a.Career/Technical Education
CTE met on Sept. 11
-They are continuing to work on enrollment/capacity of CTE tri-county programs. Ralph Hansen will have data available at the October meeting. Their major focus will be to try to remove barriers to enrollment.
-They also have met with the STRA staff to explore how they can work together. STRA is trying to increase their employer base and employer participation. More work needs to be done in the area of employer commitment. STRA outlined the four areas they need help with. Owen Johnston thanked everyone who attended the meeting.
-Concerns exist with how we are measuring success of the program. 35 Eaton ISD students completed the apprenticeship process; 8 got jobs, and 29 were placed in related work. Owen announced Bekum decided to continue the program even though they are laying off people.
-STRA is only looking for commitment from employers to interview students, not necessarily to hire them
-STRA is willing to participate in the spring event.
b.Marketing
Kathi Rypkema reported the marketing committee met yesterday. They have new members. Patty Cook has checked with the Kellogg Center on availability of rooms for the spring event (April 30th). They need more input from STRA on what their needs for space are.
WIGU
Jon T. gave a brief review of the background of our communications regarding the Dec. 3rd event. ISD superintendents are contacting their local schools to make them aware of it. It will include career development activities prior to December 3rd, activities during game day, and follow-up activities. On Sept. 3rd Ron Mason sent a letter to all elementary principals. The deadline for schools to let MSU know they want to participate is Sept.27th. MSU is looking for input on appropriateness of their materials, and we are still looking for people to serve on a referent group for that purpose. So far there has been no Career Connections involvement or credit, but MSU has no problem with that. One of the activities talked about is a poster contest on the pathways that CC RIG could coordinate.
Newsletter
Karl reported Kristen Garceau will not be able to do the newsletter, but Ingham is contracting with Blue Pencil. Linda Heard from BP has already begun writing articles for the first edition. Concerns have been expressed regarding the effectiveness. Local superintendents will receive a survey.
Edith thanked everyone who responded to the plea for help on the marketing committee. New members include:
Mark Mays, Lansing Chamber of Commerce
Gale Gower, MSU
Clark Volz, Maple Valley Schools
Cindy Bowen
c.Regional Implementation Group
A meeting for newly funded pathways districts is scheduled for October 1 to help them understand the fiscal reporting and programmatic requirements. Part of the meeting will involve introducing staff from these new pathways districts to resources from successful lighthouse districts. The meeting will include roundtable discussions on each of the four goal areas as well as fiscal reporting.
On September 24th RIG will be meeting to develop a plan and strategies for implementing goals for the next two years.
Chris Laverty requested to be placed on the October 22 RIG agenda. He would like to report on the Pathways Leadership Institute follow-up meeting he attended in August. He has information from that meeting on what other districts are doing.
d.English-as-a-Second Language
No report.
e.Evaluation
Kathy Humphrey reported for the Evaluation Team. She thanked everyone who was on the subcommittee last year. A narrative report will be available early in October. Kathy requested to be placed on the October board meeting agenda. Individual school data will be available early in November.
Plans for 2002-03 include:
-A building self assessment of progress in the four goal areas
-School/district profile
-Feedback forms from regional professional development activities
-K-12 linkage to post-secondary education
-Exploration of goal area implementation in Lighthouse districts. (recommended for the 2003-04 evaluation cycle to give new lighthouse districts a chance to get underway).
f.Executive Committee Report
Committee structures were provided in the packet. Karl met with the ISD superintendents to review committee memberships and revised them to allow career preparation staff to spend more time working with local schools.
Edith invited Career Connections board members to attend any of the committee meetings. This would allow them to get more than the short review they receive at the board meeting.
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