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www.ilpathways.com
Student Pathways to College & Career
Readiness
Sam Nelson, Director of Outreach Development
800-899-4722 (ISAC) x3103
• Illinois’ College Access & Financial Aid Agency
• Scholarship and Grant Programs
• Online Services
• Professional Development & Training
• Printed Materials
• Near-Pear Mentors – ISACorps
• www.isac.org
• 800-899-ISAC (4722)
Mission: Making college accessible and affordable for Illinois students
Illinois Goal 2025
Increase the proportion of adults in Illinois with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60% by the year 2025
Currently about 41% of the state’s nearly 7 million working-age adults (25-64 years old) hold at least a two-year degree
Illinois P-20 Council • Established by the legislature in 2009
• Fosters collaboration among state agencies, education institutions, local schools, community groups, employers, taxpayers, and families, and to collectively identify needed reforms to develop a seamless and sustainable statewide system of quality education and support
• The "P" represents Preschool and "20" stands for grade 20, education after college.
• http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/P20
College Changes Everything
ISAC’s large-scale advocacy movement to build awareness, collaboration, and public will to pursue and achieve Goal 2025
www.collegechangeseverything.org
College & Career Readiness Framework- P-20 Council
Core content skills • Core academics tied to the Illinois Learning Standards,
including the Common Core • English Language Arts
• Fine Arts
• Foreign Language
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Science
• Technical knowledge & skills specific to career pathways
and/or
• Technical knowledge & skills specific to in-depth academic pursuits
Thinking skills • Critical and Applied thinking
• Data analysis & interpretation Learning techniques
• Formulating & stating problems
• Research & scientific method
Employability & interpersonal skills • Civic awareness & engagement
• Collaboration & teamwork
• Communication
• Creativity
• Cultural competency
• Independence & initiative
• Information, media, & technology Skills
• Leadership
• Ownership of learning & results
• Self-management
College & career knowledge & navigation • How to transition to/within workplace and across the P-20
spectrum
• Financial literacy and its application to college & career navigation
• Understanding of postsecondary system & how to access
Slide from P-20 Council Report
The Common Core
What are standards?
Standards are what kids need to know
and be able to do at each grade level
Standards
What kids need to know and be able to do
Curriculum
What materials to use (textbooks, books, handouts, etc.)
Teaching
How to transfer the knowledge and help children learn
Check for learning. How do you know kids know it?
Testing
How do the standards relate to the Illinois Pathways Initiative approach to education?
Illinois Pathways Initiative
Provides rigorous academics combined with an engaging, real-world learning environment that will prepare students to excel under the new standards.
Is already aligned with the new Common Core State Standards—with a focus on critical thinking, analysis, and applying knowledge to solve real-world problems.
Is an innovative approach that offers a solution to help students meet the new standards and prepare for whatever path they choose after high school.
Issue
• Far too few Illinois students are graduating with the core content knowledge and broad skill set necessary to meet the challenges of college and career.
• Far too many Illinois jobs are going unfilled.
Mission • As a state, our goal is to have 60% of Illinois adults with high quality degrees and credentials by the year 2025.
What
• A new approach to delivering students with learning opportunities that integrate career exploration, work-based learning opportunities, and rigorous academics to ensure that students leaving high school are better prepared for the real world.
Design
• IPI is a partnership between public schools and private industry sectors to meet mutual needs of both by providing students with real world learning & employers with local and regional talent pipelines.
Community • Pathways brings together disparate stakeholders and aligns on-off systems of support.
Illinois Pathways
Strategy
• Support local career pathway systems development that empower students to explore their academic and career interests in the STEM fields. College and career readiness skills can benefit all students-the knowledge and skills that students gain in Pathways are transferable
Strategy
• Launch new statewide partnerships (between schools, industry, state government and non-profits) known as STEM Learning Exchanges that better coordinate investments, resources, and planning. This strategy provides the opportunity to create community partnerships and take advantage of what's regionally available.
Design
• The Learning Exchanges are a new way to think about education: each Exchange is arranged around a career "cluster" that provides a new infrastructure to help coordinate investments and resources at a statewide level to better connect and serve local programs in a similar career cluster.
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Illinois Pathways – P-20 STEM Programs of Study Clusters
Illinois Pathways builds off of the National Career Cluster Framework and supports Programs of Study in nine STEM application areas:
Elementary and Middle School
• Foster STEM skills and interest through authentic learning experiences.
• Support personalization through education and career plan development.
Secondary Education 9th and 10th
Secondary Education 11th and 12th
Postsecondary Education and
Careers
• Provide orientation level courses that cut across career clusters.
• Integrate work-based learning activities that support career exploration.
• Provide access to early college courses aligned to career pathways.
• Develop portfolio of academic and employability skills and credentials.
• Manage effective transitions to college and/or employment.
• Continue portfolio development through stackable credentials.
Illinois Pathways – P-20 STEM Program of Study: Key Features
http://ilpathways.com/Pages/HealthScience.aspx
Elementary and Middle School
• Career Awareness
• Career Exploration
Secondary Education 9th and 10th
Secondary Education 11th and 12th
Postsecondary Education and
Careers
• Problem-based Learning/Competitions
• Service Learning
• Job Shadows
• Career Preparation
• Internships
• School-based Enterprises
• Apprenticeships
• Work Experience
Work-Based Learning Opportunities
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Illinois Pathways – Overview of Implementation Efforts
1) Race to the Top Network – Funded through a Round 3 U.S. Department of Education Race to the Top grant to the State of Illinois.
35 school districts building two or more STEM Programs of Study
2) Pathways to Prosperity Network – Participating in a multi-state network led by Jobs for the Future and Harvard Graduate School of Education to implement regional career pathway models.
Chicago – Early College Academies
Aurora – Multi-district partnership
3) The Ready and the Willing…
Rockford
Wheeling High School
North Chicago, Etc…
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Illinois Pathways – STEM Learning Exchanges
Defining STEM Learning Exchanges
• Launched public-private networks in each of the identified STEM
application areas
• Organized to support local implementation of P-20 STEM Programs of
Study by improving coordination and reducing the transaction costs among network partners.
• Available to partner with and support K-12, postsecondary, and
workforce programs statewide.
Manage System Design and Track Performance
Deliver Resources and Supports for
Local Pathway Systems
Outreach Resources
Curriculum
Lab Space & Equipment
Teacher PD
Student Organizations
Expand Quality Work-based
Learning Opportunities
Internships, Job Shadows
Sponsor industry challenges
STEM Learning Exchange Functions
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Illinois Pathways – Learning Exchange Members
• Employers and employer-led
organizations
• Labor unions
• Professional associations
• Secondary and postsecondary
teachers and faculty
• Students and student organizations
• Community colleges and universities
Who makes up a STEM Learning Exchange?
• School districts and regional
• Economic and workforce agencies
• STEM education experts
• Federal labs and research centers
• Local workforce investment boards
• Museums and non-profit
organizations
• Community-based organizations
Organized and coordinated by an industry-supported lead entity