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Individual Career and

Academic Plans (ICAP)

Related to Accountability and Improving PWR

Tuesday Tutorial #2

Belief of ICAP for Colorado– Personalized education aligned to curriculum– Decrease Drop Out Rate– Increase Retention and Engagement– Increase students awareness of Career Pathways.

Individual Career and Academic Plans Legislative review

During the spring of 2009, the Colorado General Assembly passed the SchoolFinance Bill (SB 09-256). This legislation requires the State Board ofEducation to establish standards for Individual Career and Academic Plans(ICAP) for students enrolled in public schools in the state on or beforeFebruary 1, 2010.

The legislation specifies that at minimum, each ICAP shall include:

– The student’s effort in exploring careers, including interest surveys that the student completes;

– The student’s academic process, including the courses taken, any remediation or credit recovery, and any concurrent enrollment credits earned;

– The student’s experiences in contextual and service learning; – The student’s college application and resume, as they are prepared and submitted; and– The student’s postsecondary studies as the student progresses.

Real Partnerships:

Common purpose united and expanded our partnerships!

Why CTE?

CTE’s role in ICAP/PWR

Real Purpose

Vision: Colorado CTE delivers proven pathways to lifelong career success!

Mission: CTE ensures a thriving Colorado economy by providing relevant and rigorous education that is connected, responsive and real.

INDUSTRY

CLUSTER

PATHWAYS

PLAN OF STUDY

PWR Standards!

Why CDE?CDE’s role in ICAP/PWR

• Role of convener and facilitator

• Provides materials, tools and resources for transition planning

• Technical assistance and training to support District Implementation

• Research and Development – UNC (in the works)

• Track number of ASCENT students and verify eligibility

Why DHE?

DHE’s role in ICAP/PWR

• ICAP is a lifelong process(P-20, at least): follow your dream, yes, but the road map applies to everyone at every age – note how many “careers” a 21st century worker is expected to enjoy!

• The Secondary ICAP transfers to Postsecondary. In fact, the Higher Ed Strategic Plan recommends adopting it for college students.

• With Concurrent Enrollment and ASCENT, the historic dividing lines between P-12 and Higher Ed have become more like bridges, indivisibly linking Secondary with Postsecondary. Partnership!!

• DHE serves all the variations of Postsecondary – CTE (Technical Colleges), Certificates, Associates, Bachelors and beyond. The ICAP is the road map for lifelong learning and success.

Percent of Adults Aged 25-34 with College Degrees – Associate and Higher – By County (2009)

P-20 Connections

• CAP4K Requirements:– “Postsecondary and Workforce Ready” Description

– Aligned Academic Content Standards

– Aligned Standards-based Assessments

– Integration of Standards and Assessments into Admission and Remedial Policies

– Integration of Standards and Assessments into Teacher Preparation Standards

What is Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (PWR)?

The former unicycle is now a tricycle...• Planning and Preparation (ICAP)• Academic Content• Learning and Behavior Skills

Timeline:– Description adopted by SBE/CCHE June 09– Assessment Attributes November 2010– Assessments Spring 2014

Postsecondary & Workforce Ready

Learning & Behavior Skills

Content Knowledge

Social Studies & Social Sciences

• Social, cultural, historical concepts• Interpret sources, evaluate evidence, build conceptual frameworks• Civic responsibility & political process• Interpret from a global perspective

Arts & Humanities

• Shaping of culture• Instruments of social & political thought• Awareness of innovators

Science

• Scientific method• Draw conclusions• Core concepts of disciplines• Scientific concepts can be challenged

Literacy

• Read with understanding & write coherently• Employ English properly & fluently• Use logic & rhetoric• Access primary & secondary sources

Find and Use Information &

IT

Creativity & Innovation

Collaboration

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Civic Responsibility

Communication

Personal Responsibility

Global & Cultural

Awareness

Work Ethic

Mathematical Sciences

• Be quantitatively literate• Algebraic & geometric principles• Problem solving• Data & statistics

PWR and Dropout Prevention in Colorado’s Reform Agenda

Standards

Accountability and Support

Educator Effectiveness

Assessments

Priority Graduation Districts (HB 09-1243)•Student Graduation and Completion Plan•Practices Assessment

The Education Accountability Act (SB 09-163)•Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Indicators in School and District Performance Framework (Graduation Rates and Dropout Rates)•Priority Improvement and Turnaround plans

Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAP) SB 09-256 • Assist students in developing a personalized plan that ensures readiness for post secondary and workforce success

Concurrent Enrollment Act (HB 1319/SB 285)•ASCENT & Extended Studies

Endorsed Diplomas and High School Graduation Guidelines (HB 07-1118 / SB 08-212)•Criteria for indicating a student’s level of post- secondary and workforce readiness upon graduation

PWR Endorsed Diploma

The PWR endorsed diploma criteria include three components a student must satisfy:

•establish and maintain an Individual Career and Academic Plan (as defined in SB09-256 ICAP and CDE rules and guidelines);

•exhibit 21st century/learning and life skills; and,

•demonstrate academic preparation and excellence without the need for remediation.

PWR Endorsed Diploma• A student must first satisfy the existing Higher Education Admissions

Requirements (HEAR) or HEAR proxies and the Admissions Index and demonstrate they do not require remediation to be considered for a PWR endorsed diploma. The following two steps indicate how a student can meet this requirement.

• 1) Satisfy current HEAR requirements (currently under review) or HEAR proxies and the Admissions Index.

• In order to satisfy the existing HEAR, a student must successfully complete seventeen academic units/credits of coursework in English, Mathematics, Natural Science, Social Science and Foreign Language based on the distribution below. Students must receive a passing grade in each course to fulfill the requirement.

PWR Endorsed DiplomaDemonstrate that the student does not need remediation:•a) Approved ACT cut-scores•b) Approved SAT cut-scores•c) Placement assessments: including Accuplacer, COMPASS (not yet approved by CCHE)•d) Successful completion of college level courses via Concurrent Enrollment•e) Completion of necessary remedial courses•f) Approved State Summative/National Consortia Assessment cut-scores*; or•g) ACT/SAT writing test score*

PWR Endorsed Diploma• Beyond the minimum requirements, a student will be eligible for PWR

endorsement if he/she demonstrates academic excellence by either high school course completion, other performance indicators, or college course completion in at least three of the seven following content areas:

– Reading, Writing, Communicating– Mathematics– Social and Behavioral Sciences– Natural and Physical Sciences– Arts and Humanities– World Languages– Career and Technical Education

The Endorsed Diploma Journey…

Contact: Tamara White Johnson tamara.johnson@dhe.state.co.us

Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO)

• Commission created 2010

• Report at www.colegacy.org

• Strategic Plan spring 2013

• Blended Learning

• Clocks, Calendars and Walls.

• Role of Partnerships

Concurrent Enrollment• HB09-1319 and SB09-285 Concurrent Enrollment

in Academic and CTE• Replaces PSEO, FastTracks, College Now• 9th grade eligibility connections to ICAP• ASCENT 5th Year Program• Partnerships between Districts and Colleges• Interim Contact: Angela Zimmerman

zimmerman_a@cde.state.co.us

Educator Effectiveness SB-191• Toby King –

king_t@cde.state.co.us • Visit -

http://www.cde.state.co.us/EducatorEffectiveness/index.asp

Graduation Guidelines

• HB07-1118• Broad categories of expectations• Report 2008 (www.cde.state.co.us)• Under review by SBE – proposed adoption

spring 2013• Districts must meet or exceed within 2 years

UIP : Unified Improvement Plans• SB09-163 - Accountability

• Ensure all students exit the K‐12 education system ready for postsecondary education, and/or to be successful in the workforce, earning a living wage immediately upon graduation.

• Details - http://www.cde.state.co.us/uip/index.asp

• CDE teams review Plans for districts and schools on turnaround and priority improvement

• Connections to ICAP: PWR accounts for 35 out of 100 points – 35% for Districts and High Schools.

Data, Data, Data, Data!!

• Inter-agency data-sharing agreements.

• Joint DHE/CDE Task Force, expanded to Adult Ed., GED, TRiO, CTE, Communituy Colleges, Special Ed.

• Ability to view students progress to and through college.

• Remediation Reports.

Other Related Initiatives• 6th grade College In Colorado (free statewide guidance website): SB

256

• ICAPs Required SB09-256 - Rules adopted February 2010

• District Plans 09-2010 *Continuous

• College ICAPs proposed in Higher Education Strategic Plan, November 2010 * naturally progression statewide

• ICAPs & PWR Attributes Assessments System, December 2010

• ICAPs & HB10-1273, Progress of visual and performing arts courses

The ICAP journey…

Resources at your fingertips!CDE: www.cde.state.co.us/secondaryinitatives

CTE: www.coloradostateplan.com/counselors.html

CiC: www.collegeincolorado.org

CiC Wiki Site: www.cicpartnernetwork.org

Colorado Professional Organizations to connect to:

– CSCA www.coloradoschoolcounselor.org– CACTE www.cacte.org – CCDA www.coloradocareerdevelopment.org– CCHS/CR www.coloradocouncil.org – Colorado Council for ACT http://www.act.org/k12/

Relevant Publications

• PWR Description (CDE)

• Assessment Attributes (CDE)

• Proposed PWR Endorsed Diploma Criteria

• Graduation Guidelines Report

• Expanded Learning Opportunities Report

• ICAP Rules and Attributes

Next Steps: Share this archived webinar with your administrators/leaders

– Reconvene ICAP Stakeholder group– Presentations at upcoming Summer Conferences & PD days

Future Tuesday Tutorials• February 28th     3-3:45pm             Making Meaning for ICAPs

• March 13th         3-3:45pm             ICAP Bookends & the Future

• March 27th         3-3:45pm            Resources and Creative Collaboration for ICAP

• April 17th 3- 3:45pm ICAP and Making Meaning for Partnerships

Questions?

Contact us

CDHE: Misti Ruthven Misti.Ruthven@cic.state.co.usGully Stanford Gully.Stanford@cic.state.co.us

CDE: Deb Hodson Hodson_D@cde.state.co.us Judy Martinez Martinez_J@cde.state.co.us

CCCS/CTE: Lauren Jones Lauren.Jones@cccs.edu