Richardson ISD College & Career Readiness ON TARGET
OUTLINE PURPOSE BACKGROUND STRENGTHS/CHALLENGES NEXT STEPS/RECOMMENDATIONS
PURPOSE The acquisition of the knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing first-year courses at a postsecondary institution (such as a 2 or 4 year college, trade school, or technical school) without the need for remediation Our goal is to prepare ALL students to learn, grow, and succeed College & Career Readiness
BACKGROUND PURPOSE Providing expanded access to high quality education and related supports particularly for those young people who today lack such access will not only expand economic opportunity for those individuals, but will also likely do more to strengthen the overall state economy than anything else a state government can do. Economic Analysis and Research Network. A Well- Educated Workforce is Key to State Prosperity August, 22, 2013April Texas has had a job growth of 31.5%, growing almost triple the nationwide growth of 12%. Texas unemployment rate has been at or below the U.S. rate for over 78 consecutive months. Texas sales tax collections have increased for 39 consecutive months. Office of Texas Comptroller, September 2013April
BACKGROUND Initiatives for College and Career Readiness in RISD Elementary Junior High High School College - Going Culture (developing) Understanding of Careers and the Working World Parent Engagement AVID Skills College-Going Culture Career Opportunities PreAP Parent Engagement AVID Skills College Awareness Career Opportunities PreAP/AP Dual Credit SAT/ACT AVID Skills Parent Engagement
BACKGROUND Measurables for College and Career Readiness in RISD Elementary Junior High High School and Post Secondary 3 rd grade Reading Level (Lexile) 3 rd grade Oral Reading Fluency Level (DIBELS ORF) STAAR ReadiStep AP Dual Credit PSAT SAT/ACT FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) College Enrollment Degree Completion
BACKGROUND Preparing ALL to learn, grow, and succeed Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum Various Curriculum Opportunities Student Support Assessment Analysis Curriculum Planning
Forming an Understanding of Work and Careers
BACKGROUND Career Development in Elementary Career development in the elementary years is about an elimination process. Essentially, students at this age are eliminating alternatives. -Linda Gottfredson This happens in three stages up to age 13.
BACKGROUND Consultation with Dr. Greta Davis, career counselor How Children Form an Understanding of Work and Careers
BACKGROUND Career Development Stages in children Orientation to Size & Power Ages 3 to 5 -Linda Gottfredson Classifications of People Understanding the Adult World Symbolized Play Fictitious Career Aspirations
BACKGROUND Career Development Stages in children Orientation to Gender Roles Ages 6 to 8 -Linda Gottfredson Uni-dimensional thinking by gender Concrete thinking with highly visible occupations Connections with parents jobs
BACKGROUND Career Development Stages in children Orientation to Social Valuation Ages 9 to 13 -Linda Gottfredson Two-dimensional thinking by gender and status Abstract thinking of occupations Acute awareness of status hierarchies Identifying occupational floors and ceilings
PURPOSE BACKGROUND Incomplete Occupational Map + Perceived Academic Ability + Personal Motivation + Social Status + Family Expectations = Occupational Floors & Ceilings
BACKGROUND How Children Form an Understanding of Work & Careers Zone of Acceptable Alternatives Sample Occupational Map OCCUPATIONAL CEILING Unacceptably Difficult Floors & Ceilings: Incomplete map Perceived Academic Ability Personal Motivation Social Status Family Expectations Masculine I N C O M P L E T E I N A C C U R A T E C O N S T R I C T E D Unacceptably Low OCCUPATIONAL FLOOR Feminine
BACKGROUND Teachers armed with the knowledge of children s development of an understanding of work and careers can work harder to influence work and career perceptions.
BACKGROUND Students need ample opportunity to explore and try a variety of different courses, programs, and activities. It s important for students to identify what they don t want to do in the future and know why they don t like something. Exercises that encourage sustained personal reflection are great ways to get to this kind of self insight. -Dr. Greta Davis
BACKGROUND Addressing the implications of an incomplete occupational map Purposefully and intentionally exposing students to practicing professionals in occupations traditionally dominated by one gender Aligning Enrichment Clusters with the National 16 Career Clusters using kid-friendly language Exposing students to clusters of careers versus singular options Developing an understanding of how careers in similar fields work together for a common purpose
BACKGROUND Transitioning from Elementary to CTE opportunities at the secondary level By Junior High, elementary students will have been ENGAGED in a variety of Enrichment Clusters with authentic methods that make connections to how the working world functions. Rising 7 th graders will have been EXPOSED to CTE opportunities and career clusters at the 6 th grade CCR event and through Naviance. Students will be EMPOWERED to enter Junior High ready to make decisions according to their individual talents & interests.
BACKGROUND Career and Technical Education
BACKGROUND Career and Technical Education in the Junior Highs Students are able to identify personal career interests and aptitudes, via utilization of the career guidance program Kuder Students have 20 State Approved Career and Technical Education Classes in Junior High related to career exploration with ten providing high school credit Students are able to develop a career educational plan, as well as develop generic career soft skills for successful employment
BACKGROUND Career and Technical Education in the High Schools High School students have the opportunity to select from 165 courses representing the 16 Federal career clusters Each cluster offers varied means of instruction through classroom, pre-employment laboratory, cooperative work experiences, and paid and non-paid internships Each cluster offers options to all students to earn license, certificate, or certification relevant to their career path
BACKGROUND Opening the doors for Elementary students to view Secondary practices Secondary CTE teachers are accepting requests from Elementary Enrichment Clusters to share authentic methods. Criminal Justice Cosmetology Culinary Arts Automotive Technology AV Technology Forensic Science Robotics
SAT/ACT Assessments
National Standardized Testing College Board ReadiStep Summary of Answers and Skills (SOAS) PSAT/NMSQT PSAT Summer Camp Fall PSAT 4 Week Session Summary of Answers and Skills (SOAS) SAT District - taught SAT after school prep Kaplan SAT On Demand SAT Prep class All 11 th grade ELA classes now have embedded SAT content lessons ACT Aspire Grades 3-10 English, Writing, Reading, Math, and Science 35,000 assessments were given last Spring ACT ACT for all 11 th grade students District - taught ACT after school prep Kaplan ACT On Demand ACT Prep class Online ACT Prep from ACT 500 site licenses per high school Practice ACT test for all 11 th grade
RISD ReadiStep Mean Scores 2011 2012 2013* 4 4 4 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 Critical Reading Mathematics Writing 3.5 *The 2013 results were the 1 st year test was in the Fall
SAT Critical Reading Sentence Completion Vocabulary Complex Sentences Passage-Based Reading Humanities Literary Fiction Social Studies Natural Sciences Writing Identifying Sentence Errors Improving Sentences Improving Paragraphs Essay Writing Mathematics Numbers and Operations Algebra and Functions Geometry and Measurement Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability ACT English Usage/Mechanics Punctuation Grammar and Usage Sentence Structure Rhetorical Skills Strategy Organization Style Reading Prose Fiction Mathematics Humanities Social Studies Natural Sciences Pre-Algebra Coordinate Geometry Plane Geometry Trigonometry Science Biology Chemistry Earth/Space Sciences Physics
SAT/ACT NUMBER TESTED 1400 1200 1088 1235 1365 1375 1323 1000 800 719 811 858 894 922 600 400 200 0 Senior Class 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SAT ACT
Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement PreAP The expectation that all students can perform well at rigorous academic levels The belief that we can prepare every student for higher intellectual engagement by starting the development of skills and acquisition of knowledge as early as possible Springboard PreAP Math & Writing Camps Professional Development AP RISD currently offers 32 of the 36 AP courses T.I. Foundation grant to National Math/ Science Initiative Overall Mean Score 2.86 Colleges can give credit or advanced placement with scores ranging from 3-5 Professional Development Campus-wide work Content area focus: English Math/Science Social Studies LOTE
Dual Credit
Dual Credit Dual Credit - This past year, Dual Credit enrollment went up to 1023. Changes in Dual Credit Offerings English 1301 and 1302 Physics US History Speech CTE Online opportunities RISD received over $40,000 from Richland College for our students enrolling in these dual credit courses, up from $24,000. We offer both stand alone courses and AP Overlay courses. AP Overlay courses are taught by RISD faculty, teaching the AP content, and students can receive college credit if they qualify through Richland College. We need more qualified teachers (Masters with 18 hours in field) at each campus.
Findings 1200 1000 800 1103 865 Dual Credit Enrollments Duplicated Unduplicated 1001 1023 756 736 600 400 200 0 Richland College Data 2011 2012 2013 Richland College Data Duplicated means enrolled in more than one Dual Credit class
Findings 100 90 80 Dual Credit Completion Percentages 100 100 100 95 96 95 94 96 92 87 81 100 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2011 2012 2013 English Social Studies Math Science
Findings 2900 Dual Credit Hours Earned 2896 2850 2800 2750 2700 2650 2760 2711 2600 2011 2012 2013
Post Secondary
Naviance is a college and career readiness platform that helps connect academic achievement to post-secondary goals. Its comprehensive college and career planning solutions optimize student success, enhance school counselor productivity, and track results for school and district administrators. Naviance enables students to find college and career pathways that are right for them. Start by setting personalized goals, learn about your skills and interests, and explore career options based on those interests. Then search for colleges, apply for scholarships and track your admissions status. School districts can more efficiently manage college planning and career goals for each of their students. Plus, maximize institutional effectiveness by automating transcript delivery through our electronic document delivery service, and enhancing communications with students and families through our built-in messaging and survey tools. The Naviance platform gives schools and districts a central location to set goals and priorities for individual students, track their progress, and measure student outcomes across their entire student population in order to improve college and career readiness.
NAVIANCE Courses Tab
NAVIANCE Colleges Tab
NAVIANCE Careers Tab
NAVIANCE About Me Tab
NAVIANCE My Planner Tab
80.0% 70.0% 78.8% Apply Texas Applicants % of Class of 2013 applied on ApplyTexas 73.6% 69.6% 69.9% 60.0% 56.1% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% RHS PHS BHS LHHS RISD ApplyTexas is a college application for students to apply to colleges in the state of Texas.
FAFSA Completion Rates 31-Mar 31-May 31-Aug FAFSA= Free Application for Federal Student Aid 60.0% 55.40% 52.30% 50.30% 50.0% 47.50% 41.5% 40.1% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Berkner Richardson RISD was part of a pilot project with FAFSA in which we received only 2 schools data as part of the FAFSA Completion project
Percent of Students Enrolled in College the Fall Immediately After High School Assessments
Percent of Students Enrolled in College at Any Time During the First Year After High School by Institutional Type Assessments
Percent of Students Enrolled in College at Any Time During the First Two Years After High School by Institutional Type Assessments
Class of 2005 Postsecondary Enrollment and Progress
Where did RISD Top Ten Students from Class of 2013 go?
CCR Website
DEPARTMENTS TYPICAL WEBSITE TRAFFIC The Departments portion of the website had an average of 7092 hits from March- Average Hits All Departments CCR Website 15% September. 85% The CCR Website has received 1/6 th of the traffic in the Departments section of the RISD website.
CCR SITE TRAFFIC 3000 2500 6 ½ Month Period TOTAL: Total Hits 8,442 Total Unique Hits 6,504 Hits on the College & Career Readiness site by month 2000 1500 1000 500 0 March April May June July August September Total Hits 173 1547 1364 664 730 1376 2588 Unique Hits 141 1251 1069 538 568 1053 1884
WHAT S NEW? Enhancements to the CCR Website: Upcoming Events (always refreshed) Importance of Post-Secondary Education What is it? Why is it important? What are my options? Post Secondary Boats now clickable Organizational Skills for Elementary Purpose Video w/pdf CTE Opportunities in RISD Dual Credit Rationale Naviance information & links at all Levels (Elementary & Secondary)
Strengths and Challenges
STRENGTHS & CHALLENGES ON TARGET Strengths Launch of the CCR Website Enrichment Clusters aligned with 16 National Career Clusters Elementary tapping into secondary CTE courses for authentic methods Alignment with common language used at the secondary level ACT for all juniors Challenges Maintaining the interest of parents and students in the CCR Website Implementing Naviance Increasing AP participation and success Providing additional Dual Credit opportunities National Math & Science Initiative Closing the gap on SAT/ACT scores Dual Credit hours earned Increasing college-going rates College & Career Readiness Update October 2013
Next Steps/Recommendations
NEXT STEPS/RECOMMENDATIONS ON TARGET Elementary Secondary Expose, Engage and Empower elementary students Implement NMSI from TI grant with AP students and teachers Provide Parent Ed classes for How Children form an Understanding of Work and Careers Monitor implementation of SAT/ACT prep classes Complete Naviance interest inventory by December with selection of career clusters 6th Conduct grade CCR Program in December Participate in random stratified sampling of college readiness benchmarks through ACT Aspire Monitor implementation of college transition courses Implement Naviance at all campuses for all students Explore Dual Credit online opportunities with DCCCD Expand FAFSA completion project to all 4 high schools Continue providing updates for the CCR Website Promote the CCR Website via individual campus webpages Monitor trends with CCR Website College & Career Readiness Update October 2013
Richardson ISD College & Career Readiness ON TARGET