Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Elizabe
th Burmaster, State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Career Development Updates Barbara
Bitters Career and Technical Education
Team January 2005
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Overview of Todays Presentation

• The Wisconsin Career Assessment (WCA)-Impact
• The biennial budget request to support the WCA
  and enhancements.
• Career Development Survey

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• Is available without cost to all schools that
  administer the WKCE to their 8th and 10th grade
  students
• Is web-based, thus, accessible from any
  Internet-ready computer
• Is optional - schools can choose to use it or not
  use it
• Is based on ONET's validated assessment, the
  Interest Profiler.

The Wisconsin Career Assessment (WCA)
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The objectives of the WCA are
To provide students with immediate assessment
results To help students identify occupations
that may be of interest to them To help
students explore possible academic and
educational options
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The objectives of the WCA are (cont.)
To help parents become aware of their child's
occupational and educational interests To
provide schools with information on the
occupational and educational aspirations of their
students.
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Last Year

• More than 31,000 students took the WCA
• 25 logged in more than once
• 8 logged in after school hours
• The average time to complete the WCA was 11
  minutes (entering registration code to receiving
  results)

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Whats New This Year

• Feedback form
• US DOE career clusters (8th grade only)
• Students are allowed to retake the WCA
• Batch report name, access code, outcome
  interest code, occupations of interest, target US
  DOE career cluster

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This Year So Far WCA Data Compiled by Fran
Breit, CEW November 1, 2004 December 28,
2004 Districts 166 of 460 School Districts have
activated an account.
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This Year So Far 8309 students took the
WCA 19.4 logged in more than once 7.50
logged in more than twice 3.14 logged in more
than three times 3.70 logged in after school
hours
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This Year So Far 50.7 of the student
completers accessed occupations. 34.4 of the
students accessed occupations and then selected
favorites.
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Top Accessed Occupation Title
Female Dancers Musicians Choreographers
Social Workers Fashion Designers Actors and
Actresses Dance Teachers Literary Writers
Announcers Curators
Male Actors and Actresses Cinematographers
Artists Musicians Film Editors Dairy
Farmers Aerospace Engineers Models
Astronauts Curators
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Top Favorites
Females Fashion Designers Dancers Actors and
Actresses Musicians Elementary School
Teachers Choreographers Animal Chiropractors
Child Care Assistants Models Interior
Designers
Male Actors and Actresses Building Contractors
Musicians Professional Athletes Construction
Supervisors Computer Systems Analysts
Advertising Account Executives Electrical
Engineers Photographers Architects
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• Technical support for the WCA
• [phone] ext. 12 or 14, or email
• wc_support_at_education.wisc.edu

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2005-07 Biennial Budget Request-Department of
Public Instruction

• Requests state tax dollar (GPR) support of
  125,000 per year to support and enhance the
  Wisconsin Career Assessment.

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Timelines

• September 2004-Budget submitted to the Department
  of Administration
• January 2005-The Governors Budget
• January to June 2005-Legislative Committee work
  and public hearings
• July-Approval by the legislature and final
  changes by the Governor.
• July 2005-implementation

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What Will It Take to Get Approval.

• Local Business partners
• Local Teachers
• Local Students
• Professional Organizations
• Entire CTE, STW, Tech Prep, STW, Work-based
  learning communities to send support letters to
  legislators and the state superintendent.

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Career Development in Wisconsin prek-12 Education-

• A survey that must be completed and submitted as
  part of the CPA application process this year.

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Career Development in Wisconsin prek-12 Education-

• General-Contact, grade by grade summary
• Staffing, Funding, Curriculum, Portfolio,
  Resources
• Use of career clusters and career pathways
• Rating of importance and status of local program
  with the new National Career Development
  Guidelines

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Why Do We Need the Survey?

• Biennial Budget Request for the WCA.
• State level Planning, Collaboration and
  Professional Development Programs.
• New CPA will most likely feature career clusters
  and pathways.

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How Will Responses be Used?

• Planning and program development,
• Technical assistance,
• Professional development,
• Program improvement and collaboration initiatives
  in Wisconsin.
• Specific answers will have no impact on 2005-06
  funding decisions, but CPA grant awards will not
  be made until the assessment has been completed
  in full for each district.

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Questions Comments Concerns