The P-TECH grades 9-14 college and career ready model, launched in Brooklyn, NY in 2010 with a focus on IT careers, incorporates the learning and experience of NAF academies along with early college models and quality CTE. This seminar will highlight opportunities for NAF and P-TECH to learn together and collaborate on shared program design attributes, e.g. career pathways and work-based learning, the transition to college and to enhance both approaches to prepare all students for success.

1. #NAFNext2014

2. NAF and P-TECH
A Perfect Collaboration
Mike Dardaris, Tom Pendleton, Robin Willner
#NAFNext2014

3. http://www.btechnyc.org/apps/video/watch.jsp?v=56013
#NAFNext2014

4. OVERVIEW: WHAT IS P-TECH?
MIDDLE JOBS AND ONE COMMUNITIES
CHALLENGE
P-TECH AND NAF – COMMON GOALS;
UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES
NEXT STEPS
AGENDA

5. • Rigorous, relevant “grades 9 to 14”
education for STEM careers;
• Workplace learning, e.g. professional
mentors, worksite visits & internships;
• Individualized support & pathways;
• Cost-free AAS degree in a STEM field; AND
• First in line guarantee for a job with
business partners at graduation
NYS P-TECH: KEY BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS

6. • Develop programs of study in high-wage,
high-skill, high-demand career areas;
• Align school, college and community
systems;
• Promote appropriate career choice and
preparation; AND
• Ensure that employers in key industries
have access to a talented and skilled
workforce.
NYS P-TECH WILL ALSO:

7. • Focus on College
• Common Core State Standards
• High expectations & college culture
• Focus on Careers
• Skills mapping & backwards planning
• Workplace learning & authentic PBL
• Focus on Students
• Serves students across academic levels
UNIQUE SCHOOL DESIGN

8. • Integrated six year curriculum
• Redesigned scope and sequence
• Attention to academic, technical & workplace
mastery
• Integrated instruction & project-based learning
• Individual pathways
• Extended time in the daily/weekly schedule and
annual calendar
• Support services and community resources
• Ongoing, collaborative professional development
PROGRAM ELEMENTS

9. NYS P-TECH: NEW MODELS
Design Principles
CustomizationInnovation

11. NAF and NYS P-TECH are both committed to
building career pathways for students from high
school to adulthood:
•What are the key practices of each model?
•What are the most successful practices of each
model?
•What do you think each one could learn from
the other model?
•Are there any important elements that are not
included in either model?
NAF & NYS P-TECH: Building Career
Pathways

12. QUESTIONS?
NEXT STEPS
#NAFNext2014

13. THANK YOU!
Mike Dardaris
mdardaris@hfmboces.org
Chief Learning Officer
HFM P-Tech Early College High School
Tom Pendleton
TPendleton@schools.nyc.gov
Deputy Executive Director
Career & Work Readiness
Office of Postsecondary Readiness
NYC Department of Education
Robin Willner
robin.willner@bcnys.org
Director
NYS P-TECH Leadership Council