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PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY NETWORK

Regional Spotlight and Introduction to Draft Metrics

2014 Fall Institute

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Amy Loyd, Ed.L.D

Executive Director, Pathways to Prosperity Network

Jobs for the Future • Boston, MA

WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO

• Jobs for the Future is a national nonprofit that works with our partners (like you, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education) to design and drive the adoption of education and career pathways leading from college readiness to career advancement for those struggling to succeed in today’s economy.

• The Pathways to Prosperity Network seeks to increase the number of young people who complete high school, attain a postsecondary credential with value in the labor market, and get launched on a career in a high-demand, high-wage occupation that can also provide the basis to pursue further education and career advancement.

– While in high school, pathways provide at least 12 college credits through dual enrollment, and a continuum of real-world work-based learning to get a leg up on college and career

THE PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY NETWORK

Eleven states with ~30 regions, rural to urban, serving as starting places for demonstrating success, with a focus on scaling grades 9-14 integrated

academic and career pathways statewide. Not a new program or add-on reform, but a strategic alignment and bolstering of existing initiatives to

improve education, workforce, and economic outcomes.

OVERVIEW OF NETWORK POLICIES / PRACTICES

Our challenges and emerging successes highlighted in recent report:http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/publications/materials/Pathways-to-Prosperity-for-Americas-youth-080514.pdf

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DEVELOPING REGIONAL ECOSYSTEMSBUILDING PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS STAKEHOLDERS

MANY STRENGTHS, AND MANY CHALLENGES

REGIONAL APPROACH TO PATHWAYS

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Steering Committee

and/or Intermediary

Employers: Business &

Industry

Chambers of Commerce

and Employer Organizations

Colleges & Universities

Local Government

Community Based

Organizations

K-12 Schools

REGIONAL PATHWAYS STAKEHOLDERS

9-14 CHALLENGES

• Creating shared vision and fostering collaboration across multiple districts and diverse stakeholders

• Culture and systems change to integrate career-focused learning with academics in schools

• Vertically aligning 9-14 pathways and programs of study between secondary and postsecondary

• Need to develop relevant degree programs for pathways

• Changing mindsets and public perception about career education and pathways

• Increasing dual enrollment

EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT CHALLENGES

• Business partnership developmento Engaging new businesseso Overcoming history of mixed/unsuccessful partnershipso Sharing business partnerships broadly in regiono Uncoordinated outreach efforts, too many contactso Articulating ROI for businesseso Skepticism in working with high school students

• Work-based learning at scale

• Equitable access to and consistent quality of work-based learning

• Creating a process for brokering work-based learning requests and employer connections

OTHER CHALLENGES

• Variability of commitment and capacity amongst partners

• Implementation timeline challenges

• Funding to support pathways

• Data disconnect from disparate sources: K-12, postsecondary, workforce, business/industry

• Building the plane while flying it!

• Competing priorities and commitments impacting availability of partners catching people up on what they miss

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SPOTLIGHT: LONG BEACH

IRVINE FOUNDATION LINKED LEARNING REGIONSCALIFORNIA CAREER PATHWAYS TRUST REGIONS

CALIFORNIA

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

• Long Beach Unified School District is leading Linked Learning district

• LBUSD partnering with Long Beach City College and California State University, Long Beach to develop built-for-purpose intermediary: the Long Beach Collaborative to Advance Learning for Life (LBCALL)

– Nonprofit Workforce Development Team: industry sectors focus

– Expanding Pathways Implementation and Innovation Council (EPIIC): steering committee

– Search for executive director

• Long Beach College Promise: fee-free semester at LBCC, guaranteed admission to CSULB, early outreach and supports

• Two California Career Pathway Trust grants

– $6M for health care and medical technology pathways

– $15M for regional approach to advanced manufacturing

• LBCC’s Promise Pathways, focused on educational partnerships and student outcomes

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SPOTLIGHT: CARROLL COUNTY

BULLOCH COUNTY

GEORGIA

CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA

• Strong intermediary, Carroll Tomorrow/Carroll County Chamber of Commerce– Focused on business-education partnerships– Blue Ribbon Task Force

• Committed community foundations provide support• Innovative business partnerships

– Southwire / 12 for Life– Tanner Health Systems

• Two school districts and two postsecondary institutions focused on developing pathways opportunities

• Serving as a model for statewide replication/scaling

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SPOTLIGHT: AURORA

CHICAGOEAST ST. LOUISPEORIA

DECATUR

ILLINOIS

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AURORA, ILLINOIS

• Greater Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce serves as regional intermediary– Catalyst Committee: top level administrators across

stakeholders– Leadership Committee: top level leadership across

stakeholders– Subcommittees for each pathway and Workplace

Acumen• 4 districts committed to programs of study that integrate

stackable, marketable credentials and work-based learning – Fall 2015

• Strong postsecondary partnerships

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SPOTLIGHT: WEST SPRINGFIELD / HAMPDEN COUNTY

BOSTON (SAP AND ROXMAPP INITIATIVES)BROCKTONMARLBOROUGH / METRO WEST

MASSACHUSETTS

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

• Strong 9-14 partnership in advanced manufacturing pathway development: West Springfield High School and Springfield Technical Community College

• Regional Employment Board of Hampden County (WIB) serves as intermediary: leads convening, coordination, industry partnerships– Summer programming for students– Leading pathways expansion in health care and IT

• Region uses MOU to define partnership commitment• Youth CareerConnect grant to deepen and expand

advanced manufacturing pathway

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SPOTLIGHT: ST. LOUIS

KANSAS CITYMID-MISSOURI

MISSOURI

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

• State Pathways to Prosperity Regional Director

– Convenes Pathways District Coordinators

• Innovation Campus grant for dual enrollment

• Pathways for Teachers: summer externship program

• St. Louis Region Executive Steering Committee

– Four districts, two postsecondary partners, business and industry, workforce development, DESE

• Education Plus Business Gateway: online platform to match district needs with business/industry

• St. Louis School and Business Partnership: networking

• Junior Achievement provides soft skill development and work-based learning experiences

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SPOTLIGHT: ALBANY / CAPITAL REGION

NEW YORK CITYROCHESTER

P-TECH REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE

NEW YORK

CAPITAL REGION, NEW YORK

• Questar III BOCES serving as intermediary, connecting districts with postsecondary and industry

• Numerous industry partners, including GE Health Care, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and SMT Group

• Focus on capacity-building in urban, high-need schools

• Troy Riverfront P-TECH as model for region: steering committee, ongoing communications across stakeholders, focus on biotechnology and advanced manufacturing

• Vision for starting with end goal and reverse engineering pathways, coupled with strong middle school feeder programs

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CENTRAL OHIO

OHIO

CENTRAL OHIO

• $15M Straight A grant to jumpstart regional pathways development, responding to Central Ohio Compact

• 16 partnering school districts—including the largest urban district in state, large suburban districts, and small rural districts

• 6 pathways co-created and implemented across districts: business and logistics, advanced manufacturing and robotics, health careers (2), networking and digital technology, health information management technology

• Columbus State Community College providing innovative online dual enrollment opportunities and serving as a core lead

• Executive Committee and Steering Committee meet regularly to guide the work

• Comprehensive communications support for pathways

• Intermediary and logistical support from Educational Service Center of Central Ohio

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SPOTLIGHT: UPPER CUMBERLAND

SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST

OTHERS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

TENNESSEE

UPPER CUMBERLAND, TENNESSEE

• 4 districts, pathways in health care and advanced manufacturing, offering work-based learning for first time, partnering with postsecondary in pathway development

• Academic Career Coaches supported by TDE critical to implementation, student pathways planning support

• Highlands Economic Partnership serving as the intermediary, had existing strong foundation in education and workforce development; convenes stakeholders regularly and leads Pathways as regional strategy

• Tennessee Teacher Field Trips (tnteacherfieldtrips.org): externship program to learn more about industry, improve perception of sectors, integrate career-focused learning

• Pathways School Counselor Advisory Summit: increasing capacity and ownership, feedback on materials, sharing implementation strategies

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REGIONS TO BE DETERMINED

ASSET MAPPING UNDERWAY

ARIZONA

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STATEWIDE—THREE COUNTIES

ASSET MAPPING UNDERWAY

DELAWARE

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REGIONAL APPROACH TO PATHWAYS

ASSET MAPPING LATER THIS MONTH

MADISON (WISCONSIN)

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BY IMPLEMENTATION LEVER AND LEVEL

SEEKING YOUR INPUT: EDITS AND ADDITIONSSEEKING VOLUNTEER ADVISORY GROUP TO FINALIZE

DRAFT PATHWAYS METRICS

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LEVER I: 9-14 PATHWAYS

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LEVER II: CAREER INFORMATION AND ADVISING

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LEVER III: EFFECTIVE INTERMEDIARIES

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LEVER IV: EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT

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LEVER V: STATE LEADERSHIP AND POLICY

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Amy Loyd | aloyd@ff.org

Executive Director, Pathways to Prosperity Network

TEL 617.728.4446 FAX 617.728.4857 info@jff.org

88 Broad Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02110

122 C Street, NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20001

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