Pathway to Prosperity
What do we do next?
Objectives
• To understand basic parts of Pathways
• To examine ideas for customizing basic
parts
• To collaborate with others on how they are
progressing in pathways
Introductory Activity
Review: Pathways to Prosperity
• LPS requirements
• http://ctelps.dpi.state.nc.us/ctelps.nsf
Northeast Model
• Create Regionally
• Customize Locally
Northeast’s Pathways to Prosperity
• http://northeastNCWorksPTP.com
So what now?????
Customizing a Plan: Core Courses
Customizing a Plan: CTE Courses
Customizing a Plan: CCP Courses
Customizing a Plan: Career Development
• Beaufort County’s GRADD project as an
option….
GRADD Student Progression
Digital Portfolio
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Establish CFNC
accounts
Complete Learning
Styles Inventory
Begin presentation
skills and soft skills
Begin tracking extracurriculum activities
• Create Interest
Profiler in CFNC
• Discuss goals for
college/career
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working on soft
skills and
presentations
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Create Career
Development Plan
Attend Curriculum
Nights at the high
schools
Register for 9th
grade classes with
college/career
goals in mind
High School
High School
High School
Grade 9 Who am I? What will I be?
Grade 9 Who am I? What will I be?
Grade 10-What will I need?
Grade 11 -Where Will I Go?
Grade 11 -Continued
Badges 9-12
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Academic Honor (annual)
Leadership
Attendance
PLAN
ACT
Community Service
High School Graduation Endorsements
Governor’s School
AP Awards
WorkKeys Career Readiness Certificate
OSHA—10 hr Construction
Microsoft Office Users Specialist: Word, Access,
Excel, Power Point
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NCCER Welding
NCCER Construction
Certified Nursing Assistant I
Private Pesticide Application
Carolina Certified Plant Professional
ServSafe
ProStart I , II
Pharmacy Tech
CPR for Healthcare Professional
First Aide
EverFi
Firefighter I, II, III
Emergency Medical Technician I
Adobe Certification
Customizing a Plan:
Career Guidance Suggestions
Self-Awareness
• Conduct a session with students to explore self awareness
using the results of the ASVAB
• Use the interest inventory from the ACT PLAN assessment
• Use the interest inventory from CFNC
• Conduct role playing scenarios (e.g. personality type, values,
conflict management/bullying, team building and reality check
activities)
• Use class meetings (where available) or other counseling
sessions to emphasize the link between academic and
aptitude strengths, and challenges with future career
interests/goals (e.g. GPA)
• Provide poverty awareness training for counselors and CDCs
• Use "True Colors” to explore self-awareness
Customizing a Plan:
Career Guidance Suggestions
Career Awareness/Exploration/Goal Setting
• Visit all English classes (9- 12) or other subjects in which the entire grade level can be
exposed to and work with students on the following:
update CFNC accounts; update
career development plans; LSI update; take a career interest inventory; portfolio updates
(e.g. awards, test scores, community service); and match "Career to College to Degrees' to
Job Outlook
• Provide virtual and face-to-face job shadowing opportunities
• Organize cluster based career fairs
• Involve students in industry internships as well as community volunteering and service
projects
• Begin college application process
• Organize virtual/face-to-face college tours
• Host financial aid workshops
• Coordinate with local community college for college fair and college reps in classrooms
• Establish a career awareness Speakers Bureau
• Utilize O*Net
• Partner with Community College in sponsoring a learning about careers event for parents
and students
Customizing a Plan:
Career Guidance Suggestions
High School Course Selection/Post-Secondary Planning
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Student-parent meetings to discuss the link between course selection, assessment results, postsecondary planning and career interests
CDC and counselors work as a team to establish one-to-one guidance relationships with students review and discuss ASVAB, PSAT, SAT, ASSET, Work Keys, ACT
Use ACT PLAN assessments and questionnaires in the planning process
Use the "A Look at Me" lessons in the Career Management Course
Use related tools in CFNC and F4K (Career Cruising)
Sponsor Lunch and Learn Lab and/or Power Lunches -- focus on “soft" and 'technical" skills
Organize Career Fairs, Curriculum Fairs, College Days and College Weeks (involving all teachers/staff)
Institute an upper class mentor program
Expand job shadowing and internship programs
Expand certification programs
Prepare a "College Articulation" lesson to be taught by all CTE teachers the first week of school
Develop and utilize career cluster commitment letters and contracts
Hold encouragement rallies
Develop a mentoring program
Plan multilingual awareness advertising campaign with supportive media strategies
Develop strategies that encourage and recognize credentials
Customizing a Plan:
Career Guidance Suggestions
Personal and Employability Skill Development
• Develop assessment rubrics to provide students feedback on “soft" skills related to
assigned projects, presentations, mock interviews and work-based learning experiences
(i.e. speaking, team work, pride in outcome, being prepared, punctuality, etc.)
• Provide workshops/sessions on job readiness and "soft” skills, e.g. resume writing, cover
letters, mock job interviews, workplace ethics scenarios
• Provide mini lessons on workplace responsibility, e.g. on time, being prepared, pride in
outcome, etc.
• Organize a full range of work based learning experiences providing specific instruction and
feedback on personal and employability skills, e.g guest speakers, lunch and learn
sessions, field trips, job shadows, internships, apprenticeships, entrepreneurial workshops
• Utilize KeyTrain/ WorkKeys soft skills assessments and NC-Net Employability Skills
Resource Took Kit (free)
• Define and target emphasis on specific locally identified high need soft skills, e.g.
workplace responsibility, teamwork, public speaking, etc.
• Require students to make professional presentations, e.g. Graduation Projects
• Utilize employability skills instructional materials from NC REAL 9. Involve students in
industry internships as well as community volunteering and service projects
• Organize a school-wide "Work Day“ where students come in professional dress, learn
about careers, focus on soft skills, resume writing, job applications and interviewing skills
Customizing a Plan: WBL
• Inside the box
– Job shadowing, internships, apprenticeships,
cooperative education
• Outside the box
– Virtual job shadow, online mentors, GoPro
cameras, Skyping, business created projects
for students to complete
Customizing a Plan: Credentials
• Criteria for adding credentials
– https://moodle.learnnc.org/pluginfile.php/3604
24/mod_resource/content/1/201314%20Credential%20Report%20Final_10%2
022%2014nowatermark-N%20.pdf
– Page 6 of any credential data report
• Local buy-in
Objectives
• To understand basic parts of Pathways
• To examine ideas for customizing basic
parts
• To collaborate with others on how they are
progressing in pathways
Original Pathway
Remodeled Pathway
Contact Information
• Dr. Stacy Leggett, Secondary Education
and CTE Director, Martin County,
sleggett@martin.k12.nc.us
• Wendy Petteway, CTE Director, Beaufort
County, wpettewa@beaufort.k12.nc.us
• Christina Harris, NCDPI, Northeast
Regional CTE Coordinator,
christina.harris@dpi.nc.gov