In Phase One of the initiative, the Tennessee NSFY team worked within established
career readiness initiatives such as Pathways TN and Drive to 55 to map assets and establish strategies for scaling high - quality career pathways statewide.
Statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS) offer states a potentially powerful tool to observe trends, assess needs, and develop and refine policies that can promote college and
career readiness initiatives aligned with the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
We identify current research and publications to assist users in building their knowledge of college and
career readiness initiatives.
State schools chief Tom Torlakson unveils
career readiness initiative to lower dropout rate and prepare students for careers [press release].
This partnership is part of an ongoing college and
career readiness initiative between Accenture and KIPP schools in nine U.S. cities.
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Additionally, the
initiative includes two national partnerships focused on veteran hiring and
career readiness with Hiring Our Heroes and The Mission Continues.
The success of this
initiative, as well as the college and
career readiness of America's students, lies in your hands.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Northwest Comprehensive Center (NWCC) provides high - impact training and technical assistance to SEA staff in planning, implementing, monitoring, and sustaining
initiatives in priority areas such as college and
career readiness, educator effectiveness, school improvement, and rigorous, college - and
career - ready standards implementation.
This tool offers a framework for states conducting a needs assessment to identify strengths and gaps that will inform a comprehensive, three - year
career readiness action plan, based on the six major objectives of the New Skills for Youth
initiative.
This tool, developed for the New Skills for Youth
initiative, offers states a framework for building a three - year comprehensive
career readiness action plan.
Study results suggest that districts should consider implementing
career - themed programs such as programs of study that enhance their existing college - and
career -
readiness initiatives.
MPB is proud to be part of the American Graduate
initiative, focusing on the dropout prevention,
career readiness and the importance of graduation.
The
initiatives expanded in 2016 to include a focus on college and
career readiness as the district focused on ways to eliminate opportunity gaps.
In Phase One of the
initiative, the Nevada NSFY team created a strategic plan for
career readiness, formalized processes for employer engagement, and focused on restructuring state - level organizations to accomplish this work.
These states will now leverage the additional grant funding to execute the
career readiness plans they developed during phase one of the
initiative.
The 62 schools included in the study all received funding from three Gates Foundation
initiatives focused on improving student outcomes, particularly college and
career readiness.
In our work with states to advance
career readiness through the New Skills for Youth
initiative, there is a growing appetite for strategies to improve
career advising.
States have implemented policies and
initiatives supporting student college and
career readiness by focusing on academic knowledge, social - emotional learning, and employability skills.
Resources and Structures are he institutional assets needed to implement successful academic programming and school improvement
initiatives — including college and
career readiness and success programs and beyond.
Furthermore, it can contribute to strategic planning, conceptualization, and decision making as well as alignment of strategies and
initiatives to ensure that all learners achieve college and
career readiness and success.
Our CTE program builds on the LDOE Jumpstart
initiative, President Obama's vision for college and
career readiness and success, and GNO Inc.'s identified workforce needs in our local community.
These profiles are not intended to be a comprehensive view of all college and
career readiness policies, programs, and
initiatives within each state.
initiative, President Obama's vision for college and
career readiness and success, and GNO Inc.'s identified workforce needs in our local community.
In order for institutional resources and structures to facilitate college and
career readiness and success programs, policies, and
initiatives and to impact student outcomes, they must be strategically aligned and used in accordance with clear, measureable objectives.
All college and
career readiness and success
initiatives should be derived from the fundamental consideration: What should learners know and be able to do to achieve college and
career readiness?
'' «College and
career readiness» is the umbrella under which many education and workforce policies, programs and
initiatives thrive.»
This report details how personalized learning
initiatives have sparked transformations in student learning through shifting the role of teachers, using technology to increase access to resources, restructuring assessments to provide meaningful information, and increasing college and
career readiness exposure.
The ESEA Flexibility
initiative has encouraged states to shift away from high school accountability systems based solely on standardized testing to ones that incorporate a wider range of college and
career readiness indicators.
Kentucky Kentucky has taken a comprehensive approach to system redesign that includes a definition of college and
career readiness, as well as multiple
initiatives and opportunities for developing innovative learning models to support students in meeting these expectations.
This work is not meant to be a one - time
initiative but rather the summation of a school's highest - leverage priorities and opportunities with regard to improving college and
career readiness.
Forty - four states endorsed the recommendations, which are now the focus of a major
initiative to transform
career readiness policies and programs across the country.
While there are many programs,
initiatives, and actions an educator may consider to «implement» college and
career readiness, there are three key priorities that offer immediate impact and can be easily accomplished with existing tools.
Some SDEs may surface as leaders in state implementation of
initiatives to support students» college - and
career -
readiness, a label that Kentucky is currently donning as a successful adopter of CCSS.
Bosetti conducts research on K — 16 education reform
initiatives with a focus on education partnerships, transitions to postsecondary education, college and
career readiness, and teacher development.
In Phase One of the
initiative, the Kentucky NSFY team began harnessing the commonwealth's existing resources — including an extensive work - based learning program and one of the nation's strongest longitudinal data systems — to advance
career readiness.
The
initiative defines college and
career readiness as the ability «to succeed in entry - level, credit - bearing academic college courses and in workforce - training programs.»
Kate also managed Achieve's
career readiness and CTE - related
initiatives.
Building on lessons and models from 10 states participating in the New Skills for Youth (NSFY)
initiative that have been implementing the report's recommendations since 2017, CCSSO is launching the
Career Readiness Collaborative (CRC) to provide support to additional state interested in improving career readiness opportunities for all
Readiness Collaborative (CRC) to provide support to additional state interested in improving
career readiness opportunities for all
readiness opportunities for all students.
Launching in January 2014, the $ 100,000 pilot
initiative will place 13 college juniors from private and public historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in major American art museums for semester - long paid internships, as well as support these students with
career and job
readiness coaching and professional development training.
In the early months and years of these
initiatives, it can be difficult to assess whether changes in policy and practice are having a significant effect on big - picture outcomes for children — third grade reading scores, for instance, or college and
career readiness.