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AchieveTexas: Lifelong Success for All Students, Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2006. All rights reserved.

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Our Children Are Our Future: No Child Left Behind

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2006. All rights reserved.


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Our Education Challenges• high school dropout rates too high• too few students find their high school

experience academically challenging• secondary-to-postsecondary transition rates

are too low• postsecondary dropout rates are too high• too many college students require remediation• need for a globally competitive workforce


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What is AchieveTexas?


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• Concept - Students can succeed in school, career, and life if they plan their own individual pathways to success.

• Philosophy - No option is intrinsically better than the other. Whether the choice is right or not - depends on the personal college and career objectives of the student.

• Goal - To prepare students for college and career, and to allow them to make wise choices.


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A vision for education reform

Career Cluster System

• 16 Career Clusters

• 112 Programs of Study


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16 Career

Clusters


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Career Clusters

• Improve learner achievement – both academic and technical

• Successful transitions across all instructional levels

• Support workforce and economic development


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National Career Clusters: Resources

• Career Clusters/Programs of Study• Knowledge & Skills Components• O*Net Crosswalk Report• Cluster Profile and Advisory Committee• List of Existing Credentials• Validation Overview/Results• Protocol for Assessment & Certification • www.careerclusters.org

http://www.careerclusters.org/


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Governor’s Industry Clusters for economic development

1. Advanced Technologies and Manufacturing

2. Aerospace and Defense

3. Biotechnology and Life Sciences

4. Information and Computer Technology

5. Petroleum Refining and Chemical Products

6. Energy


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Benefits for Learners

• More engaged learning • Relevancy in academic learning• Related technical preparation• Opportunities to explore multiple

careers • Connected instructional transitions


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Benefits for Parents

• More focused and engaged student• Better informed of academic and career

options • Smoother transitions among instructional

levels and workforce• Potential savings – dual credit and

articulated credit opportunities


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Benefits for Secondary

• More engaged learners• Broader community support• Promotes integrated teaching and learning• Enhanced achievement for students• More students graduate prepared for

college and career


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Benefits for Postsecondary

• Learners are focused – more likely to graduate - and graduate on time

• Reduced remediation• Resource sharing between secondary and

postsecondary systems• Creates a college-going culture


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Benefits for Employers

• Builds a pipeline of 21st century workers• Workforce is better qualified and able to

adapt to changing needs• Business and industry partners engaged in

the local school system• Framework for cross-training or re-tooling

the workforce


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What can we do?

• Achieve Texas is a tool that can pull all of this together


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AchieveTexas Implementation Guide


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Career Programs of Study• A way of organizing educational activities within a

career cluster related to a student’s academic and career goal

• A coherent, articulated sequence of rigorous academic and career and technical courses

• Links the classroom to the real world of college and career

• Implementation – achieved through local education and business partnerships


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Programs of Study• rigorous and challenging academics with

high student achievement standards

• Relevant and challenging technical courses

• Focus on dual credit, articulated credit, etc.

• Lead to a degree, certificate or credential

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1. Nationally recognized Career Cluster logos

What is a Program of Study?

2. Pathway names, established in the State's Career Cluster Initiative (www.careerclusters.org ), head each model - focus attention on a specific career field within a cluster.


http://www.careerclusters.org/

3. Cluster Overview - maintains the 16 USDE Career Cluster definitions.


4. Career goals correlate with occupational names and O*NET codes used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).


5. Career Options provide examples of job titles appearing in current sources, such as WorkInTexas (https://wit.twc.state.tx.us). Jobs are aligned to the postsecondary education required for the careers.


https://wit.twc.state.tx.us/

6. High School suggested coursework identifies the core academic courses and career-related electives recommended. Programs of study are based on the Recommended Graduation Plan or the Distinguished Achievement Graduation Plan.


7. Footnotes regarding high school coursework to make counseling more meaningful.


8. Industry certifications are associated with specific career goals.


9. Work-Based Learning Experiences and On-the-Job Training identifies experiences that may be suitable for a student pursuing a particular career.


10. Extended Learning Experiences - examples should always extend learning in settings suitable and safe for students.

Students can record volunteer service in their portfolios, or participate in a program such as The President's Volunteer Service Award (http://www.presidentialserviceawards.org/index.cfm) where school groups may, likewise, record their service hours.


http://www.presidentialserviceawards.org/index.cfm

http://www.presidentialserviceawards.org/index.cfm

11. Professional Associations are a good resource for exploring a career. Many associations allow pre- professional memberships while enrolled in a postsecondary program. Their websites usually provide career advice or industry information.


12. The file name in the footer restates the Career Cluster: Career Goal and publication date.


Program of Study Back Cover• Reiterates cluster

information for career specialty

• Reminds student of other career paths in cluster

• Provides brief occupational profile of a sample occupation

• Provides information on program of study inside brochure.

www.AchieveTexas.org


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July 2007Cluster Guides for the 16 Career Clusters


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July 2007


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July 2007 CTSO Brochure


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2007 Counselor Kit

16 Career Cluster Guides AchieveTexas Poster Achieve Texas One-Pagers AchieveTexas Counselor’s Guide


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July 2008Communications kit for schools


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July 2008Translate materials into Spanish


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2009 and beyond -

CTE TEKS revisions, including eliminate/redirect “old” CTE courses

CTE instructional materials

CTE Teacher certification

Evaluate AchieveTexas


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Spirit of the New Perkins LawLeading education into the 21st century

– Global competition– Focus on CTE program improvement– Ensuring rigorous academic and CTE

programs– Focus on high wage, high demand, high

skill occupations


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Culture of Continuous Improvement

• No longer simple entitlement of funds• Data driven decisions• Connects state and local funds to:

– data, monitoring, program improvement– strong professional development– technical assistance


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Increased Accountability

• Secondary and postsecondary performance measures

• Performance levels for state and LEAs

• Sanctions tied to performance


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Embrace the Challenge!

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