cte: what lies ahead?. influencers economy. competing budget pressures. global competition
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CTE: What Lies Ahead?
Influencers
Economy.
Competing budget pressures.
Global competition.
CTE In The Spotlight
Great national interest in CTE National Governors Association National State Boards of Education US Chamber of Commerce National Conference of State
Legislatures Achieve National Association of Manufacturers
Why All The Interest? Connect to economic and
workforce development Competition Innovation
Connect to education reform Multiple pathways with the
caveat that we have the same standards for all students!
Meeting Expectations More risk, more reward? What are the expectations? Connections to:
Education reform Economic development Workforce development
Do expectations vary by audience?
TOP TEN
Role of Education
SECONDARY Competing
priorities? Global competition Standards Connecting K – 12
economic development
POSTSECONDARY Cost Responsiveness Accountability Growth of community
college baccalaureate and applied baccalaureate.
“Re”Defining CTE
The interest in CTE is resulting a “identity crisis” in CTE.
Pedagogy –HS reform, increasing academic success Content
Job specific Clusters
What is different about CTE? Where does CTE fit within postsecondary and lifelong
learning?
Career Clusters
Curriculum changes Professional
development Teacher certification Teacher preparation Alignment between
learner levels
Getting Credit!
Integrated creditArticulated creditPortability – geographicPortability – to institutions
Our Pipeline
Will we have enough teachers, faculty, administrators -leaders?
Will they be prepared? How will they stay
current?
Financing How is CTE funded in
light of a new definition?
How to use financing to drive change
Economy = no new funding
Demand continues to increase – enrollments and competition
Proving It!
What do we want to be held accountable for?
Validity and reliability of data
Demonstrating return on investment
Capturing data
Technical Assessments Focus
What do we test? How do we test?
Cost Making the
assessments meaningful
Using Data to Drive Change
Getting The Message Out
As much as there is interest from policy organizations, we need widespread change in attitudes and views of CTE.
2008 Election
Election politics are in full swing.
New Administration brings new priorities.
2008 Election Continuation of NCLB. Supports school choice. Increased accountability.
“John McCain will … empower parents by greatly expanding the ability of parents to choose among schools for their children. He believes all federal financial support must be predicated on providing parents the ability to move their children, and the dollars associated with them, from failing schools.”
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/19ce50b5-daa8-4795-b92d-92bd0d985bca.htm
2008 Election Reform NCLB. A focus on recruiting, retaining and preparing
teachers. Make math and science a priority. “He will improve the assessments used to track student
progress to measure readiness for college and the workplace and improve student learning in a timely, individualized manner.”
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/.
2008 Election
End NCLB. Provide opportunity for 1.5 million disconnected
youth in job programs linked to high-growth economic sectors.
Demonstrated support of CTE. http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/education/
What Lies Ahead? Incredible opportunity in the face of incredible
challenges. “Think of managing change as an adventure. It tests your
skills and abilities. It brings forth talent that may have been dormant. Change is also a training ground for leadership. When we think of leaders, we remember times of change, innovation and conflict. Leadership is often about shaping a new way of life. To do that, you must advance change, take risks and accept responsibility for making change happen."
~ Charles E. Rice, CEO of Barnett Bank
