Strengthening Big Sky Pathways RetreatDay 2
Debra Mills, DirectorNational Career Pathways Network
What’s Around the Corner?
Perkins & the Blueprint
“the blueprint”
Bottom line . . .
Building capacity to integrate CTE Programs of Study (POS) into the broader career pathways system
With Perkins, the race for the $$$$$$ begins . . .
With Perkins, the race for the $$$$$$ begins . . .
Accountability: Funding shift to competitive allocationsInnovation: Not “gonna” but “done did it”
Zeroing IN: Secondary to Postsecondary
How can we make a smooth transition?
Bridging the Gap
• Curriculum• Staff Development• Sharing Resources• Connections with
Business/Industry• Sharing Data
REPORT OUTS
Lunch
Zeroing In: Employers & Advisory Committees
Resource
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•Advisory committees are a quality control function of your program and are a tool for administration and faculty to “talk to the customer”
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Role of Advisory Committees
• Provide specifications for your program• Ensure the quality of
your graduates• Define the exit points
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ADM & Faculty Role:
• Share information• Learn from
B/I/L• Respond to
Recommendations
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Joint Advisory Committees
• Separate advisory committees support the individual programs at each institution
• Joint advisory committees support the pathway that overlays two or more institutions.
Individual Program Complete
Pathways (RPOS)
Rural Areas Rural areas often lack
large employers that can provide committee
members.
Small businesses provide the majority of all jobs in the United States, and in many communities small businesses are the only
employers.
Employees in small businesses typically wear many hats and are spread very thin, leaving little time for
committee involvement.
Small businesses can offer certain
advantages, such as personalized attention
and more varied experiences for students and/or instructors at the
worksite.
• Committees can look for ways to expand & enhance involvement of small businesses by having them leverage their connections with– Subcontractors– Suppliers–Other business
contacts.
• Work through local chamber. Be sure to give small businesses plenty of recognition as many of them have lived in the community for years.
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Motivation for Members
•One of the best rewards for advisory committees is to ask for advice and then to respond to it.
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= Educator = Business
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REVIVE Existing Advisory Committees
• Give them a task to help you with your program• Have AC give you a data-driven report on how our
graduates are doing as employees.• Give AC a data-driven report on how YOUR students
are doing in Math.• What % of recent HS graduates does your program
capture? GPA? Remediation rate? Retention?
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Revive AC:
• ED to B/I• Academic & Technical Teams• 9-14 Counselors/Advisors
• Staff Development LED by B/I• Math applications in CTE• Real world applications for academic instructors• Open industry-based training to instructors
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Strategies from across the country
• Cluster (like industries) approach from the EDC• Pathway Partners (Chamber M adopt instructor)
• Staff Dev delivered by B/I• Joint Advisory Committees (sec & ps)• Thinking outside the box (13-month Mfg program)
• Digital Communication• B/I Tours for ALL faculty in a program (including
gen ed)
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Advice for New Beginnings
• Business must provide leadership• Relationships need to be built at ALL levels• Think in SYSTEM terms– Academic & technical skills– Secondary & Postsecondary– Connect to existing entities (Chamber, EDC)
• Educate your community (gold-collar worker)• Always focus on your mission (economic dev)
ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments
• School Site Teams (Strengthen)
• Advisory Committees (Connect)
Partnering InventoryA. Pathway Coordinator
ContactB. OPI Specialist Contact
1. School Sites Visits2. Business/Industry
Partnering3. Community-based