Career Pathways Strategic Improvement Coalition (CPSIC)
Creating Career Pathways for a Flat World
More than ever before, the U.S. workforce is competing with talent from nations throughout the hyper-connected global economy, the so-called “Flat World.” This session will explore the flatteners that have accelerated global connectivity, the knowledge and skills that workers need to compete in this environment, where the opportunities for economic and job growth lie in the U.S. economy, and how Tech Prep programs and Career Pathways should be structured to best prepare students for success in the Flat World. Presenter: Hans Meeder, Meeder Consulting Group, LLC, Columbia State, Md.
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Tech Enrollment: Students, Parents, Teachers, and Counselors Working Together
This session focuses on the cooperation, organization, and planning required to ensure that all incoming high-school freshmen have access to one-on-one counseling by secondary (technical school) faculty members. The purpose of the counseling is to help students get answers to their questions, develop four-year plans, and plan their individual schedules for the upcoming year. Presenters: Brad Hunt, Carthage R-9 Schools, Carthage, Mo.; Kent Harris, Carthage Tech Center, Carthage, Mo.
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The Nuts and Bolts of Pathway Management
Participants will have an opportunity to learn how two Ohio consortia develop and manage career pathways. They will focus on their eight-step pathway management system, key conditions, and the transition process. Each participant will have time to examine materials and will leave with a CD filled with resources, samples, and forms. Presenters: Nancy Pietras, Karen Bleeks, Greater Northwest Ohio Tech Prep Consortium, Toledo, Ohio
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Building and Improving Partnerships Involving Secondary and Postsecondary Education and Business and Industry
This session will focus on developing strategies for initiating and maintaining constructive dialogue among education and business partners. Participants will examine three models for industry-education partnerships: industry clusters, institutional program advisory committees, and K-16 program advisory committees. We’ll explore how employers can support Career Pathways beyond serving on advisory committees, and how to begin cluster-based economic development. Models explored will include high school students on college campuses and work-based learning experiences. Presenter: Debra Mills, CORD, Waco, Tex.
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Dual Credit and Articulation
Tech Prep has been very successful in the area of articulated credit, but as we move toward becoming a complete Career Pathways system, we must expand opportunities for students to earn college credit through dual/concurrent enrollment and 4+2+2 articulation. This session will look at how dual credit should be structured, key decisions that impact the development of dual credit programs, and typical concerns from across the nation. We’ll look at two state-level funding models and then examine local site profiles. Presenter: Debra Mills, CORD, Waco, Tex.
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Show Me the Students! A Secure Web‑Based Electronic Student/Teacher Management System
The Golden Crescent Tech Prep Partnership in Victoria, Texas, has created and implemented a comprehensive, secure student/teacher web-based enrollment system. This system is named CATEMA (Career and Technology Education Management Application). Partnership staff will present an overview of the system and share examples of valuable Tech Prep and CATE data generated from the system. Staff will also outline how this data is useful to all future Tech Prep career pathway stakeholders. Presenters: Shannon McBride, David Green, Golden Crescent Tech Prep Partnership, Victoria, Tex.
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