Statewide Evaluation of CTE Pathways Initiative (SB70)

Update on Statewide Update on Statewide Evaluation of Career Evaluation of Career Technical Education (CTE) Technical Education (CTE) Pathways InitiativePathways InitiativeJune Lee-Bayha June Lee-Bayha (WestEd)

Jackie Escajeda Jackie Escajeda (California Community Colleges, Chancellor’s Office)

Educating for Careers ConferenceEducating for Careers ConferenceFebruary 23, 2009February 23, 2009

Overview of CTE Pathways Overview of CTE Pathways Initiative (SB70)Initiative (SB70)

2008-09 Budget:

$58 million

plus $12.5 million for green California Partnership Academies

Five Thematic AreasFive Thematic Areas

Career Planning and Development & Career Pathways and Articulation

New Program Development

Expanding Business and Industry Engagement

CTE Teacher Recruitment and Professional Development

Capacity Building and Research & Development

Career Planning and Career Planning and DevelopmentDevelopment

CTE Community Collaborative

Workforce Innovation Partnerships

Health Occupation Preparation and Education Program (HOPE)

Distance Learning Pilot

Entrepreneurship Career Pathway Project

Curriculum Planning for Emerging Industries

Statewide Career Pathways School to Community College Articulation

K-12 Health Pathways

CTE Online

New Program DevelopmentNew Program Development

California Partnership Academies (CPAs)

Career Advancement Academies

Expanding Business and Expanding Business and Industry Engagement in CTEIndustry Engagement in CTE

CTE Student Organizations

Connection to Economic and Workforce Development Program Initiatives

CTE Teacher Recruitment and CTE Teacher Recruitment and Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development

In-service Workshops (A-G)

New Teacher Workshop

Teacher Preparation Pipeline

Leadership Development

Capability Building and Research & Capability Building and Research & DevelopmentDevelopment

Evaluation

California Community Colleges, California Community Colleges, Chancellor’s OfficeChancellor’s Office

Why is data collection important?

Purpose of the EvaluationPurpose of the Evaluation

Gather information about:

Activities funded by CTE Pathways Initiatives

(how grantees are using funds)

How funds affect students, faculty, business/industry partners, the local economy, and Career Technical Education in California

Write annual report along with the California Community College Chancellor’s Office and CDE for the Governor, Legislature, and Director of Finance

Evaluation StrategiesEvaluation Strategies

Collect grant activity reports

Site Visits

Focus Groups/Interviews

Statewide EvaluationStatewide Evaluation

Document progress of objectives and activities

Gather information about outcomes or products

Determine ongoing technical assistance needs

Identify promising practices

“What matters is not finding the perfect indicator, but settling upon a consistent and intelligent method of assessing your output results, and then tracking your trajectory with rigor.”

– Jim Collins (Good to Great and the Social Sectors 2005, p 8)

Evaluation Activities Evaluation Activities in 2008-09in 2008-09

Scheduled 24 site visits with Community Collaborative grantees *

Review and analyze data from existing reporting forms - for 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 grantees

Collect grantee data via www.cteinteractive.org in February and July each year

Write Annual Report to Legislature, Governor, and Director of Finance (due July 1, 2009)

* as of 2/19/2009

Expectations of Grantees for Expectations of Grantees for EvaluationEvaluation

Be prepared for site visits

Submit required reporting documents

California Community Colleges, California Community Colleges, Chancellor’s OfficeChancellor’s Office

2008-09 Career Technical Education Grants:

CTE Community Collaborative grants

Supplemental grants

Workforce Innovation Partnership Grants

California Community Colleges, California Community Colleges, Chancellor’s OfficeChancellor’s Office

Monitors from the Chancellor’s Office

ResourcesResources

Annual Report to the Legislature, the Governor, and Director of Financehttp://www.cccco.edu/Portals/4/EWD/SB 70/CTE Full_Report-version2.pdf

Suggestions of Suggestions of resources?resources?

Any questions?Any questions?

Evaluation TeamEvaluation Team

June Lee-Bayha – [email protected]

Rebeca Cerna – [email protected]

Barbara Dietsch – [email protected]

Zeta Heiter – [email protected]

Carol Kim – [email protected]

Jeff Polik – [email protected]

Sandy Sobolew-Shubin – [email protected]

Cindy Wijma – [email protected]