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Making the Case for Career-Focused Education

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Connecting

Introductions:

Name, Title, School
What brought you here today?

At your area, take 3 mins and answer:

“What was your first paid job you ever had and what was the number one thing you learned from that experience?”

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Issues we Face

Youth employment is declining
General population is stagnant or declining
Working population is stagnant or declining
Students are not enrolling and completing college at high rates

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Example Cohort – Class of 2014

138,518 Total Graduation Cohort 2014

43,351 (31.3%) Attaining at Least an Associate Degree

95,167 (68.7%) Not Attaining at Least an Associate Degree

24,589 (17.8%) Not Graduating On-Time

41,879 (30.2%) Graduating but Not Enrolling

28,699 (20.7%) Enrolling in College but Not Attaining an Associate Degree within Three Years or a Bachelor’s Degree within Six Years

About 15% (~3,700) of students who did not graduate on-time did receive their diploma in year 5, but on average, only about 4% (~150) of fifth year graduates enroll in college within two years.

The Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive is a project of the Ohio Education Research Center (oerc.osu.edu) and provides researchers with centralized access to administrative data. The OLDA is managed by The Ohio State University's Center for Human Resource Research (chrr.osu.edu) in collaboration with Ohio's state workforce and education agencies (ohioanalytics.gov), with those agencies providing oversight and funding. For information on OLDA sponsors, see http://chrr.osu.edu/projects/ohio-longitudinal-data-archive

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DATA ACTIVITY: �Find your district's report card.

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reportcard.education.ohio.gov

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What can we do about it?

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Career Advising

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Career Exposure Happens Early

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DISCUSSION ACTIVITY: �Scan the code.

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Career Connections

Aligns district efforts to ensure consistent and ongoing opportunities for all students

Embeds curriculum strategies that help students link their learning to future careers

Engages students in opportunities to discover their career interests, explore pathways and make plans for their future

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Page two includes strategies at each level that include academic curriculum, experiential learning, and career education. Students need opportunities within a structured and supported environment to explore their options and try things out to find out more about what they like and don’t like.

College is expensive – any way you look at it. Regardless of a families ability to pay for education beyond high school, the cost is high. Career Connections is about providing kids opportunities to sample more things and get a better idea of the career fields that interest them. This is not about nailing down exact career choices - we know that isn’t realistic. But students should recognize before they leave high school that engineering is science-intense curriculum, becoming a veterinarian requires 8-10 years of schooling and that there are viable career options that require less than a four-year degree. This happens in classrooms across the state every day – this is about gelling all of the efforts to create a cohesive experience for students.

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What tools and resources exist for teachers & students?

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Career Profile

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Embedded into the model curricula for ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies;

The idea with the sample strategies is to show teachers how to extend what they are already doing in their classroom curriculum and make deliberate connections for students to the workplace. These connections are often obvious to educators, but unless we point them out to students it could be a missed opportunity to engage students and motivate their interests in the content.

The argument for the learning strategies is that it’s not asking teachers to do anything differently – it’s the same curriculum. But it’s being intentional about how students see the relevance of the content and learning expectations. When we consider the competing initiatives such as 3^rd grade reading guarantee and evaluation systems – it has to be recognized that career connections is supporting the same outcomes. Preparing students to be successful through higher education and careers.

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Budgeting For Your Future

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DISCUSSION: What tools do your schools use?

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SUCCESSBOUND.OHIO.GOV

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Take career advising to the next level:

Map what your school is already doing (who, what, when, where, how)

Identify champions at your school that will expand and enhance current efforts (administrators, colleagues, and community members)

Strategize what small steps your school will take initially, that will make a big impact overtime

How do you get started – look at what you’re already doing. You’ll feel much more comfortable once you realize that you’re not starting from scratch. This will also give you an overview of the landscape – who’s already doing what and where.

Through this work you’ll identify some champions – the people that you won’t have to convince, because they already see the value. But you also have to bring together those with influence. Sometimes this is an administrator, parent – the ones with a loud voice and people hear when they speak. The other piece of your team needs to include your community members – business and industry, community organizations, higher education and career-tech. Those people that will realize a mutually beneficial partnership – developed workforce which leads to economic development.

Then you’ll strategize. Start small but with a big vision. Determine what impact you want to see and how you’re going to measure it. What data points will help to tell the story. How will you know you’re successful. Examples might include, 100% of 8^th graders have begin a career plan; initiate an advisory program among freshman; provide quarterly career presentations for 4^th graders. Start small but think big impact overtime.

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Examine your region's Top Jobs
Consider the role of your district (and your partners) in preparing students and using this information to plan their post-high school path

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DISCUSSION: What industries or businesses are in-demand in your area?

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Provide opportunities to earn the OhioMeansJobs Readiness Seal and Industry-Recognized Credentials

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

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Career-Technical Education pathways are an important consideration

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��Business Advisory Councils��Partnerships are essential to this work

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DISCUSSION ACTIVITY: �Scan the code.

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Office of Graduate Success

Cassie Palsgrove

Director

Graham Wood

Graduation & College in

High School Administrator

Kayla Mack

Education Program Specialist

Michelle Washington

Business & Education

Program Specialist

Sara Watson

Program Assistant

Alexis Gable

College Intern

Dennis Haft

HSTW State Coordinator

Travis Taylor

Program Administrator

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Office of Graduate Success

Dedicated to creating preK-12 linkages to postsecondary and work so that each child has an opportunity to pursue a fulfilling post-high school path.

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Technical assistance, professional learning, and resource development.

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Where to find out more!

Sign-up for alerts (EdConnection, Career Connections, Graduation Requirements & School Counselor Updates)

Career Connections Webpage (Check out the Event and Training Resources)

Graduation Requirements Webpage (Being updated soon!)

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Get connected: �#OHSuccessBound #CareerTechOhio #EachChildOurFuture

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Thank you!