EDU 250

1. EDU 250 Facilitators Brenda Rhodes-Martinez Lauren Jones

2. The Big Picture

3. Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Work Ethic Civic Responsibility Collaboration Communication Creativity & Innovation Personal Responsibility Learning & Behavior Skills Find and Use Information & IT Global & Cultural Awareness Postsecondary & Workforce Ready Social Studies & Social Sciences • Social, cultural, historical concepts • Interpret sources, evaluate evidence, build conceptual frameworks • Civic responsibility & political process • Interpret from a global perspective Literacy • Read with understanding & write coherently • Employ English properly & fluently • Use logic & rhetoric • Access primary & secondary sources Content Knowledge Arts & Humanities • Shaping of culture • Instruments of social & political thought • Awareness of innovators Mathematical Sciences • Be quantitatively literate • Algebraic & geometric principles • Problem solving • Data & statistics Science • Scientific method • Draw conclusions • Core concepts of disciplines • Scientific concepts can be challenged Colorado’s interpretation of 21st Century Skills!

5. Programs • Counselor Corps (80 schools) • Concurrent Enrollment (25,000 students) • ASCENT (281 students) • ICAP (240,000 students) • FAFSA Completion (30,000 students) • Partnerships: • CDE, CDHE, CIC, CCCS • ICAP Tutorials • CE Advisory Board • Endorsed Diplomas • Remediation Taskforce • College Admission • Data Sharing • Early College Design • Innovations and Individualized Learning • ICAP implementation • ASCENT • Academic Guidance • Career Exploration Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness • College and Career Preparation • Concurrent Enrollment (CE) • Career and Technical Education • 21st Century Skills • Legislation • CAP4Kids • Counselor Effectiveness • School Counselor Corps Grant • ICAP • Concurrent Enrollment (CE) Act • Early High School Grads - new • Dropout Recovery – new • Tracking Results • School Counselor Corps Evaluation • Remediation Rates • ICAP Study • Concurrent Enrollment Reporting DRAFT 03/18/13 DPPR – Misti Ruthven, x6206

6. Consider what’s to come… • Higher Ed Admission Requirements • Graduation Guidelines Revision • Assessment Additions: PARC, SmarterBalance, Compass, Engage, Career Pathway Collaborative • Remediation and Developmental Education Emphasis • PWR Endorsement for diplomas

9. Plans of Study (POS)individualized +intentional project = a meaningful ICAP process!

10. CLUSTER INDUSTRY PWR Standards! PATHWAYS PLAN OF STUDY

11. & Guide

12. REVIEW OF THE STUDENTS: How would you best guide? What do you notice? Who would you want to partner with to support this students’ success? What bias(es) arise for you? What resources/information do you need?

13. Group Dialogue • What value do ICAP and Plans of Study have for students? • How can we get staff, parents and students to buy in to the ICAP process? • Who creates ICAPs at your school/district? What is the process? • For those in post-secondary, what value does a student’s ICAP have as they enter higher education? • How can we encourage available resources at the district to create usable plans? • How do we show the value of these to students? • Groups have a list of what they see their role in the process is and how they can make this a process that has value.

14. CTE Career Guidance: Lauren.jones@cccs.edu ICAP Implementation Specialist: Tracy.thompson@cccs.edu • Colorado Dept of Education (CDE): www.cde.state.co.us/secondaryinitiatives • FREE guidance website: College In Colorado • www.collegeincolorado.org • CTE & Career Guidance: www.coloradostateplan.com/counselors.htm • ICAP and ASCA: www.coloradostateplan.com/ICAP.htm • Middle School CTE Programs: www.coloradostateplan.com/middleschool.htm • Gender Balance (Workplace Gender Balance Mini-Grant Project): www.coloradostateplan.com/genderbalance.htm

15. Remember….. You R. O. C. K! R – React with O – Optimism C – Challenge and K - Knowledge

16. Celebrate what you’ve gained, learned, lost and changed!