Grant Goals
1. Ensure that business &
industry needs are reflected in
the development of secondary
and postsecondary pathways
A. Facilitate meetings/activities
that identify workforce
development needs for pathway
development
Activities/Tasks
1. Create a contact list of workforce development initiatives and
key employers. Identify collaborative opportunities with
employers that build on existing efforts/activities (ie. pathway
presentations at chamber of commerce meetings). Enlist
partners to educate employers about Tech Prep and share
business feedback with region
1. Document employer involvement and
partner outreach
2. Identify employer and training partners, careers and postsecondary training options (degree, certificates, Adult WFD,
Apprenticeship) with strong employability options
2. Create a postsecondary training options
matrix for a minimum of three career
fields
3. Incorporate workforce development trends into the subregional secondary/postsecondary educator committees and
summits and invite employers to pathway meetings
3. Document employers by pathway and
meeting attendance—create online fact
sheet.
4. Collaborate with employers and partners to offer at least one
regional summit or expo focused on employment, secondary
and postsecondary opportunities
B. Facilitate meetings/activities
that provide awareness around
the mission of Ohio Means Jobs
concept and direction of the
Office of Workforce Development
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Measurable Outcomes
1. Promote access to Ohio Means Jobs, encouraging partner
involvement in key initiatives
2. Link Ohio Means Jobs to the SW Tech Prep website
3. Include Ohio Means Jobs content in regional and sub-regional
professional development and resource sharing venues.
4. Create an online fact sheet promoting Ohio Means Jobs
features and accessibility
5. Invite Ohio Means Jobs officials to participate in regional
Summit/Expo
6. Invite Ohio Means Jobs to train educators on how to use its
website
4. Document regional summit agenda and
program evaluation
1. Document awareness activities and tools
developed
2. Document website link
3. Document agenda and program materials
4. Document online Fact Sheet
5. Document regional summit/expo agenda
and program evaluation
6. Document agenda and program
evaluation
Grant Goals
2. Bi-lateral Agreements reflect
the postsecondary quarters to
semester conversion
3. Facilitate the development of
FY14 and FY15 CTE-26/Program
of Study new applications and
FY15 CTE-26/Program of Study
renewal applications in
partnership with school districts,
colleges and ODE pathway
consultants
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Activities/Tasks
Measurable Outcomes
1. Ensure that regional database accurately reflects CTE-26, bilateral agreements, and CTAG verification completed during
FY12 & FY13
 All college courses are transitioned into semesters
 CTAG credit is identified with the correct CTAN course
numbers
 Regional database reflects ODE consultant verification of
FY12/13CTE -26 program approvals
 Updated articulation agreements posted on regional
website for student and partner access
2. Secondary and postsecondary pathway committees will
address conversions and agreement updates
1. Regional Reports on the following:
 Exception Report on college courses
remaining on a term schedule
 Exception Reports on FY 12, FY13
Secondary CTE programs without
CTE-26 approval.
 Link to the SW Tech Prep online
searchable articulation database
1. Complete a regional needs assessment and schedule for
renewals and new program CTE-26 applications
2. Assist schools with articulation agreements and/or CTAGS for
CTE-26 applications for NEW Programs.
3. Continue to support the operation of the sub-regional
curriculum teams in updating agreements, professional
development and WFD trends
4. Promote use of a fully online CTE-26 program application
submittal. Offer training to develop capability
5. Target two career fields for transition to the new CTE course
structure and technical assessment to serve as a model
process for the remaining career fields. Both regional and
sub-regional activities will be used. The process model will
reflect workforce development opportunities, student
learning outcome expectations, new course structure,
expanded postsecondary options
 Expand sub-regional pathway implementation teams for
the two career fields that include all secondary programs,
expanded postsecondary option membership and B&I
partners.
6. Provide professional development that maximizes regional
resources and postsecondary options
1. Needs Assessment conducted Fall 2013
Regional work plan for 2013-2014 school
year in place by December 2013
2. Document number of schools requesting
help with new CTE-26 application who
completed the application
3. Document meeting schedule of
curriculum pathway committees; number
of articulation agreements updated
4. Document CTPD and college personnel
participating in the training
5. Two career fields selected for region-wide
transition to courses by early fall 2013
based on stage of development of content
standards/assessment, WFD needs,
partner support
 Sub-regional curriculum teams in the
two career fields in place by early fall
2013 with appropriate membership
2. All bilateral agreements will reflect
semester conversion
6. Summarize professional development
activities and evaluation by participants
Grant Goals
4. Analyze existing program
of study applications and
determine exemplary
examples taking into
consideration the new
secondary courses available
for a pathway and the course
offerings of a college
program
Activities/Tasks
1. Develop a mapping process using the two career fields
identified for the creation of a model for transitioning to
courses with expanded postsecondary options.
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Use pathway, summit, and sub-regional committee
structures to identify postsecondary and employment
options. Develop system to share information across subregions
Consider outcomes from secondary end-of-course
technical assessment to develop postsecondary options,
including adult education/apprenticeships/certificates
Research exemplary pathway models, including Miami
Valley Tech Prep Pathway template/ mapping system as a
way to organize postsecondary options
Incorporate options including Completion By Design,
Reverse Transfer, Automatic Certification into the
mapping process
Identify WFD needs for postsecondary pathway options as
required in grant
2. Catalogue identified opportunities to increase teachers’ ease
of access to information.
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Measurable Outcomes
1. Document process/steps used and
document model developed by June 3,
2014
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Produce a minimum of six secondary
and postsecondary pathways that
provide expanded postsecondary
options to include adult workforce
development, apprenticeships, two
and four year college certificates and
degrees
2. Educators are able to easily access details
about exemplary models
Grant Goals
Activities/Tasks
5. Facilitate professional
development and communication
for CTE secondary and
postsecondary staff that includes
coordinating and hosting
workshops and meetings on
behalf of ODE and OBR. Topics to
be addressed include:
 New content standards and
course of study
redevelopment
 CTE Technical Assessment
System Implementation
 Career Field Course
Transition
 Facilitate CT2 activities,
including CTAN submission
 Pathway/program and
performance data
reporting
 Others to be determined
1. Collaborate with ODE and OBR to offer regional and sub
regional professional development to support transitioning
two career fields to the new course structure and assessment:
 Design a regional training model for the two career fields
selected for transition to courses. Offer two regional
professional development activities. Content will be
standardized regionally, with sub-regional follow-up
within secondary/postsecondary curriculum teams.
 Identify opportunities for introductory professional
development activities on the four career fields that will
transition in FY15. Repeat training in FY15 for remaining
career fields
1. Document training model agendas of
regional and sub-regional training
workshops including summaries of
participant evaluations
2. Work with regional CT2 coordinator to promote and support
validation of secondary and postsecondary programs.
Workshops focused on program validation, CTAN submission
and credit transfer will be offered sub-regionally
2. Document number of secondary and
postsecondary programs completing the
validation process
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Measurable Outcomes
Grant Goals
6. Increase awareness and build
support for local Tech Prep
pathway development
Activities/Tasks
1. Create a system to spotlight regional student and program
success
2. Communicate local best practices to statewide audience by
submitting information for inclusion in the Ohio Means
Success student/parent website.
3. Support student transition to college and access to college
credit opportunities through the following activities:
 Create multimedia tools (podcasts, college admission fact
sheets, checklists) to educate teachers, students and
parents on types of college credit opportunities and
methods of accessing
 Offer professional development focused on college
transition topics including: CTAG & TAGs, credit validation
and transmittal, degree requirements and admission
requirements
 Work with partner college admission and advising staff on
full range of college credit options for Tech Prep students
and the correct methods for accessing the credit
 Provide accurate and up-to-date reports to secondary and
college partners on the elements of their articulation
agreement
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Measurable Outcomes
1. Educators will be able to access online
models for student success and
outstanding programs
2. 12 features representing regional
program and student success will be
submitted annually to the Ohio Means
Success Website
3. Document tools and activities on the
following:
 Multimedia tools in place by the
beginning of the FY14 school year
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Document educator participation and
evaluation summaries
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Admission/advising staff identified,
tools distributed to each college by
October 2013.
College and CTPD articulation reports
accessible through the website portal
operational first quarter FY14
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Grant Goals
7. Participate in regularly
scheduled meetings and training
to standardize policies and
procedures
Grant Goals
8. Collect and report data that
supports College Tech Prep
Regional Center and Tech
Prep/POS accountability
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Activities/Tasks
1. Regional staff will participate in required state training and
meetings
2. The chief administrator will hold regular staff meetings with
sub-regional staff to ensure coordination of services and
consistency of policy across the region
Activities/Tasks
1. Exception reports will be analyzed to verify accuracy of data in
the SW Tech Prep Regional Database. Corrections will be
made and new data will be entered to reflect FY13 work
2. Region will continue to develop ways to communicate data to
partners. In first quarter FY14 partners will be able to
securely access data.
3. The SW Tech Prep Regional Database contains all relevant
reporting fields to document CTE-26 and CT2 approvals,
articulation and CTAN elements. It also has the current
capability to produce both state and local partner reports.
Resources will continue to be expended to maintain this
database
4. The SW region will report customer satisfaction data to local
partners through a partner Annual Report Summary
Measurable Outcomes
1. Attendance at state meetings will be
verified
2. Staff meeting schedules and agenda will
be documented.
Measurable Outcomes
1. Database will be audited and updated for
FY13 by first quarter FY14
2. Region will demonstrate partner and
public access portals
3. Reports reflect accurate and current data
4. Regional functions and outcomes will be
transparent and success will be supported
by data