College Bound & Career Ready: The Kirkwood Model

1. College Bound & Career Ready: The Kirkwood Model CCTI Summit - March 2007 New Orleans David Bunting Executive Director of Secondary Programs

2. Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids Iowa

3. College & Career Transition Vision • High school graduates….better prepared for college success (no remediation) • High school graduates….better informed (to make career decisions)

4. Converting Vision Into Action • Integrated into the fabric of the college, not one person or single department - KQIP - Under Prepared Students - KQIP - Strengthening K12 Partnerships - Kirkwood Futures Initiative – Strategic Priority • Not “I” or “My”, but “We” and “Our” • Built on trust and on long-term relationship building…internal & external

5. College & Career Transition Strategies • Career Edge Academies • The Workplace Learning Connection • Pathway Planners • Professional Development • College Readiness Assessment • Feedback/Data to High Schools

7. Career Edge Academy Programs • Shared 4 + 2 + 2 programs between area high schools and Kirkwood Community College launched in 1999 • Quality academic and career coursework • Currently 13 programs…over 70 program sections…over 1500 students…38 high schools • Three Models - School Within A School - Central/Shared Sites (hospitals, auto dealers, etc.) - College Campus Sites • Academy “roots” within academic department

8. Career Edge Academy Programs • Advanced Manufacturing Automotive Technology • Automotive Collision Engineering • WeldingHealth Science • EMT-B Pharmacy Technician • Ed.& Human ServicesGraphics & Media Comm. • Information Systems Mgmt.Local Area Networking • Computer Programming Geospatial Tech. – start 2007-08 • Culinary – start 2007-08 Biomedical Science – start 2007-08

9. Automotive Collision Academy

10. Graphics & Media Academy

11. Health Science Academy

12. Welding Academy

13. Career Edge Academy Core Elements • 4 + 2+2 Program Design • Career & Academic coursework • Career Pathway Planner • College & High School Credit • Work-Based Learning • Competency Certificates • Scholarships • Multiple options after high school (work, 2-year and 4-year college • Professional Development- Teachers

14. Career Edge - Marketing • Brochures • Website – www.kirkwood.edu/careeracademies • Student/Parent Orientation Sessions • Newsletter – “College Bound – Career Ready” • Pathway Planner

15. Strategy: The Workplace Learning Connection

16. Work-Based Learning through a “Single Point of Contact” Tours & Speakers Job Shadows & Internships Teacher @ Work Career Days Career Fairs Graphics @Work – Staff Development

17. Group Career Day….. • Health Careers Day • Engineering Careers Day • Emerging Careers Day • Legal Careers Day • Skilled Trades Day • Graphics & Media Comm. Careers Day • Performing Art Careers Day

18. Strategy: Pathway Planners

19. Career Pathway - Defined A Career Pathway is a coherent, articulated, sequence of rigorous academic and career/technical courses, commencing in the 9th grade and leading to an associate degree, baccalaureate degree and beyond, an industry-recognized certificate and/or licensure. “Career Pathways – Education With A Purpose” – Dan Hull

20. Iowa Model • Iowa Code – 8th Graders Required to have 4-Year Plan with Career Focus – S.F. 245 • Developed by Student, Parent, School • Reviewed Annually • Parent Signature • Includes Model Core Curriculum – 4-3-3-3 • Result….Better Informed & Better Prepared

21. Principles Guiding the Plan • Customized to each high school’s graduation requirements for each student • Encourage early college readiness assessment • Suggest co-curricular activities, service learning, & career planning • Guide work-based learning opportunities • Spans a range of careers • Shows multiples options after high school…..short term certifications, and related 2-year and 4-year college programs • Identify career-related college courses • Result….Better Informed & Better Prepared

25. Professional Development

26. Professional Development – Career Academy Faculty • Faculty often qualified high school teachers….meet college requirements • Center for the Advancement of Career Academy Programs • Training is required before teaching college credit courses • Training delivered by college faculty • Teachers receive stipend • Develop cadre of trained teacher achieving comparable learning outcomes

27. College Readiness Assessment

28. College Readiness – Web-Based COMPASS • Pilot in High Schools with Soph. or Juniors • Software loaded on high school computers • Collaboration with high school math & English Faculty - Purpose • Communication to Parent/Student - Purpose • Students Assessed • Results Interpreted • Scores Correlated with High School Curriculum • Results guide future course decisions • Re-Test as Seniors • Scores used for Kirkwood course placement • Kirkwood funding COMPASS

29. High School Feedback/Data

30. High School Feedback/Data • Math & Writing Placement of Graduates Attending Kirkwood • First-Year Student Data – Major, Credit Hours, GPA • Five-Year Student Data – Currently Enrolled - Major, Credit Hours Earned, GPA, Awards • Five-Year Student Data – Ever Attended - Major, Credit Hours Earned, GPA, Awards 5. Data on High School Students Earning College Credit • Career Academy Students • On-Site Courses • PSEO Students

31. Do They Continue at Kirkwood? • 30% of Area X high school graduates continue at Kirkwood • 47% of Area X high school graduates attend Kirkwood while in high school or within 5 years after graduation • 49.6% of Career Edge Academy students continue at Kirkwood • 80% of Career Edge Academy students at Kirkwood continue in a related career program

32. Thank You ! dbuntin@kirkwood.edu