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Burke County Schools & WPCC College Tech Prep Institute, 2011

Burke County Schools & WPCC College Tech Prep Institute, 2011. June 27-29 Kathy Carroll, facilitator. College Tech Prep. 4 + 2 plan = minimum of 2-year degree in a technical area (or 2-yr DOL-approved apprenticeship) Meet HS curriculum requirements.

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Burke County Schools & WPCC College Tech Prep Institute, 2011

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  1. Burke County Schools & WPCCCollege Tech Prep Institute, 2011 June 27-29 Kathy Carroll, facilitator

  2. College Tech Prep • 4 + 2 plan = minimum of 2-year degree in a technical area (or 2-yr DOL-approved apprenticeship) • Meet HS curriculum requirements. • Career pathway in HS connects to a CC technical program of study. • Minimum of 4 technical units of credit in HS, with at least 1 at Level II.

  3. Goals of the Institute: • Increase awareness of facts, assumptions, and myths. • Increase participants’ knowledge about the connections between education and the economy. • Know what employers seek in their employees. • Begin dialogue on how students can “win” in education and careers. • Enable educators to grow in ability to connect what they do to what students will face in the career world. • Develop a cadre of teachers committed to the importance of College Tech Prep as a viable choice for many high school students.

  4. Group-Think • Number off, 1-6. • Get into groups, according to number. • Select a facilitator . . . A recorder . . . A spokesperson. • Rules of Engagement: • EVERYONE participates. • NO ONE dominates. • Purpose: To stimulate thinking, not drive an individual opinion

  5. What We Know – or Think We Know What percentage of the workforce is classified as “unskilled labor”? “skilled labor”? “professional (4-year or more) training”? Of every 100 students who enter high school as ninth graders, how many finish 4 years later with a HS diploma? Of every 100 students who enter high school as ninth graders, how many go on to a two-year or four-year institution of higher learning? How many continue into the 2nd year of college study? Of every 100 students who enter high school as ninth graders, how many of them finish a two-year or four-year degree SIX years after HS graduation? What percentage of students who enter postsecondary study are required to take remedial coursework before entering the regular college curriculum?

  6. Question 1 • What percentage of today’s workforce is classified as “unskilled labor”? “skilled labor”? “professional (4-year or more) training”? • Answers: 15%, 65%, 20%

  7. Workforce Training Needs 15% 20% 65%

  8. Question 2 • Of every 100 students who enter high school as ninth graders, how many finish 4 years later with a HS diploma? • Answer: 70

  9. Question 3 • Of every 100 students who enter high school as ninth graders, how many go on to a two-year or four-year institution of higher learning? • Answer: 49

  10. Question 4 • Of those students who enter postsecondary study, how many continue into the 2nd year of college study? • Answer: 26

  11. Question 5 • Of every 100 students who enter high school as ninth graders, how many of them finish a two-year or four-year degree SIX years after HS graduation? • Answer: 21

  12. DATA SAYS . . . Of 100 - Grad HS 2nd Yr

  13. Numbers . . . 100 70 49 26 21 Begin as 9th Graders Graduate from HS Attend College Still there in 2nd Yr College Graduates

  14. Question 6 • What percentage of students who enter postsecondary study are required to take remedial coursework before entering the regular college curriculum? • Answer: Reading – 60-70% Math – 50-80%

  15. Question 7 25% What percentage of CC students already have a four-year degree?

  16. Question 8: <50% What percentage of college graduates end up in a job/career based on their college major?

  17. Question 9: $ 24,000.00 student loan debt $ 40,000.00 to get Master’s Is this the whole story? http://www.finaid.org/loans/ What is the average DEBT of a four-year college graduate immediately upon graduating?

  18. Brian Lawless, 24, UCLA undergrad

  19. Liz Olson, MBA student at Boston University

  20. Dennis Shoup, 58, Indiana University

  21. Scott Adams, Graduate, ITT-Technical Institute

  22. CONCLUSIONS: • Might need to consider “tiers” of PS advancement • Must educate parents, educators, the community, the political machine about the reality of careers • Must BREAK the PARADIGM – Only 1 way to win • Must focus on how to meet the needs of the 80% • Should encourage students to match a major to the market ! • Prepare students to succeed in PS training and careers - & return to this community to “grow it.” • 100 . . . 70 . . . 49 . . . 26 . . . 21 COLLEGE TECH PREP ?

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