1. HELPING from ABOVE
Supporting your CPAs
Career Development Branch

2. Differing Perspectives:
Career Academy Staff
Other School Staff
Administration
Public/Parents
Students
Business Community
Board Members/Superintendent
Political Entities
Which of these are “Above”?

3. What does it all mean? CTE Career Pathway Career Academy CPA
Vocational Education
ROP course
CTE course

4. CTE #2 CAREER ACADEMY MODEL
Career Technical Education
Career Academy
Small
Learning Community
Academics
A-G
INTEGRATED INSTRUCTION
COMPLEMENTARY INITIATIVES

5. Issues….
We all got ‘em.

6. Their issues Scheduling Serving too many masters
Staffing – dumping and changing
Misunderstood, ignored or resented
Lost in SLCs
Purity of classes
A-G
Resistance in school to change

7. Your Issues Student welfare and achievement College, college, college
A-G
Closing the achievement gap
Small Learning Communities/Small Schools
CAHSEE
Dropout prevention
Career Readiness
Facilities maintenance, improvement, construction, ADA compliance
Keeping all constituents happy

8. Making the case
Our kids must have access to rigorous academics that will prepare them for the future.
CPAs are about contextualizing academic instruction.
Fun facts

9. Making the case We’ve got to focus on standards, CAHSEE and A-G.
CPAs are the best way to cover it all.
CTE standards have academic rigor
When designed collaboratively, best chance for academic rigor and A-G approval
Fun facts

10. Making the case We have to focus on SLCs /Small Schools
CPAs can be SLCs or cores of SLCs
Career theme helps.
Fun facts

11. Making the case Don’t track my kid!
CPAs create success and teach transferrable skills.
Fun facts

12. Making the case Career academies are elitist.
Mandatory recruitment of at-risk youth
Fun facts

13. Making the case
Students shouldn’t have to decide on a career so early.
Confidence and connections.
Teaching transferable skills (SCANS)
Average six careers
(20% not yet invented).
Fun facts

14. Check it out. Academy components Sample standards and lessons
Data (on achievement, attendance, dropout rate, internships/jobs, business connections, post-secondary success)
News stories
Anecdotal evidence
Labor Market – high-growth, high-wage
Fun facts

15. Teachers
Board
Advisors
&
Counselors
Career
Academy
Support
Administration
Parents/
Community
Employer Partners
Business Partners

16. CTE Pathways Requirements
JOBS &
INTERNSHIPS
CAN CROSS PROGRAMS
Career Academy
Requirement
SLC Requirements
CTE Pathways Requirements
Work Experience Education

17. How can I help?

18. Support – From You Common-planning time Add a data-field to SIS, ISIS
Collaborate fully with business partners
Support legislation
Don’t keep changing CPA staff
Inservice for scheduling

19. Support – Within CPA
Team-building activities for CPA staff – in or out of school
Have them find a time and place for talking openly about the good, bad and ugly
As a group, discuss solutions
Bring in facilitation if needed
Marketing

20. Support – Throughout School
Encourage events that show off work-based learning projects
Make business partner(s) welcome
Invite Board and community members, including politicians
Have CPA build coalition with other staff
Business cards
Culinary project
Video someone’s class or event
Marketing

21. Supporting – Outside of School
Visit a model program and include administrator(s), business partner(s) and Board member(s)
Assist with and/or sit on business advisory
Encourage partners and higher-ups to go to conferences with you.
Try to get partners to sponsor the trip
Marketing

22. …seek opportunities to…
And…
…seek opportunities to…

23. LEVERAGE

24. CPAs create Opportunities for funding New construction and renovation
QZAB
Prop 1D
Business donations
Business match

25. In-kind Opportunities for funding Technology Equipment
Speakers, guests
Field trips, job-shadows
Jobs and internships

26. LAUSD Career Development
Website: or
and go to Offices
Telephone number: