http://www.careertech.org/resources/statesnapshots.html Looking for information on Career Technical Education (CTE) in your state? Our new collection, CTE State Snapshots: CTE Data for Your State, provides recent CTE information, enrollment data, performance data, funding levels, and labor market connections, all specific to your state. These tools can help you tell the story of how CTE is working in your state and every state across our nation.Use the CTE State Snapshots as an advocacy resource, sharing these CTE data points and facts with educators, administrators, policymakers, and business and industry.
  • 25. United States Department of Education, RESPECT Project “Our goal is to work with educators in rebuilding their profession—and to elevate the teacher voice in shaping federal, state and local education policy…Our larger goal is to make teaching not only America’s most important profession—but America’s most respected profession.”
  • 26. Why RESPECT? R Recognizing E Educational S Success P Professional E Excellence C Collaborative T Teaching
  • 27. What Does It All Mean? • Educational Success recognizes our commitment to improving student outcomes • Professional Excellence means that we will continuously sharpen our practice, and that we will recognize, reward, and learn from great teachers and school leaders. • Collaborative Teaching means that we will concentrate on shared responsibility and decision-making. Successful collaboration means creating schools where principals and teachers work and learn together in communities of practice, hold each other accountable, and lift each other to new levels of skill and competence.
  • 28. 7 Critical Areas 1.A Reorganized Classroom 2.A New School Day and School Year 3.An Environment of Shared Responsibility among Teachers and Principals 4.Entering the Profession 5.Career Pathways and Professional Advancement 6.Teacher Evaluation and Development 7.Community/Family Engagement
  • 29. Labor Management Collaboration Multi-stakeholder groups gathers in Cincinnati in May of 2012 and agreed upon the document “Transforming the Profession“ which contains the same 7 critical areas of necessary improvement as the RESPECT document. American Association of School Administrators, American Federation of Teachers, Council of the Great City Schools, Council of Chief State School Officers, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Education Association, and National School Boards Association
  • 30. Learn More! Connect with ED Find us on the Web www2.ed.gov/teachers/landing.jhtml www.ed.gov/teaching www.free.ed.gov/ answers.ed.gov/ Sign up for the Teaching Matter’s Newsletter www.ed.gov/teaching/teaching-matters-archive Social Media www.youtube.com/usedgov www.facebook.com/ED.gov www.twitter.com/usedgov
  • 31. If Arne Duncan was here… QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. What would you want to tell him?
  • 32. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? Aaron Bredenkamp Teaching Ambassador Fellow Aaron.Bredenkamp@ed.gov Slides for this presentation can be found at

Editor's Notes

  1. I am not the exclusive voice of ED Rather will give a broad understanding of Fed policy Hope to connect teachers to ED
  2. Want to give a quick overview of ED, t his maybe a review for some, but I want to give an explanation of ED and it’s goals in order to frame the CTE initiatives, as there are many similarities between the “new” ED and CTE policy
  3. This maybe a review for some, but I want to give an explanation of ED and it’s goals in order to frame the CTE initiatives, as there are many similarities.
  4. We have limited power and resources…so how does ED effect education across America? And in a positive way, not like NCLB
  5. Shift from a regulator towards a facilitator of change and collaborator of success. The question is, how do we do that with out limited influence and funding?
  6. Area’s where ED wanted to change and improve
  7. Programs that have stemmed from this belief. Ensure educational funding Giving more control at the local level, especially in regards to accountability measures Rewarding innovation and outcomes (3-5) and rethinking the funding model Increase communication and influence from teachers
  8. Highest graduation rates since 1974 78.2 percent of high school students nationwide graduated on time, which is a substantial increase from the 73.4 percent recorded in 2005-6. ED is not responsible for this, teacher like you are, a new era in education is responsible, especially CTE teachers who are finding new ways to connect with students. Give a round of applause to yourselves as you are making a difference
  9. Even with these victories there is still much to be done. These numbers are not new to Alt ED educators
  10. Many of students struggle to reach the next level and when they do they are ill-prepared
  11. CTE is getting more press and promotion at the Federal level (and at ED) than ever before. President Obama noted CTE education in his recent SOTU address, calling for students to be career ready
  12. No longer “College Ready” or “College Bound” the new scope is from Cradle to Career
  13. Education is the largest item increase in the 2013 budget Ensuring educational funding has been essential to this administration agenda Many of us use Perkin’s funding in Alt Ed I’m going to use it as an example of how the current administration is reshaping ED policy
  14. Published April 19, 2012
  15. CTE must be tied to local-economical needs. It must serve a local purpose to fill employment needs
  16. It is essential that we understand the economic and employment needs of our local communities. This is an example of one tool to help determine areas for growth.
  17. Can be looked at state level
  18. Of at the local level to get a better understanding of the local economy
  19. At the local level a more detailed report can be examined. While not the best tool, it is an example of how local economies must be analyzed in order for proper CTE programs to be built
  20. CTE programs must have business partners in order to remain relevant and ensure that the skills we teach our kids are the skills they will need for future employment
  21. We must ensure that investments in CTE are creating employment and jobs as an outcome. We must ensure funding is spent correctly and in an meaningful way. To much money is spent on programs that do not are not valid CTE.
  22. You can see how the Blueprint of CTE contains the same beliefs as the overall vision of ED. More control at the local level paired with increased accountability, funding that rewards innovations and outcomes.
  23. A great place to find more information, learn how your state is doing, and get free CTE resources (including career clusters and common career technical core ) This is an example of how states are collaborating and learning from each other
  24. A direct example of how teachers voice is being heard in the department and used to shape policy
  25. Find more in depth information as well as contacts at the Department Full versions of the CTE Blueprint and RESPECT document
  26. My role as a TAF Go out get the opinions of others, in this case focused on Alt ED