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November 22, 2016
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PA Community of Practice on Transition
The Pennsylvania Community on Transition is a group of various stakeholders from across Pennsylvania who work collaboratively to ensure appropriate transition outcomes for Pennsylvania youth and young adults.
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PaTTAN’s Mission
The mission of the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance
Network (PaTTAN) is to support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of
Special Education, and to build the capacity of local educational agencies to serve students who receive special
education services.
PDE’s Commitment to Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Our goal for each child is to ensure Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams begin with the general education setting with the use of Supplementary Aids and Services
before considering a more restrictive environment.
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Career Pathways/Career
Clusters Overview
“Enhancing Career Readiness In All Students”
Webinar Presenter:
Michael D.Thompson
Independent Career Development Consultant - PDE
November 22nd, 2016
Session Agenda
Resource materials can be accessed at: www.pattan.net
Webinar Powerpoint-
Section 1: Definitions of Career Pathways/ Career Clusters and Rationale for Choosing These.
Section 2: Understanding Career Development and its Stages and How to Choose a Pathway/Cluster.
Section 3: K-12 Career Development Interventions to Help Students to Develop Career Clarity.
Section 4: Understanding the Career Education and Work Standards and
Integration in the Curriculum.
Section 5: Career Development Resources and Best Practices in Pennsylvania to Promote Career Pathways.
Section 1
Definition of Career
Pathways/Career Clusters and The
Rationale For Choosing These
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Section 1:
What Are Career Pathways? Is the direction people choose to pursue their future. It is a broad grouping of
careers that include common interests, competancies and employment
requirements located within one of the 16 designated career clusters.
Choosing a Career Pathway provides opportunities to choose elective courses to
complement academic core subjects. (www.ncpn.info)
What Are Career Clusters?The U.S. Department of Labor has identified 16 Career Clusters that group
occupations into broad areas based on skillsets needed in occupations in the
workplace. Career Pathways are avenues of specialization within the clusters.
ONET-(Occupational Information Network provided the US Department of
Labor). This has replaced the 60 year old Dictionary of Occupational Titles.(DOT)
(www.careertech.org)
Pathway/Cluster Designations
Career Pathways 5 typical national listing of careers by a broad
grouping of occupations by interests,skills and training requirements.
Arts and Communications
Business, Finance and Information Technology
Engineering and Industrial Technology
Human Services
Science and Health
Career Clusters16 Groupings of Occupations With Similar
Skills & Competencies
Agriculture, Food & Nat. Resources
Architecture & Construction
Arts,Audio Video & Communications
Business Management & Administration
Education and Training
Finance
Government & Public Administration
Health Science
Hospitality & Tourism
Human Services
Information Technology
Law, Public Safety,Corrections & Security
Manufacturing
Marketing
Science,Technology,Engineering & Math
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
Connecting the 16 Career Clusters Within the 5 Career Pathways
ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Arts, Audio Video & Communications (#3)
BUSINESS, FINANCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Marketing, Sales and Service (#14)
Finance (#6)
Business Management (#4)
ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
Construction and Architecture ((#2)
Manufacturing (#13)
Engineering and Engineering Technology (#15-STEM)
Transportation, Distribution and Logistics (#16)
HUMAN SERVICES
Counseling and Personal Care (#10)
Education (#5)
Law, Public Safety(#12) and Government (#7)
Hospitality and Tourism (#9)
SCIENCE AND HEALTH
Health Science (#10)
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (#1)
Science, Technology and Math (#15-STEM)
Source: Middletown Area School District Curriculum Guide
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• Why Should Pathways/Clusters Be Used By Students to
Develop Their Academic/Career Plan?
To help focus on a career area that matches interests and skills.
To help set goals and discover coursework and experiences
necessary to achieve goals linked to their plan.
To create career awareness, exploration and planning for career
development linked to post-secondary options.
To provide specific relevent development of essential workplace
skills linked to the careers within the pathway/clusters of choice.
Many Youths Without A PurposeWilliam Damon- Paths to Purpose
Peter Benson-“Sparks”- www.searchinstitute.org
The Purposeful:
Found something meaningful,sustained
Interest and a clear sense of future Purpose
The Dabblers:
Tried potentially
purposeful pursuits,
yet to commit
The Disengaged:
Neither a purpose in life nor an
inclination to find one
The Dreamers:
Imagining great things,
No practical pursuits
25%
25%20%
30%
The Current
Post Secondary
Issue
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100 Ninth Graders
30 Graduate Work Bound 30 Drop Out
40 enter 4-year college
20 graduate from 4-year college (5.5 year average)
10 graduates are underemployed
10 graduates receive high skill/high wage employment in major
Dr. Ken Gray, “Other Ways to Win”
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PA ranks 5th in the nation for sending HS students to college.
PA ranks 45th in the nation for graduating the same HS students similar for 2008 from college.
Post-Secondary Facts
66% of all high school graduates attempt an associate or bachelors degree immediately out of high school.
55% of all incoming freshman drop out by the end of the freshman year.
Graduation rates for four year programs stand at 28% nationally(with an average of a 5.9 year completion rate for a Bachelors Degree.
Debt load for college students has risen by 300% since 2001.
56% of all bachelors degree students are underemployed.
The most popular college major is “Undeclared”.
Huffington Post 2014
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The Post-Secondary Issue
Did you know most students who graduate
from college are between $20,000 and
$27,000 in debt?
That is the equivalent of a car payment
every month but without the car.
Debt load for students in the US has increased by 300% since 2001.
#10. Political Science and Government
#9. Communications
#8. Economics
#7. English Language
#6. Education
#5. Biology/Biological Sciences
#4. Nursing
#3. Psychology
#2. Business Administration
#1 Undeclared/Undecided (1 in 8 students)
Princeton Review-2016
#10. Meteorology
#9. Medical Technology Technician
#8. Agricultural Economics
#7. Teacher Education: Multiple Levels
#6. Astronomy and Astrophysics
#5. Geological and Geophysical Engineering
#4. School Student Counseling
#3. Educational Administration/Supervision
#2. Pharmacology
#1. Actuarial Science
Huffington Post-Nov. 2014
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Least Employable Four Year
MajorsBased on: Unemployment Rate Starting Salary
10. English Literature 9.2% $32,000
9. History 10.2% $32,000
8. Commercial Art&Graphic Design 11.8% $32,000
7. Physical Education & Parks/Rec. 8.3% $31,000
6. Music 9.2% $30,000
5. Liberal Arts 9.2% $30,000
4. Philosophy 10.8% $30,000
3. Fine Arts 12.6% $30,000
2. Film,Video,Photographic Arts 12.9% $30,000
1. Anthropology/Archaeology 10.5% $28.000
Huffington Post 2013*
Most Employable Two Year Majors(Associates Degree)*Payscale.com-2015
Career Job Growth Starting Salary
Physical Therapy Assistant 33% $46,111
Web Designer 27% $48,785
Electronic Engineering
Technician
33% $47,163
Registered Nurse 42% $55,276
Computer Support Specialist 37% $46,111
Administrative Assistant 34% $37,669
Dental Hygienist 23% $57,148
Surveying or Mapping
Technician
12% $42,104
Veterinary Technician 11% $33,363
Camera Operator/TV
Broadcasting
9% $42,558
What Students Would Have Done Differently
to be Successful in Today’s Labor Market
Been more careful about selecting a
major or chosen a different major
48%
Done more internships or worked part
time in college or before college
47%
Would have started looking for work
much sooner while still in college
38%
Would have taken more classes to
prepare for a career
27%
Would have gone to a different college 14%
Something else 9%
Would have not gone to college 4%
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The Current
Workforce Issue
Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century
February 2, 2011
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Dr. William Symonds
The Workforce Issue
The Forgotten Half in the United States
30% of United States people between 18-25 do not have a high school diploma.
20% of United States people between 18-25 “only” graduate from high school
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3 Solutions to the Problem from
the Pathways Report
Better Partnerships Between Business and Education-(Making Classroom Learning Relevant)
Comprehensive and Developmental K-16 Career Counseling (Everybody’s Business)
Government Contract With Youth to Make Postsecondary Education More Attainable
Unskilled jobs are disappearing; demand for high skills is rising
Gap Between Educational
Attainment and Workforce Needs
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Top 18 Careers in USAU.S. News and World Report* 2015= “Based on growth,salary,work/life balance and job security”
(2 year degree or less*)
Career Career
1 Dentist 10 Physician Assistant
2 Nurse Practitioner 11 Web Developer*
3 Software Developer* 12 Diagnostic Medical Sonographer*
4 Physician 13 Occupational Therapist
5 Dental Hygienist* 14 Market Research Analyst
6 Physical Therapist 15 Marketing Manager
7 Computer Systems Analyst 16 Accountant
8 Information Security Analyst 17 School Psychologist
9 Registered Nurse* 18 Mechanical Engineer
Questions from Section 1?
Section 2
Understanding Career Development and Its Stages and
How to Choose a Pathway/Cluster.
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What is Career Development and Why is it Important to
Build a K-12 Career Development Program
Career development is a lifelong process through which people come to understand themselves as they relate to the world of work and their role in it.This is how people fashion their own “work identity”.
A process of trying on various roles to determine various facets of a career that fit an individuals, interests, skills and personality.
Learning the importance of the balance between career, family and leisure.
The Economic Consequences of
Neglecting K-12 Career Development
A generation of students without a career focus with
numerous employment shifting and “college major
hopping.”( ave.3-4 times in college career)
Ineffectual transitioning from secondary to post-secondary
and work will cost employers millions in training and re-
training because the average amount of time that is spent on
a first job holder is less than a year.
Young people move through a series of “job experiments” in
their early to late twenties costing employers and the young
person time and money. This is extremely detrimental to the
economy as well as the person.
Donald Super’s Theory of
Self-Concept
“Career Maturity” is developed by experiencing age
appropriate interventions and is defined as being able to do
specific vocational tasks and make effective career decisions at
the appropriate age or stage
Reference: www.vocopher.org
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Stages of Career Development Linked
to the CEW Standards
Stage, Age and Grade
•Fantasy- Birth-10 years old (Grades K-4) Awareness
•Interest- 11-12 years old (Grades 5-6) Awareness/Exploration
•Capacity- 13-14 years old (Grades 7-8) Exploration
•Tentative-15-17 years old (Grades 9-11) Planning
•Crystallization- 18-21 years old (Graduation)
Students will be able to “crystallize” a vocational preference upon graduation
from high school instead of their mid 20’s!
*Donald Super
Stages to Build the Career
Development System
K-5 –Awareness- Creating an awareness of the self through
interests and abilities(Finding the “Spark”).
Grade 6-8 –Exploring careers and the labor
market.(“Exploring the “Spark”).
Grade 9-12- Planning- Developing an Academic/Career Plan
connected to the “Spark”.
Choosing a Pathway or ClusterElementary(K-5)-Awareness of Self and Workforce- “Lighting the Spark”
• Help the students identify their “Spark” during these grades.
Acknowledge the “spark” by surrounding all students with an adult
“spark” team.
• Use an Interest Inventory during these grades-(Holland Assessment) for
students to become aware of careers linked to their personality.
• Use the Career Cluster Survey in Grade 5 to develop some awareness of
the 16 career clusters which students may identify.
• Develop the beginnings of a career portfolio where students can house
artifacts to organize their experiences and assessment results.
• Put Entrepreneurs in front of Elementary students to spark innovation.
• Connect career development interventions to existing character education
initiatives to feature the essential workplace skills needed.
• Use field trips to businesses and post-secondary locations to enhance
awareness of options.
• Educate parents about the types of interventions that will be used for
students during these years and provide access to their career portfolio.
• www.searchinstitute.org (Spark Resources)
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Choosing a Pathway or ClusterMiddle(6-8)-Awareness of Self and Workforce- “Exploring the Spark”
• Help the students to keep developing their “spark” and identify others by
exploring interventions in the classroom, community and in the family.
• Readminister the Holland Interest Inventory and Career Cluster Survey to
identify new areas and crystallize areas that have already been identified.
• Have the students participate in a self rated ability profile to create a tentative
list of skills and strengths linked to their interest or “spark”.
• Have students research links between interests and careers to build to their
career portfolio.
• Develop visits to a variety of business/community sites and post-secondary
institutions.
• Develop career panels, mini shadow events, career oriented mentoring and
field trips to help middle school studentts explore their spark.
• Students should begin to develop and tentative academic/career plan by the
end of Grade 8 with some identified career paths and or clusters.
• Students should be able to identify electives in the high school that connect to
their specific career path and consult with staff,parents and communtiy
partners to create the beginnings of a realistic high school plan.
Choosing a Pathway or ClusterHigh(9-12)-Awareness of Self and Workforce- “Planning and Crystallizing
the Spark by Graduation”
• Use the interest assessments delivered at previous levels to do a final
interest assessment through the developed career portfolio to begin
crystallizing and research a more specific list of career fields to explore
throughout high school(Early high school years-Grades 9 or 10).
• Develop a specific list of skills, aptitudes,abilities that can be
demonstrated or featured after taken a specific aptitude test like the
(ASVAB). Matching abilites and interests will provide a realistic plan
that studnets can build on during high school.
• Link high school electives to the pathway or cluster.
• Use dual enrollment opportunities, shadowing,internships and
informational interviewing to crystallize the pathway or cluster choice.
• Use outside stakeholders to help develop essential workplace skills such
as resumes and mock interviews.
• Purposefully connect career pathway/cluster choices to developing a
specific plan to develop post-secondary programs or a major selection.
• Develop an articulate verbal and written exit interview statement to
others before graduation.
Career Development Stages, Pathway Choices
& Post-Secondary Options
Career Awareness (K-5)
Career Exploration (6-8)
Career Plan and Pathway Selection (9-12)
Arts &
Communication
s
Business,Finance
& Information
Technology
Engineering
and Industrial
Technology
Human
Services
Science and
Health
Post-Secondary Options:
4 Year ~ 2 Year ~ Technical School ~ Apprenticeship ~ OJT ~ Military ~
Successful Lifelong Learning
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Questions from Section 2
Section 3:
Career Development
Interventions to Help Students
Develop Career Clarity
CAREER CLARITY WAYS TO ACQUIRE CAREER
INFORMATION
ACTIVITIES
I know the specific
occupation I want to
pursue, but have not made
a final decision
Career Try-Outs - Internships Doing
I can’t decide between two
or three occupations. Site Visits – Shadowing Observing
I am interested in four to
six specific occupations
(e.g. auditor, financial
analyst, investment
banker, accountant).
Conversations with Professionals Discussing
I am interested in one to
three broad fields (e.g.
business, education, non-
profit), but need help
identifying specific
occupations.
Research Resources
Reading/Viewing
I don’t know which
careers I should consider. Self-Exploration Assessing
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Types of Interventions
Career Development Interventions
Career Assesssments:
Holland Interest Inventory, Career Cluster Survey,
Myers-Briggs, Values Survey, Learning Style Inventory,
Aptitude Tests.
Career Development Events-
Career Fairs, Panels, Post-Secondary Fairs,
Field Trips, Mock Interview, Resume Writing Workshops,
Stand Alone Career Development Classes.
Tier 3 or Individual Interventions-
Informational Interviewing linked to Career Pathway,
Shadowing and Internships linked to Career Pathway,
Electives linked to Career Pathway, Dual Enrollment
linked to Career Pathway .
Questions from Section 3?
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Section 4:
Why are Integration of the
Career Education and Work
Standards So Critical in
Developing Career Clarity and
Workforce Preparation In All
Students?
Key Concepts of an Effective
K-12 Career Development
Program
Think with the an “end in mind” strategy for ALL students, to prepare
everyone for college and career readiness.
Base your program interventions and structure around on solid research and
a working understanding of career development theory .
Engage and educate all stakeholders on the power and importance of
integrated K-12 career development for “ALL” students.
Build the K-12 curriculum around the integration and evaluation of the
impact of the Pa. Career Education and Work Standards on students for
college and career readiness
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Engaging Key Stakeholders to Impact Academic and Career
Maturity of All Students and to Design a
K-12 Career Development Program
Parents
Business/
Community Post-Secondary
Educators/
Administrators
Students
Students Need to Know….
Who they are…(Aware)
Where they want to go…(Explore)
And understand the process of…(Plan)
how they are going to get there!
Career Education and Work Standards (CEW)
are the key to making this happen
History and Framework of the
CEW Standards
Passed into Law- September 2006 ( Originated in 1996)
Introduced by the Business Community to enhance workforce/economic development
Four Strands
Awareness and Planning Career Retention
Career Acquisition Entrepreneurship
Four Benchmarked Grade Bands
K-3 6-8
4-5 9-12
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Some Skills Addressed in the CEW Standards K-12
Career
Awareness/Prep
“A dream and a plan)
Career Acquisition
”Getting a Job”
Career Retention
“Keeping a Job”
Entrepreneurship
“Creating a Job”
Abilities and Aptitudes Speaking and Listening
in Conversations
Work Habits Risks and Rewards of
being an Entrepreneur
Personal Interests Interviewing Skills Cooperation and
Teamwork
Character traits of
entrepreneurs
Relating school subjects
to careers
Resources Group Interactions Age appropriate
opportunities
Career Preparation
Opportunities
connected to CTC and
Post-Secondary(5th
Grade)*
Workplace Skills Budgeting Components of a
business plan
Academic/Career
Plan(8th-12th Grade)*
Career Portfolios
(8th grade)*
Time Management
Strategies for Curriculum
Integration of the Career Education
and Work Standards
Using a comprehensive K-12 counseling career development delivery system
Rewriting curriculum with a gap analysis and mapping tools
Engaging all stakeholders with a team approach
Developing portfolios for all students (“I” Statement format)
Developing a system of K-12 events collaborating with business partners and intermediary organizations
Resources for Integration of the
CEW Standards Gap Analysis Tool- Determine what is currently being
taught in the K-12 Curriculum.
CEW 101 Series- Key Topics and Activities provide sample translation of the standards linked to big ideas and interventions.
“I” Statements-outcome statements written in the first person to show what students will be able to do as a result of the teaching of the standards.
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Why Were The “I” Statements Developed?
Needed a manageable way to assist educators with the curriculum
integration process of the standards.
Needed a useful mechanism to include types of materials for a career
portfolio (requirement in the CEW standards from grades 8-12).
To assist school districts with a gap analysis tool to develop a more
comprehensive K-12 career development program.
To use as a transition tool for special education students
Questions from Section 4?
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Section 5
Career Pathways Resources
and
Promising Practices in Pennsylvania
Career Development Resources
Free Resources:
www.pacareerstandards.com - PDE Main site (K-12)
www.pacareerzone.com - PDE Program (5-9)
www.vacareerview.org (K-8)
www.onetonline (My next move-middle school portion)
www.educationplanner.org (6-12)
www.gettingthemthere.org (6-12)
www.asvab.com (9-12)
www.collegeboard.com (8-12)
www.careertech.org (K-12) NationalCareer Clusters Site
www.ncpn.info National Career Pathway Network
Commercial Products - Site Licenses with a cost
www.xap.com (former bridges or choices K-12)
www.careercruising.com (K-12)
www.careergame.com (elementary) Rick Trow Productions
www.naviance.com (K-12)
Online Resourceswww.pacareerstandards.com -Main PA website for career development and the Core Standards
for Career Education and Work.
Essential and numerous resources for youth, families, and educators!
www.pacareerzone.com – PA Department of Education-recommended career exploration site- Free!
Includes three major pieces: “Assess Yourself,” “Explore Job Families,” and “Budget Your Life.”
See the “Grow” link at the top of the home page where users can create a login and record their progress each
time they visit the site and review their previous work (features a resume builder, reference list builder,
cover letter builder, and journaling functions, among others).
www.educationplanner.org – PHEAA-sponsored site, with career exploration, college matching,
postsecondary exploration – very interactive, with links to O*NET and numerous other resources,
including checklists for what to look for in a postsecondary institution and what to do during postsecondary visits.
www.onetonline.org - Links to My Next Move, and My Next Move for Veterans. Updated Bright Outlook Occupations feature
is included within the O*NET site which helps users to more accurately target careers where new job opportunities should be in the future.
In addition, the Browse by Industry searches within the O*NET sites are also updated to reflect
more current employment patterns.
http://www.pacareercoach.org - Designed to help participants find a good career
Provides the most current local data on wages, employment,job postings and associated education and training.
Personalizes results based on education.
.
www.mynextmove.org – O*NET-related, up-to-date, and user-friendly career exploration site.
www.myfuture.com - College and Career Information and Military.
www.careertech.org (formerly www.careerclusters.org) - Nationwide,
Career Technical Education (CTE) programs are changing, evolving and innovating to better serve the country’s needs.
CTE is preparing students of all ages to help drive America’s success and vitality. Further, it is creating an
educational environment that integrates core academics with real-world relevance.
www.careertech.org/resources/clusters/interest-survey.html - Excellent Career Cluster survey.
www.roadtripnation.org- Video/TV series on people interview others on their career path and spark.
www.asvab.com - excellent aptitude and interest inventory for high school students.
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Career and Technical Education
Resources
www.techlinkpa.com
www.collegetransfer.net (articulated credit transfer)
www.paworkstats.state.pa.us high priority occupations
www.education.state.pa.us “NEW” PDE website
elementary and secondary education
career and technical education
programs of study
Pathways to Prosperity Project
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news events/features/2011/Pathways to Prosperity Feb2011.pdf
Work Trends
http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/content/Work_Trends_May_2011.pdf
Link to SOAR
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/programs_of_study/7686
Some Pa. School Districts With Career
Pathways/Clusters Programs
Avon Grove SD- Chester County
Middletown SD-Dauphin County
Central Columbia SD-Columbia County
Harrisburg SD- Dauphin County
Derry SD-Westmoreland County
East Stroudsburg SD- Monroe County
Hollidaysburg SD- Blair County
Dallastown SD- York County
Central York SD- York County
Milton Hershey School- Dauphin County
Twin Valley School District- Berks County
Final Questions?
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Contact Information
Michael D. Thompson
PDE Consultant
717-919-8966
2016-17 – COP Webinar Series
• November 22, 2016 (9:00 am - 11:00 am) - Career Pathways
• December 7, 2016 - (9:00 am – 11:00 am) - Models for Secondary Transition Success
• January 11, 2017 – (9:00 am – 11:00 am) - Alignment of Accommodations & Supports
• February 8, 2017 – (2:00 pm – 4:00 pm) - Pre-Employment Transition Services (PETS)
• March 16, 2017 – (2:00 pm – 4:00 pm) - Career Preparation and Work-Based Learning
• April 26, 2017 – (2:00 pm – 4:00 pm) - Youth Development and Youth Leadership
Thank you for joining us on today’s webinar.
Please join us for the remaining webinar sessions in this series
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Contact Information www.pattan.net
Michael Stoehr
412-826-6864
