VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOLS Career

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VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOLSCareer Technical
Education
Implementation and Design
Linking Learning to Life
Kristin B. Pierce, CTE Specialist
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Florida Ready to WorkProgram Purpose

• Connects Employers, Students, Jobseekers,
  Workforce Development, And Education Partners In
  Building The Skilled Workforce Necessary To
  Attract High-Wage Jobs And Grow Floridas Economy.

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RTW Program BenefitsGeneral

• Paves the way to better-paying, more-rewarding
  jobs
• Identifies available careers and the required
  skills needed to get jobs
• Provides an employability standard, proof of
  required skills and ability to succeed on the job

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RTW Program BenefitsEducation and Business

• Recognizes the needs of the business community
  for better prepared employees.
• Develops educator and business partnerships to
  prepare students for the 21st century workforce.
• Provides a tool to align student skill
  development and training to employer requested
  work skills.
• Identifies gaps between student employability
  skills and employer needs thus, allowing for
  school-based curriculum revisions.
• Employers and educators can be more confident
  that students have the skills necessary for
  successful job performance.

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RTW Program BenefitsStudents

• Ensures students have the competencies necessary
  to succeed in the 21st century workplace.
• Measures workplace readiness and occupational
  skills providing competitive edge.
• Provides students with targeted instruction and
  coursework to improve areas in need of
  strengthening.

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Volusia RTW ImplementationPlan

• OBJECTIVE GROW OUR OWN!
• To provide Volusia students with the Florida
  Ready to Work (RTW) credential demonstrating to
  local employers that they possess the skills
  needed to succeed in the 21st century global
  workforce.

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Volusia RTW PlanProcess for Credentialing

• Pre-Implementation
• Identify student target market
• Identify testing centers, site-based
  administrators and proctors
• Implementation
• Train proctors and site-based administrators
• Student orientation pre-testing courseware
  tutorial training proctored testing and
  credentialing.
• Post-Implementation
• Program Results
• Program Evaluation
• Next Steps

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Volusia RTW Plan Target Market

• Career Technical Education (CTE) Programs
• Diversified Career Technology (DCT)
• Alternative Education/OJT Programs
• Cooperative Education/OJT
• Career Academy Internship Programs
• Juniors/Seniors Entering the
• Workforce directly after high school.

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Volusia RTW PlanTarget Market Student Numbers
Estimated
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Volusia RTW Plan Target Market - Justification

• Target CTE programs provide students with 21st
  century work skills through employment related
  instruction and on-the-job

• training supervised by an employer and teacher.
• Juniors and Seniors entering the workforce
  directly after high school must provide evidence
  that they are prepared with the skills necessary
  to succeed in the workplace.

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Volusia RTW PlanTarget Market - Justification

• Implementing the Florida Ready to Work credential
  is appropriate for target programs and students
  because
• CTE WORK READINESS!
• Direct Entry PROOF of SKILLS

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Volusia RTW PlanAssessment Centers

• 9 High Schools
• 5 Alt. Ed. Sites
• Career Connection Coach (Bus)

The Coach is a mobile assessment lab complete
with satellite internet connectivity and 14
computer Stations.
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Volusia RTW PlanProctors and Trainings

• 2007-2008
• 2 Webinar Trainings
• 1 Face-to-Face Refresher Training
• 35 Trained Proctors

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Volusia RTW Plan Skill Development and
TestingCTE Programs

• Instructors provide students with targeted
  instruction through the identified CTE program
  frameworks and skill development using the
  self-paced, online WIN program.
• ACT WorkKeys Assessment occurs at the end of the
  1st and 2nd semesters at each assessment site.

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Volusia RTW Plan Skill Development and
TestingJuniors/Seniors Direct Entry

• Skill development for juniors and seniors NOT
  enrolled in the target CTE programs occurs
  through the school-based Career Connection
  Facilitator (students identified through
  guidance).
• The Career Connection Coach is utilized to test
  identified juniors and seniors during the months
  of December, April and May.

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Volusia RTW Plan Implementation Timeline 07-08
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Volusia RTW Plan Program Results

• AS OF MAY 31, 2008
• Proctored 1,505 assessments
• 70 of students who took all three assessments
  (RI, LI, AM) earned a RTW credential
• 22 GOLD
• 54 SILVER
• 24 BRONZE

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Volusia RTW PlanEvaluation - Keys to Success

• PROMOTION
• Presentations at district preplanning, principal,
  assistant principal, guidance director
  Instructional Council and business partner
  steering committee meetings
• Presentations to chambers and local businesses
  and business organizations
• PARTNERSHIPS
• Workforce Board of Volusia/Flagler Counties
• Daytona Beach College Advanced Technology Center
• Local business and industry trade associations
  (VMA SHRM)
• Local Chambers of Commerce
• STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
• Trainings and refreshers as needed
• One-on-one support
• School-based implementation contact at each site
• COMMUNICATION
• Between CTE District Specialist, RTW Project
  Coordinator, school-based coordinator and
  teachers
• RTW promotion web page on www.career-connection.or
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• RTW Promotion on district Back-to-School Guide,
  HS Showcase Booklet Parent Mailers

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Volusia RTW PlanEvaluation - Lessons Learned

• Use your RTW Project Coordinator!
• New technology can be SCARY thus, multiple staff
  developments and hands-on support are necessary.
• Allow more time for student testing
• Maintain communication through site visits,
  emails and monthly updates
• Dont get discouraged, implementation is a
  continual process! Build on successes one step at
  a time.

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Volusia RTW Plan Next Steps

• Batch enroll of all Volusia Juniors and Seniors
  in April 2008
• CURRICULUM
• Incorporate RTW into other career academy and CTE
  programs
• CTE Curriculum Mapping
• Career Academy Curriculum Integration
• PROMOTION/OUTREACH
• Workforce Board One-Stop Connection
• Internship Clearinghouse Project
• Expand Coach services for Juniors and Seniors
• Preplanning RTW Workshop August 2008
• Brainstorm classroom implementation evaluation
  next steps
• What worked and what didnt?
• How can we increase student numbers?
• Do we need curriculum modifications?

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COMMON LANGUAGE
Future Workforce
Business Education
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QUESTIONS?
Kristin B. Pierce, CTE Specialist Volusia County
Schools 386-255-6475 x60180 kcbowle1_at_volusia.k12.f
l.us www.career-connection.org