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Getting the full value out of CTE. ACTEAZ Summer Conference July 2016. Bellwork. Think for a moment about the outcomes you wish for all students. Please share with your shoulder partner. Be prepared to share. Potential Power of CTE.
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Getting the full value out of CTE ACTEAZ Summer Conference July 2016
Bellwork • Think for a moment about the outcomes you wish for all students. Please share with your shoulder partner. Be prepared to share
Potential Power of CTE • 92% of U.S. high school students take at least one CTE course • Less concentrate in CTE but it is still significant • U. S. high schools average 8.57 CTE programs Discussion: Does your school look like this? Discuss with a shoulder partner.
What we want from our educational system • Engagement • Achievement • Transition
Getting Kids Through HS: The First Measure of Engagement Good News Bad News Variability among states: 89% in Iowa; 63% in Nevada Hispanics and Blacks trail Whites with graduation rates by 5 and 13 points respectively; boys drop out more than girls • High School Completion = 81% - Highest in 40 Years • Racial/Ethnic gap is closing *Graduating class of 2012 Source: National Center for Educational Statistics 2015
A state look • All students: 76.0% • American Indian/Alaska Native: 62% • Asian/Pacific Islander: 87% • Hispanic: 72% • Black (not Hispanic): 74% • White (not Hispanic): 85% Alliance for Excellent Education 2012
On the RiseASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy • CTE participation has a positive effect on students’ academic engagement as measured by the likelihood of dropping out and absenteeism. • Tucson Unified – 20 – 60% • Mesa – 79%
Staying Power • Ratio of 1 academic: 2 CTE courses is optimal • 98% of AZ 2014-2015 concentrators completed high school vs. 76% of all other AZ high school students • Nationally, 90.18% of CTE concentrators graduate as opposed to 80.0 % of all freshmen
Discussion • Why do kids that are immersed in CTE programs come to school regularly and graduate on time? Turn to your should partner and share Be prepared to share with the group
Discussion • What is it about CTE that improves students’ academic outcomes? Share with your shoulder partner Be prepared to share with the group
Only 40% of 27-year olds have earned an A.A. degree or higher
Transition • “According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the majority of CTE students in high school continue on to postsecondary education, and those who join the workforce outright or work to supplement their incomes as they pursue further education are often in a better financial situation than high school graduates who did not pursue CTE.” Techniques Magazine, February 2014
CTE Sends Students on to Postsecondary Education • 78% of CTE concentrators enroll in postsecondary education, full time, within two years of graduation • About one third of all dual enrollment credits—about 600,000 in all—are eared in CTE courses • Students in postsecondary CTE programs are more likely to be employed within five years than those in an academic field of study Source: Careertech.org
Credential Acquisition NAVE, 2004
College for all? • 68% start college • Only 40% complete college • 53% of grads are unemployed or underemployed • Student loan debt now exceeds auto loans, credit card balances and home-equity loan debt … $1.3 trillion
TIME Magazine • “Millennials make less money, are more likely to live in poverty and have lower rates of employment than their parents did at their ages 20 and 30 years ago.”
Discussion • Any surprises or insights? Share with your shoulder partner Be prepared to share with the group
Work-Based Learning • Positive correlations with graduation, academic achievement and career success. • 26.1% of young people who could recall no contact with employers while at school went on to be come NEET(Not in Employment, Education or Training). Reduced to 4.3% for those in work-based learning. Dr. Anthony Mann, Education and Employers (2013)
CTSOs • Involvement in CTSOs (CTE Student Organizations) increases academic achievement, career self efficacy and employability skills.
Community Involvement • Advisory Councils • CTSO judges • Guest speakers • Mentors • CTSO team trainers
The new (and not so new) challenge:children living in poverty
The Social mobility escalator is broken • For the first time in 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low income families. • CTE can fix the “mobility escalator”
Facts about children in poverty • Children living in poverty have a higher number of absenteeism or leave school all together because they are more likely to have to work or care for family members. • Dropout rates of 16 to 24-years-old students who come from low income families are seven times more likely to drop out than those from families with higher incomes. Dosomething.org
Poverty matters • Poverty really matters • “CTE is the Rx” CTE
So, what is stopping us? • What institutional obstacles prevent students from accessing CTE and completing CTE programs? • What are we doing to overcome these obstacles? Turn to your should partner and share. Be prepared to share with the group.
Worth Reading • Pathways to Prosperity (Harvard) • Learning for Jobs (OECD, 2010) • Five Ways that Pay Along the Way to a B.A. Carnevale, et al., 9.18.12, Center on Education and the Workforce) • 21st Century Career and Technical Education Pathways On the Rise (Morrison Institute for Public Policy) • Knocking at the College Door (WICHE. December 2012) • Toward a Model of Career-Technical Education (Phi Delta Kappan, September 2013)
Need more information? For more CTE research visit: • The CTE Research Clearinghouse at http://www.acteonline.org/clearinghouse.aspx • The National Research Center for CTE at www.nrccte.org • Association for Career and Technical Education www.acteonline.org
