Oklahoma’s Performance Driven Outcomes System

Vic Woods, Tech Prep State CoordinatorOklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education

vwood@okcareertech.org 405.743.5158

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“A Seamless Transition”

Former TimesSix isolated consortia were funded in 1991 through individual competitive grants.A few consortia were added between 1991 and 1996.As a result of the “New Carl Perkins” and a state funding formula more consortia were added in 1998.The Tech Prep Student Definition was approved July, 1999.Consortia analysis provided evidence of transition barriers and the need to restructure some consortia in 2000-2002.Twenty-five coordinators currently provide leadership for 24 consortia.In 2003 program evaluations supported by a general review process were replaced by the Performance Driven Outcomes System (PDOS), which is supported by data.

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Tech Prep: Delivering On The Promise

Accountability

Data Collection and Analysis

Communication and Outreach

Characteristics of an Effective Accountability

SystemImprove performance, instead of providing compliance to punish failureEstablish a few measurable goals that are clear and significant to progressMonitor Progress PubliclyEmploy fundamental and extreme incentivesUtilize every available tool; involve anyone who can helpBuild capacityInvest in results oriented outcomes

PDOS PipelineSeamless Transition System

The PDOS serves as a year-to-year working plan with deliverable milestones.It has seven program outcome domains and nine student outcome domains, among other areas of performance.

It provides a web-based transitional reporting mechanism (longitudinal cohort study) for students from the high school to technical training to higher education to the workforce.

Data Maintenance Menu

Business Partner Form

Program Outcomes Data Form

Student Outcomes Data Form

PDOS Program OutcomesFY03 First Quarter Report (July-Sept.)

System—Component 1Education Partners—Academic and technical learning

experiences- Middle School, High School and Technology Center sites = 466-Higher Education institutions (Colleges and Universities) = 61

Business/Industry Partners—Work-based learning, curriculum, etc. – Active B/I Partners = 149

- Job shadowing, mentorships = 458- Student internships = 145- Teacher internships = 115

Articulation—Component 2State Approved Agreements—# of agreements and credit

hours possible that higher education can transcript- Cooperative = 367/6488- Advanced Standing/Extra-institutional = 15/?

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Professional Development—Component 3- Technically related activities/# attending activities

- Administrators = 89/422- Teachers = 69/786 - Counselors = 78/333

Curriculum & Instruction—Component 4- Plans of Study = 126- Career Clusters = 151- Connecting /Incorporating Content

- Curriculum Alignment = 89- Contextual Coursework = 104- Curriculum Integration = 106- All Aspects of the Industry = 87

PDOS Student Outcomes

5 year Cohort Study—FY01-FY06 for FY01 studentsStudent Opportunities—Component 5- # of Tech Prep students

- FY00=928- FY01=2,304- FY02=2,686

- Completing High School- GPA composite = ?- ACT composite = ?- Technical Program Completers = ?

- Transitioning to Post-secondary- Higher Education = ?- Technology Centers = ?

-Requiring Remediation- # of Students = ?- Courses = ?

(Continued)-Completing Post-secondary

- Associate of Applied Science = ?- Associates of Science = ?- Bachelor of Science = ?- Bachelor of Technology = ?- Technical Certification or License = ?- Military, Apprenticeship = ?

-Obtaining Employment- Related = ?- Unrelated = ?

-Occupational Competency Testing - Completers = ?

-Credentials (certifications, license)- State = ?- National = ?

-Non-traditional Students- Participants = ?- Completers = ?

PDOS CultureFrom a culture of compliance to a culture of results.From a document driven system to a performance driven system supported by data.

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PDOS Database SoftwareThe Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology has an integrated mainframe database system in which we store most of our corporate data. The mainframe is an IBM Multiprize 2000 running VM/ESA. The Tech Prep Outcomes System interfaces with this mainframe system in order to obtain school, personnel, and student information and to store the data associated with its consortiums.The interface to the web is accomplished via software marketed by Sirius Software, Inc. (http://www.sirius-software.com). This software is called Janus and allows us to write programs to access and update data located on our mainframe from web-based environments. It provides a direct, high performance connection between the mainframe and a TCP/IP network.The database for the Tech Prep Outcomes System is structured as a set of tables each containing a different type of data. The tables are normalized to help eliminate duplication. There are tables for Business Partners, Committees, Schools, Training Activities, etc. The Tech Prep Coordinators are assigned ID numbers that serve to link the information concerning their Consortiums to them. Future plans call for our current mainframe databases to be replaced by Oracle databases running on Sun/UNIX machines.

Get Online!

To see how this Performance Driven Outcomes System really works go to:www.okcareertech.org/stwClick on Tech Prep buttonClick on PDOS buttonClick on Tech Prep Coordinator MenuEnter this information:

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