The document discusses how a consortium of schools will use Carl Perkins funds to promote preparation for non-traditional career fields. They will implement strategies like having students research non-traditional careers on OKCareerGuide, hosting seminars on job market analysis, and ensuring sophomores visit both traditional and non-traditional program areas at technical centers. Schools will also conduct STEAM camps with guest speakers from non-traditional fields and provide training to staff on promoting a more inclusive workforce. The consortium will evaluate trends quarterly to refine their approaches and integrate performance indicators into school accountability processes. The overall goal is to continuously promote exposure to non-traditional careers and change perceptions through various learning opportunities and culture changes across all levels

1. Funding Your Action Plan

2. Thank You

3. The Challenge

4. Recap and Moving Forward

5. Carl Perkins Application

6. Carl Perkins Performance Indicators

7. Describe how funds will be used to promote
preparation for non-traditional fields.

8. Technical Assistance Level

9. Response would lack depth
and detail, little to no detail
given on how recipient will
use funding to promote
nontraditional fields

10. High School
Our school will use their funds to help support the
learners in the fields of horticulture and greenhouse
management. The funds will also allow for growth in the
industry for turf grass management, floriculture and even
aquaponics. Our school will be purchasing two computer
stations. These stations will be used by all students for
Career Exploration and Education Plans. Students will be
encouraged to explore careers that are non-discriminate
to gender needs. Males and females will be encouraged
to look into fields that were once considered
nontraditional for them. For example, female Ag Advisors
are becoming more popular. Women could also pursue
Welding while Men could pursue Sewing or Cooking.

11. Technology Center
Our technology center will ensure that funds will be used
to promote preparation for careers in nontraditional
fields. All our Tech Center CTE programs and services are
available to any individual without regard to their status
as members of any special population. Our funds are
annually budgeted to numerous staff members that have
responsibility to ensure that non-traditional career fields
are promoted; marketing, career guidance, and the
career center all expend funds that includes materials and
services for non-traditional careers. The Tech Center’s
Website, social media, and printed material is
continuously monitored to ensure that non-traditional
careers are promoted.

12. Collegiate
The Marketing Department is well aware of the
need to attract all students using printed and
electronic methods. Recruitment for students to
non-traditional occupations is evidenced in the
number of males graduating from the Nursing
Program. During the fall 2015 semester, 10
males graduated from the Nursing Program.

13. Meets Expectations

14. Response should have
some detail showing the
school has thought about
non-traditional preparation
and has encouraged
students to research
possibilities.

15. High School
Promotional material printing and training will
be used to ensure equity and awareness.
Specific portion of collaborative time with
instructors will support this effort and attention,
and they will review the opportunities and
services offered to the non-traditional student.
We have also identified needs to review LEP
statements on our materials and promotional
items to various special populations.

16. Technology Center
Perkins funding will continue to be provided to pay a portion of the salaries of
the Academic Center Coordinator, the Career Specialist, and the Special Needs
Representative. In the duties of these positions, they will provide
encouragement, information and other support as needed to promote, prepare,
graduate, and place students in non-traditional fields. Perkins funds will also be
spent on materials such as posters, videos, and pamphlets to inform and
encourage students who are considering non-traditional fields during
recruitment activities. During Parent Nights, tables will be set up in the Auto
Mall and the Main Building that will be manned by the Career Specialist and the
Academic Center Coordinator. These two employees in positions partly funded
by Perkins funds will use the Parent Night as an outreach to students who are
interested in nontraditional careers and their parents. They will offer students
and parents, pamphlets, answer questions and provide other resources and
encouragement to students making a nontraditional career choice.

17. Technology Center
During the fall when we host the Special Education Teacher/Counselor meeting for
area educators, the attendees will be provided with a speaker who will discuss
practices and policies that are not discriminatory to nontraditional students and ways
that they can be encouraged and supported by school staff. Our Tech Center staff does
not get the opportunity to interact much with students until they have actually made
a commitment to enroll here. It was determined that educating school staff that
worked with students earlier concerning nontraditional student issues could help to
increase our enrollment of nontraditional students in subsequent years. Additionally,
the Career Specialist, the Academic Center Coordinator and the Special Needs
representative will also serve on the committee that will review policies and
procedures to ensure that admission, recruitment, and counseling practices are
conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner, and if applicable, will make
recommendations to administration to address any sex discrimination and sex
stereotypes in the counseling policies and practices.

18. Collegiate
The consortium recognizes the challenges that nontraditional students face when seeking a
college degree. To help non-traditional students realize that college can be their reality, we have
activated a range of initiatives. As a consortium, we have analyzed the data and developed a
framework of our students and their needs. We reach out to non-traditional students with
personal contact by phone or in person, which helps establish a welcoming rapport. Our Vendor
XYZ retention software enhances our ability to identify at risk students, manage their
interventions, and build campus-wide collaboration. In fall 2015, our campus wide mentors
claimed 133 students within the software system and 74% persisted to the spring 2016, leaving
only 4% not successful in any of their courses. However, students who were not claimed by a
campus mentor had a persistence rate of 59% and 13% were not successful in any course.
Understanding the non-traditional learners opt out of college due to demanding work schedules,
great emphasis has been placed on course schedules and course format options.
Funds will be utilized to enhance and strengthen these academic programs and promote
preparation for non-traditional fields through the purchasing brochures and print curriculum for
this Health Career organization at the high schools. Monies will also be used to fund travel to the
technology centers for advisement and parent nights to promote non-traditional fields.
Marketing of these programs will be done on each institution's webpage and through brochures.
Non-traditional models will be used in these marketing efforts. Students at the secondary level
will be exposed to careers in non-traditional fields through the health careers organization for
junior high and high school students.

19. Among The College’s entire student population, the largest
achievement gap is African American males. African American’s
complete at a rate of 10% compared to the overall average of
20%. At the beginning of the fall 2015 semester, 47 individuals
were identified in this cohort (first time entering African
American males). Our College initiated a campus wide mentoring
program. One-half of the students identified in this achievement
gap were assigned a P3 mentor. The cohort of students assigned
to a mentor persisted at a rate of 80% compared to those
without a mentor at 63%. The goal for this year is to identify at
risk students requiring at least one remedial course and assign
them to a mentor. These professional mentors are a resource for
students and help connect them with academic and student
support services as needed such as tutoring or counseling.
Collegiate

20. Describe how funds will be used to promote
preparation for non-traditional fields.

21. Exceed Expectations

22. Response should be
detailed as possible with
specific examples including
recruitment activities that
share information and job
market analysis for the non-
traditional student.

23. During our consortium’s annual meeting we discussed the Carl Perkins performance indicators including the two
nontraditional indicators (participation and completion). We have included an agenda and minutes of the meeting with
the application. Even though our consortium exceeded our negotiated goal in the most recent data year (Goal - 35%
Actual - 40%) one school did not fall within the 90% threshold and historically our consortium has not meet the 90%
threshold each year. During our meeting we discussed our approach to nontraditional students including possible
barriers to success and strategies that we could implement.
We will work to deploy continuous learning about nontraditional careers through several processes and strategies.
During the 8th grade year the secondary schools in our consortium meet with guidance counselors to sign students up on
OKCareerGuide. Through OKCareerGuide students are led through a research project centering on nontraditional
careers. They attend a seminar in which job market analysis for nontraditional careers is presented before participating
in a reality store. During the sophomore tours at the technology center partner students are able to visit three program
areas. Two are aligned to their interest gauged through career interest surveys and one area is selected for them and is
aligned to a nontraditional career area.
Our school will promote preparation for nontraditional fields by conducting a STEAMmaker camp that in cooperation
with our local community college. We will invite guest speakers who are nontraditional in their career. Participants will
take a pre-assessment and post-assessment about their view point on nontraditional careers.
Our board members, administrators, instructors and staff in the consortium will attend a workshop conducted by NAPE
to begin changing the culture of those who interact with students toward a more inclusive workforce.
Our consortium schools will move the performance indicators into school accountability processes. This data will include
additional school specific data that will be integrated into strategic planning performance measures.
The consortium will come together on a quarterly basis to learn about our processes as we work to refine our approach
through cycles of evaluation and improvement. Our goal is to integrate our processes into the culture of our consortium
partners at the secondary, technology center and post secondary level. We will continue to evaluate our trends and look
for ways to improve.

24. What would you add

25. Implement for Change

26. Self Evaluation

27. Break

28. Describe how funds will be used to promote
preparation for non-traditional fields.

29. Write

30. Share

31. Carl Perkins Questions

32. Instructors
Instructors
Martina Sharp-Grier and Courtney Reed-Jenkins
Oklahoma Nontraditional Student Summit
March 28 and 29, 2017
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33. PLC’s

34. The EXPERT in the room is you!