Bringing All of Alameda Excellence and Equity Through New Programs in Career Technical Education Sean McPhetridge, AUSD Director of ROP and Post-Secondary Options Presented to the Alameda Board of Education on May 27 th, 2008 ROP New Media Center

Skills For All Alamedans The Woodstock ROP New Media Center will serve young adults as well as older community members by providing real skills for a range of East Bay jobs. The center will operate afternoons and evenings to accommodate both school and work schedules of all individuals interested in attaining these work skills. Thus, the new ROP center will help us realize our common goal of re-building Alameda by teaching relevant skills to a generation of East Bay workers. Woodstock ROP ROP New Media New MediaCenter Island High HighSchool EncinalHighSchool ACLCASTIBASE AlamedaHighSchool The long-planned Woodstock ROP New Media Center will provide Career Technical Education opportunities to students from AUSDs portfolio of West End high schools. The center will offer courses in TV Media Production as well as Game Design and Animation to match emerging East Bay industry trends and workforce need forecasts. Already we have met to discuss and brainstorm the vision and mission of the ROP New Media Center with officials from AP&T, the City of Alameda and other educators. For the past several years now, AUSD stakeholders in the Oakland-Alameda Regional Occupational Programs (ROP) have worked hard at expanding and retooling programs offered our students to prepare them for a world of work. The Woodstock ROP New Media Center will now replicate successful programs that are currently offered only at Alameda High School, thus providing community members of Alamedas West End with these same opportunities. Finally, these programs will prepare individuals with important 21 st century work skills that can be used for immediate employability and also enrollment in post-secondary opportunities. Already our courses in TV Media Production are UC a-g approved, and we are seeking UC approval for the other courses. In this manner, we are affording these individuals with choices and options for future advancement.

Something Exciting Is Happening The long-planned Woodstock ROP New Media Center will provide Career Technical Education opportunities to the portfolio of high schools on Alamedas West End. The long-planned Woodstock ROP New Media Center will provide Career Technical Education opportunities to the portfolio of high schools on Alamedas West End. Housed at AUSDs Woodstock Educational Complex, the new ROP Career Technical Education center will offer courses in TV Media Production, Sound Engineering, Game Design and Animation to match the emerging industry trends and workforce needs of the East Bay. Housed at AUSDs Woodstock Educational Complex, the new ROP Career Technical Education center will offer courses in TV Media Production, Sound Engineering, Game Design and Animation to match the emerging industry trends and workforce needs of the East Bay. The ROP New Media Center will thus be co-located with the new location for Bay Area School of Enterprise, an innovative charter school that has been working with Oakland-Alameda ROP already this year and last. Moreover, the Center will be co-located with the new Alameda Boys and Girls Club facility planned there also. The ROP New Media Center will thus be co-located with the new location for Bay Area School of Enterprise, an innovative charter school that has been working with Oakland-Alameda ROP already this year and last. Moreover, the Center will be co-located with the new Alameda Boys and Girls Club facility planned there also.

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Job Training for All Alamedans The Woodstock ROP New Media Center will serve both young adults and our older community members by providing real skills for a range of new East Bay jobs. The Woodstock ROP New Media Center will serve both young adults and our older community members by providing real skills for a range of new East Bay jobs. The new center will operate afternoons and evenings to accommodate school and work schedules of individuals interested in attaining these high-level work skills. The new center will operate afternoons and evenings to accommodate school and work schedules of individuals interested in attaining these high-level work skills. The new centers class offerings will begin after 1 PM and run through 8 PM to accommodate the high schools, allowing students to take advantage of unique courses without missing high school academic requirements. The new centers class offerings will begin after 1 PM and run through 8 PM to accommodate the high schools, allowing students to take advantage of unique courses without missing high school academic requirements. Thus, the new ROP center will help Alamedans realize our common goal of re-building Alameda by teaching relevant skills to a new generation of East Bay workers. Thus, the new ROP center will help Alamedans realize our common goal of re-building Alameda by teaching relevant skills to a new generation of East Bay workers.

Doubling Our Efforts for Alameda For several years now, AUSD stakeholders in the Oakland-Alameda Regional Occupational Programs (ROP) have worked to expand and retool the programs offered our students to prepare them for post-secondary training opportunities and the real world of work. For several years now, AUSD stakeholders in the Oakland-Alameda Regional Occupational Programs (ROP) have worked to expand and retool the programs offered our students to prepare them for post-secondary training opportunities and the real world of work. The Woodstock ROP New Media Center will replicate successful programs that are currently offered only at Alameda High School, thus providing more students and community members on Alamedas West End with these same opportunities for training for the new economy. The Woodstock ROP New Media Center will replicate successful programs that are currently offered only at Alameda High School, thus providing more students and community members on Alamedas West End with these same opportunities for training for the new economy. Moreover, co-locating the new centers location at Woodstock Educational Complex will also afford some increased ROP opportunities to Special Education students as AUSD Special Education is centered there. Moreover, co-locating the new centers location at Woodstock Educational Complex will also afford some increased ROP opportunities to Special Education students as AUSD Special Education is centered there.

Career and College Preparation These programs will prepare individuals with important 21 st century work skills that can be used for immediate employability and immediate enrollment in local college courses aligned with this growing field. These programs will prepare individuals with important 21 st century work skills that can be used for immediate employability and immediate enrollment in local college courses aligned with this growing field. Already our AUSD courses in TV Media Production are UC a-g approved, and we are seeking UC approval for the other courses. In this manner, we are affording various students, adult and otherwise, with choices and options for future advancement in college and beyond. Already our AUSD courses in TV Media Production are UC a-g approved, and we are seeking UC approval for the other courses. In this manner, we are affording various students, adult and otherwise, with choices and options for future advancement in college and beyond.

The Public Should Know AUSD will need to find new ways to provide programs bringing excellence and equity to its learners while making decisions that are fiscally conservative in a time marked by budget cuts. AUSD will need to find new ways to provide programs bringing excellence and equity to its learners while making decisions that are fiscally conservative in a time marked by budget cuts. Oakland-Alameda ROP still has growth ADA that it can contribute to this mission, thus paying for ROP teacher salaries through categorical funding and not prove costly to AUSDs general fund. Oakland-Alameda ROP still has growth ADA that it can contribute to this mission, thus paying for ROP teacher salaries through categorical funding and not prove costly to AUSDs general fund. Thus, Career Technical Education is all about choice and opportunity for all our Alamedans and at minimal cost to AUSD simultaneously. Thus, Career Technical Education is all about choice and opportunity for all our Alamedans and at minimal cost to AUSD simultaneously.

Career and Technical Education Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City recently unveiled how that city will focus its efforts on Career & Technical Education. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City recently unveiled how that city will focus its efforts on Career & Technical Education. East Bay cities like Alameda need the same. East Bay cities like Alameda need the same. There will be thousands upon thousands of new high-paying jobs created this decade in the state that do not require college degrees. There will be thousands upon thousands of new high-paying jobs created this decade in the state that do not require college degrees. We must prepare our students for choices… whether it be college or high-skilled work. We must prepare our students for choices… whether it be college or high-skilled work.

The Good News for Alameda There is growth ADA that ROP (Regional Occupational Programs) can contribute to grow Career Technical Education programs in Alameda. There is growth ADA that ROP (Regional Occupational Programs) can contribute to grow Career Technical Education programs in Alameda. At the ROP New Media Center, we will teach students to operate an educational public access channel, broadcast live on Comcast 29, managed by Oakland-Alameda ROP and airing original programming created and produced by Alameda students and citizens. At the ROP New Media Center, we will teach students to operate an educational public access channel, broadcast live on Comcast 29, managed by Oakland-Alameda ROP and airing original programming created and produced by Alameda students and citizens. We will thus provide a training ground for aspiring young adults who want to acquire technical skills required of work in new media jobs that are growing rapidly in the current Bay Area economy. We will thus provide a training ground for aspiring young adults who want to acquire technical skills required of work in new media jobs that are growing rapidly in the current Bay Area economy. ROP is prepared to provide excellence and options to all Alameda and indeed the East Bay economy. Meanwhile, increased CTE options will increase student engagement and lower high school drop-out rates while building important options for the students we serve. ROP is prepared to provide excellence and options to all Alameda and indeed the East Bay economy. Meanwhile, increased CTE options will increase student engagement and lower high school drop-out rates while building important options for the students we serve.