1.
Solving the Team
Building Puzzle
Collaborative Alignment Support Team

2.
Role of Attendee
What is your role in your current
school?

3.
Purpose – Why are you here?
Why is it necessary to become a
team?
What can teams accomplish?
Who are the players?

4.
Someone had a vision!
The process can be initiated by
any stakeholder to begin:
 California Partnership Academy
 Small Learning Communities
 Career Pathway

5.
Team Dynamics
Collaboration
Common Goal (Summative)
Common Formative Assessment
Diversity in Representation
Expertise
Time to be Together
Motivation/Inspiration

6.
Are You Puzzled?
Putting a team together

7.
High School
CTE
Industry/Community Administrator
Instructor(s)
Core
Partners
Teachers
Post
Counselor
Secondary
Middle School
Rep
Admin/Staff District Rep

8.
Will:
• Encourage the process
High School
• Guide decision making
Administrator
• Provide essential
support
• Provide financial
assistance

9.
High School
Administrator

10.
Will:
• Provide CTE
CTE
standards based
Instructor(s)
instruction
• Collaborate on
interdisciplinary
curriculum
• Bring career expertise
and work place
application

11.
CTE
Instructor(s)
High School
Administrator

12.
Will:
• Provide academic
standards based
instruction
Core
Teachers
• Collaborate on
interdisciplinary
curriculum
• Bring subject
matter expertise

13.
CTE
Instructor(s)
Core
High School
Teachers
Administrator

14.
Will:
• Provide student guidance
Counselor
• Help design and
implement the
interdisciplinary schedule
• Monitor student progress/
generate data
• Continued academic
support

15.
CTE
Counselor
Instructor(s)
Core
High School
Teachers
Administrator

16.
Will:
• Provide
foundation of
Middle School
Admin/Staff
career awareness
• Articulate with the
CTE high school
program

17.
CTE
Counselor
Instructor(s)
Core
High School
Teachers
Administrator
Middle School
Administrator

18.
Will:
• Facilitate
Post
articulation
Secondary
Rep
• Provide advanced
technical training

19.
CTE
Counselor
Instructor(s)
Core
High School
Teachers
Administrator
Middle School
Post
Administrator
Secondary
Rep

20.
Will:
• Provide work-based learning
• Provide mentors and guest
lecturers
Industry/
Community
Partner
• Provide resources
• Provide legislative advocacy
• Provide professional
development

21.
CTE
Counselor
Instructor(s)
Core
High School
Teachers
Administrator
Industry/
Middle School
Post Community
Administrator
Secondary Partner
Rep

22.
Will:
Support the concept of the
career emphasis/focus
process and components
Provide regularly scheduled
District Rep
time for pathway team
collaboration
Support high tech learning
facilities, equipment and
pathway promotion

23.
CTE
Counselor
Instructor(s)
Core
High School
Teachers
Administrator
Industry/
Middle School District Rep
Post Community
Administrator
Secondary Partner
Rep

24.
Recap
Players, Role , etc.

25.
CTE
Counselor
Instructor(s)
Core
High School
Teachers
Administrator
Industry/
Middle School District Rep
Post Community
Administrator
Secondary Partner
Rep

26.
Small Groups
What pieces are missing in your
puzzle?
Adding those pieces:
 Resources
 Solid Strategies
 Suggested Activities

27.
Funding Sources
FEDERAL
Carl Perkins Act
Title II (NCLB)
Title I (NCLB)
STATE
SB70 (Chancellors Office)

28.
Resources
 http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/
 http://www.health-careers.org/
 http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/
 http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/sb70/sb70.htm
 http://www.careerclusters.org/
 http://www.cacareerzone.org
 http://www.statewidepathways.org/
 http://casn.berkeley.edu/
 http://www.ca-clearinghouse.net/

29.
Contacts
Carla Cherry – Kern Resource Center
 ccherry@khsd.k12.ca.us
 661.827.3266
Cindy Beck - CDE
 cbeck@cde.ca.gov
 916.319.0470