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2. Our Outcomes For Today
Academy Teams identify gaps and needs within their
own College and Career Continuum.
Academy Teams have time to engage with action
planning tool and plan next steps.
All participants will have an opportunity to celebrate all
parts of the WBL continuum and effective practices.
All participants will recognize champion employers and
highlight employer engagement success stories.
All participants will gain an understanding of common
work-based learning (WBL) definitions and the WBL
continuum.
All participants will gain valuable resources and
tools to support WBL integration.
6. Work Based Learning
Framing Principles
• One of the best ways to prepare students to be
successful interns is to provide a robust multi-
year set of work-based learning activities leading
to a paid internship.
• One of the most efficient ways to develop
sustainable relationships with employer
partners is to start small and build
towards paid internships
7. College & Career Ready Skills
Part 1. Core College and Career
Readiness Skills
C. Self-Management and Personal Responsibility
A. Foundational Skills C.1. Manages time effectively; punctual
A.1. Locating, comprehending, and
evaluating information
C.2. Self-directed; takes initiative; resourceful
A.2. Listening and observation
C.3. Takes responsibility for learning; seeks to
learn
A.3. **Critical thinking, problem
formulation, and problem solving
C.4. Asks appropriate questions
A.4. Oral communication C.5. Prioritizes tasks
A.5. Written communication C.6. Persistent
A.6. Quantitative reasoning C.7. Brings tasks and projects to completion
A.7. Precision and accuracy C.8. Aware of own abilities and performance
B. Applied Workplace Skills C.9. **Exhibits responsible and professional
behaviors and defined by the industry or
field
B.1. Systems thinking
Part 2. Knowledge of the Field and
Organizational Context
B.2. Creativity and innovation D.
B.3. Information technology application
D.1. Understands career
opportunities/requirements in the industry
or field overall
B.4. **Teamwork/collaboration
D.2. Understands the career
opportunities/requirements in the specific
occupational area related to the
student project
B.5. Ability to work with diverse individuals
D.3. Understands the culture, etiquette, and
practices of the workplace or the project
client’s organization and knows how to
10. Aligning 21st Century Learning & Teaching
College AND Career Readiness
is the goal of both:
11. Common Core is embedded in
The Linked Learning approach
Four Components of Linked
Learning:
• Rigorous Academic Core
• Real World Technical Skills
• Work Based Learning
• Personalized Support
13. 13
Note: Four-year schools have a six-year graduation window; two-year
schools have a three-year graduation window.
Source: Condition of Education, NCES, 2013
59%
31%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Four-Year School (BA) Two-Year School (AA or Certificate)
College Completion Rates LOW
14. 14
Sources: Recovery 2020, Georgetown Center on Education and the
Workforce, 2013; and Complete College America
2020 CA Employment Projections
15. Source: EPI analysis of data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover
Survey and the Current Population Survey, December 2014
http://stateofworkingamerica.org/charts/unemployed-and-job-openings-by-
industry/
0.0000
0.2000
0.4000
0.6000
0.8000
1.0000
1.2000
Unemployed Job openings In a 2011 McKinsey survey
of 2,000 U.S. companies,
two thirds reported
difficulty in filling job
vacancies for reasons
including:
• insufficient job
experience
• insufficient educational
qualifications
• unsuitable work habits
• poor communication
ability
Unemployed & Job Openings (in millions)
17. NAF Academy
EVIDENCE BINDER
Standard 4.1
Provides a Work Based Learning Program
All students complete a sequence set of work based learning experiences
WBL IN ACTION
21. Career Awareness
Exploring Career Options to Motivate
StudentsConnects to your
Graduate Profile and
Course Curriculum
• Student Learning Outcomes:
• Career Understanding
• Link Concepts
• Communication
• Economic Impacts
22. Career Awareness
Exploring Career Options to Motivate
Students
Experiences Defined By:
• Interaction with industry
partners in groups
• Designed by adults to
broaden student awareness
• Exposes students to the
breadth of an industry
23. Career Awareness
Exploring Career Options to Motivate
StudentsInvolves STRONG partnership
with Advisory Committee
• Academy Team vet ideas with
Advisory Committee
• Advisory Committee supports
the WBL activities
26. Career Awareness
Other Examples:
• Career Fairs
• One-on One Interviews
• Career Readiness Activities
• Interview Skills
• Interpersonal
Communication
• PBL Involvement
• Resources, Assessment,
Potential Team Member.
Examples of
Experiences
27. Career Awareness
Phil Deffenbaugh, Superintendent Terminus
Dam and GWHS AG Engineering Advisory
Member leads a group of Ag Engineering
students through a tour of the Hydro-Electric
Plant as part of the Electricity Unit in the
35. Mock Interviews/HOSA
★ Area of weakness for our Academy
★ What we have done in the past
○ Very few participants (<10 for competition)
★ The plan we are implementing for our future
○ How can we be better?
○ How can we address more students?
36. Mock Interviews/HOSA
PAST
★ Interview to join the
Academy
★ Students pick up
applications from local
businesses
★ Students pick up/download
a medical application
★ Interview professionals
specific to the current
project
PRESENT
★ Interview to join the academy
★ AP Psychology - Juniors
○ After AP Testing
★ Staff Meeting
○ Students dress
professionally
○ Students interviewed by
2-3 staff members (panel
feeling) on two different
job types
★ Interview professionals
specific to the current
project
39. Informational Interviews
Exploration of Careers
● Mentor Breakfast
● Advisory is used for contacts
● Interviews done every year in all
Pathway classes.
○ Done during Projects - email,
phone and in person.
53. Regional Goals
1. Create and sustain strong regional WBL and
Advisory partnership leading to 2500
internships by 2020.
2. Ensure student pathways connect to sector
partnerships that are valued in the regional
economy.
3. Demonstrate the "collective impact" of
pathways on students and communities.
54. You Are Not Alone
Employer Engagement: Advisory Boards
• Membership &
Structure
• Work-Based Learning
• Curriculum &
Instruction
• Marketing & Academy
Sustainability
55. You Are Not Alone
Employer Engagement: Work Based Learning
• Recruit, assemble, and support staff to perform
below functions
• Engage major regional employers and seek
commitments
• Establish and staff regional industry sector
committees
• Establish technology infrastructure to collect,
monitor, and report employer partnerships and
involvement
• Select tools and information for use by districts,
schools, pathways, employers
56. You Are Not Alone
Employer Engagement: Sector Partnerships
• Establish and staff regional industry sector
committees
• Assure that pathway themes align with regional
workforce and economic development needs
• Engage industry partnerships in WBL and Advisory
Boards
58. Telling Your Data Story
“I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will
never forget how you made them feel.”
59. What We Know About Stories
No two stories are ever the same.
There are multiple ways to tell a story.
They are an effective way to highlight
impact and the importance of our work.
60. Telling Your Data Story Effectively
Define your audience
Use a blend of quantitative
& qualitative data
Give a snapshot & give an overview
Use visuals of “action shots”
61.
62.
63. Student Reflection Tool
Student profile
Pre-post questions about students’
attitudes, behaviors, and goals
Opportunity for testimonies
64. Sample Questions:
A snapshot
1. I feel more confident in my plans for after I graduate high school.
2. I am more aware of resources to assist me with being successful with my
plan.
3. I now see myself as a young professional.
4. I have more confidence in my abilities.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
65. Next Steps
1. Student Reflection Tool will be
available Sept 2015
2. Continue to examine process to
ensure its efficiency & effectiveness
3. Open to working with all districts to
prepare sample data stories