1) The document discusses a grant-funded partnership between College of the Siskiyous, K-12 schools in Siskiyou County, and regional healthcare providers to strengthen career technical education programs and pathways in healthcare fields. 2) Key activities undertaken through the partnership included teacher collaborations, guest speakers, student field trips and job shadows, curriculum development, and tracking student progress through pathways using CalPASS data. 3) Outcomes included new courses at the middle school and high school levels to increase career awareness, articulation of high school courses with college programs, and expanded interest among students and teachers in CTE pathways in healthcare fields.

1. Middle Schools and CTE Building Connections, Supporting Pathways Christy Cummings Dawson, Amy Gaither, Kim Greene, Marian Murphy-Shaw

2. Grant SB70 Strengthening Career Technical Education Programs Grant California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office 2 years (May 2007 – May 2009) Middle School-College Pathways $250,000

3. Partnership College of the Siskiyous Siskiyou County Office of Education Siskiyou ROP Tech Prep Far North Dist. Points K-12 Districts in Siskiyou County Mercy Medical Center Fairchild Medical Center Siskiyou Training & Employment Program

4. Participating Schools Sisson Elementary Etna High School College of the Siskiyous and…

5. Participating Schools K-12 Feeder-Destination Alignment: Butteville Elementary Weed Elementary Weed High School Grenada Elementary Jackson Street School Yreka High School

6. Implementation Grant awarded May 2007 Director hired September 2007 First partnership meeting October 2007 Ongoing CTEOnline, CAPathways work End of Year 1 Meeting June 2008 Ongoing 7-14 collaboration work 2008-09 Pathways Day January 2009 Closing down grant activity April 2009 End of Year 2 Meeting spring 2009

7. Collaboration Leadership Team Jeff Cummings – Dean of CTE, College of the Siskiyous Christy Cummings Dawson – CTE Grant Director, College of the Siskiyous Marian Murphy-Shaw – Siskiyou Tech Prep, SCOE Kim Greene – Director, Siskiyou ROP Paul Mrowczynski – Tech Prep Far North Distribution Points

8. Collaboration Rural communities, often one person wears many hats Good community & personal relationships

9. Collaboration 7 middle school faculty: Tammi Frisbee - science and athletics Ken Lemos - science Leonard May - science and math Jenny O’Gorman - science and math Mike Savarese -science and math Kelly Valarde - social science and career elective Cheryl Wilhite -science and career elective … with more sites starting work this spring!

10. Collaboration 6 high school faculty: Amy Gaither - Health occupations Mike Gilmore - Sports medicine/science Randi Greenspan - Lifeskills/math Cheryl Johnson -Lifeskills/ECE Roi Murphy -Lifeskills Bonnie Wood-Career Exploration/Alternative Ed. More faculty looking for connections…

11. Collaboration 3 College of the Siskiyous faculty: Jesse Cecil - computer sciences, business math Dave Clark - biology, anatomy, physiology Roseann Kendall - nursing

12. Problems Logistics Geographic distance; weather More than 20 districts Limited health facilities 2 small hospitals

13. Problems Small schools with limited resources Scheduling Taking teachers out of classroom Working with existing curriculum CST’s, CAHSEE Project Sustainability Increased student interest

14. Progress 7-14 collaborations Math Science Health Career Awareness Pre/Post testing of student progress TEAS to LVN students Practice TEAS to high school students Coordination with CalPASS

15. Progress Guest Speakers – Mercy Medical Center, YMCA, Army Medical Corps, Athletic Trainers, College Faculty Workplace Experience – Job shadowing, hospital and Physical Therapy student placements, 7-8 th student trips to hospitals Purchasing Supplies – Mannequins, NanoLegends, baby simulators, Glow Germs, science lab supplies and more…

16. Progress Pathways and course sequences at participating schools 4 year plans for students Articulation of YHS Health Careers class with COS Medical Terminology

17. Progress SB70 Middle schools expressed increased interest in Tech Prep plan Program sustainability written into Tech Prep, ROP and Perkins plans 7-14 ongoing lesson plan meetings CTE highlighted in new middle school reform document – Taking Center Stage II Increased student interest

18. Progress Field trip to ‘Bodies Revealed’ Intro to Health Careers/Careers with Children class at YHS

19. Products 8 th grade study skills elective - WES Health Careers Life class - Montague Career Exploration 7-8 th Elective - JSS Sports medicine class - WHS

20. Products Modularized science prerequisite/refresher course – COS New Intro to Health course – COS

21. What’s next Videoconferencing health careers course Increasing health careers student success & college attendance HOSA membership Intro to Health Careers/Careers with Children class at EHS Tracking of students throughout pathway using CalPASS Expanding pathways

22. Planning Time Use a Pathways Template handout as a guide to complete your 7-14 conversations today and back at your site. Work in table teams today to ask about generalities, especially the educational sectors least familiar to you.

23. Pathways Template Sample

24. Questions? Christy Cummings Dawson College of the Siskiyous [email_address] 530-938-5305 Amy Gaither Yreka High School [email_address] 530-842-6151 Kim Greene Siskiyou ROP [email_address] 530-842-6151 Marian Murphy-Shaw Siskiyou Tech Prep [email_address] 530-842-8498 Thank You