1. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 1 The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Completer Follow-Up 2013 Follow-Up of the 2012 CTE Graduates

2. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 Purpose of the Survey? An online survey of recent high-school CTE graduates for the 2011-2012 school year Required to meet federal and state regulations Allows VDOE and school divisions to evaluate their CTE programs Impacts school division performance measures: (5S1) Secondary Placement (Transition) Rate, and (5S1) Program Completer Response Rate on the Annual Performance Report (APR) 2

3. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 33 CTE Completer A CTE completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration (sequence) and all requirements for high school graduation, or an approved alternative education. CTE Concentration A CTE concentration is a coherent sequence of courses as identified in the course listings within the Administrative Planning Guide (APG). Definitions

4. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 44 ALL SPECIAL POPULATIONS PERFORMANCE 2011-2012 90.48%(19 of 21) ( 5S1) Secondary Placement (Transition) Rate – CTE completers (based on CTE serving school division) will successfully transition from secondary school to employment, military, further education, or full-time equivalency of part- time combinations of transition indicators. Performance Standard: 5S1 Secondary Transition Rate = 88% Example: ALL CTE COMPLETERS 2011-2012 2010-20112009-2010 94.59%(35 of 37)95.65%(44 of 46)97.37%(37 of 38) Division Annual Performance Report

5. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 55 (5S1) Program Completer Response Rate – The response rate to the Career and Technical Education Student Follow-Up Survey for school year 2011-2012. Performance Standard: 5S1 Completer Response Rate = 75% Example: ALL CTE COMPLETERS 2011-2012 2010-20112009-2010 94.59%(35 of 37)95.65%(44 of 46)97.37%(37 of 38) Division Annual Performance Report

6. Why 75%? 6

7. Response rates Your target: survey 75 percent of completers. A high response rate allows more meaningful analysis of divisions and programs. 7

8. Satisfaction rates 8 Virginia school divisions 48% of completers statewide are “very satisfied” with their CTE programs

9. Postsecondary enrollment 9 67% of completers statewide are enrolled in postsecondary Virginia school divisions

10. Unemployment by program 10 12% of completers statewide are unemployed Virginia CTE programs

11. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 Step #1 Read the CTE Director’s memo and follow the directions (Career and Technical Education Memo No. 047-13) Directions also available on the CTE Student Completer Follow-up Survey Web site. http://ctefollowup.cooper.virginia.edu/ 11

12. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 Step #2 Download and distribute usernames and passwords from the VDOE SSWS dropbox. https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/ssws/login.page.do 12

13. 13 SSWS Web site: https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/ssws/login.page.do Lead CTE Division administrator will receive two sets of usernames and passwords: One for division-level access One for school-level access SSWS – DROPBOX

14. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 14 Division IDDivision NameUsernamePassword 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-1-0001waSfLN03 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-5-0034BrwAHk82 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-2-0035RPFpFn13 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-4-0002iVsypT81 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-5-0001naBdKU83 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-6-0001QbQpob86 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-7-0001xKXxlv51 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-0-0001IJiofko81 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-9-0009PXAAKEiu0 1Anywhere County Public SchoolsAnywhere-11-0001XUrtybw71 Excel Files Division IDSchool NumberSchool NameUsernamePassword 1580Cote HighCote-5-0080rC45CU80 1580Cote HighCote-2-0084wdI2iC18 1580Cote HighCote-6-0780pjy6tO45 1580Cote HighCote-9-0880Zkl5Wl59 1580Cote HighCote-5-0076aWL7uP28 1580Cote HighCote-4-0530uEAQtP61 1580Cote HighCote-7-0586CUTA2m13 1580Cote HighCote-8-0540JZLiw326 1580Cote HighCote-6-0380adqmgt92 Division Access School Access

15. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 Step #3 Login to the survey Web site http://ctefollowup.cooper.virginia.edu/ 15

16. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 16 Conducting the Survey The Web site includes all of the information necessary to survey former students: Student names Students’ school Phone numbers CTE program areas

17. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 Step #4 Interview CTE Graduates 17

18. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 18 Fill out questionnaires online while interviewing graduates. Avoid having teachers interview their former students. Be courteous and friendly when conducting the interview. Start early and do not wait until the last minute to conduct the survey. Best Practices

19. Improving response rates Good student contact information is key. Multiple contacts are better than one. 19

20. Divisions decide contact methods 20

21. Use a 2-step approach 1.Electronic and/or mail (Send passwords to students and ask them to respond online or by mail.) 2.By telephone (Telephone students who don’t respond.) 21

22. Get started now for next year Prepare students for the upcoming survey. Collect contact information before students graduate. Consider asking for personal and parent/guardian phone numbers. Don’t forget college e-mail addresses. 22

23. The digital divide is real Social and digital media are great. But sometimes traditional methods are best. 23

24. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 Step #5 Access your results! 24

25. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 Things to Remember… 25 Survey start date: March 28 th ; Survey end date: July 1 st A minimum 75% response rate is required to meet your division level target (all users can monitor response rates online) Try electronic media for contacting students Don’t forget to view the results of the survey in the fall

26. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 Contact Us Questions about the Web site or survey process, please contact Achsah Carrier or Dustin Cable at the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia at CTEcompleters@virginia.edu or call (434) 982-5582. CTEcompleters@virginia.edu For questions about policy and reporting requirements, please contact the Virginia Department of Education, Office of Career and Technical Education Services, directly at CTE@doe.virginia.gov or call (804) 786-4206.CTE@doe.virginia.gov 26

27. Virginia Department of Education - April 2013 Evaluation Link Please access the following link to give your feedback about the session: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BGCNPB8 27