College Bound & Career Ready: The Kirkwood Model CCTI Summit - March 2007 New Orleans David Bunting Executive Director of Secondary Programs
Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids Iowa
College & Career Transition Vision • High school graduates…. better prepared for college success (no remediation) • High school graduates…. better informed (to make career decisions)
Converting Vision Into Action • Integrated into the fabric of the college, not one person or single department - KQIP - Under Prepared Students - KQIP - Strengthening K 12 Partnerships - Kirkwood Futures Initiative – Strategic Priority • Not “I” or “My”, but “We” and “Our” • Built on trust and on long-term relationship building…internal & external
College & Career Transition Strategies • Career Edge Academies • The Workplace Learning Connection • Pathway Planners • Professional Development • College Readiness Assessment • Feedback/Data to High Schools
Career Edge Academy Programs • Shared 4 + 2 programs between area high schools and Kirkwood Community College launched in 1999 • Quality academic and career coursework • Currently 13 programs…over 70 program sections…over 1500 students… 38 high schools • Three Models - School Within A School - Central/Shared Sites (hospitals, auto dealers, etc. ) - College Campus Sites • Academy “roots” within academic department
Career Edge Academy Programs • Advanced Manufacturing Automotive Technology • Automotive Collision Engineering • Welding Health Science • EMT-B Pharmacy Technician • Ed. & Human Services Graphics & Media Comm. • Information Systems Mgmt. Local Area Networking • Computer Programming Geospatial Tech. – start 2007 -08 • Culinary – start 2007 -08 Biomedical Science – start 2007 -08
Automotive Collision Academy
Graphics & Media Academy
Health Science Academy
Welding Academy
Career Edge Academy Core Elements • 4 + 2+2 Program Design • Career & Academic coursework • Career Pathway Planner • College & High School Credit • Work-Based Learning • Competency Certificates • Scholarships • Multiple options after high school (work, 2 year and 4 -year college • Professional Development- Teachers
Career Edge - Marketing • Brochures • Website – www. kirkwood. edu/careeracademies • Student/Parent Orientation Sessions • Newsletter – “College Bound – Career Ready” • Pathway Planner
Strategy: The Workplace Learning Connection
Work-Based Learning through a “Single Point of Contact” Tours & Speakers Job Shadows & Internships Teacher @ Work Career Days Career Fairs Graphics @Work – Staff Development
Group Career Day…. . • • Health Careers Day Engineering Careers Day Emerging Careers Day Legal Careers Day Skilled Trades Day Graphics & Media Comm. Careers Day Performing Art Careers Day
Strategy: Pathway Planners
Career Pathway - Defined A Career Pathway is a coherent, articulated, sequence of rigorous academic and career/technical courses, commencing in the 9 th grade and leading to an associate degree, baccalaureate degree and beyond, an industry-recognized certificate and/or licensure. “Career Pathways – Education With A Purpose” – Dan Hull
Iowa Model • Iowa Code – 8 th Graders Required to have 4 Year Plan with Career Focus – S. F. 245 • Developed by Student, Parent, School • Reviewed Annually • Parent Signature • Includes Model Core Curriculum – 4 -3 -3 -3 • Result…. Better Informed & Better Prepared
Principles Guiding the Plan • Customized to each high school’s graduation requirements for each student • Encourage early college readiness assessment • Suggest co-curricular activities, service learning, & career planning • Guide work-based learning opportunities • Spans a range of careers • Shows multiples options after high school…. . short term certifications, and related 2 -year and 4 -year college programs • Identify career-related college courses • Result…. Better Informed & Better Prepared
Professional Development
Professional Development – Career Academy Faculty § Faculty often qualified high school teachers…. meet college requirements § Center for the Advancement of Career Academy Programs § Training is required before teaching college credit courses § Training delivered by college faculty § Teachers receive stipend § Develop cadre of trained teacher achieving comparable learning outcomes
College Readiness Assessment
College Readiness – Web-Based COMPASS • Pilot in High Schools with Soph. or Juniors • Software loaded on high school computers • Collaboration with high school math & English Faculty - Purpose • Communication to Parent/Student - Purpose • Students Assessed • Results Interpreted • Scores Correlated with High School Curriculum • Results guide future course decisions • Re-Test as Seniors • Scores used for Kirkwood course placement • Kirkwood funding COMPASS
High School Feedback/Data
High School Feedback/Data 1. Math & Writing Placement of Graduates Attending Kirkwood 2. First-Year Student Data – Major, Credit Hours, GPA 3. Five-Year Student Data – Currently Enrolled - Major, Credit Hours Earned, GPA, Awards 4. Five-Year Student Data – Ever Attended - Major, Credit Hours Earned, GPA, Awards 5. Data on High School Students Earning College Credit – – – Career Academy Students On-Site Courses PSEO Students
Do They Continue at Kirkwood? • 30% of Area X high school graduates continue at Kirkwood • 47% of Area X high school graduates attend Kirkwood while in high school or within 5 years after graduation • 49. 6% of Career Edge Academy students continue at Kirkwood • 80% of Career Edge Academy students at Kirkwood continue in a related career program
Thank You ! dbuntin@kirkwood. edu
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