District 742 Amazing Mid-year Program Updates: CTE, NPG, BEP, and CBP

CTE (Career and Technical Education)
NPG (Non-Public Guidance)
BEP (Business Education Partnerships)
CBP (College Bound Program)

Career and Technical Education (CTE):

Health Career Internship Program
Schedule health career orientated speakers for 4 Health Career teachers (Apollo, Tech, Sartell, Sauk Rapids/Rice) on a weekly basis. Facilitate Health Career Advisory Board, which meets 1x per month. Manage the internship database and contact area businesses to take interns from the 4 Health Career classrooms.

Junior Achievement
Currently there are 127 District 742 classrooms that participate in one of the many Junior Achievement programs. Over 375 Work Experience Program students will participate in the JA Finance Park on-line program this year. We are also JA volunteers and teach in the classrooms

CTE Advisory Board and CTE/Counseling Vertical Team
Advisory board meets 4x per year. Counseling Vertical Team meets every other month.

Work Experience Program
Career Conference (Wed, January 6, 2010) @ SCTC; Over 250 Work Experience Program students participated in a ½ day career conference at SCTC. Sessions will include career field panels and life station topics such as: Get that Job, Keep that Job, Preparing for Post-Secondary Education, Personal Finance, etc. Meetings held every other month with Work Experience teachers

9th Grade Career Event
We are just beginning to plan the annual 9th grade ½ day Career Event that occurs in April (April 14, 2010) each year while the juniors and the seniors are testing.

CTE Staff
Currently we have 22 CTE (vocationally) licensed staff out of 27 staff in CTE Departments (Work Experience, Health Careers, Family and Consumer Science, Business/Marketing, and Technology Education); 3 of the 22 CTE licensed staff are on a variance at this time.

Increasing Academics in CTE Project
Coordinating vocabulary and lesson plans between academic and CTE staff in an effort to increase student transfer/application of skills and knowledge between academic and CTE courses. In Summer 2009, 8 CTE and Academic staff participated in a 3-day training Spring 2010. 10 CTE and Academic staff will join with 10 CTE and Academic staff from consortium (Perkins) partners for two full-day sessions (Thursday, February 18 and Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:30 am – 3:00 pm)

CTE Newsletter
Produce bi-monthly, electronic CTE newsletter that goes out to approximately 300+ educators and local community contacts.

Mock Interviews – Tech High School
Interviews for Beth Fenstad’s Speech class, held twice a year (Fall and Spring). We send out a request to 150 St. Cloud employers and schedule approximately 30 interviews per semester for this program.

STEM Summit
Educational program to build regional coalitions, promote STEM education and fuel the pipeline for the next generation of the science and technology workforce. Geared toward the 7-12 grade students. Approximately 300 students will participate in this event from the St. Cloud school district.

College Bound Program (CBP):

Summer 2009 Programs
➢ A3 (Academic Achievement Academy) for historically under-represented students entering grades 7 – 9.
➢ 40 students participated in the two-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College
➢ S4 (Super Success Skills Seminar) for historically under-represented students entering grades 9 – 12.
➢ 25 students participated in the two-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College
➢ HCA (Health Career Service Academy) for historically under-represented students entering grades 9 – 12.
➢ 31 students participated in the two-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College
➢ C2C HCA (Camps to Careers Health Career Service Academy) for students aged 16 – 19 with a barrier (physical, emotional, mental) to learning and an interest in health care careers.
➢ 19 students participated in the two-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College

2009 – 2010 School Year Programs
➢ S4 (Super Success Skills Seminar) for historically under-represented students entering grades 9 – 12.
➢ 38 students participate in the after school program at Apollo High School HCA (Health Career Service Academy) for students aged 16 – 19 with a barrier (physical, emotional, mental) to learning and an interest in health care careers.
➢ 24 students participate in the after school program at Apollo High School CTE for ELL (Career and Tech Ed for English Language Learners) for 9-12th
➢ grade ELL students interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers. 17 students participate in the after-school program at SCSU.

2010 Summer Program Projections
➢ A3 (Academic Achievement Academy) for historically under-represented students entering grades 7 – 9.
➢ 45 students will participate in a two-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College in June 2010.
➢ S4 (Super Success Skills Seminar) for historically under-represented students entering grades 9 – 12.
➢ 45 students will participate in the two-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College in July 2010
➢ HCA (Health Career Service Academy) for historically under-represented students entering grades 9 – 12.
➢ 20 students will participate in the two-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College in June 2010.
➢ C2C HCA (Camps to Careers Health Career Service Academy) for students aged 16 – 19 with a barrier (physical, emotional, mental) to learning and an interest in health care careers.
➢ 15 students will participate in the two-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College in June 2010.
➢ C2C CNA Summer Program for students aged 16 – 19 with a barrier (physical, emotional, mental) to learning and an interest in health care careers.
➢ 15 students will participate in the four-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College in July – August 2010.
➢ A3 (Academic Achievement Academy) Service Learning Institute (PENDING) or historically under-represented students entering grades 7 – 9 with an interest in digital media.
➢ 40 students will participate in the two-week academy at St. Cloud Technical College in July 2010.
➢ C2C STEM
➢ C2C Digital Media

Non-Public Guidance (NPG):

Currently there are 103 home-schooled students registered. Most have submitted required grades and paperwork in a timely fashion. Our next Non-Public Guidance newsletter will go out in March 2010.

Business Education Partnership (BEP):

The Partners in Learning program is a joint venture with the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the program is to get additional volunteers into the classroom.

Respectfully submitted by Jayne Greeney Schill, Counselor - Coordinator and Brenda Overboe, Administrative Assistant.