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Career & Technical EducationSchool District of Palm Beach County
Pre-School ConferenceHigh School Business/IT Education Meeting
Engage, Educate, Empower…
Topics to Address
• Highlights of Palm Beach County• Why are you so important?!?!• Senate Bill 1076- What we know today…• Industry Certification…who, where, what, and why• EOC Assessment• SDPBC- MS/HS plan• Resources Available• Career Themed Course• Curriculum Changes• New Industry Certification- Microsoft Technology Assistant
(MTA)-Windows OS
Highlights for Palm Beach County• Increased academies from 183 to over 230 in just two years
• Successful Showcase of Schools with over 10,000 attendees with business/industry partners
• There are 35,000+ students enrolled in career/choice programs
• SDPBC for SY11-12 had 6,545 Industry Certification exams administered last year, with 4,950 students passing (76%)
• SDPBC for SY12-13 had 6,371 Industry Certification exams administered last year, with 5,067 students passing (80%)
• Increasing # of Middle School pre-Academies/Creating potential for Industry Certifications at middle school.
• Revamping of High School academies to stay current with industry and student needs.
• Career and Technical Educators, both teachers, administrators, and specialists, contributing to the Common Core movement
• Over 1,500 students in Palm Beach County have been in competition at the state level in their respective career organization
• New Lottery Program• Allows parents to apply through a mobile application• Email verification and lottery notification which allows for cost savings• Changes to application, a later deadline and parent addresses are linked to program
offerings and transportation zones
Why are you so important?!?!
Research shows…• 66% of a typical freshman cohort graduates
from high school unprepared to enter college. (John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr., Karen Burke Morison, The Silent Epidemic
Perspectives of High School Dropouts , A Report by Civic Enterprises, LLC)
• In 2005 Gates Foundation Report, 81% of students who dropped out said that “more real world learning may have influenced them to stay in school.”(Bridgeland, J., et al, The Silent Epidemic, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2005)
Dropouts Did Not Feel Motivated Or Inspired To Work Hard
Did you feel motivated and inspired to work hard in high school?
69%
4%
27%
5
Were motivated/
inspired
Not sure
Were notmotivated/
inspired
Source: The Silent Epidemic, 2006
Dropouts - Key Findings
• 88% had passing grades, with 62 percent having Cs and above
• 58% dropped out with just two years or less to complete high school
• 66% would have worked harder if expectations were higher
• 70% were confident they could have graduated
• 81% recognized graduating was vital to their success
6Source: The Silent Epidemic, 2006
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Priority is our Students
• College and Career Ready– Students who complete industry certifications in Career Academies
and earn an Industry Certification have a 96.1% graduation rate *– Career academy interest and engagement can keep a student
heading toward positive results in school– Career Academies have to be relevant to:
• Our economy/workforce needs • Global trends and future workforce needs• Student interest
– Continue to align all future programs with our School Board Goals and Essentials
*Source: 2011 DOE Student Information System
Senate Bill 1076…Today 8/15/13• Change in Diploma Standards- College and Career Ready Merit Designation- Students must attain one or more industry certifications from the industry certification funding list pursuant to s.1003.492, F.S.Scholar Designation- Students must satisfy additional course and assessment requirements.• Removal of Graduation/Promotion Requirement to earn bonus funding• Changes to the industry certification weighting methodology for 2013-14 list (articulated
= .2, not articulated = .1)New weights for industry certifications on the Industry Certification Funding List based on presence of a statewide articulation agreement. “Lifetime” value of 0.3/student
0.2 for certifications with an articulation agreement0.1 for all others
• Elimination of the Middle School STEM Industry Certification List• Limits bonus funding to students in grades 9 through 12• Removal of CAPE academy participation from funding requirements
New standard to register: Career Themed Courses (CTCs)8
Teacher Bonus – New Language
• New Teacher Bonus Language added:For industry certifications earned in the 2013-2014 school year and in subsequent years, the school district shall distribute to each classroom teacher who provided direct instruction toward the attainment of an industry certification that qualified.
a. A bonus in the amount of $25 for each student taught by a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of an industry certification on the Industry Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.1.
b. A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of an industry certification on the Industry Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.2.
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Teacher Bonus – New Language
• Bonuses awarded pursuant to this paragraph shall be provided to teachers who are employed by the district in the year in which the additional FTE membership calculation is included in the calculation.
• Bonuses shall be calculated based upon the associated weight of an industry certification on the Industry Certification Funding List for the year in which the certification is earned by the student.
• Any bonus awarded to a teacher under this paragraph may not exceed $2,000 in any given school year and is in addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher received or is scheduled to receive.
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What is the Purpose of anIndustry Certification Exam ?
• Demonstration of ability or mastery of knowledge/content based on curriculum taught to the student—Validation!
• Stamp of approval from a professional organization, trade organization, or IT vendor.
• Preparing students for further education and eventual employment. “College and Career Readiness”
EOC Assessment
CTE Assessment Requirements s. 1008.22, F.S. Student assessment program for public schools— • Measurement of the learning gains of students in all subjects and grade levels
other than subjects and grade levels required for the state student achievement assessment program is the responsibility of the school districts.
• Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each school district shall administer for each course offered in the district a student assessment that measures mastery of the content, as described in the state-adopted course description, at the necessary level of rigor for the course. Such assessments may include:
1. Statewide assessments2. Other standardized assessments, including nationally recognized standardized assessments 3. Industry certification examinations 4. District-developed or district-selected end-of-course assessments
EOC Assessment…Not an EOC
• No requirement that all courses have EOCs (Algebra 1, Biology, US History, Civics, and Geometry only).
• By 2014-15 all courses taught must have an assessment to measure mastery of the content –industry certifications can be used OR Districts may choose to create assessments.
• Several districts and a few consortiums are pooling resources and creating test items on their own as well.
SDPBC- MS/HS Plan for CCC and IITCourse Note: Industry Certification Teacher
CertificationSY’13 Computing for College and
Careers (8209020)
or
Introduction to Information Technology (8207310)
Middle schools may offer CIW at their own expense. CIW-counts for school grade if registered as a CAPE or Career Themed Course.
Certified Internet Web-CIW(Internet Business Associate)
Business
SY’14 Computing for College and Careers (8209020)
Introduction to Information Technology (8207310)
Course will be moved down to the middle school level only beginning August, 2013 for SY’14.
Course will be locked at the high school level beginning August, 2013 for SY’14
CIW-Internet Business Associate
Microsoft Office Specialist Bundle (MOS)
Business
• The course that provides the curriculum to support the content needed by the students to be successful on the exam and to remain in compliance is CCC.
• CCC will be offered at the 8th grade level only.• If you are a MS offering IIT, CCC will now replace this course beginning SY ’14• Lists can be found on the FLDOE website under Industry Certification Funding List
Long Term PlanFollow the Program of Study for Each Student - Sample
12th (If CIW-IBA): Digital Design 4Adobe InDesign/Premiere Pro/Illustrator
12th: Digital Design 3Adobe Flash
11th: Digital Design 2Adobe Dreamweaver
10th: Digital Design 1Adobe Photoshop
9th: Introduction to Information TechnologyMicrosoft Office Bundle (MOS)
8th: Computing for College & Careers (CCC) – ONLY! (SY ’14) CIW-Internet Business Associate Certification
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Resources AvailablePLEASE attend vendor session
• Adobe– Significant price mark increase $$$– Moving to a cloud based model
• Certiport– Certiprep is now Gmetrix– Essential that you speak with your STST/ITSA to deploy
Certiport starting Day 1• LearnKey
– To be used as supplemental material. NOT to be used to replace the teacher
Career Themed Course (CTC)
• A “career themed course” ‐ is a course, or a course in a series of courses, that leads to an industry certification identified in the Industry Certification Funding List pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education. Career themed ‐courses have industry specific curriculum aligned directly to ‐priority workforce needs established by the regional workforce board or the Department of Economic Opportunity.
• CTC’s must meet the same statutory requirements as a CAPE academy
• Registration process for CTC will go through the coordinator at your school.
http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/fcpea/default.asp
Career Themed CourseStatutory Requirements (s.1003.493)
Each Career and Professional Academy and Secondary School offering a “Career themed ‐Course” must:
Provide a rigorous standards based ‐ academic curriculum integrated with a career theme;
Include one or more partnerships with postsecondary institutions, businesses, industry, employers, economic development organizations, or other appropriate partners from the local community;
Promote and provide opportunities for students to earn at a minimum Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars awards;
Provide instruction in high skill, high wage, and high demand careers; Deliver instruction relevant to the applicable career, including intensive reading and mathematics intervention; Offer applied courses that combine academic content with technical skills; Provide instruction resulting in competency, certification, or credentials in workplace
skills;
Curriculum Changes
• BusinessKeyboarding and Business Skills/Applied Computer Skills I- Daggered SY14/15Computer Business Skills/Applied Computer Business Skills II- Daggered SY14/15Gradual merge of Computing for College and Careers and Intro to IT- TBD? SY14/15International Business- Minor Changes SY14/15Business Supervision Management- Significant Revisions SY14/15Business Administration- Significant Revisions SY14/15
Curriculum Changes• FinancePractical/Fine Arts Credit for Finance and Business Technology effective for SY13/14• Information TechnologyKeyboarding and Business Skills/Applied Computer Business Skills I- Daggered Computer Business Skills/Applied Computer Business Skills II- DaggeredMultimedia Design Technology- Daggered Networking Services Technology- Daggered Information Technology Management- Daggered Information Technology Technician- Daggered New Media Technology- Daggered PC Support Services- Daggered Digital Media Technology (9005100 / Y500100) NewTechnology Support Services (9001400 / Y100100) New
NEW industry certifications aligned to IT that have been added to Comprehensive List
NEW Industry CertificationMicrosoft Technology Associate-MTA
MICRO072 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - Web Development Fundamentals MICRO073 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - .Net Fundamentals
MICRO074 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - Software Development Fundamentals
MICRO075 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - Windows Server Admin Fundamentals
MICRO076 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - Windows OS Fundamentals
MICRO077 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - Security Fundamentals
MICRO078 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - Networking Fundamentals
MICRO079 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - Gaming Development Fundamentals
MICRO080 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - HTML5 Application DevelopmentFundamentals
I.T. AcademyIntroduction to Information
Technology
Technology Support Services
? A+
Graphics & Design
GD levels 1,2,3
Microsoft Technology Associate, MTA
Certifications & exams > MTA
MTA certification tracks
MTA IT infrastructure track—for those intending to build a career in
desktop or server infrastructure or private cloud computing:
Exam 98-349: Windows Operating System Fundamentals
Exam 98-365: Windows Server Administration Fundamentals
Exam 98-366: Networking Fundamentals
Exam 98-367: Security Fundamentals
MTA
Need to Know…
• Palm Beach County CTE websitehttp://www.palmbeachschools.org/choiceprograms/Andhttp://www.palmbeachschools.org/9044ce/pages/documents/SY_13_CTE_Programs_and_Industry_Certifications.pdf
• Florida Department of Education-Curriculum Frameworks
http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/