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AGENDA

Welcome!�Work Plan

K12SWP Work Plan

Individual meetings – (must sign up)

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EXAMINING PLANS

This is a draft

It is not final

There is no “wrong”

There is no “bad”

There is only “how can we strengthen”

When you look at someone else’s plan, bring the lens of how you would improve it; this will develop your skills to examine your own plan

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ANTELOPE VALLEY PROBLEM STATEMENT

The Antelope Valley Union High School District seeks to address CTE pathway enrollment and completion disparities among Hispanic, African American, and students with disabilities in the Antelope Valley by leveraging the K-12 Strong Workforce Grant to develop comprehensive strategies that encompass culturally sensitive outreach, training on professional skills, and culturally responsive pedagogy. Grant funds will be used to foster innovative instruction that embraces diverse backgrounds, offers technical skill training, and instills a firm belief in the potential of underserved students to secure high-skilled, high-wage employment opportunities driven by local workforce demands. (686 characters)

Telling what you’re going to do, not identifying the problem first.
No Regional Plan or LMI data (it appears later, just need to be included here.
Same with no mention of post-sec partner
No sector mentioned
Use as closing

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OUTCOMES

These outcomes are designed to effectively address disparities and ensure that all students in the Antelope Valley, including Hispanics, African Americans, and those with disabilities, have equitable access to high-quality education and workforce development opportunities.

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Outreach and Culturally Relevant Recruitment Efforts:

Increase Hispanic, African American, and students with disabilities' awareness of K-12 workforce programs by 30% through culturally tailored outreach campaigns.

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy:

Implement culturally responsive teaching methods across 70% of CTE classrooms, resulting in a 15% improvement in academic performance among underrepresented student groups.

Training on Technical/Workplace Skills for Diverse Students:

Provide specialized technical and workplace skills training for underserved students, leading to a 20% increase in students obtaining industry-recognized certifications.

Pathway Development:

Establish comprehensive career pathways with mentorship programs, leading to a 25% increase in underrepresented students enrolling in and completing career-focused programs of study.

Equitable Work-Based Learning Experiences:

Offer flexible work-based learning opportunities that accommodate non-academic needs for 50% of eligible students, addressing barriers such as transportation, family commitments, and part-time jobs while preparing them for future careers.

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CONNECT PROBLEM STATEMENT WITH OUTCOMES

If problem is target population not enrolling or completing…

- Outcome must be target population enrolls and completes; needs transition to post-sec

- Connect the dots on every outcome

- To ensure target pop enrolls, we will establish culturally relevant recruitment and enrollment

- Culturally Responsive Pedagogy:

Implement culturally responsive teaching methods across 70% of CTE classrooms, resulting in a 15% improvement in academic performance among underrepresented student groups.

- To support target pop. pathway completion, we will implement culturally responsive teaching methods across 70% of all CTE classrooms This should result in a 15% improvement in Pathway academic performance among underrepresented student groups.

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WORK PLAN ELEMENTS

Look at NOVA

Select from four strategies (Curriculum & Instruction, College & Career Exploration, Post-secondary Transition and Completion, and Work-Based Learning)
Describe work and project activities to be funded by K12 SWP
Describe and provide a list of expected, measurable outcomes
Identify partner roles and responsibilities
Identify the total number of students
Describe the student supports activities designed to improve access to and completion of high-skill/high-wage CTE opportunities for disproportionately impacted students.
Leveraging Other CTE Funds to Support this Work

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Curriculum and Instruction

Describe work and project activities to be funded by K12 SWP

Provide a thorough and coherent approach that illustrates how the work related to Curriculum and Instruction will align with the Problem Statement and achieve the state Project Objectives.

Put your Objectives in categories and make sure each category addresses the Problem Statement. Use the categories to help the reader understand your plan.

Use objectives as categories

Increase Outreach and Enrollment for Targeted Populations

To ensure comprehensive outreach and increased enrollment for targeted populations, we will conduct the following activities:

Develop print and electronic materials for each subgroup that are culturally relevant and engaging
Have counselors, English teachers, and select club advisors pitch the Pathway Program
Have BIPOC community college students as featured guest speakers
Ensure counselors have completed PD in outreach and enrollment training for targeted populations
Have counselors present Pathway options in all sophomore English classes
Conduct at least one parent night for targeted populations. Ensure translation and provide culturally relevant presentations explaining the value and benefits of the pathway program.
Have industry partners offer field trip for targeted population students to increase exposure to the field; each student pairs with a mentor for the day and shadows the work.

Ensure Pathway Completion

Strengthen Dual Enrollment Opportunities

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Describe and provide a list of expected, measurable outcomes

Identify the changes and improvements that will occur because of the work and activities in this strategy. Refer to the RFA for more details. �

What changes will occur because of the work and activities put into place with this grant? What improvements will be made? Examples may include increases in CTE enrollments, CTE completers, CTE completers’ graduation rate, CTE completers with early college credit/WBL/industry certifications (could reference other metrics from K12SWP dashboard.

Increase Outreach and Enrollment for Targeted Populations (duplicate categories)

By 2025, 90% of HS counselors and CTE teachers will have completed PD in culturally relevant strategies for recruiting and enrolling targeted populations.

By 2026, 90% of sophomore students will attend a Counselor led presentation on Pathway opportunities, during English class, as shown by counselor log.

By 2026, enrollment of African American students in CS Pathway will increase by 5% as shown by SIS data.

By 2026, Dual Enrollment opportunities will be standardized throughout the District as evidence by MOU with AVC.

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Identify partner roles and responsibilities

Describe what each partner (K12 partner, community college, and/or employer partner) will contribute to this project, describe each partner's role and responsibilities. AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS ONLY REQUIRED ONCE PER WORK PLAN, IF YOU SELECTED MORE THAN ONE STRATEGY AND HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THIS QUESTION, TYPE N/A HERE

To meet our goal of successful enrollment and completion of the CS Pathway, we will partner with Antelope Valley College and our industry partners.

AVC will:

Have instructors participate in 12 hours of culturally relevant instruction training with K12 instructors
Have instructors work with K12 teachers to develop and submit Dual Enrollment courses
Conduct a Coding Challenge opportunity which pairs AVC CS students with AV HS CS Pathway students to complete a collaborate coding challenge, on the AVC campus

Industry Partners will:

Attend monthly Industry meetings with K12 and AVCC partners
Participate in Activity Days, including Coding Challenge
Provide WBL opportunities, which may include field trips, guest speakers, job shadowing, unpaid internships, paid internships
Provide targeted population seniors with mentors that will meet virtually at least 2x month

Use categories Increase Outreach and Enrollment for Targeted Populations to inform the work, then flesh out

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Identify the total number of students (unduplicated headcount) and/or teachers to be served and describe the way they will be impacted by each strategy. Provide justification for requested funds and address plans for sustainability. (Return on Investment)

Identify the target number of students and/or teachers served by this pathway strategy. AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS ONLY REQUIRED ONCE PER WORK PLAN, IF YOU SELECTED MORE THAN ONE STRATEGY AND HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THIS QUESTION, TYPE N/A HERE

Total students to be served: 13,500

Total CS, Education and Manufacturing Pathway Students: 5,000

Targeted populations currently not enrolled in any Pathway:

African American: 2,000

Latino students: 4,000

Special Education: 2,500

The curriculum upgrade will impact all pathway students. Recruitment will be provided to all 9^th and 10^th graders. Once recruitment and enrollment strategies and procedures are in place, they will continue and are fully sustainable.

Total Adults: 70

Instructors – 30 | Counselors – 30 | Administrators – 10

Instructors and Counselors will participate in PD to increase knowledge and use of culturally relevant pedagogies and strategies. We will identify ongoing funding to conduct this training annually.

Administrators will participate in PD to understand the value of targeted population participation and success in CTE programs. We will seek additional funding to conduct this training annually.

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Describe the student support activities designed to improve access to and completion of high-skill/high-wage CTE opportunities for disproportionately impacted students.

Describe the activities that are designed to intentionally improve outreach and increase targeted academic supports, such as tutoring, mentoring by professionals, and work-based learning. AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS ONLY REQUIRED ONCE PER WORK PLAN, IF YOU SELECTED MORE THAN ONE STRATEGY AND HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THIS QUESTION, TYPE N/A HERE

Use your categories list and compile. Draft, then organize either chronologically or by importance.

To improve access to and completion of the Education, CS, and Manufacturing Pathways, for our targeted subgroups of African American, Latino and Special Education Students, we will provide the following activities:

Culturally relevant recruitment in classrooms, clubs, and family presentations
Guest speakers from industry and local post-sec featuring BIPOC speakers
Tutoring, using culturally relevant strategies
Mentoring with industry partners, using virtual communication
Job shadow opportunity with local employers

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FOR HOLISTIC FLOW…

Reinforce solutions near end of problem statement: To ensure our Latino students are prepared for CS programming positions, we will increase outreach and enrollment in our CS Pathway, support successful pathway completion and increase transition and enrollment in post-secondary pathways

Those solutions become the categories for your objectives

Increase Outreach and Enrollment for Latino Students
Increase Successful Pathway Completion for Latino Students
Increase Transition and Enrollment in Post-Secondary Pathways

Those categories help organize your workplan

For each category, list activities, outcomes, partners

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WHAT NEXT?

Talk to your K14 TAP Regional Contact �(Sharon, Giselle )
Find a regional colleague to serve as an accountability partner – check in on progress and share draft for feedback
Draft your initial ideas – use templates from https://www.cccco.edu/About-Us/Chancellors-Office/Divisions/Workforce-and-Economic-Development/K12-Strong-Workforce/K12-SWP-Request-for-Applications
Use Pomodoro Technique
Listen to Steven Pressfield’s War of Art https://www.amazon.com/The-War-of-Art-Steven-Pressfield-audiobook/dp/B07PTBYH2G/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Schedule time – you have competing demands
Include time for self-care

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