Transition Matters Career Development Education October 29, 2014

ESE’s Goal To prepare all students for success after high school 2

ESE Core Strategies Prepare all students for success after high school by: Strengthening curriculum, instruction, and assessment Improving educator effectiveness Turning around the lowest performing districts and schools Using data and technology to support student performance 3

Success after high school 4  All students deserve a world-class education that prepares them for success after high school.  Academic proficiency is no longer enough to ensure this.  Students also need to be proficient in the knowledge and skills required to navigate the workplace and function as contributing citizens.

5 The ICCR Taskforce

ICCR Task Force Background  November 29, 2011 – The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education created a task force on better integrating college and career readiness into K-12 education.  January through May 2012 – The Task Force for the Integration of College and Career Readiness was convened.  June 26, 2012 – Task Force members present the ICCR Task Force report and recommendations. Board votes to accept the report and charges the Department to map a path forward. 6 Background and Context

Career readiness means an individual has the requisite knowledge, skills and experiences in the academic, workplace readiness and personal/social domains to successfully navigate to completion an economically viable career pathway in a 21 st century economy. 7

High Level ICCR Task Force Recommendations I.Incorporate Career Readiness into Massachusetts’s Recommended Course of Study II.Strengthen School, Employer, Higher Education, and Community Partnerships III.Improve the Utilization of School Counselors in Deployment of Career Readiness Education IV.Incentivize Schools to Create/Demonstrate Comprehensive Career Readiness Strategies V.Explicitly Identify Personnel Responsible for Effectively Executing Task Force Recommendations 8 Recommendations

9 The ICCR Task Force recommendations yield three high-level targets Schools Increase the percent of high schools offering career development activities Students Increase the number of students participating in career development activities Employers Increase the number of employers sponsoring career development activities

10 State Level Initiatives and Resources to support Career Development Education

Connecting Activities 11  Works with all 16 local Workforce Investment Boards  Develops employer relationships and sharing resources.  Brokers connections with employers to provide career development education that includes career awareness, exploration and immersion activities for students.  Places students in internship programs, with placements tailored to students interests and career goals.  Provides technical assistance and PD to staff implementing these initiatives.

Connecting Activities FY13 Outcomes Employers invested $11.9 million in wages to support student internships. 9,832 students were placed in internships at 3,530 employer sites. 7,209 (73%) students utilized the Massachusetts Work-Based Learning (WBL) Plan on the job. The MA WBL Plan structures learning and productivity at the worksite and formally connects classroom lessons (MA Curriculum Frameworks aligned with Common Core Standards) to work-based learning experiences. 6,540 students participated in classes/workshops including career exploration, work-readiness and internship workshops. Over 1,600 employers sponsored career awareness and exploration activities for students including career days, job shadowing and guest speaker programs. 12

CA is not Restricted by Eligibility Requirements for Student Participants  CA can serve all students  However, ESE has accented certain categories of students  Each WIB region sets goals  WIBs partner with schools to develop programs 13

Students Targeted for Service  Students identified by schools as potential dropout risks  Students for whom an individual plan, whether an EPP, IEP, CVTE Career Plan, ILP or other plan, has been developed 14

15 Connecting Activities in FY15  New web site available to offer deeper understanding of Connecting Activities:   Some of its interactive features:  Search feature to assist employers to locate their local Workforce Investment Boards  Information about schools that are actively involved in CA  Training Video to teach practitioners how to use the MA Work-Based Learning Guide 15

The Massachusetts Work-Based Learning Plan 16  Tool designed to structure work-based learning experiences, particularly internships.  Available as online database screens, mobile application, pen/paper or Microsoft Word.  Capacity to generate employability skill gain reports.  Source of data for the state about numbers of students served  Go thttp://skillspages.com/masswbl tohttp://skillspages.com/masswbl download copies or learn more about the database.

The Career Development Education Guide 17  A guide for career development education, focusing on a continuum of career awareness, career exploration and career immersion activities.  Includes a glossary of career development activities with definitions and frameworks to assist with efforts to create, expand or improve on existing initiatives.  The Career Development Education Guide/Glossary can be found at:

18 Career Development Spectrum CAREER AWARENESS  Career Speakers  Career Days/Fairs  Career Interest Inventories  Company Tours Students are aware of the broad range of career and/or occupations in the world of work CAREER IMMERSION  Internships  Capstone Projects  Entrepreneurial Enterprise  Clinical Experiences  Part-Time Employment  CVTE Cooperative Education  Apprenticeship Students engage in structured work and learning experiences connected to teaching and learning CAREER EXPLORATION Students engage in some in-depth exposures to career options  Job Shadowing  Job Rotation  Informational Interviews  Job Skills Portfolio  Community Service  Leadership in Career Clubs  Contextual Learning Coursework  Labor Market Research The process through which an individual comes to understand his or her place in the world of work

19 ICCR Demonstration Sites

20 ICCR Demonstration Sites – ESE Initiative to Scale Up CCR  Planning and Implementation by each with vision of CCR for all students  Districts using full menu of programs:  MA Model, Expanded MassCore, ILPs, high quality CDE, YourPlanfortheFuture, and more  Lessons learned will be shared

21 Status of ICCR Demonstration Site Initiative  Five districts awarded grants end of FY13  Chicopee Public Schools  Gill-Montague Regional School District  Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District  Northbridge Public Schools  Weymouth Public Schools  All five completed a Planning Year in FY14; now embarked on Implementation Year

22 Goal for Career Development Education in ICCR Districts  All students participate in Career Development Education (CDE) activities starting at Grade 7 in order to promote student engagement, enhance academic achievement, and provide workplace readiness skills  All three stages of CDE are available across middle and high school for all students

23 Rubric re CDE for ICCR Sites StageCharacteristics at Stage for CDE Stage 1 Minimal or no evidence of the practice that is universal District has not begun any career readiness programs in middle school Few or no students in high school participate in CDE experiences Stage 2 Early Stage – Pilots and small numbers of participants District has some elements of career development education for some students, either as electives or other programs, in middle and high school; No structure in place for scaling up CDE for all students Stage 3 Structure exists for participation by all students – Many are Involved District has designed a structure that offers a sequence of CDE for all students 7-12 It is at an early stage of implementation, and has not been rolled out for all students Middle school CDE has begun Stage 4 All students involved (by grade or other comprehensive measure) Well-designed structures are in place from middle through high school to offer all students a progressive and sequential approach to Career Development Education, including work- based learning for older students Stage 5 Longer term: Fully implemented for several years – Positive impact on students being measured After sufficient years have passed, a cohort of seniors graduates from high school that has experienced the fully implemented multi-year sequence of CDE District is assessing student impacts and post-secondary outcomes of all students, and has systems in place to sustain annual assessment

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