ROP/CTE/CCPT in Contra Costa County

CCSESA MeetingOctober 2015

Contra Costa County ROP Serves nearly 12,000 students annually 388 high school sections in 2015-16 6 year clear WASC Accreditation

34 high schools in 13 districts 1 charter school 1 adult school 2 court schools 2 community schools 1 continuation school 2 adult correctional facilities 2 adult sites

Contra Costa County ROP

More than 80 different courses

55 courses UC/CSU “a-g” approved Most of any ROP in the state

30 courses articulated with community colleges

Our Teachers

All 198 are credentialed All have industry experience Many continue to work in their field 2 out of the 3 most recent Contra Costa

County Teachers of the Year are ROP teachers

One of our teachers named “Ryland Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher”

One of our teachers awarded “Mary Allen Fellows Award” from Antioch Education Foundation

Cindy Egan San Ramon Valley HighROP AP Environmental

Science2013-14 Teacher of the

Year

Brian WheelerAlhambra High

ROP Auto Technology2014-15 Teacher of the

Year

Some Student Success Stories

An AP Computer Science student working at Amazon

Several Auto Technology students who interned at BMW Concord are now employed there

An Art of Video Production student is employed as a production assistant at KRON NBC News

A former Sports Medicine student is now an Athletic Trainer for performers at Disneyland

A former Cosmetology student is now responsible for the packaging of Kendo brands for Sephora stores

More Student Successes

Art of Video Productions students produced "last moments“, a texting and driving PSA which took third place and the Peoples Choice award in a national Toyota contest, which won them $15,000

The video was also entered in the California state media festival where it won best PSA and the overall Grand Prize for the whole show   

The same group also entered into a NASA film festival where they went against 145 artists from 16 countries and took 2nd place in the Live action category

And more…

Students in a CAD class designed and created for Shriners’ Hospitala custom vise that holds prosthetic limbs The same students designed and created a

camera mount for UC Davis’s Burn Unit Students in a Culinary Careers class created a

cookbook and reusable shopping bags to win the Microsoft Social Innovation Award at the National Junior Achievement Association

Numerous adult graduates of Medical Assistant program employed at local hospitals

Numerous adult graduates of Industrial Maintenance Mechanic and Process Plant Operator program employed at local refineries

Our Curricula

Courses offered in all 15 Industry sectors Several Project Lead the Way courses 3 AP courses

All courses include CTE Model Curriculum Standards

All courses include Common Core State Standards

All courses include units on job research, job preparation, resume writing and interviewing

Career Guidance for Students Career Guide for High School Students Career Guidance Liaisons work in high

school career centers on a regular basis Career Guidance Liaisons do workshops

in ROP classes on resume writing, interviewing, professional attire and searching for jobs

Career ladders are posted in every classroom

California Career Pathways Trust

Diablo Gateways to Innovation Consortium 10 school districts 4 community colleges 2 ROPs 3 counties Dozens of business partners

CCCOE is the lead fiscal agency Awarded $8 million over 3 years to

develop, expand and strengthen CTE pathways

Diablo Gateways to Innovation Consortium

California Career Pathways TrustFocus on 3 industry sectors

Health and Bioscience Information Communication Technology

Advanced Manufacturing/Engineering

California Career Pathways Trust 1

Targeted work in Professional Development

Work-based/project-based learning Sequence development

Workforce Intermediary Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa

County Contra Costa Economic Partnership Clearinghouse of work-based learning opportunities

Data collection, reporting and analysis CDE reporting Use of CalPASS’s Launchboard for analysis &

evaluation of pathways

CCPT Structure

Executive Committee Representation from every LEA

Full Consortium Representation from every school

Pathway Action Teams Pathway teachers and counselors from high

schools plus pathway faculty and counselors from community colleges

Sub-Regional Groups Teachers and administrators from community

colleges and their feeder high schools

California Career Pathways Trust 2 CCCOE’s Court and Community Schools

are part of the Alameda County Office of Education’s R4 Pathways Project Consortium

R4 = Resilient Youth, Ready to Learn, Ready for Work, Ready for Life Targeting vulnerable youth To provide accelerated transitions to post-

secondary education and the workforce

CCPT 2

CCCOE Court and Community schools will Implement the Get Focused Stay

Focused curriculum

Expand CTE offerings

Provide navigators to help students transition out of the Court and Community schools and into careers or college pathways

Governor’s CTE Incentive Grant

$400 million statewide this year $300 million statewide next year $200 million in 2017-18 Designed to “maintain and expand” CTE “Bridge funding” Planning to apply since last spring Met with district superintendents last

April to gather input Met again in September to garner

commitment

Governor’s CTE Incentive Grant

Developed tentative plan Build out Career Exploration for 7th & 8th graders Strengthen and align CTE offerings for 9th & 10th graders Maintain and enhance ROP offerings for 11th & 12th graders

CCCOE CTE/ROP

BUILD STRENGTHEN MAINTAIN

Governor’s CTE Incentive Grant Commitments received from the

superintendents from most of our 14 districts

Expecting commitments from the rest

ROP and CTE are alive and thriving in

Contra Costa County!