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.
Water and Sanitation Academy is key initiative of JICA Govt of Punjab and Urban Unit for capacity building of WASAs and TMAs and PHED in Punjab and also support other provinces through PWON
A conference breakout session for high school counselors in Kentucky to help them understand the new assessment and placement policy, now that COMPASS/ASSET testing is discontinued and the move towards a corequisite remediation model is under way.
Water and Sanitation Academy is key initiative of JICA Govt of Punjab and Urban Unit for capacity building of WASAs and TMAs and PHED in Punjab and also support other provinces through PWON
A conference breakout session for high school counselors in Kentucky to help them understand the new assessment and placement policy, now that COMPASS/ASSET testing is discontinued and the move towards a corequisite remediation model is under way.
Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) is a ministry-approved specialized career-focused program for secondary school students. This presentation is an overview on the value of such a program and ICT's relevance in today's education system.
Tracking, Documenting and Evaluatiing Work-Based Learning ExperiencesNAFCareerAcads
This session will focus on the benefits of collecting academy and student-level work-based learning data as a means of ensuring equity and access. Academy leaders and site administrators will receive information on a straightforward data collection process and examples of how the information is analyzed, reported and used to track and monitor work-based learning experiences.
Advancing Competency-Based Pathways to College and Career ReadinessAchieve, Inc.
On March 19, 2014, in an effort to share approaches states are taking to advance competency- or proficiency-based pathways to college and career readiness, Achieve hosted a webinar to elevate state and district leaders in Colorado and Rhode Island working to develop and implement policies and practices designed to further competency- or proficiency-based pathways to college and career readiness in their states. Sharon Lee, Director of Multiple Pathways, and Paula Barney, Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Specialist with the Rhode Island Department of Education, provided an overview of how Rhode Island is working with the state’s proficiency-based pathways advisory group to develop a vision and framework to advance proficiency-based education in Rhode Island. Oliver Grenham, Chief Education Officer with Adams County School District 50 in Colorado, provided an overview of why the district decided to move towards competency-based learning as well as early successes, challenges and lessons learned in the areas of assessment, accountability and graduation requirements. We were also joined on the webinar by Elliott Asp, Special Assistant to the Commissioner at the Colorado Department of Education, who gave an overview of the state department of education’s role in Colorado to advance this work, with an eye toward state policy and implementation support. There was also an opportunity to discuss lessons learned, early success and challenges as states across the country take steps to advance competency-or proficiency-based pathways to college and career readiness. For more, visit http://www.achieve.org/meetings-webinars
Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) is a ministry-approved specialized career-focused program for secondary school students. This presentation is an overview on the value of such a program and ICT's relevance in today's education system.
Tracking, Documenting and Evaluatiing Work-Based Learning ExperiencesNAFCareerAcads
This session will focus on the benefits of collecting academy and student-level work-based learning data as a means of ensuring equity and access. Academy leaders and site administrators will receive information on a straightforward data collection process and examples of how the information is analyzed, reported and used to track and monitor work-based learning experiences.
Advancing Competency-Based Pathways to College and Career ReadinessAchieve, Inc.
On March 19, 2014, in an effort to share approaches states are taking to advance competency- or proficiency-based pathways to college and career readiness, Achieve hosted a webinar to elevate state and district leaders in Colorado and Rhode Island working to develop and implement policies and practices designed to further competency- or proficiency-based pathways to college and career readiness in their states. Sharon Lee, Director of Multiple Pathways, and Paula Barney, Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Specialist with the Rhode Island Department of Education, provided an overview of how Rhode Island is working with the state’s proficiency-based pathways advisory group to develop a vision and framework to advance proficiency-based education in Rhode Island. Oliver Grenham, Chief Education Officer with Adams County School District 50 in Colorado, provided an overview of why the district decided to move towards competency-based learning as well as early successes, challenges and lessons learned in the areas of assessment, accountability and graduation requirements. We were also joined on the webinar by Elliott Asp, Special Assistant to the Commissioner at the Colorado Department of Education, who gave an overview of the state department of education’s role in Colorado to advance this work, with an eye toward state policy and implementation support. There was also an opportunity to discuss lessons learned, early success and challenges as states across the country take steps to advance competency-or proficiency-based pathways to college and career readiness. For more, visit http://www.achieve.org/meetings-webinars
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The Linked Learning field is on track to help create a prepared workforce of the future in California, ready to succeed in college, career, and life. The Linked Learning Alliance aims to build a collective voice and coordinate efforts to expand access for California’s young people to Linked Learning.
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