2 Today’s Agenda Part 1 Part 1 • Define the Need for Business/Education Define the Need for Business/Education Partnerships in Your Community Partnerships in Your Community Part 2 Part 2 • Describe Describe Your Vision of an Exemplary Your Vision of an Exemplary Business/Education Partnerships Business/Education Partnerships Part 3 Part 3 • Plan Your Course of Action for Developing Effective Plan Your Course of Action for Developing Effective Business/Education Partnerships Business/Education Partnerships
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Today’s AgendaPart 1 Part 1 • Define the Need for Business/Education Partnerships Define the Need for Business/Education Partnerships
in Your Communityin Your Community
Part 2 Part 2 • DescribeDescribe Your Vision of an Exemplary Your Vision of an Exemplary
• Define the Need for Business/Education Define the Need for Business/Education Partnerships in Your CommunityPartnerships in Your Community
• Describe Your Vision of an Exemplary Describe Your Vision of an Exemplary Business/Education PartnershipsBusiness/Education Partnerships
• Plan Your Course of Action for Plan Your Course of Action for Developing Effective Business/Education Developing Effective Business/Education PartnershipsPartnerships
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Impending Workforce ShortageProjections by 2008
• HealthcareHealthcare
– 30.8% growth in total new positions (17,680 new positions)
– 12% of all jobs created in Central Ohio will be in the healthcare industry
• Business Business
– 13.2% growth in total new positions (50,000 jobs)
• Information Information TechnologyTechnology
– 73.2% growth (15,000 new jobs)
– 10% of all jobs created in Central Ohio will be in the IT industry
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Current Situation
2,000Drop out
Don’t Graduate
Original
Class
CPSGraduates
WorkforceOnly 1 in 14 Ohio
HS Graduates prepared for entry
level work
College71% Columbus State
freshman need remedial courses in English and Math
CPS - Largest Workforce Supplier in
Central Ohio
Are They Ready?
2,9002,9004,9004,900
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Meanwhile . . . Meanwhile . . . Back at the Schoolhouse
• Poor attendancePoor attendance
• Low graduation rateLow graduation rate
• Lack of success in academic subjectsLack of success in academic subjects
• Unprepared for the challenges of the Unprepared for the challenges of the
21st century workplace21st century workplace
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Matriculation and Graduation Matriculation and Graduation RatesRates1999 Baseline
• Define the Need for Business/Education Define the Need for Business/Education Partnerships in Your CommunityPartnerships in Your Community
• Describe Your Vision of an Exemplary Describe Your Vision of an Exemplary Business/Education PartnershipsBusiness/Education Partnerships
• Plan Your Course of Action for Plan Your Course of Action for Developing Effective Business/Education Developing Effective Business/Education PartnershipsPartnerships
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Small Learning CommunityCollege Prep Curriculum/Career ThemePartnership with Business, Community & Higher Education
Career Academies +
Preparing High School Students Today to be a Success in Business Tomorrow
• Career AcademiesCareer Academies– Small Learning Communities
– College Preparatory Curriculum
– Thematic Approach to Learning
– Integrated Projects
– Career-Related Electives
– Career Development Activities
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CPSI Components CPSI Components ContinuedContinued• Acceleration AcademyAcceleration Academy
– After-Hours Program
• Math, Reading/ Language Arts
• Study Skills Instruction
• Proficiency Test Tutoring
• Student to Teacher Ratio 15:1
• Return to Day Program– Monitoring and mentoring for
students
• Mandatory Assignment for One Semester
• Extra HelpExtra Help– Career-Based
Intervention (CBI) Math
– 9th Grade Algebra 1
– Summer Bridge
– After-School Tutoring
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Overlapping Vision
Common Goal: Increase Student AchievementIncrease Student Achievement
CSCCGCCC
CPS
Improve quality ofemerging workforce
Increase readiness of
incoming freshmen
Increase student
achievement
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Partnership Today
CPS
CSCC Business
Critical Success Factor: Critical Success Factor: Each partner has staff dedicated to support Each partner has staff dedicated to support implementationimplementation At the center of the
partnership, industry- focused steering
committeesguide implementation
Level 5 - “Partners in Systemic Educational Improvement”
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Adding Schools & Adding Students
2003 - 3,5452003 - 3,545
2004 - 4,0502004 - 4,050
2005 - 4,1802005 - 4,180
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Businesses are Jumping In• 3X Corporation
• 5/3 Bank
• Acordia
• Adecco
• American Electric Power
• Arthur Anderson
• Bank One
• Battelle For Kids
• Bisys
• Buckeye Industrial Supply Co.
• Caspian Software
• Chase Manhattan
• Children's Hospital
• City of Upper Arlington
• Coca Cola
• Columbus Airport Authority
• Columbus BlueJackets
• Columbus State
• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
• Corporate Advisors
• Crane Plastics
• DeVry
• Deloitte & Touche
• Dynalab
• Elford Inc.
• FedEx Ground
• Franklin County
• Georgia Pacific
• Columbus Chamber
• Green Insurance
• HKE Consulting
• Hanlin-Rainaldi
• Honda
• Hondros College
• Huntington National Bank
• ICC
• Inn at Chestnut Hill
• Lane Aviation
• Life Alliance
• Limited
• McGraw Hill
• Mentoring Center
• Messer Construction
• Moling Security
• Moody/Nolan Ltd.
• Mt. Carmel Health System
• Nationwide Insurance
• OCLC
• ODOT
• Ohio Full Court Press
• Ohio Health System
• Ohio Hospital Assn
• OSU Medical Center
• Pepsi
• Pizzuti
• ResCare
• Rickenbacker Port Authority
• Ross Labs - Abbott
• Schenker
• Secure Check
• Sophisticated Systems
• St. Vincent Family Centers
• Sunrise Assisted Living
• Tashijian and Company
• Team America
• Techniglas
• The School Study Council
• Tigerpoly Mfg
• Time Warner
• Tower Resource Management
• UPS
• Ubiquitous Technologies
• Westminster Thurber
• Workforce Investment Board
• Worthington Industries
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Roles & Responsibilities• CSCC CSCC via K-12 Initiativesvia K-12 Initiatives
– Steering committee membership
– Articulation agreement for aligned career/technical courses
– Summer college courses
• Business Community Business Community via Chamber’s Workforce via Chamber’s Workforce Development DepartmentDevelopment Department– Supports steering committees
– Endeavors for consistent implementation
– Convenes stakeholders
– Acts as intermediary for work-based learning
– Seeks funding
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Roles & ResponsibilitiesContinuedContinued
• CPS CPS via High School Curriculum Departmentvia High School Curriculum Department
– Steering committee membership
– Facilitate all components of CPSI
– Support and advise staff and administrators
– Seek and administer funds
– Arrange and administer staff development
– Collect and interpret data
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By progressing along the Work-based Learning Continuum, the experiences gradually become more involved. While students have more occasions to make connections between what they learn in the classroom and how it applies to the workplace, business partners have more opportunities to shape the skills of these students--our emerging workforce.
Small Group ShadowingSmall Group Shadowing1-3 hour tour of a workplace to viewworkplace and kinds of opportunitiesavailable (ad hoc)
3-6 hour experienceduring which studentsobserve businessprofessionals (ad hoc)
Job ShadowJob Shadow60-hour (minimum) paid experience during which students develop broad skills through hands-on learning and instruction,culminating in a productor presentation (summerbetween 11th & 12th
grade)
InternshipInternship½-hour to 1 hour in the classroom presenting “real-world projects” to help students connect what they learn in the classroom; represent business/industry at recruiting events (ad hoc)
MentoringMentoring2 worksite visits per year, 3-6 hours each, during which students observe professionals, combined with e-mail/phone calls in between (11th & 12th grades)
3 consecutive full-day worksite visits whereteachers observe business professionals to determine skills and knowledge needed in the workplace to be integrated into thecurriculum (summers)
*** 4 total credits needed for grade level promotion
^ Percentage increase of 24.60% above the 1999 baseline data for advancement grade 9 to 10
^^ Percentage increase of 16.36% above the 1999 baseline data for advancement grade 9 to 11
Progress in the Progress in the InitiativeInitiativeMifflin High SchoolMifflin High School
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81% 81%89%^
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1998 – 1999 1999 – 2000 2000 – 2001
Year
Mifflin High School Attendance Rate
Attendance
^ Percentage increase of 9.61% above the 1999 baseline data
Progress in the Progress in the InitiativeInitiativeMifflin High SchoolMifflin High School
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Progress in the Progress in the InitiativeInitiativeMifflin High SchoolMifflin High School
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307^̂
0200400600800
100012001400
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f D
ays
1998 – 1999 1999 – 2000 2000 – 2001
Year
Mifflin High School Discipline
Out of School Suspension
^ Percentage decrease of 44.74% below the 1999 baseline data
^^ Percentage decrease of 74.79% below the 1999 baseline data
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Progress in the InitiativeProgress in the InitiativeAwards from SuperintendentAwards from Superintendent
Equity AwardEquity Award““Closing the Academic Achievement Gap”Closing the Academic Achievement Gap”
2000 - 20012000 - 2001Mifflin High SchoolMifflin High School
West High SchoolWest High School
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Time to Reflect Part 3
• Define the Need for Business/Education Define the Need for Business/Education Partnerships in Your CommunityPartnerships in Your Community
• Describe Your Vision of an Exemplary Describe Your Vision of an Exemplary Business/Education PartnershipsBusiness/Education Partnerships
• Plan Your Course of Action for Plan Your Course of Action for Developing Effective Business/Education Developing Effective Business/Education PartnershipsPartnerships
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Now It’s Your Turn• Identify and meet with key Identify and meet with key
stakeholdersstakeholders
• Determine common vision and Determine common vision and goalsgoals
• Gain buy-in from stakeholders Gain buy-in from stakeholders – On-going process
• Establish mechanism for Establish mechanism for supportsupport– “Us”