There’s a lot of talk about ensuring students are ready for college and career. What does it mean and what are the implications for your district, school, academy and course? Participants will discuss a definition and framework that can drive curriculum and instruction, work-based learning and even the district system of support and assessment.

1. College and Career Ready:
What do we Mean?
Brad Stam and Rob Atterbury
ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career

2. Welcome/Introduction
 Who’s in the
room?

3. Brainstorming
What are the most important things that
students should know and be able to do upon
graduation from NAF Academy to better
prepare them for tomorrow’s economy and
society?

5. Individual Reflection and Table Discussion
Read pages 14-15
and reference 27-32
What’s resonating?
What’s new for
you?
What question are
coming up for you?

6. College and Career
Readiness Framework

7. College and Career Ready Student

9. Vertical Alignment of Student Outcomes
Level of Example of
Assessment College Career Alignment
Life
District
Graduate Profile
Effective Communicator
(District Outcomes)
Communicates effectively, orally, in
21st Century Domain
WASC School Site ESLRs writing, and non-verbally
College Domain
Career Domain
Employs appropriate terminology and
Pathway Outcomes protocols to perform effectively in
health care settings
Utilizes correct medical terminology in
Course Outcomes course projects and presentations
Accurately explains virological
Project Outcomes properties in presentation on vaccine
solution to pandemic project.
Student

10. Outcomes as a Driver
1 9 10 11 12
Outcome 1 + ++ +++ ++++
2 Outcome 2 ++ ++ +++ ++++
Outcome 3 + + ++ +++
Pathway identifies/refines graduate
outcomes aligned with school and …which are then articulated into
district… grade-level benchmarks…
4 3
…and the benchmarks are designed into projects …that are assessed using
with authentic products and performances. high-level rubrics…

11. Read pages 16-19
Implications
How does this apply to
my own work in my NAF
academy?
What role can college and
career ready outcomes
play in academic courses
as well as in Career
Technical courses?
What forms of
assessment would be
needed?

12. A Balanced System of Assessment
College and Career Ready Pathway Student Outcomes
Informative Transformative
Discipline-Based Interdisciplinary
Standardized Authentic
Summative Formative
State Local
Single Criteria Rubric-Based
Individual Teacher Common Task
Teacher Assessed Self and Peer Assessed

13. ConnectEd Resources
• Tools and manuals
• Video examples
• Electronic Performance
Mapping Tools
www.ConnectEdCalifornia.org

14. Contact Information
Brad Stam
bstam@connectedcalifornia.org
Rob Atterbury
ratterbury@connectedcalifornia.org