Identify Industry Sectors and Engage Partnerships Employers Professional Development Design Education and Training Programs Accountability and Evaluation Systems Align Policies and Programs College and Career Readiness Standards Identify Funding Needs and Strategies Course Sequences Measure System Change and Credit Transfer Agreements Performance Guidance, Counseling, Academic Advisement Teaching and Learning Strategies Technical Skills Assessment Table 2 CAREER PROGRAMS OF STUDY COMMON FEATURES PATHWAYS (CP) (POS) TEN COMPONENTS SIX KEY ELEMENTS #2: Partnerships 1. Build Cross-agency partnerships include education, business, Partnerships workforce, economic development and community stakeholders Common vision and goals Clearly delineated and agreed upon roles/responsibilities for all partners #2: Partnerships 2. Identify Industry Both CP and POS frameworks stress the analysis and Sectors and Engage #10: Technical Skills validation of economic and workforce trends, and Assessment Employers adaptation of pathways accordingly 3. Design Education #5: College and Career Clear, non-duplicative sequences of course and Training Readiness Standards Opportunities to earn college credit leading to #6: Course Sequences Programs postsecondary credentials #7: Credit Transfer Credit transfer / articulation agreements Agreements Counseling, including career planning and academic #8: Guidance Counseling and advisement Academic Advising Support services, especially in CP #9: Teaching and Learning Contextualization and modularization of curricula, and Strategies mapping of pathways #10: Technical Skills Integrated instruction of academic and technical content, Assessment acceleration (dual enrollment in POS; co-enrollment in CP) #3: Professional Development Instructional strategies that instill work readiness skills #1: Legislation and Policies 4. Align Programs Emphasis on the role of federal, state, and local policies in and Policies #3: Professional Development promoting and sustaining CP and POS; and in helping (policy implications) students access CP and POS services #1: Legislation and Policies 5. Identify Funding Braided or integrated funding from multiple funding Needs and Strategies sources to provide sufficient resources and sustain programs Importance of funding to support professional development and other system development activities #4: Accountability and 6. Measure Systems Importance of defining outcomes/ measuring progress Change and Evaluation Systems
Identify Industry Sectors and Engage Employers Design Education and Training Programs Align Policies and Programs Identify Funding Needs and Strategies Measure System Change and Performance Partnerships Professional Development Accountability and Evaluation Systems College and Career Readiness Standards Course Sequences Credit Transfer Agreements Guidance, Counseling, Academic Advisement Teaching and Learning Strategies Technical Skills Assessment Table 2 CAREER PATHWAYS (CP) SIX KEY ELEMENTS PROGRAMS OF STUDY (POS) TEN COMPONENTS COMMON FEATURES 1. Build Partnerships #2: Partnerships Cross-agency partnerships include education, business, workforce, economic development and community stakeholders Common vision and goals Clearly delineated and agreed upon roles/responsibilities for all partners 2. Identify Industry Sectors and Engage Employers #2: Partnerships #10: Technical Skills Assessment Both CP and POS frameworks stress the analysis and validation of economic and workforce trends, and adaptation of pathways accordingly 3. Design Education and Training Programs #5: College and Career Readiness Standards #6: Course Sequences #7: Credit Transfer Agreements #8: Guidance Counseling and Academic Advising #9: Teaching and Learning Strategies #10: Technical Skills Assessment #3: Professional Development Clear, non-duplicative sequences of course Opportunities to earn college credit leading to postsecondary credentials Credit transfer / articulation agreements Counseling, including career planning and academic advisement Support services, especially in CP Contextualization and modularization of curricula, and mapping of pathways Integrated instruction of academic and technical content, acceleration (dual enrollment in POS; co-enrollment in CP) Instructional strategies that instill work readiness skills 4. Align Programs and Policies #1: Legislation and Policies #3: Professional Development (policy implications) Emphasis on the role of federal, state, and local policies in promoting and sustaining CP and POS; and in helping students access CP and POS services 5. Identify Funding Needs and Strategies #1: Legislation and Policies Braided or integrated funding from multiple funding sources to provide sufficient resources and sustain programs Importance of funding to support professional development and other system development activities 6. Measure Systems Change and #4: Accountability and Evaluation Systems Importance of defining outcomes/ measuring progress
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