PTE in a Nutshell

Education Attainment TaskforceNovember 14, 2012

WHYstart with

why

Simon Sinek

how

what

“We believe that every Idaho resident deserves the opportunity to experience the dignity of work and the education required to prepare them for it.”

WHYstart with

why

Simon Sinek

how

whatMission

SystemDeliveryAgency

Passion

“The Board recognizes there must be a skilled workforce to meet the projected need. In 2010, the Board set an attainment goal that 60% of Idahoans, age 25 to 34, have a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2020.”

This is not the solution…

Credentials must be meaningful and purposeful

“Secondary, postsecondary and adult courses, programs, training and services administered by the division of professional-technical education for occupations or careers that require other than a baccalaureate, master's or doctoral degree. The courses, programs, training and services include, but are not limited to, vocational, technical and applied technology education. They are delivered through the professional-technical delivery system of public secondary and postsecondary schools and colleges.”

• Aligned to industry standards• Teachers specifically prepared and

credentialed• Applied learning• Cognitive• Psychomotor• Affective

Smith-Hughes Act 1917

Idaho Origins

Each State board was required to establish a plan “... showing the kinds of vocational education for which it is proposed that the appropriation shall be used; the kinds of schools and equipment; courses of study; methods of instruction; qualifications of teachers; ... plans for the training of teachers.”

State Board for Professional-Technical Education

K12 HigherEducation

Community/Tech

Colleges

Workforce Systems/Industry

Secondary Programs

Guidance

Tech College System/Programs

Teacher Ed

Workforce Training

ABE

Programof Study

Idaho Program of Study Framework

PathwayProgram

Secondary Program Outcomes

ClusterProgram

Common Career Technical Core

Career Readiness

Advanced Learning Opportunities

Dual

Cre

dit

Tech

Pre

p

General Education/Related Instruction/Workplace Readiness

Workplace Readiness

Postsecondary Outcomes

StatewideCIP COREStandards

Regional Distinction/Specialty

Technical CollegeApproved Program

WorkforceTraining

Program ofGeneral

Education

Challenges and Opportunities

Industry Engagement• Advisory committee reform• Define “partner”• Listen, revise or develop, implement

Challenges and Opportunities

Education Reform or Transform• Multi-pathway models• Career-ready emphasis• Workplace readiness

• Applied learning methodologies• “Don’t say can’t”• PTE course value and function

Challenges and Opportunities

Career Guidance• A common thread in reform efforts• Education plans v. graduation/career

development plans• Professional development/support

for defined efforts• Purposeful career readiness

Challenges and Opportunities

Alignment Efforts• Vertical and horizontal• Industry and opportunity first

• Operating as a true system• Distributed programs

• Articulation/ALO’s• Available funds with priority

activities

Challenges and Opportunities

Authentication• Credit for prior learning• Serving returning veterans with

leveraged skill set• Outcomes basis rather than

curriculum focus• “Why” rather than “what” or

“how”

Challenges and Opportunities

Data Enhanced Improvement• Data quality• Seamless data systems• Clear measures of performance• Clear measures of relevance• Return on investment• Continuous improvement, not just

accountability and compliance

Challenges and Opportunities

Forgotten Populations• Those who don’t go on to college• The 40%• The 27%• Veterans• Displaced workers with low-middle

skills

PTE in a Nutshell

Todd Schwarz, Ph.D.todd.schwarz@pte.idaho.gov