Programs of Study Organized Around Career Clusters

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Programs of Study Organized Around Career Clusters
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Todays Questions

• What are POS?
• Why are we implementing them?
• Is this really new? What is so different about a
  POS?

• How will this work?
• How do we do this?
• Available resources?

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What are POS?
Programs of study is a process jointly undertaken
by various educational stakeholders to align a
career pathway within a career cluster that will
be used by a student to create their own Personal
Plan of Study.
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Elements of a POS

• Lead to an industry-recognized credential or
  certificate at the post-secondary level or an
  associate or baccalaureate degree.

• Opportunities for students to participate in dual
  or concurrent enrollment or acquire
  post-secondary credit in other ways.

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Elements of a POS

• Non-duplicative progression of courses.
• Utilizes strategies for student success in
  transitions

• Coordinate secondary and post-secondary
  curriculums.
• Insure coherent and rigorous content
• Align with challenging academic and technical
  content.

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What do Programs of Study have to do with career
clusters?
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Career ClustersCareer Clusters are groupings of
occupations and industries.
Cluster Goals are

• Improved learner achievement both academic
  technical
• Successful transitions across learner levels
• Supports workforce economic development

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POS are organized around Career Clusters, NOT
around Courses!

• Clusters are the organizing tool for
• Curriculum Design
• Instructional Guidance Model
• Insure seamless transitions to work and or
  post-secondary education

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Why are weimplementing them?
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In todays world, CTE is an important component
of most any students education as it helps
prepare high school students for either a
transition to the workforce or a post-secondary
degree. Programs of study help students see a
connection between the academic subjects in a
classroom and the application of that knowledge
in the working world. For many students, this
connection is critical to their decision to stay
in high school and graduate with a
diploma. Rep. Mark Sounder (R-IN) 7/27/2006
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One of the unique attributes of vocational and
technical education programs is their ability to
show students a path that could end in a
certificate, credential, employment, military, or
post-secondary education. Along this same track
we include a new requirement for state
development of career and technical programs of
study for CTE areas. I believe programs of study
will help drive program improvements by ensuring
that states clarify the progression of academic
and vocational courses needed for post-secondary
education, training, or employment of a students
choice. Rep. Michael Castle (R-DE) Floor
speech, 7/27/2006
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This legislation, (Perkins) is important for
three reasons. The first reason is the added
emphasis on academic achievementThe second
reason this legislation is important is it will
help ensure we are preparing students for
tomorrows workforceThe final reason this
legislation is important is because it provides a
foundation for the redesign of federal education
policy. We need to structure federal education
policies that provide students and adult learners
with access to lifelong education opportunities.
In this 21st century economy, learning never ends
and school is never out. Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Chairman Health, Education,Labor and Pensions
Committee
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Is this really new?

• What is so different about a POS?

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How will this work?
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RE Missouris State Plan
Each community college (Perkins Eligible Grant
Recipient), in consultation with Tech Prep
Consortia will select 2-3 possible Career
Clusters to target for Programs of Study
Development.
The community college would then meet
collectively with all Secondary (Perkins Eligible
Grant Recipients) to agree on the Programs of
Study to target for development, set timelines
and expectations of all involved.
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How do we do this?
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POS and Tech Prep

• Each Tech Prep Program shall consist of a program
  of study that combines a minimum of two years of
  secondary education with a minimum of two years
  of post-secondary education or an apprenticeship
  program of not less than two years following
  secondary education instruction.and

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Tech Prep defined by Perkins.

• ..Integrates academic and CTE instruction
• Utilizes work-based and worksite learning where
  appropriate and applicable
• Provides technical preparation in a career field
  including high skill ,high wage or high demand
  occupations.
• Builds student competence in technical skills and
  core academic subjects.
• Leads to technical skill proficiency, industry
  credential, certificate or a degree
• Leads to placement in high skill, high wage
  employment or further education.

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Available Resources
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Spring 2007 Pilot
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What We learned
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6 Additional PilotsJanuary to April 2008
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Other considerations and plans

• MOACTE summer Conference
• POS Advisory Committee
• Possible early August POS Implementation workshop

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Questions ?