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Update on Statewide Update on Statewide Evaluation of Career Evaluation of Career Technical Education (CTE) Technical Education (CTE) Pathways InitiativePathways InitiativeJune Lee-Bayha June Lee-Bayha (WestEd)
Jackie Escajeda Jackie Escajeda (California Community Colleges, Chancellor’s Office)
Educating for Careers ConferenceEducating for Careers ConferenceFebruary 23, 2009February 23, 2009
Overview of CTE Pathways Overview of CTE Pathways Initiative (SB70)Initiative (SB70)
2008-09 Budget:
$58 million
plus $12.5 million for green California Partnership Academies
Five Thematic AreasFive Thematic Areas
Career Planning and Development & Career Pathways and Articulation
New Program Development
Expanding Business and Industry Engagement
CTE Teacher Recruitment and Professional Development
Capacity Building and Research & Development
Career Planning and Career Planning and DevelopmentDevelopment
CTE Community Collaborative
Workforce Innovation Partnerships
Health Occupation Preparation and Education Program (HOPE)
Distance Learning Pilot
Entrepreneurship Career Pathway Project
Curriculum Planning for Emerging Industries
Statewide Career Pathways School to Community College Articulation
K-12 Health Pathways
CTE Online
New Program DevelopmentNew Program Development
California Partnership Academies (CPAs)
Career Advancement Academies
Expanding Business and Expanding Business and Industry Engagement in CTEIndustry Engagement in CTE
CTE Student Organizations
Connection to Economic and Workforce Development Program Initiatives
CTE Teacher Recruitment and CTE Teacher Recruitment and Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development
In-service Workshops (A-G)
New Teacher Workshop
Teacher Preparation Pipeline
Leadership Development
Capability Building and Research & Capability Building and Research & DevelopmentDevelopment
Evaluation
California Community Colleges, California Community Colleges, Chancellor’s OfficeChancellor’s Office
Why is data collection important?
Purpose of the EvaluationPurpose of the Evaluation
Gather information about:
Activities funded by CTE Pathways Initiatives
(how grantees are using funds)
How funds affect students, faculty, business/industry partners, the local economy, and Career Technical Education in California
Write annual report along with the California Community College Chancellor’s Office and CDE for the Governor, Legislature, and Director of Finance
Evaluation StrategiesEvaluation Strategies
Collect grant activity reports
Site Visits
Focus Groups/Interviews
Statewide EvaluationStatewide Evaluation
Document progress of objectives and activities
Gather information about outcomes or products
Determine ongoing technical assistance needs
Identify promising practices
“What matters is not finding the perfect indicator, but settling upon a consistent and intelligent method of assessing your output results, and then tracking your trajectory with rigor.”
– Jim Collins (Good to Great and the Social Sectors 2005, p 8)
Evaluation Activities Evaluation Activities in 2008-09in 2008-09
Scheduled 24 site visits with Community Collaborative grantees *
Review and analyze data from existing reporting forms - for 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 grantees
Collect grantee data via www.cteinteractive.org in February and July each year
Write Annual Report to Legislature, Governor, and Director of Finance (due July 1, 2009)
* as of 2/19/2009
Expectations of Grantees for Expectations of Grantees for EvaluationEvaluation
Be prepared for site visits
Submit required reporting documents
California Community Colleges, California Community Colleges, Chancellor’s OfficeChancellor’s Office
2008-09 Career Technical Education Grants:
CTE Community Collaborative grants
Supplemental grants
Workforce Innovation Partnership Grants
California Community Colleges, California Community Colleges, Chancellor’s OfficeChancellor’s Office
Monitors from the Chancellor’s Office
ResourcesResources
Annual Report to the Legislature, the Governor, and Director of Financehttp://www.cccco.edu/Portals/4/EWD/SB 70/CTE Full_Report-version2.pdf
Suggestions of Suggestions of resources?resources?
Any questions?Any questions?
Evaluation TeamEvaluation Team
June Lee-Bayha – jlee@wested.org
Rebeca Cerna – rcerna@wested.org
Barbara Dietsch – bdietsc@wested.org
Zeta Heiter – zheiter@wested.org
Carol Kim – ckim@wested.org
Jeff Polik – jpolik@wested.org
Sandy Sobolew-Shubin – ssobole@wested.org
Cindy Wijma – cwijma@wested.org