1. INTRODUCING THE STANDARDS TOOLKIT
Handout #1
Career & Life Skills
INTRODUCING THE STANDARDS TOOLKIT
Performance Indicators Progression
Scope and Sequence
Instructional Guide
Career and Life Skills Framework

2. High Expectations for All Students
Career & Life Skills
Part I:
Setting the Context
Handout #1
High Expectations for All Students

3. Public School Graduate
Vision of the
Public School Graduate
All public school graduates will:
Realize their goals and aspirations
Have attitudes, knowledge and skills to contribute positively to and compete in a global society
Exercise their rights and responsibilities of citizenship
Pursue higher education or careers without need for remediation.

4. Board of Education Policy: 2015
“To ensure high academic expectations for all students, the Department of Education shall implement the Content and Performance Standards Published in June 1994 and adopted by the Board of Education in October 1994.”

5. General Learner Outcomes
To be responsible for one’s own learning
To be involved in complex thinking and problem solving
To recognize quality performance and produce quality products
To work well with others
To communicate effectively
To use a variety of technologies effectively and ethically

6. Performance Standards
Hawaii Content and
Performance Standards
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Career and Life Skills
Educational Technology
Fine Arts
Health
Physical Education
World Languages

7. Student Priorities
Literacy ensures that each student reads, writes, speaks, computes, and thinks critically with proficiency as specified in the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards.

8. Student Priorities
Civic Responsibility guides each child’s growth into an informed and concerned citizen who practices ethical behavior, seeks to understand and obey laws, and actively contributes to the well being of others, society, and the environment.

9. Student Priorities
Safety and well being—a two-fold policy: (1) promotes a working partnership between school and home to nurture every child’s physical, emotional, and social well- being, and (2) provides a secure, supportive learning environment with adequate facilities, equipment, books, and other learning resources.

10. Comprehensive Needs Assessment
Images of Success
Standards-Based Learning
Quality Student Support
Professionalism and Capacity of the System
Focused and Sustained Action
Coordinated Team Work
Responsiveness of the System

11. No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Goal 1 —Proficiency in reading, language arts, and math (2014)
Goal 2 —Proficiency in reading, language arts and math for ESLL students
Goal 3 —Instruction by qualified teachers and paraprofessionals (2006)
Goal 4 —Schools that are safe, drug-free, conducive to learning
Goal 5 —High school completion by all students

12. Strategic Implementation Plan
Goals:
Provide a standards-based education for every child
Sustain comprehensive support for all students
Deliver coordinated, systemic support for staff and schools
Achieve and sustain continuous improvement of all student performance, and professional, school, and system quality.

13. Career & Life Skills Program of Support
Efforts will be directed at establishing:
A system of standards that puts the focus on the quality of students’ work
A system that aligns curriculum, instruction, and assessment
Professional development to support implementation
Capacity building and leadership to sustain improvement

14. Process for Implementation
Identify relevant standards.
Determine acceptable evidence. (Assessment)
Determine learning experiences. (Curriculum)
Teach and collect evidence of student learning. (Instruction)
Assess student work for improvement and/or report on student learning results.
(Re-teach or repeat process with next set of relevant standards. Throughout the process, involve students.)