GREGG BETHEIL

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GREGG BETHEIL Senior Executive for Career
Technical Education Office of Portfolio
Development NYC Department of Education gbetheil_at_s
chools.nyc.gov
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New York City Facts Figures

• Offering Good Options to NYC Students. Through
  our Children First school reforms, we have worked
  to create a portfolio of high-quality options
  that meet the needs of New York Citys students
  and families. We have created
• New small schools
• Multiple pathway options for over-age and
  under-credited students
• Strong small learning communities
• Charter schools
• Career Technical Education (CTE) schools and
  programs
• 284 CTE Programs of Study across 114 schools,
  including
• 26 CTE-Designated Schools
• 71 State Approved CTE Programs of Study
• 14 Career Clusters represented. Most highly
  represented include
• Business Management Administration
• Information Technology
• Arts/Audio Visual/Technology Communications
• Health Science
• Architecture Construction
• Hospitality Tourism
• Law Public Safety

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Preliminary Analysis of Comparative CTE
Performance
Wide disparities exist within the CTE portfolio
in both population and performance

• CTE schools serve above-average concentrations of
  males, minorities and SPED students, and are
  comparable to the system at-large in terms of
  incoming test scores and age at entry

• Controlling for population differences through a
  regression model, CTE schools, on average,
  perform roughly equal with their predicted
  four-year graduation rate

• Mirroring a citywide challenge, CTE schools
  even those who over-perform in terms of
  graduation rate struggle to help students
  achieve post-secondary readiness, especially
  those who enter below a low-level 2

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Recommendations Mayoral Task Force on CTE
Innovation

• Meet 21st Century Standards. Prepare NYC students
  to meet academic and industry-based standards and
  competencies through rigorous and relevant
  coursework, supported by strong public-private
  partnerships.
• Expand Paths to Graduation. Create and support
  career pathways that integrate coursework,
  work-based learning experiences and hands-on
  experiences so that students develop
  competencies, skills and attitudes for success
  beyond high school in the workforce.
• Engage and Empower Industry Leadership. Reach
  beyond the educational sphere and develop a
  coherent structure for engaging, organizing and
  accounting for industry support to ensure the
  continued relevancy of CTE programs, and build
  pipelines of skilled workers into sector labor
  markets.
• Prepare Graduates for Post-Secondary Success.
  Prepare more NYC students for post-secondary and
  post-scholastic work and training options,
  including a particular emphasis on integration
  and articulation with post-secondary degree
  options.
• Increase Opportunity and Access. Equip students
  and families to make informed choices about
  education and work and ensure that all students
  have access to desirable options.

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Next Generation Career Technical Education in
NYC
Description

• Implement the recommendations of Mayor
  Bloombergs Task Force on CTE Innovation.
• Redesign CTE to ensure it is a desirable,
  rigorous, respected, and accessible option for
  all high school students. CTE should create
  pathways to student success in the workplace, in
  associates programs, and in four-year college,
  both now and as industries evolve.

Initiative Concept

• Create 3 exemplary CTE Demonstration Schools
  beginning in Fall 2009
• Improve effectiveness of the 284 existing CTE
  programs citywide and increase student access to
  these programs
• Support CTE innovation by tailoring and aligning
  City and State policy and operations, to achieve
  desired outcomes
• Engage and align with industry and post-secondary
  institutions

2008-09 Goals Priorities
Possible Challenges

• Overcoming tradition and negative stigma of
  vocational education
• Securing State policy waivers in seat-time and
  assessment
• Developing rigorous, State approved alternative
  assessments
• Uneven performance of and limited/unequal access
  to existing CTE schools
• Industry engagement in current economic
  environment