Green Focused Programs of Study Technical Assistance Academy

1. Green Focused Programs of Study Technical Assistance Academy Academy for Educational Development MPR Associates, Inc. National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium for the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education Information from the State Director Webinar September 4, 2009

2. TA Academy Overview Purpose: • Develop green-focused Programs of Study (POS) • Develop and build replicable implementation models to bring POS to scale within states Facilitators: • Work with state team over 10-month period • Phone • E-mail • State Meetings • TA Academy in DC • Webinars – In-state and all states

3. TA Academy Overview cont’d Experts: • Consultants • POS • Green CTE, Industry In-state meetings: Three meetings with facilitator Three-day facilitated TA Academy in Washington, DC Career Clusters Institute: Present state model and implementation process

4. Timeline 9/4/09 State Director’s Webinar 9/15/09-6/31/10 In-State Meetings (at least 3) 9/15/09-6/31/10 On-going Communication between Facilitator and State Team 2/3 – 5/10 TA Academy in Washington, DC 6/14-16/10 State Model Presentation at Career Clusters Institute in Denver, CO 6/30/10 Final State Plan for Roll-out for 2010-2011 Academic Year

5. State Participants StateLead Georgia Emily Spann Illinois Mark Williams New Jersey  Marie Barry Ohio Ike Kershaw Oregon Laura Roach

6. Georgia Green Industries • Environmental (Agriculture) • Energy (Nuclear, Biomass,) • Construction (Industrial, Commercial) • Engineering and Architectural Designs also involved • Transportation (Ground, Air, Maritime)

7. Illinois Green Programs of Study • Identified Clusters in Green Jobs Definition • Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources • Architecture & Construction • Finance • Information Technology • Manufacturing • Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics • Transportation, Distribution & Logistics • Crosswalk all to an industry: • Energy & Utilities and Waste Management

8. Potential Industry Focus • Energy utilities face burgeoning demand for technicians with green skills • Construction industry will require green building skills • Emerging renewable energy industry will require technicians

9. Ohio Industry Sectors Energy and Alternative Fuels • Solar, geothermal, wind, biofuel, hydro, fossil • Research and development • Site selection, acquisition and preparation • Business management & operation Bio-Products • Products based on agricultural feedstocks • Paints, adhesives, plastics, packaging Precision Agriculture for Sustainability • Sustainable production practices • Production efficiency • Energy Reduction • Reduce dependence with demand growing

10. Green-Focused POS • Developed through a statewide partnership • Secondary • Postsecondary • Industry • Initial focus will be sustainable building • Develop incentives to expand • Streamlined application • Targeted professional development • Additional Perkins resources • Streamlined articulation

11. Self Assessment • DIAGNOSTIC TOOL: • Reflect on POS implementation progress under each component • Identify critical strengths and weaknesses related to POS • Identify where the TA Academy and expert consultants could most benefit • the state • Support facilitator in guiding state team’s work • Establish priorities for POS model design • Promote state conversation about: • State progress on POS components • POS components state should focus on • Components that needs further assistance to improve POS

12. POS Framework • A Program of Study is a structured sequence of academic and career and technical education courses that lead to a postsecondary-level credential

13. POS Components • Legislation and Policies • Partnerships Among Education, Business, and Other Community Stakeholders • Sustainable Leadership and Shared Planning • Rigorous Academic and Technical Standards and Assessments • Aligned Secondary and Postsecondary Education Elements • Credit Transfer Agreements • Accountability and Evaluation Criteria • Guidance, Counseling, and Advisement • Professional Development • Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies

14. Action Plan • PURPOSE: • A living document that provides a detailed plan for building and • implementing state green-focused POS model(s) • PLAN COMPONENTS: • Objectives – what the state plans to achieve • Activities – work to be undertaken to achieve objectives • Timeline – dates activities will be accomplished • Outcome(s) – what state products will be • Responsible parties – who is accountable for accomplishing activities • Resources needed

15. Planning and Meetings • Prior to State Meeting • States complete self-assessment • Proposed teams are representative of stakeholder community (may need to • be some modification) • Facilitated In-State Meeting (held before December 15, 2009) • States begin work on action plan and identify timeline of support, possibly to • include specific follow-up meeting dates • States identify needs and next steps, possibly to include identifying content for • DC TA Academy and TA consultants • DC Technical Assistance Academy • Team members participate actively in team, role alike, and cross-team session • activities • Participants complete workshop evaluations including evaluation of content

16. Outcomes • Outcomes • State action plans • Final plan for POS rollout • States implement POS in 2010-2011 • Final products address state specific contexts and needs • Responsive to political and economic factors by • adapting outcomes and timelines

17. Legacy • Outcomes • States implement POS • Planning materials applied to new POS • States serve as resources for others (including LEAs • within the state and other states) • Documentation • Final state products collected and archived • Planning resources and content cataloged and • disseminated • Content resources on green and POS collected, archived, • and disseminated • Summary memo detailing lessons learned

18. State Facilitators StateLeadFacilitator Georgia Emily Spann Robin White Illinois Mark Williams Ivan Charner New Jersey  Marie Barry Steven Klein Ohio Ike Kershaw Jim Schoelkopf Oregon Laura Roach Katherine Boswell

19. Follow-up and Questions Ivan Charner Academy for Educational Development icharner@aed.org 202 884 8173