Getting Kids on Track for College

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CareerTech: Getting Kids on Track for College through the Cooperative Alliance Program• This presentation will cover the Cooperative Alliance Program, a partnership between CareerTech and

OSRHE. – CareerTech is located in Stillwater

• www.okcareertech.org

– OSRHE is located in Oklahoma City• www.okhighered.org

• Through this partnership students can earn transcripted college credit.– Credit is applied toward Associates of Applied Science Degree– Workforce Degree

• Not a terminal degree

• Raise your hand when you read this line. People will look, but don’t be afraid! • The Cooperative Alliances is a true statewide effort.

– All 29 technology centers participate.– There are 15 college partners.

• You pay no tuition.– You are now more than halfway through the bullet points. – It is an Academic Service Fee– It only cost $8 per hour.

• You have to have a 19 ACT, 15 PLANACT or 2.5 GPA to be eligible. • Students really benefit.• This is a great program.• Now put your hand down, you are a fast reader!

Today is NOT…

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Pop Quiz!

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One Minute

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“For the students who are unable to meet the rigor of the program, we are forming a partnership with the local career tech facility to transfer those students to their center for training in the technical career paths within the engineering field.”

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“INSIDE” the Box

VoTechtechnical skills

focused on a few jobs

in lieu of academics/college

program-focused

entry-level preparation

CareerTechtech skills and

academics

for all careers

aligns with and supports academics

16 clusters, 80+ pathways

industry-focused to create pathways for future opportunity

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“OUTSIDE” the Box

CareerTech:Getting Students on Track for College

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“College attainment is increasingly important to the U.S. economy as the workforce demands education and training that properly prepare our citizens for success in the global, knowledge economy.”

A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education, The Lumina Foundation

40.3%

The College Completion Agenda

12/36

The College Completion Agenda

30.3%

The College Completion Agenda

45th

The College Completion Agenda

percentage point increase in the supply of college graduates raises. . .– high school drop-outs’ wages by 1.9%– high school graduates’ wages 1.6%– college graduates wages by 0.4%

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Journal of Econometrics, Enrico Moretti

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Cooperative Program

Alliance

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“Increasing access to more Oklahoma students and maximizing state resources, Cooperative Alliances between associate in applied science degree granting institutions and career technology centers allow high school and adult students to earn college credit for courses taken in specific programs at technology centers.”

2008 Employment Outcomes Reports, OSRHE

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associates of

applied science

ter·mi·nal (tûrm-nl) Of, at, relating to, or forming a limit, boundary, extremity, or end. adj.

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89% associate degree holders82% bachelors degree holders

staying in Oklahoma

2008 Employment Outcomes Reports, OSRHE

79% associate applied science69% associate arts/science

5 year employment levels

2008 Employment Outcomes Reports, OSRHE

“National studies indicate that the more degree holders there are in a state, the higher the states per capita income.”

Employment Outcomes Reports, OSRHE

The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society 2007College Board

high schoo

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$24,900

$6,600

$31,500

associate

$31,500

$9,100

$40,600

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•$108.98

on campus

•$8

Alliance

•$100.98

savings

•$302.94

3 hour class

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4,637 students1,583 secondary2,321 adult

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Spring 2010

34,143 total credit hours10,710 secondary23,433 adult

Spring 2010

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first generation

focus groups

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marketing

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workforce (wurk fohrs)  The total number of workers in a specific undertaking, noun

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tool kit

website

award assembly certificate

viewbook

What do you need

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EncyclomediaFor Counselors Only

CTE ShowcaseGuidanceFest

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Jeremy L Zweiacker

|State Tech Prep and Alliance Coordinator

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