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Meeting Date:
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4/19/2022 - 7:00 PM
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INFORMATION / DISCUSSION ITEMS
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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9.2 Career Technical Education (CTE)/ Tri-Valley Regional Occupational Program (TVROP) Middle College Education
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Attachment Summary
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File Attachment:
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Quick Summary / Abstract:
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Background:
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The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD) is committed to preparing students for college and career readiness and upholding our mission to ensure all students graduate with the skills needed to contribute and thrive in a changing world. Our District offers TK-12 standards-aligned, project-based learning opportunities to best prepare students for success in the 21st Century. These learning opportunities integrate 21st Century skills into the classroom, providing students with the opportunity to communicate, collaborate, think critically, and be creative. These opportunities occur across all content and elective classes, including Career Technical Education (CTE) classes where students apply their content area knowledge to engage in real-world problem solving and career exploration.
Our CTE program has continued to flourish and expand, offering our students the most current, relevant instruction so that our students are ready for entrance into college, focused on a particular industry pathway or straight into the career field. In California, there are fifteen (15) industry-recognized sectors ranging from Agriculture, Arts & Media to Engineering and Architecture, or Hospitality and Tourism or even Transportation and Public Services. Within each industry sector, our district has created specific pathways, or a series of courses (up to 300 hours of total instruction), that help to expose and prepare students for an eventual career in that sector. In LVJUSD, we offer 26 different pathway options within the 15 industry sectors. Hence, our students have a wide range of potential experiences.
LVJUSD has worked to align our curriculum and instruction to the California Standards. This process includes realigning the CTE curriculum to the Standards and the revised CTE Model Curriculum Standards. This process, along with the expansion of CTE courses, enriches opportunities for students across the grade levels.
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Status
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California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS):
We have continued to ensure that all of our CTE courses are appropriately coded in CALPADS which is the reporting system that the State uses to record student information and courses that are completed during the year. In partnership with Tri Valley Educational Collaborative (TEC), we have implemented practices that allow for the maximum reporting of students who complete a CTE pathway. This, in turn, will result in an increase in the number of students identified on the California Dashboard’s College & Career Indicator.
Strong Workforce Program (SWP):
Thanks to our partnership with Tri-Valley Regional Occupational Programs (TVROP), LVJUSD and our TEC partnering districts continue to receive additional Strong Workforce Program funding. To date, TEC has received four funding rounds for a total of five K-12 Strong Workforce Program (SWP) grants which total over $3 million. The four current SWP grants include the following: Expanding support and career exploration for students in our alternative high schools; providing release time for data management and analysis; facilitating professional development for the use of labor market data; expanding work-based learning including work experience; and offering summer camps to connect students with rich, relevant content outside of the school year. These additional opportunities connect students with business and industry professionals and career counseling, preparing students for post-high school success.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA):
This school year, our students at Del Valle and Vineyard were invited to participate in a Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) grant program through TVROP and the Alameda County Workforce Development Board. The grant provides Title I eligible students with individualized career counseling, mentors, and a series of career readiness courses. This partnership has helped students explore their interests and build resumes. Students work one-on-one with the grant liaisons to identify their strengths, as they envision themselves in a career of their choice while identifying a path to their future.
YouthBuild:
Our most recent partnership centers around a program called YouthBuild. YouthBuild is a national organization which fills a unique local niche of supporting young adults (17-24) who did not complete high school and fall into a disadvantaged category (such as low income, foster youth, etc). The program has 6-month sessions that provide both an apprenticeship readiness track along with daily academic time designated specifically to help participants complete their GED or diploma. Essentially, YouthBuild is a jobs program that works to equip disadvantaged young adults with Building Trades certifications and the GED they need to move into many apprenticeships. To date, our students in the current session have completed their OSHA 10 safety training, CPR/First Aid, forklift certification, and are most of the way through the Trade Union's Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3). MC3 includes a variety of apprenticeship readiness units such as: trade awareness, introduction to tools and materials, construction math, blueprint reading, green construction, and more. Coordination is currently underway to add our Construction+ pathway which will allow students in Session Two to choose between MC3 certification or a new Welding certification offered by Las Positas College.
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Fiscal Impact
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Professional development, supplemental materials, and staffing are funded through the Local Control Funding Formula, designated Federal categorical dollars, and State and local grants.
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Superintendent's Recommendation:
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This item is informational only and requires no action be taken by the Board of Education.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Vanessa Castro - Executive Assistant - District
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Signed By:
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Jason Krolikowski - Director of Secondary Education
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Signed By:
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Kelly Bowers, Ed.D. - Superintendent
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