Empowering Missouri Students: A Comprehensive Education Resource Guide

1. Education Resources for Community Planning and Action

2. DESE.Mo.Gov • School Statistics • School Data and Statistics • Select “state” or school district • Click “load profile”

5. Service-Learning Cycle

6. Service Learning Grantees • 13 Grants @ $8,000 to $10,000 • 13 Mini-Grants @ $1,000 • Teacher mini-grants @ $2,500

7. 21st Century Community Learning Center & School Age Community - Afterschool Programs -

8. State and National Data - 2006-2007 School YearCCLC – APR Reporting • Missouri has granted 55 awards in its 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. Of these 55, 54 were active during the 2006-2007 school year and thus required to fill out the 2007 Annual Performance Report (APR). The following pages give a summary of the results of the 2006-07 APR. • Overview; • MO Grantees 54 • Centers 129 • Feeder Schools 117 • Total Students Served 18050 • Regular Attendees Served 8261 • Total Adult Participants 510 • Paid Staff 2206 • Volunteer Staff 541

9. State and National Data - 2005-2006 School YearCCLC – APR Reporting • MO Grantees Represent • 77% schools • 7% CBO • 16% Other (FBO, College, For-Profit, etc) • Nationally: • 89% schools • 4% CBO • 7% Other (FBO, College, For-Profit, etc)

10. Adult Education and Literacy • 19% of Missourians (16 and over and not in • school) have a High School Diploma or GED • 43 central locations • 400 Satellite sites • 50,000 enroll • 32,000 stay for 12 hours or more • 9,000 are ESL • Over half the programs have volunteer programs • GED Online Program • GED Fastrack—15 hour GED Prep

11. GED Testing Statistics

12. Focus on Student Transitions Programs of Study Career Clusters Personal Plans of Study

14. How does this help Missouri students? • Motivates students to take rigorous courses. • Increases awareness of opportunities in the career field. • Encourages “Real World” learning. • Makes a connection between school and work. • Organizes their coursework with a focus.

15. How does this enhance the classroom? • Provides an instructional alignment. • Better prepared students. • Strengthens the instructional role within the school system. • Expands educational partnerships. • Provides for continuous industry input.

16. The 6 Career Paths A good starting point for Career Exploration

17. 16 Career Clusters

18. Career Process Career Path Career Cluster Career Pathway Program of Study Personal Plan of Study

19. Personal Plan of Study: Sample Template(Schools will have their own models)

20. An Individual Planning Resourcefor All Students

22. Interests Based on the 6 Career Paths Model Female Middle School Students(n=16,379) Male Middle School Students(n=16,715)

23. Top Six Interests Based on the 16 Career Clusters Model Male High School Students(n=24,785) Female High School Students(n=24,904)

24. Job Seekers

25. Missouri Career Source

26. Missouri Career Centers

27. MO Dept. of Economic Development

28. Dropout Summit April, 2009

29. Contact Information Don Eisinger @ 573-751-2571 Don.eisinger@dese.mo.gov