Webinar: Keeping up With Graduation Pathways:
Questions Answered and Emerging Promising Practices
April 22, 2020
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Keeping up With Graduation Pathways
Questions Answered and Emerging Promising Practices
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Michelle ClarkeSchool Counseling Specialist
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Graduation Pathways
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Graduation Pathways
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Technical
Honors
Core 40Academic
Honors
General
Overview
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Employability Skills Poster
Overview
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Project-Based Service-Based Work-Based
Experience + Student Work Product
Employability Skills
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What is the work product that is required?
• Examples include but are not limited to: presentation, letter of recommendation,
letter of employment verification, resume, reflection of experience, etc.
When can these experiences begin?
• Anytime between July 1 prior to freshman year through September 30 prior to
submission of the Graduate Report
• Can be during the school day, after school, during breaks, etc.
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Employability Skills
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How do I know if my experience satisfies the requirements?
• Each experience must be aligned to a specific set of design principles listed in the
Policy Guidance Document.
Can courses be used to satisfy this requirement?
• In the Policy Guidance document, courses lending themselves to executing the
design principles of each experience are listed, though completion of the courses
alone does not fulfill this requirement.
• However, these experiences are not limited to these courses alone. If a student’s
experience or a course curriculum aligns with the design principles of any of the
employability skills experiences, then that experience will qualify for this requirement.
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How long do they have to last?
• There is not a set number of hours for an Employability Skills experience
• Schools and districts must ensure the experience has quality, scope, and value
for the student
How do schools validate completion of this requirement?
• By evaluating the student’s product and tracking the completion of the experience
on the student’s transcript or through the school’s Student Information System
(SIS).
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Employability Skills
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• Courses
• Part-time employment
• School-based enterprises
• Apprenticeships
• Internships
• Career and Technical Student Organizations
• Athletics
• After school programs (i.e., Marching Band)
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Overview
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Project-Based
Buck Institute for Education (PBL
Works) Project-Based Learning “Gold
Standard” Design principles
Overview
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Service-Based
National Youth Leadership Council K-
12 Service Learning Standards
Overview
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Work-Based
National Governors Association
design principles for Work-Based
Learning.
Indiana K-12 WBL Manual
Overview
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Overview
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Overview
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Indiana K-12 WBL Manual
● Introduction
● What is Work-Based Learning (WBL)?
● WBL Continuum and Definitions
● WBL Criteria / Indicators
● WBL Resources
● References
Competencies
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Students must complete at least one of the following.
6. Apprenticeship
7. CTE Concentrator
8. AP/IB/Dual Credit/Cambridge Int./CLEP
9. Locally Created Pathways
1. Honors Diploma
2. ACT
3. SAT
4. ASVAB
5. Industry Cert
Competencies
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Honors Diploma
• Fulfill all requirements of either the Academic or Technical Honors designation
ACT
• Currently 18 in English, 22 in Reading, 22 in Math, and 23 in Science; students must
meet at least 2 of the 4 score requirements, either the 18 in English or 22 in Reading
AND either the 22 in Math or 23 in Science
SAT
• Currently 480 in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) and 530 in Math;
students must meet the individual scores in each subject
Competencies
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ASVAB
• Earn at least a minimum AFQT score to qualify for placement into one of the branches of the
US military The minimum score a student must earn is 31; individual branch scores are the
following: Army is 31, Marines is 31, Navy is 35, Air Force is 36, and Coast Guard is 45
State- and Industry-recognized Credential or Certification
• NEW List of Approved Certifications.
• Must be entered in the Indiana Technical Education Reporting System (INTERS)
Federally-recognized Apprenticeship
• The list of federally recognized apprenticeships is posted on the DOE’s website
Competencies
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Career-Technical Education Concentrator
• Must earn a C average in at least two non-duplicative advanced courses (courses beyond an
introductory course) within a particular program or program of study.
• NEW The Office of CTE is no longer with the Indiana Department of Education. They now
reside with the Governor’s Workforce Cabinet.
Competencies
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AP/IB/Dual Credit/Cambridge International courses or CLEP Exams
• Must earn a C average or higher in at least three (3) courses
• Students must sit for the AP/IB Exams (no cut score)
• Students must earn a 50 or higher for CLEP exam to count
• If a student is taking AP/IB/Dual Credit courses to meet the postsecondary-ready competency,
either: 1. One of the three courses must be in a core content area. The Core Transfer Library
defines “core content” for dual credit/AP/IB requirement.
2. OR all three (3) courses must be part of a defined CTE sequence. A defined CTE
sequence of courses is based on the Indiana College and Career Pathways. These
courses must correspond with the CTE Technical Dual Credit Crosswalk.
Competencies
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Competencies
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Locally Created Pathways
• Developed in accordance with the framework adopted by the SBOE and is approved
by the SBOE
• The Board has approved three Locally Created Pathways (LCPs) thus far.
• To help clarify and simplify the components of each LCP, SBOE, and IDOE staff
developed guidance for schools and districts to follow.
• If you want to adopt a LCP, you must fill out this form.
Tracking
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Work-Based Experience
Student’s transcript
Student work product
student’s transcript, test
scores, certification score
report
Promising Practices
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Work-Based Experience
Promising Practices
● Parent Toolkit
● Middle School Toolkit
● Tracking/Reporting Examples
● PBL/WBL/SBL Examples
Promising Practices
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Work-Based Experience
Service Learning School Wide Initiative
● 2018-2019 School Year Implementation
● Used Learning to Give/Generation On as a template & guide for our lessons
● Every Monday during “PRIDE” (homeroom) is dedicated to service learning
○ SNHS “Be The Change” Service Learning Schedule
○ Everything is logged in google classroom/drive for easy access & tracking
● Community Service credit is awarded during a students 8th semester which is an unweighted “A”
● Helping change our culture, school, community & overall students self
● 2020-2021 Plan
○ We are doing modules, so students will go through a “9 week course” on various topics.
○ Each PRIDE will do 1 service learning project (plan, coordinate, do & reflect)
○ Each PRIDE will plan 1 school wide “fun” event (i.e. Talent Show)
Why we did this? Because I personally didn’t want to track down 275 students between WBL, Project
Based or Service Learning...so why not make it a school wide thing!
Frequently Asked Questions
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Work-Based Experience
● Graduation Pathways FAQ
● Guidance for students due to COVID-19 school closures.
○ 2020 Graduation Flexibility
○ COVID-19 FAQ
○ Graduation Flexibility FAQ
● CTE Listserve
○ CTE Contact: [email protected]
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Implementation Resources
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Michelle Clarke
School Counseling Specialist
Email:[email protected]
Website: www.doe.in.gov/graduation-pathways
Promising Practices
@CounselorClarke
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