Program Improvement Process

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Program Improvement Process
2009
Office of Curriculum, Career Technical Education
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Approved Program and Perkins Update Agenda

• Focus for 2009-2010
• Approved program requirements
• Perkins data
• Budget requests and amendments
• Perkins progress report
• Program visitation overview
• Inventory
• Career Cluster Updates

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2009-2010 Focus

• Career Clusters
• Pathways
• Programs of Study
• Alignment of your current content to core
  standards
• Future alignment to core content standards
• Connecting program improvement to
• The local program approval application and local
  five-year plan,
• Perkins Core Indicators of Performance
  (accountability data),
• Perkins budget requests, and
• Program monitoring (Program Improvement Process -
  PIP)

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Approved Program Application Requirements

• Career Cluster/Program of Study
• Certified teacher
• Professional development plan
• Advisory committee
• Program Improvement Process
• Perkins Core Indicators of Performance and
  enrollment data
• Due March 1st

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Assignment Codes

• New assignment codes
• Help communicate new codes to your school
• Few codes will be disabled
• New codes available

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Analyzing Data

• Verify all students were entered
• Concentrators students with 2 credits in a
  program
• Only .5 foundational credits count towards 2 unit
  status
• Up to 1 unit of Capstone credit counts towards 2
  unit status
• Only .5 academic credit counts towards 2 unit
  status

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Analyzing Data

• Reading and Math scores are from Dakota STEP
  Test
• Seniors with 2 credits in program
• Reading of 719
• Math score of 715
• Technical Skill Attainment (TSA)
• Any student with 2 credits TSA average of 75 or
  above
• School Completion Graduation
• Available late fall

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Analyzing Data

• Placement Data
• 12th Graders with 2 credits in program
• Do not have to be currently enrolled
• Non-Traditional participation and completion
• Based on national occupations, not program
  enrollment

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Data Now What?

• What should we do with the data?
• Work with advisory committees
• Consult with administration
• Work with core content teachers
• Implement strategies for improvement
• Develop program improvement goals
• Develop a budget to help achieve goals
• Consider recruiting strategies
• Increase rigor
• Rethink course offerings and content

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Annual Budget Requests

• Curriculum development approved only if tied to
  cluster committee work and with prior approval by
  cluster specialist.
• Equipment and technology requests based on
  standards.
• All requests related to program improvement,
  student achievement, and accountability.
• Amendments follow the same format as requests.
  Contact your Cluster Specialist first then work
  with your consortium director to add it.
• Contact your consortium director for important
  information about budget approvals, amendments,
  and other general budgeting questions.

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Program Improvement Progress Report

• Due December 1st
• Enter Data
• Review and Update Goals
• Goals based on 7 key areas of Program Improvement
• Students engaged
• Rigorous coursework
• Teachers working cooperatively
• Programs of study
• Teachers involved in career guidance
• Equipment enhances student learning
• Holistic program improvement planning

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Program Visits

• New Programs
• New Teachers
• Recipients of state/federal funds
• Invitation from local CTE program
• Data/Accountability

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Criteria for Determining On-site Reviews

• Size, scope and quality of program
• Quality program indicators (Pages 6-8 of
  Instrument)
• Program of Study
• Data Results for Performance (Core Indicators)
• Data used for program improvement

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Inventory Controls

• Accurate equipment records maintained by the
  local district or consortium
• Adequate internal controls to account for
  location and custody of equipment
• Regular physical inventory of equipment
• Equipment purchased with Perkins funds clearly
  marked in recipients inventory
• Perkins-purchased equipment marked with a
  sticker, tag, or other unique identifier
• OCTE no longer maintains equipment inventory

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What Now?

• Analyze your Perkins data
• Perkins Progress Report-December 1, 2009
• Contact Cluster Specialist with new budget
  request ideas then your consortium director.
• Approved program applicationMarch 1, 2010
• Data Collection workshops/webinar April 2010