Caddo Career

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Caddo Career Technology Center

• The Career Technical Magnet
• of Caddo Parish Schools
• Shreveport, Louisiana

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Our Mission

• Caddo Career Technology Center prepares
  students for success in our rapidly changing
  world by providing quality career and technical
  programs empowering students to meet the demands
  of the world of work, pursue post-secondary
  education and address lifes challenges.

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Our Challenge

• Show students that skill mastery provides power
  through financial independence and expanded
  options, that a job well done is the most
  meaningful recognition, that teamwork creates a
  sense of belonging, and that freedom and fun come
  from the security of having marketable skills and
  the creative interaction of working with others.

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Our Faculty

• Black 7 CTE Certified 23
• White 35 Trad Certified 19
• Male 20 Female 22
• TOTAL 42

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Professional Philosophy

• Hire the best and support them
• Provide and develop leadership through
  professional learning
• Articulate results and expectations
• Integrate technology
• Evaluate goals and objectives continually

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Our Students

• Asian 4 Grade 12 301
• Black 477 Grade 11 289
• Hawaiian 1 Options 33
• Hispanic 15 Other 127
• White 253
• Female 352
• TOTAL 750 Male 398

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HSTW Key PracticeHigh Expectations

• Annual CCTC Challenge
• Back-to-School Night to orient parents to
  expectations
• Senior Capstone/Project required
• Industry-Based Certification exams, as available
• Student Career Portfolio required

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HSTW Key PracticeTechnical Studies

• Critical Employability Skills
• Character Education
• Skill Competition Service
• Faculty
• Professional
• Portfolios

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HSTW Key PracticeTechnical Studies

• Computerized Student Competency Records
• Industry-Recognized Standards/ Certifications
• Ongoing Facility and Equipment Upgrades

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HSTW Key PracticeTechnical Studies

• Industry-Based Certifications for students
• NCCER (HVAC Carpentry)
• I-CAR pending/AYES (Auto Body)
• ASE/AYES/NATEF (Auto Tech)
• MOS/IC3 (Business)
• ProStart (Culinary Arts)
• Dental Radiology (Dental Assistant)
• ADDA (Drafting)

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HSTW Key PracticeTechnical Studies

• Industry-Based Certifications for
• students
• EMT-Basic/CNA/First Aid/ CPR (Healthcare)
• NIMS pending (Machine Shop)
• NRF Customer Service (Co-op Marketing)
• CCNA (Networking)
• PrintEd (Printing/Graphic Arts)
• STAR (Teaching Professions)
• AWS/NCCER (Welding)

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HSTW Key PracticeAcademic Studies

• Technical Library
• Louisiana e-Portal
• Orientation to the Library/Internet
• Resume Preparation
• Employability Skills Across the Curriculum
• Career and College Information
• Research Career Projects

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HSTW Key PracticeAcademic Studies

• How Math Is Used at CCTC
• How Communication Is Used at CCTC
• How Science Is Used at CCTC
• Focused on Profession Development
• Technical Literacy Standards across the Curriculum

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HSTW Key PracticeProgram of Study

• Areas of Concentration/Career Pathways with all
  10 high schools
• Diploma Endorsements Academic Technical
• Complementing Home High Schools
• COE Co-op Marketing, On Campus
• Education for Careers, Distance Learning
• Teaching Professions, Distance Learning

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HSTW Key PracticeProgram of Study

• Specifying CCTC Course Prerequisites
• Eight Enriched Credit Courses Offered
• Accounting Procedures
• CAD Drafting
• Commercial Art
• Dental Assistant
• EMT-Basic
• Nurse Assistant
• Networking/Information Technologies
• Teaching Professions

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HSTW Key PracticeProgram of Study

• Articulated Credit
• 61 hours earned by 15 students
• Dual Enrollment
• 1,115 hours earned by 97 students at
• Bossier Parish Community College
• Louisiana Technical
• College
• Southern University,
• Shreveport

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HSTW Key PracticeWork-Based Learning

• Job Shadowing (Groundhog Day, AYES and others)
• Student Internships
• Healthcare Clinicals
• Paid On-the-Job Training with Industry-Developed,
  Standardized Criteria

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HSTW Key PracticeWork-Based Learning

• School-to-Work Coordinator
• Student Work Surveys
• Job-Seeking Skills
• Job Readiness Assemblies
• Job Shadowing (Groundhog Day)
• Friday Seminars with SkillsUSA Total Quality
  Curriculum Junior Achievements Success
  Skills
• Mock Interviews
• Employer Contacts Data Collection

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HSTW Key PracticeWork-Based Learning

• Thanks Friends Ad (80 to 100 Employers) Letter
• Co-op Education Banquet
• CCTC Advisory Councils
• CCTC Foundation
• Scholarships
• Partial IBC fees
• School advocacy
• Project partners

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HSTW Key PracticeTeachers Working Together

• CCTC Advisory Councils
• Whole Faculty Study Groups
• Teachers in the Working World Tours/Internships
• Teacher In-service/Activities
• Teacher Technology Center
• HSTW, NCTN, ACTE, LACTE, State AFE Conferences,
  IBC Professional Development

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HSTW Key PracticeStudents Engaged

• Business/Industry Simulations Projects
• Student-Based Enterprises
• Internet Career Mentoring (Drafting and
  Commercial Art)
• Career-Technical Student
• Organizations

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HSTW Key PracticeStudents Engaged through
School-Based Enterprises

• A Construction
• Building the Future
• CCTC Body Shop
• CCTC Plotting Service
• Campus Craze Boutique
• Class Act Wood Work

• Graphic Solutions
• Hot Off the Press
• Hot Rods
• Hot Sparks
• The Catering Corner
• The Garden Shop

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HSTW Key PracticeStudents Engaged through
Partnership/Service Projects

• Sample Projects
• VOA Playhouse
• Hibernia House/Union Street Project
• Ad Agency Project
• AEP-SWEPCO Bluebird Barn Owl Conservation
• Learn Serve Grants

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HSTW Key PracticeCareer Guidance

• Career-Focused Assemblies (Job Readiness, Career
  Cluster Motivational Assemblies)
• Career Interest Inventory
• Guest Speakers
• 8th-Grade Tours
• Career Fair for
• Tenth-Graders

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HSTW Key PracticeCareer Guidance

• Summer Camps Educator Exploration, Camp
  Culinary Junior Assemblies Surveys
• Next Step Assemblies with Follow-up Packet and
  Lesson Plans
• CCTC Job Fair
• Scholarships for PS Education

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HSTW Key PracticeExtra Help!

• Professional Development Using Site Guide
• 6 Extra Help and Time
• Faculty-Developed List of Extra Help and Time
  in CCTC Teachers Handbook
• School-to-Work Coordinator
• Special Education Inclusion Teacher and Teachers
  Aides
• Options/GED Program
• Library resources and assistance
• Before-school, after-school Saturday tutoring
  and competition prep

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HSTW Key PracticeOutreach Keeping Score

• January Mail-out to Parents of 10th/11th Graders,
  February Open House TeacherWeb
• Periodic Sharing/Review of all School Data
• End-of-Year Reports to Sending High Schools
  Senior Follow Up after One Year
• Work-Based Learning Data
• Student/Teacher Surveys
• Employer Feedback
• Enrollment Growth
• HSTW Assessment Student/
• Teacher Surveys

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HSTW Key PracticeOutreach Keeping Score

• Blending Career Tech, High Schools That Work,
  LINCS, School Improvement Plans
• A Tool for Teachers Linking Businesses and
  Schools
• Presentations to Business/Civic Groups
• Newspaper/TV Coverage
• Luncheon/Tours for Business/Civic Groups
• Clean Campus and Shreveport Green Achievement
  Awards

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Spring 2006 GEE 21State Level Data
This data represents the percentage of students
who scored at the Approaching Basic Achievement
level and higher Achievement Levels - Advanced,
Mastery, Basic, Approaching Basic, Unsatisfactory
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Results Achieved HSTW Assessment _at_ CCTC
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Lessons Learned

• Model, Mentor Monitor Its all about the
  people the work
• Constant Professional Development is needed to
  emphasize implement expectations
• Develop Teacher-Leaders for local, state, and
  national leadership roles
• Showcase successes professional recognition
  cannot be overdone!

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Why Adopt HSTW?

• It is our road map for school improvement
  student success
• It provides a network of positive seekers
• It creates a common language to use in linking
  all school improvement efforts together
• It includes a way to evaluate and connect school
  changes to our core mission

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Next Steps

• Continue Ready Fire Aim!!
• Caddo Career Technology Center
• Increase Student Attendance
• Finalize CCTC Website
• Expand Dual Enrollment Distance Learning
• Strengthen/Expand Senior Projects
• Add Industry-Based Certifications
• Continue Partnership/Service Projects

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Next Steps

• Continue Ready Fire Aim!!
• Other Caddo Parish Schools
• North Caddo Welding
• North Caddo Culinary
• Huntington Carpentry
• Business Department Certifications
• Middle School Courses for HS Credit

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Presenters

• Caddo Parish School Board
• Gayle Flowers, Director
• Career, Adult Alternative Education
• 1961 Midway Avenue
• Shreveport, LA 71108
• O [phone]
• e-mail gflowers_at_caddo.k12.la.us
• Rosetta Boone, Supervisor
• Career Adult Education
• Caddo Career Technology Center
• Gary Weese, AYES Instructor
• Jo Lynn Ross, Business Teacher