SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY: PARTNERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF

CTE STEM CAREER ACADEMIES

Kelly Amy, Specialist STEM, CTE, Career Academies

Tom Besaw, Coordinator, CTE and the Arts

Volusia County Schools, FloridaFord Fund

Next Generation Learning Community

ECONOMICS QUIZ:Is your school district receiving more

funding than in past years?Have real estate values gone up in your

community?Is unemployment below 6% in your

community?Is the business base of your community

expanding?Are your school employees being asked

to do more with less?

Accountability Quiz…Is your district facing:

High stakes testing tied to graduation?The risk of imposed sanctions for NCLB?Public concern over publicized school

grades?Teacher/administrator evaluations tied to

student performance?Low morale from over-loaded teachers?

Perfect Storm…21st century workplace and technical skills

are more important than land and buildingsCritical, trained human capital must be

developed through a complex educational system

Baby boomer retirement in key occupations is impacting the job market, resulting in potentially disruptive labor shortages.

Workforce & economic development is increasingly a k-12 issue & many communities lag behind in understanding how business & schools must work together to make the k-12 workforce connection

SITUATION IS BIGGER THAN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ANY COMMUNITYSchool systems and the business

community must work together to dig out of the recession. It will:Be ChallengingCreate Change Demand TrustRequire new solutionsRemind us that

“The World is Flat”

Every community has organizations that deal with economic & workforce development, k-12 &

postsecondary education:Workforce education needs to be

targetedCommunity must set the targetsCommunities need partnerships of K-12

schools, postsecondary institutions, business community and economic development agencies to hit the target

Schools= EconomyEconomy = Schools

Partners must plan strategically to be effective

Where are you going?What tools will you need?How will you know when you get there?What will you do when you get there?

Reports from Cadre Sub-Committees

Partnerships Workforce Needs Analysis

Marketing/PR

Curriculum Design and

Delivery

Efficiency and Effectiveness

Data on Volusia’s Academies/DistrictRATES DELAND

ENGINEERING ACADEMY

ALL ACADEMIES

Volusia District

GRADUATION 100% 89.6970 77.878

4

DROPOUT 0.0 0.5721 1.4846

SUSPENSIONS 4.6875 30.1870 48.682

7

ABSENCES 19.5313 30.2750 39.2374

Race To The TopCTE STEMCTE STEM Programs

http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/stem_cluster_frame12.asp

CTE percentage of Core Standards

http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/heal_cluster_frame12.asp

CAPEhttp://www.fldoe.org/workforce/fcpea/default.asp

University High School Orange City

2700 students in grades 9-1215 career and technical program

teachers5 career academies

9th grade STEM Wheel (Tech Issues/Pitsco Lab)

Engineering PLTW STEMBiomedical PLTW STEMPlant Biotechnology STEMSimulation/Robotics STEM*Finance NAF

Integrated Curriculum Subjects Engineering (Math/Science)

Biomedical (Math/Science)

Plant Biotechnology (Math/Science)

Simulation and Robotics (Math/Science)*

Finance ( English)*

Students, Teachers & Business Work Together to Develop Integrated Curriculum Projects

Professional DevelopmentVCS Career Academy Standards Link

http://www.career-connection.org/Why Integrated CurriculumHow To Integrate CurriculumWho Integrated Curriculum Write integrated Curriculum Real World

Projects that cross core and CTE curriculum areas.

Implement (curriculum in action)

What worked/What Did NotWorked

Student interestTeacher teams Professional development

Did notForcing curriculum matchesMath is very difficult to match for all

students in a co-hort. 9th grade wheel Sustainability

Next StepsEmpower teacher teams to lead the

processCareer Connection Cadre (Workforce

needs) recommendation for additional RTTT CTE STEM Academy to open August 2013.

VCS locate academyArticulation Agreements with post

secondaryWork based agreements with business

partners

RecommendationsUse Career Academy Data to determine

successUse student survey Data for changeCluster advisory committeesNeed for continual support to bring

integration from low to high level of integration

Volusia Schools Three Year Career Academy Goals

Increase students in Career Academies from 22% to 35% in a five year period.

Increase the number of students earning industry certifications

Increase the number of Career Academies from 34 to 45.

Mr. Fitz by David Finkle7th Grade Teacher at Southwestern Middle School

Essential Tools for the Planning Process

Career Connection website: www.career-connection.orgCTE Strategic Plan on Career Connection

WIKI: http://www.volusiaacademies.wikispaces.net/file/view/Volusia+Career+Academy+Strategic+Plan+for+2012-2017.doc