KEYNOTE Vocational Career and Technical Education Professional Conference

KEYNOTE

Vocational, Career and Technical Education Professional Conference Anchorage School District

International Center for Leadership in Education Dr. Richard D. Jones

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. Hebrew proverb

Personality Quiz

Hawaii

New York

Challenges to CTE • Accelerating Technology • Economic Upheaval • Dealing with High-Stakes Accountability • Student Change

Challenges to CTE • Accelerating Technology • Economic Upheaval • Dealing with High-Stakes Accountability • Student Change

Information Technology Processing Power • Bugging the World • Communications •

Number Crunching Moore’s Law

Number Crunching Gates’ Law

Smart Orb

Projection Keyboard

Information Technology Processing Power • Bugging the World • Communications •

Information Technology Processing Power • Bugging the World • Communications •

Bio Technology Medical Agriculture

Ruth Fresmon, The New York Times

Bio Technology Medical Agriculture Ethical ? ?

Nano Technology • Atom Up

2000 Info Tech Bio Tech Nano Tech

Info Tech 2003 Nano Tech Bio Tech

Info Tech 2008 Nano Tech Bio Tech

Mommy, this string doesn’t work, do you have any fiber optic cable?

Challenges to CTE • Accelerating Technology • Economic Upheaval • Dealing with High-Stakes Accountability • Student Change

Employment 1970’s High Skill Low Skill

Employment 1990’s High Skill Semi Skill Low Skill

Employment 2010 High Skill Semi Skill Low Skill

1970’s 1990’s 2010

Challenges to CTE • Accelerating Technology • Economic Upheaval • Dealing with High-Stakes Accountability • Student Change

Problem with High Stakes Testing • • Single Measures Immature Tests Conflicting Purposes Mismatch with Teaching

Challenges to CTE • Accelerating Technology • Economic Upheaval • Dealing with High-Stakes Accountability • Student Change

Minority vs. Majority • Hispanic 12% to 25% (2025) • Ph. D Science and Engineering – 33% Asian, 2% African-American 1% Hispanic

Gender Gap Male Female • Special Education 70 % 30 % • 4 Year College Degree 43 % 57 % • Master’s 42 % 58 %

Gender Gap Boy vs. Girl • • Attention Deficit Drop Out Violent Crime Suicide 4 Times Greater 30 % More Likely 85 % More Likely 6 Times as Likely

Challenges to CTE • Accelerating Technology • Economic Upheaval • Dealing with High-Stakes Accountability • Student Change

Your Reaction? ? ?

Never doubt that a small group of citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

Successful School Response

Components of Successful School Reform 1. Create a culture that embraces a rigorous and relevant curriculum 2. Set high expectations that are monitored for student’s continuous improvement 3. Use data to provide clear unwavering focus 4. Provide students real-world applications 5. Create multiple pathways to rigor and relevance

Components of Successful School Reform 1. Create a culture that embraces a rigorous and relevant curriculum 2. Set high expectations that are monitored for student’s continuous improvement 3. Use data to provide clear unwavering focus 4. Provide students real-world applications 5. Create multiple pathways to rigor and relevance

Components of Successful School Reform 6. Create a framework to organize curriculum that drives instruction 7. Sustained professional development that is focused 8. Obtain and leverage parent and community involvement 9. Maintain safe and orderly schools. 10. Offer effective leadership development.

Rigor

Relevance My only skill is taking tests.

All Students

ØRigor ØRelevance ØAll students

Knowledge Taxonomy 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Awareness Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation

Application Model 1. 2. 3. 4. Knowledge in one discipline Application within discipline Application across disciplines Application to real-world predictable situations 5. Application to real-world unpredictable situations

Rigor/Relevance Framework 6 Knowledge 5 4 3 2 Application 1 1 2 3 4 5

Rigor/Relevance Framework K N O W L E D G E C D A B APPLICATION

Teaching VS. Learning

ØRigor ØRelevance ØAll students

The status quo is not an option

CTE- What doesn’t change ØExternal standards ØFocus on total student needs ØLearn through application ØNot limited to classroom/lab ØConnection with community

Myths of CTE 1. CTE is separate 2. CTE is lower level 3. CTE is for some students

Myths of CTE 1. CTE is separate 2. CTE is lower level 3. CTE is for some students

Coping With State Standards

Mc. REL Needed Time 15, 465 Hours Available Time 9, 042 Hours

Teachers struggling to teach an overloaded curriculum!

Teaching VS. Standards

International Center for Leadership in Education Curriculum Survey

Career and Technical Education North Carolina English Language Arts Strand Skill Continuum English 1 EXCERPT National Rank N. C. End-of. Course Ag Production Ag Mechanics Ag Services Drafting Construction Test · 1. 1 The learner will apply PREPARATION strategies to comprehend or convey experiences and information. E 9 E 17 E 18 E 34 H H H · 1. 2 The learner will apply ENGAGEMENT strategies to comprehend or convey experiences and information. E 5 E 9 E 13 E 20 E 21 L M M H M M · 1. 3 The learner will apply RESPONSE strategies to comprehend or convey experiences and information. E 9 E 13 E 18 E 24 M M M H M M Competency Goal 4: The learner will use language for aesthetic and personal response. E 20 E 31 E 34 L L L M L L

Myths of CTE 1. CTE is separate 2. CTE is lower level 3. CTE is for some students

Lexile Framework l Independent measure l 200 to 2000 l Books, Tests,

Reading Requirements Findings Reading is important l Reading for employment is the highest l

Lexile Literature 1500 - On Ancient Medicine 1400 - The Scarlet Letter 1300 - Brown vs. Board of Ed. 1200 - War and Peace 1100 - Pride and Prejudice 1000 - Black Beauty 900 - Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders 800 - The Adventures of Pinocchio 700 - Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery 600 - A Baby Sister for Frances 500 - The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth 400 - Frog and Toad are Friends 300 - Clifford’s Manners

Personal Use Aetna Health Care Form Medical Insurance Benefit Book Application for Student Loan Federal Tax Form W-4 Installing Your Child Safety Seat Microsoft Windows User Manual G. M. Protection Plan CD DVD Player Instructions 1360 1280 1270 1260 1170 1150 1080

Newspapers Reuters NY Times Washington Post Wall Street Journal Chicago Tribune Associated Press USA Today 1440 1380 1350 1320 1310 1200

Reading Instruction Reading in the Content Area Learn to Read K 1 2 Read to Learn 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. . .

Reading Comparison

Reading Comparison

Reading Comparison

Reading Comparison

Reading Comparison

Reading Comparison

Construction

Reading Requirements Research Ag/Natural Resources Transportation/Distr. /Log. Architecture/Construction Manufacturing Retail/Wholesale Business and Admin. Law/Public Safety Scientific Research/Engr. Arts/AV Tech/Comm. Health Services Human Services Information Tech 1510 1370 1350 1330 1320 1300 1260 1200 1140 1100

Myths of CTE 1. CTE is separate 2. CTE is lower level 3. CTE is for some students

There aren’t two worlds -education and work, there is one world -- life Willard Wirtz

In schools the status quo persists!

New SAT - 2005 • More Application • New Writing Section • Expand Critical Reading for Information • More Achievement • Base on three years of Math • Higher Level Math Skills • Less Aptitude • Eliminate analogies • Eliminate simple math reasoning

NYS Math A Question June 2003

Myths of CTE 1. CTE is separate 2. CTE is lower level 3. CTE is for some students

Staying on the Cutting Edge ü Recognize the need for change

Staying on the Cutting Edge ü Recognize the need for change ü Focus on the real goals

Look into the future through the eyes of a child?

Staying on the Cutting Edge ü Recognize the need for change ü Focus on the real goals ü Keep yourself learning

Sometimes, I feel like I know less today than I did yesterday.

Staying on the Cutting Edge ü Recognize the need for change ü Focus on the real goals ü Keep yourself learning ü Share with others

Are you still making all of the decisions?

Staying on the Cutting Edge ü Recognize the need for change ü Focus on the real goals ü Keep yourself learning ü Share with others ü Don’t follow others blindly

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