Have a commitment to…. Craven Community College and Craven County Schools
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Have a commitment to.
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Workplace Readiness = +
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Our consortium decided to return to the basics and focus on the
relationship piece of our partnership by: Establishing a CCC/CCS
Educational Partnership Committee Developing a Local Articulation
Agreement Return to Industry Opportunity
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The goal is to remove the barriers between the two school
levels as well as to remove the walls between CTE and core
curriculum program areas Key stakeholders were identified and a
quarterly meeting schedule was developed CCS Individuals included
Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Directors
and Coordinators CCC faculty included President, Vice-President for
Academic Affairs, Directors and Department Heads
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The agendas covered everything from the Tech Prep Grant to how
CTE and core courses could support and enhance each other
Opportunities to make a connection between the two institutions
such as a Craven Expo Day coordinated with CCS students attending
or the offering of summer camps and bridge programs Aligning the
two calendars, with built-in meeting dates, to allow the teachers
and faulty to have collaboration time
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Establishment of Craven Expo Day on a school day so that high
school students could visit the community college College Faculty
being invited as guest speakers in CTE classes Quarterly meetings
between teachers and faculty to help facilitate the students
transition from high school to the community college
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Summer bridge opportunities: Career Pathways Institute helps
high school students identify and analyze career possibilities
related to individual and educational interests, skills, and
abilities and develop college success skills
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The second prong of our relationship building process was to
develop a local articulation between CCC and CCS Teachers and
faculty devoted a day to learning about each others program areas
Syllabus and SCOS of studies were carefully explored Agreement was
reached on what courses were aligned
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Teachers and faculty laid the foundation for faculty to visit
the high schools and students to tour the community college The
framework for a crosswalk was developed Quarterly meetings were
scheduled
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Both groups learned to appreciate the challenges each face
Brainstorming of how to build stronger foundation skills in
reading, writing, and math Appreciation for what it takes to
facilitate the transition from high school to higher education
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As a natural outgrowth from the articulation agreement, the
faculties discovered a need to experience what the ultimate goal of
the student wassuccessful and rewarding employment which became the
third prong of our relationship piece Thus, we began stage one of
the Return to Industry Opportunity
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Teachers from all high schools and in all program areas were
invited to spend two days shadowing a business/industry in their
program area Teachers were to experience the career goals of their
students to help better understand how to relate their curriculum
to employment needs Teachers were part of stage 1 to allow them to
build a stronger foundation of the connection between the community
college and the work place
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Teachers will report out to their program areas in county-wide
PLCs. Teachers will use information learned to aid in discussions
with college faculty in future meetings Community college faculty
will participate in future Return to Industry initiatives in
conjunction with teachers to help design the crosswalk from
education to work and life-long learning