Pennsylvania Career Ready Skills
5/18/2018
Pennsylvania Career Ready Skills May 23, 2018 PA PBS Implementers’ Forum Dr. Pamela Emery Dr. James Palmiero
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network
PA Career Ready Skills • Agenda – What are the PA Career Ready Skills? – Background • Research • Practice • Educational Priorities – A Sample: Pennsylvania Career Ready Skills (Self-Awareness and SelfManagement) – Introductory Document (August, 2018) – Toolkit and Accompanying Resources – Connections to ESSA and Future Ready PA Index – Office of Safe Schools Targeted Grants
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What are the PA Career Ready Skills? The PA Career Ready Skills (PA CRS) are learning progressions that support the development of student competence in the following three domains: 1) Self awareness and self-management, 2) Establishing and maintaining relationships, and 3) Social Problem-solving.
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
These domains clarify the types of employability skills a well prepared workforce needs to demonstrate.
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What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
All domains are situated skills by grade bands:
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
All domains align with Pennsylvania’s Learning Standards for Early Childhood:
http://www.pakeys.org/pa-early-learning-initiatives/earlylearning-standards/
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5/18/2018
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
All domains complement the Career Education and Work Standards:
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
All domains are aligned to the National Network of Business and Industry Association’s Common Employability Skills – A Foundation for Success in the Work Place: The Skills all Employees Need, No Matter Where They Work
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What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
https://businessroundtable.org/sites/default/ files/Common%20Employability_asingle_fm .pdf
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
Align with the Danielson Framework for Teaching:
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5/18/2018
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
Align with PA Academic Standards:
Background: Research 87% of teachers believe a larger focus on social emotional development would improve workforce development John Bridgeland, Mary Bruce, and Arya Hariharan, The Missing Piece: A National Teacher Survey on How Social and Emotional Learning Can Empower Children and Transform Schools, Civic Enterprises with Peter D. Hart Research Associates, 2013, https://www.casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/the-missing-piece.pdf
Employability skills, such as collaboration, communication, flexibility, problem solving, initiative, and critical thinking, are crucial to success in the workplace Association for Career & Technical Education (2010). What is ‘Career Ready?’ Alexandria, VA. Available at https://www.acteonline.org/general.aspx?id=1964#.WrU6P5ch2Uk
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Background: Research The ability to work in teams, solve problems, and communicate effectively are among the principal skills employers consistently report as desirable in their future hires Department of Education. (n.d.) Employability Skills Framework. Retrieved from http://cte.ed.gov/employabilityskills/index.php/framework/index
More than 7 in 10 employers report that they seek employees who demonstrate strong teamwork, problem solving, and communication skills The Conference Board, Inc., the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Corporate Voices for Working Families, and the Society for Human Resource Management. (2006). Are They Really Ready to Work? Employers’ Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce. Retrieved from: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED519465.pdf
Background: Research
This [image/content] was developed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and is used with CASEL’s permission.
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5/18/2018
Background: Practice
Department of Education. (n.d.) Employability Skills Framework. Retrieved from http://cte.ed.gov/employabilityskills/index.php/framework/index
www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Career and Technical Education/Pages/Career-Ready.aspx
Background: Educational Priorities Chapter 4: Career Ready Skills are aligned to Pennsylvania’s Academic Standards, Chapter 4 of Pennsylvania’s school code, including the Career Education and Work Standards
Early Childhood Education:The Pennsylvania Learning Standards for Early Childhood provide specific information on the skills children should be developing in their early years, as well as examples of activities adults can employ to promote the develop of such skills. The social emotional development and approaches to learning domains are directly aligned to the PA CRS. (See: SEL Early Learning Standards)
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5/18/2018
Background: Educational Priorities Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA): WIOA provides a framework for governors and states to make changes to their workforce systems. The act sets parameters for the workforce system. It enables the commonwealth to align workforce priorities across multiple partners, training providers, employers and others to ensure we are creating a skilled workforce. (See: WIOA/Overview)
Pennsylvania Employment First: The Pennsylvania Employment First executive order reinforces efforts to increase the hiring of Pennsylvanians with a disability based on the principle that Pennsylvanians with a disability comprise a largely untapped labor pool, and that workers with a disability add value to the workplace. (See: Employment First)
Background: Educational Priorities Local Career Advisory Committee: The main purpose of a local advisory committee is to strengthen the career and technical education program of a school or college. The committee provides valuable advice to the program; plans, implements, or supports activities to aid the program; and helps to promote the program in the community. (See: Local Career Advisory)
Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board: This board is the governor's principal private-sector policy advisor on building a strong workforce development system aligned with state education policies and economic development goals. Its members are appointed by the governor and represent a cross-section of business executives, labor officials, education leaders, economic development practitioners and local elected officials. (See: Workforce-Development)
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5/18/2018
Background: Educational Priorities Pennsylvania’s State Performance Plan for The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: The accountability requirement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 mandates that each state is to determine the extent to which students are achieving transition outcomes (Indicator 14) and the development of effective secondary transition programming for students with disabilities including: coordinated student, family, and agency involvement; implementation of activities and services for students ages 14-21; and writing coordinated, measurable, annual individualized education program goals that will reasonably enable students ages 14 and above to meet their postsecondary outcomes (Indicator 13). (See: SPP&IDEA).
PA Career Ready Skills: A Sample
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5/18/2018
PA Career Ready Skills: A Sample
PA Career Ready Skills Introductory Document PA CRS Introductory Document: - Provides a rationale & context for the PA CRS - Focuses the Career Ready Skills through the lens of employment and adult life - Connects the PA CRS to existing state initiatives - Shares the PA CRS continuum - Aligns the skills to the Danielson framework - Aligns the skills to the PA Standards including Career Education and Work -
Aligns the PA CRS to the National Network of Business and Industry’s Employability Skills
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Is targeted for release to stakeholders by August, 2018.
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5/18/2018
Accompanying PA CRS Tools PA Career Ready Skills Toolkit -Is the “how-to” resource for educators. -Will include: -Formative classroom checklist to determine overall classroom CRS strengths and needs. -Evidence-based programs to assist with teaching, modeling, and practicing PA CRS. -General practices to support PA CRS: administrative, school & classroom -Student activities to support PA CRS & Future Ready PA -Parent & family resources Targeted release: August, 2018
Additional Tools & Resources Webinars – To introduce PA CRS – Ongoing to support the use of the Toolkit
Professional Development Courses: - Educators - SEL Endorsement All resources will be located on the SAS website and the PA Office for Safe schools website
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5/18/2018
PA CRS & Connections to PA Career Readiness Initiatives PA Every student Succeeds Consolidated Plan
PA’s ESSA Plan: Relies on multiple measures to track school quality, emphasizing both proficiency and growth on state standardized tests as well as other factors such as graduation rates, growth in English language learner proficiency, chronic absenteeism and career readiness
Every Student Succeeds Act: Three Measures Assessment: PSSAs and Keystones will still be taken. Testing window reduced to two weeks. 2019 testing—later in the spring Educator & Student Supports: Emphasizes diversity in teaching staff. E.g.:Troops to teachers. Paraprofessionals Promotes school & student programs emphasizing STEM and career readiness. Accountability: Tracks school growth and quality using multiple measures.
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5/18/2018
Pennsylvania’s ESSA Accountability Measures Six Data Points Used to Measure Success in PA Schools 1. Career
readiness; Six pieces of career ready evidence at grades (each grade target) 5, 8 and 11
2. Academic Achievement: PSSAs, PASA & Keystone Exams . 3. Academic Growth: PVAAS, will be used for Mathematics 4-8 and English/Language Arts 4-8 3. 4. High School Graduation Rate: Both four- and five-year graduation rates will be used to determine progress, 5. Reduction of chronic absenteeism: Chronic absenteeism will be calculated for all public schools based on the number of students who have missed more than 10 percent of school days across the academic year
6.6.English learnerproficiency proficiency English learner • English English Learners are expected to attain proficiency in up to six Learners are expected to attain proficiency in EnglishininEnglish up to six years years
PA CRS & Connections to PA Career Readiness Initiatives
Future Ready PA: -Is designed to help students identify pathways and opportunities for postsecondary success -Includes career readiness indicators ( grades 5, 8, and 11) -Ensures access to career exploration and preparation activities -Requires local educational agencies to establish career plans and portfolios for all learners. -When used with PA CRS, provides a comprehensive plan for career readiness.
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5/18/2018
Office for Safe Schools – Targeted Grants
http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Safe%20Schools/Pages/Safe-Schools-TargetedGrants.aspx (see Equipment/Program Grant 2018-19)
Contact Information
www.pattan.net
Dr. Pamela Emery, Consultant PDE – Office for Safe Schools [email protected] Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Dr. James Palmiero. Director PaTTAN Pittsburgh [email protected]
Tom Wolf, Governor
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Pennsylvania Career Ready Skills May 23, 2018 PA PBS Implementers’ Forum Dr. Pamela Emery Dr. James Palmiero
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network
PA Career Ready Skills • Agenda – What are the PA Career Ready Skills? – Background • Research • Practice • Educational Priorities – A Sample: Pennsylvania Career Ready Skills (Self-Awareness and SelfManagement) – Introductory Document (August, 2018) – Toolkit and Accompanying Resources – Connections to ESSA and Future Ready PA Index – Office of Safe Schools Targeted Grants
1
5/18/2018
What are the PA Career Ready Skills? The PA Career Ready Skills (PA CRS) are learning progressions that support the development of student competence in the following three domains: 1) Self awareness and self-management, 2) Establishing and maintaining relationships, and 3) Social Problem-solving.
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
These domains clarify the types of employability skills a well prepared workforce needs to demonstrate.
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5/18/2018
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
All domains are situated skills by grade bands:
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
All domains align with Pennsylvania’s Learning Standards for Early Childhood:
http://www.pakeys.org/pa-early-learning-initiatives/earlylearning-standards/
3
5/18/2018
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
All domains complement the Career Education and Work Standards:
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
All domains are aligned to the National Network of Business and Industry Association’s Common Employability Skills – A Foundation for Success in the Work Place: The Skills all Employees Need, No Matter Where They Work
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5/18/2018
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
https://businessroundtable.org/sites/default/ files/Common%20Employability_asingle_fm .pdf
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
Align with the Danielson Framework for Teaching:
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5/18/2018
What are the PA Career Ready Skills?
Align with PA Academic Standards:
Background: Research 87% of teachers believe a larger focus on social emotional development would improve workforce development John Bridgeland, Mary Bruce, and Arya Hariharan, The Missing Piece: A National Teacher Survey on How Social and Emotional Learning Can Empower Children and Transform Schools, Civic Enterprises with Peter D. Hart Research Associates, 2013, https://www.casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/the-missing-piece.pdf
Employability skills, such as collaboration, communication, flexibility, problem solving, initiative, and critical thinking, are crucial to success in the workplace Association for Career & Technical Education (2010). What is ‘Career Ready?’ Alexandria, VA. Available at https://www.acteonline.org/general.aspx?id=1964#.WrU6P5ch2Uk
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5/18/2018
Background: Research The ability to work in teams, solve problems, and communicate effectively are among the principal skills employers consistently report as desirable in their future hires Department of Education. (n.d.) Employability Skills Framework. Retrieved from http://cte.ed.gov/employabilityskills/index.php/framework/index
More than 7 in 10 employers report that they seek employees who demonstrate strong teamwork, problem solving, and communication skills The Conference Board, Inc., the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Corporate Voices for Working Families, and the Society for Human Resource Management. (2006). Are They Really Ready to Work? Employers’ Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce. Retrieved from: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED519465.pdf
Background: Research
This [image/content] was developed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and is used with CASEL’s permission.
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5/18/2018
Background: Practice
Department of Education. (n.d.) Employability Skills Framework. Retrieved from http://cte.ed.gov/employabilityskills/index.php/framework/index
www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Career and Technical Education/Pages/Career-Ready.aspx
Background: Educational Priorities Chapter 4: Career Ready Skills are aligned to Pennsylvania’s Academic Standards, Chapter 4 of Pennsylvania’s school code, including the Career Education and Work Standards
Early Childhood Education:The Pennsylvania Learning Standards for Early Childhood provide specific information on the skills children should be developing in their early years, as well as examples of activities adults can employ to promote the develop of such skills. The social emotional development and approaches to learning domains are directly aligned to the PA CRS. (See: SEL Early Learning Standards)
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5/18/2018
Background: Educational Priorities Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA): WIOA provides a framework for governors and states to make changes to their workforce systems. The act sets parameters for the workforce system. It enables the commonwealth to align workforce priorities across multiple partners, training providers, employers and others to ensure we are creating a skilled workforce. (See: WIOA/Overview)
Pennsylvania Employment First: The Pennsylvania Employment First executive order reinforces efforts to increase the hiring of Pennsylvanians with a disability based on the principle that Pennsylvanians with a disability comprise a largely untapped labor pool, and that workers with a disability add value to the workplace. (See: Employment First)
Background: Educational Priorities Local Career Advisory Committee: The main purpose of a local advisory committee is to strengthen the career and technical education program of a school or college. The committee provides valuable advice to the program; plans, implements, or supports activities to aid the program; and helps to promote the program in the community. (See: Local Career Advisory)
Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board: This board is the governor's principal private-sector policy advisor on building a strong workforce development system aligned with state education policies and economic development goals. Its members are appointed by the governor and represent a cross-section of business executives, labor officials, education leaders, economic development practitioners and local elected officials. (See: Workforce-Development)
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5/18/2018
Background: Educational Priorities Pennsylvania’s State Performance Plan for The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: The accountability requirement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 mandates that each state is to determine the extent to which students are achieving transition outcomes (Indicator 14) and the development of effective secondary transition programming for students with disabilities including: coordinated student, family, and agency involvement; implementation of activities and services for students ages 14-21; and writing coordinated, measurable, annual individualized education program goals that will reasonably enable students ages 14 and above to meet their postsecondary outcomes (Indicator 13). (See: SPP&IDEA).
PA Career Ready Skills: A Sample
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5/18/2018
PA Career Ready Skills: A Sample
PA Career Ready Skills Introductory Document PA CRS Introductory Document: - Provides a rationale & context for the PA CRS - Focuses the Career Ready Skills through the lens of employment and adult life - Connects the PA CRS to existing state initiatives - Shares the PA CRS continuum - Aligns the skills to the Danielson framework - Aligns the skills to the PA Standards including Career Education and Work -
Aligns the PA CRS to the National Network of Business and Industry’s Employability Skills
-
Is targeted for release to stakeholders by August, 2018.
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5/18/2018
Accompanying PA CRS Tools PA Career Ready Skills Toolkit -Is the “how-to” resource for educators. -Will include: -Formative classroom checklist to determine overall classroom CRS strengths and needs. -Evidence-based programs to assist with teaching, modeling, and practicing PA CRS. -General practices to support PA CRS: administrative, school & classroom -Student activities to support PA CRS & Future Ready PA -Parent & family resources Targeted release: August, 2018
Additional Tools & Resources Webinars – To introduce PA CRS – Ongoing to support the use of the Toolkit
Professional Development Courses: - Educators - SEL Endorsement All resources will be located on the SAS website and the PA Office for Safe schools website
12
5/18/2018
PA CRS & Connections to PA Career Readiness Initiatives PA Every student Succeeds Consolidated Plan
PA’s ESSA Plan: Relies on multiple measures to track school quality, emphasizing both proficiency and growth on state standardized tests as well as other factors such as graduation rates, growth in English language learner proficiency, chronic absenteeism and career readiness
Every Student Succeeds Act: Three Measures Assessment: PSSAs and Keystones will still be taken. Testing window reduced to two weeks. 2019 testing—later in the spring Educator & Student Supports: Emphasizes diversity in teaching staff. E.g.:Troops to teachers. Paraprofessionals Promotes school & student programs emphasizing STEM and career readiness. Accountability: Tracks school growth and quality using multiple measures.
13
5/18/2018
Pennsylvania’s ESSA Accountability Measures Six Data Points Used to Measure Success in PA Schools 1. Career
readiness; Six pieces of career ready evidence at grades (each grade target) 5, 8 and 11
2. Academic Achievement: PSSAs, PASA & Keystone Exams . 3. Academic Growth: PVAAS, will be used for Mathematics 4-8 and English/Language Arts 4-8 3. 4. High School Graduation Rate: Both four- and five-year graduation rates will be used to determine progress, 5. Reduction of chronic absenteeism: Chronic absenteeism will be calculated for all public schools based on the number of students who have missed more than 10 percent of school days across the academic year
6.6.English learnerproficiency proficiency English learner • English English Learners are expected to attain proficiency in up to six Learners are expected to attain proficiency in EnglishininEnglish up to six years years
PA CRS & Connections to PA Career Readiness Initiatives
Future Ready PA: -Is designed to help students identify pathways and opportunities for postsecondary success -Includes career readiness indicators ( grades 5, 8, and 11) -Ensures access to career exploration and preparation activities -Requires local educational agencies to establish career plans and portfolios for all learners. -When used with PA CRS, provides a comprehensive plan for career readiness.
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5/18/2018
Office for Safe Schools – Targeted Grants
http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Safe%20Schools/Pages/Safe-Schools-TargetedGrants.aspx (see Equipment/Program Grant 2018-19)
Contact Information
www.pattan.net
Dr. Pamela Emery, Consultant PDE – Office for Safe Schools [email protected] Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Dr. James Palmiero. Director PaTTAN Pittsburgh [email protected]
Tom Wolf, Governor
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