Career Pathways and Tech Prep
Newest Release in the Career Pathways Series:
Adult Career Pathways:
Providing a Second Chance in Public Education
Compiled and Coauthored by:
Dan M. Hull and Richard “Dick” Hinckley
Past and Present Presidents of CORD |  |
The community college finds itself at the center of an economic and educational crisis as:
- demands for a technologically skilled workforce increase
- financial and societal pressures on underemployed workers mount
- remediation needs of the underprepared adult student population grow
Are you prepared to meet this challenge?
The experts behind Career Pathways issue a “call to action” on behalf of the millions of adult Americans who are searching for a second chance. Dan Hull and Dick Hinckley provide compelling research, insightful analysis, and detailed solutions to the complex and critical issues facing educators, students, and the nation as a whole. They call upon college presidents and chancellors to create dynamically involved partnerships with employers, community leaders, and policymakers – and they provide the framework and the vision necessary to achieve meaningful change. As Dr. Jerome Hunter, Chancellor of the North Orange County Community College District, notes: “Adult Career Pathways is a blueprint for success that should be read and reread from cover to cover.
Contributing Authors:
Michael Brustein, Founding Partner, Brustein & Manasevit
Kathy D’Antoni, Vice Chancellor, West Virginia Community & Technical College System
Pamela Gist, Dean of Liberal Arts, Cedar Valley College
Anthony Iacono, Associate Dean of Developmental Education, Indian River Community College
Foreward by:
Jerome Hunter, Chancellor, North Orange County Community College District
Download an excerpt of Adult Career Pathways: Providing a Second Chance in Public Education using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Purchase the Hardcover Edition: $19.95 plus shipping. Contact CORD Communications for ordering information, 800-231-3015 x328.
Career Pathways: Education With A Purpose
This timely book is being called the definitive how-to guide on career pathways. Explained by some of the nation’s leading practitioners, Career Pathways: Education with a Purpose is about partnerships: how to build them, what to do with them, and how to sustain them. Dan Hull and more than 20 well-known policymakers, researchers, and state and institutional leaders outline a framework for recreating high schools that is rigorous, relevant, and can help every student succeed.
Read what state and national leaders are saying about Career Pathways: Education with a Purpose…
“…the book to read for those who are committed to improving education and ensuring the future economic competitiveness of our country.”--George Boggs, President and CEO, American Association of Community Colleges.
“Perhaps the most useful book for educational leaders and policymakers to understand the need for systemic change.”--Sheila Ruhland, President, National Association for Tech Prep Leadership (NATPL)
“…hits precisely on the issues we as a nation must confront right now.”--Mark R. Warner, Governor of Virginia
“I highly recommend this book to all state and local leaders, policymakers, and practitioners.”--Katharine M. Oliver, Assistant State Superintendent, Maryland State Department of Education
Preview Chapter 1 of Career Pathways: Education with a Purpose now using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Ask the Author: E-mail Author Dan Hull with your questions about Career Pathways.
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Rigor and Relevance: A New Vision for Career and Technical Education
This report, published by the American Youth Policy Forum, looks at the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, scheduled for reauthorization in 2003. AYPF organized a series of discussion groups with a diverse range of individuals to focus on the role of the federal government in career and technical education. The discussion groups helped inform this paper, and while not all participants endorse all aspects of the document, they are hopeful of a serious review of many of its contents during the reauthorization process.
Tech Prep: The Next Generation
In Tech Prep: The Next Generation,Dan Hull and Julie Grevelle offer a challenging model for strategic planning that addresses the critical elements of a successful Tech Prep program. Issues such as the new Tech Prep curriculum, breaking the mold in teaching and learning, the employer role in Tech Prep, and family and community participation are explicitly detailed by an impressive roster of contributing authors. This book is filled with proven benchmarks for the Tech Prep movement and underscores the fact that Tech Prep offers all students the opportunity for increased achievement. Along with its companion planning guide, Tech Prep: The Next Generation is becoming the definitive tool for local consortia to use in strategic planning.
Hardcover [ER171-6] $22.95/Softcover [ER189-9] $14.95
Tech Prep: The Next Generation Planning Guide
This resource was developed by Debra Mills, an award-winning Tech Prep coordinator from Illinois, with input from many national, state, and local Tech Prep educators. It is designed to be used as a tool in a workshop setting—with a single school or an entire consortium—to develop goals and strategies that will move Tech Prep to the next level. The intent of the book and planning guide is to encourage readers to raise the bar of excellence to ensure Tech Prep will become a sustainable reform movement in the 21st century.
Planning Guide [ER191-1] $15.95 Softcover Book and Planning Guide Package [ER189-9 KIT] $24.95
Education and Career Preparation for the New Millennium
A new educational system is evolving throughout the nation to prepare our youth for rewarding, high-performance careers. It should become a first-class "system of choice" that will support and strengthen the goals and standards set for all secondary and postsecondary students. In this paper, Dan Hull describes a vision for the new educational system he sees evolving and identifies the elements he believes are essential to this system.
The ABCs of Tech Prep: A User’s Manual
This 70-page booklet offers concise information, definitions, historical perspective, and practical ideas about how the reform initiative known as Tech Prep is being used to improve schools, student achievement, and workforce quality. A handbook of practical strategies, The ABCs of Tech Prep is a reference guide for all stages of Tech Prep planning.
[ER-CSTP-ABCS] Reprints: $3.95/ea. Volume pricing available.
Tech Prep: A Proud Choice for Educational Improvement—A Leadership Guide for Counselors
This booklet, developed in conjunction with the American School Counselor Association, explains the theoretical foundations of Tech Prep, gives a historical overview of its development, and shows counselors why Tech Prep is an excellent career preparation program. It offers practical advice for implementing an effective Tech Prep program that enjoys the support of the community and is successful in recruiting and retaining students. The booklet also provides useful information on resources, both printed materials and organizations, that can help counselors along the way.
[ER-CSTP-COUN] Reprints: $3.95/ea. Volume pricing available.
Education & Work, Education Reform Issues
The Integrated System for Workforce Education Curricula is a totally new and revolutionary approach to curriculum design. Its Integrated Curriculum Standards (from academic, occupational and employability sources) are the products of a carefully designed integration process. Joint work between education and business (as partners), as well as integrated work between high school and post-secondary levels are highlighted. This way the curriculum becomes a society based effort that will play a vital role in the global economy of the world of tomorrow, in which the productivity of the knowledge will be key.
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