MANUFACTURING RPOS SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 Rigorous Programs of Study.

MANUFACTURING RPOSSEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Rigorous Programs of Study

HOW DID WISCONSIN GET INVOVLED?

U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education sent a RFP announcement. Great opportunity to expand Wisconsin’s work in the area of

programs of study Announcement of the award was in October, 2010 $258,400/year up to a maximum of four years

WHY MANUFACTURING

Wisconsin is home to over 9,000 manufacturesManufacturing accounts for $47 billion to our

state’s economyThe manufacturing industry ranks #2 in

Wisconsin gross state productThe manufacturing industry employs 448,000

workersSix states in total were awarded RPOS grants

Arizona – Education Kansas – STEMMaryland – Automotive Montana – ConstructionUtah – Health Science Wisconsin - Manufacturing

WHO IS INVOLVED

The Northcentral Technical College area and four area local high schools Wausau West Wausau East D.C. Everest Spencer

WHAT IS A RPOS?

Focuses on the ten components The ten components are currently embedded into the

five areas of our current Carl Perkins application

Spencer High School

Framework element year 2 action steps: Partnerships with Industry

to develop and communicate industry skill requirements

Teaching and learning Develop learning communities between core academic

and career & technical education

Technical Skills Assessment Streamline manufacturing TSA document for classroom

Spencer High School

Enhancement of RPOS elementsPartnerships:

-NTC - Transcripted-credit-and additional partnerships Local Manufacturing Businesses

Guidance Counseling and Academic Advisement: CTE team leader-pathway development Career counseling 8th and 10th grades with parental

involvement through WISCAREERS website

Grant money uses: Local core and CTE collaboration, tours, curriculum

development, consortium in-service of CTE and core

DC EVEREST

Identified areas of growth (pre/post assessments) Technical Skills Assessments Partnerships Teaching and Learning Strategies

Capturing and Sharing Successes Accuracy of Data and its Importance Create Partnerships through a TSA or Crosswalk

EVALUATION

We will be using data to evaluate the effectivness of our work. The evaluation will using RPOS concentrators versus non-RPOS concentrators.

WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT

Who has not implemented these ten components?

WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT

School Counseling to RPOSTechnical Skill AttainmentCourse SequencingTeaching and LearningData

ENGINEERING A BETTER FUTURE IN WISCONSIN

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY TAKE A CHOICE OF UP TO 79 CAREER PATHWAYS.

TRANSCRIPTED CREDIT STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES IN WELDING

AAS – MECHANICAL DESIGN – NTC BS – ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY – UW-STOUT 100% FULL TRANSFER OF NTC STUDENT

CREDITS INTO UW-STOUT’S PROGRAM. CURRENTLY EXPLORING MULTI-TRACK CLASS

OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN INTO RPOS.

WISCONSIN JOB REPORT ACCORDING TO WTCS SEPT ‘10-SEPT’11

Electro-Mechanical Technology – 483 / 22Mechanical Design Technology – 401 / 42Welding – **1300 / 15**Transcripted Credit Course for NTC

STUDENT SUCCESS STORY

SPRING 2005 MPTC – ENGINE DESIGN ASSOC. DEGREE

FALL 2005 UW FDL –GENERAL STUDIES TOWARD ENGINEERING.

SPRING 2007 – NTC- MECHANICAL DESIGN A. D.FALL 2009 – UW-STOUT- BS – MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING.ENGINE DESIGN DEGREE- MAINTENANCE JOB AT

BRENNER TANK, AND A DEALER SERVICE REP @ MERCURY MARINE.

UW-STOUT B.S. DEGREE – JOB A MANUFACTURING ENGINEER AT G3 INDUSTRIES. – CURRENTLY.