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OK, SO I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 4:00 OR 3:00 PM.
[Welcome/Call to Order]
SO FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO IS SEE IF WE HAD ANY VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE MEETING NOTES AND JUST A NOTE TO THAT AFTER THIS MEETING, TRICIA AND I'LL HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR MEETING NOTES AND SEEING IF WE WANT TO MAYBE SEE IF ANYONE WILL VOLUNTEER AS OUR DESIGNATED SECRETARY.BUT FOR TODAY'S MEETING, WOULD THERE BE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO TAKE MEETING NOTES? OK, SO SO TRICIA, I SPOKE TO SUSAN, AND WHAT WE'LL DO THEN IS WE'LL GET THE RECORDING FROM HER AND THEN GO BACK AND TAKE MEETING NOTES, TRANSCRIBE THEM, AND THEN SEND THEM TO HER FOR A RECORD.
OK, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY IS THE.
[Adoption of Meeting Agenda/Approval of June Meeting Minutes]
IS THE ADOPTION OF OLD MINUTES.AND TRICIA, IF YOU COULD SCROLL BACK UP FOR US, OF COURSE, IF THAT'S OK, THAT'S THE MEETING MINUTES.
YEAH. SO DID DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR UPDATES TO THE MEETING? BUT I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
OH, I'M SORRY, DAVE, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU GUYS ARE MEETING.
YOU GOT TO DO TO BOSTON AND EVERYBODY SAYS, YAY! AND THEN, YES, A MOTION TO APPROVE MEETING MINUTES.
YOU'RE PROVING I ALL APPROVED.
THANK YOU. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY ASK IF ANYONE'S OPPOSED.
YEAH. IS ANYONE OPPOSED? OK, OK, THANK YOU, I'LL GET THAT I'LL GET THAT RIGHT NEXT MEETING.
[Old Business and Action Items]
THE NEXT THING IS HOPE OF WORK.THANK YOU. OK, SO THE WE JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE SCOPE OF WORK.
WE HAVE OUR LIST HERE THAT WE AGREED TO IN THE FIRST ONE.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM REALLY QUICKLY.
INCREASE THE SEATGEEK MEMBERSHIP TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ADDITIONAL PROGRAM AREAS, SPECIFICALLY ENERGY AND CARPENTRY AND CONSTRUCTION, EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS, CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND MONITOR COURSE OFFERINGS, AND PROVIDE DIRECTION AND ADVICE FOR EXPANDING, CHANGING, ELIMINATED COURSES, REVIEW ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT, INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION, TEST RESULTS AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT DATA TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS. CONTINUE INCREASING AWARENESS OF KEY PROGRAMS BY EXPANDING OUTREACH FOR WORK, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAM PUBLICITY TO STAKEHOLDERS.
CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE ABS.
APPROVE A NEW LOCAL PERKINS' PLAN FOR THE TWENTY FOR THE TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO ACADEMIC YEAR. SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THESE.
BUT THIS REALLY GREAT TOOL THAT TRICIA PUT TOGETHER FOR US IS OUR CHECK IN.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO OUR SCOPE OF WORK AND TRACK WHERE WE'RE AT AT EACH MEETING. SO WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH AND DO THIS CHECKLIST JUST TO MAKE SURE SEE HOW WE'RE TRACKING, ADD SOME COMMENTS FOR EACH OF OUR QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
I'M HOPING THAT THIS WON'T TAKE MAYBE MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, SIX OR SEVEN MINUTES JUST TO GO THROUGH. AND IF WE JUST GIVE IT A THUMBS UP OR JUST STAY ON TRACK.
BUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS IN THERE, THEN WE'LL INCLUDE THEM IN THE GOALS TOWARDS THE END OF THIS. WE'LL HAVE OUR REPORT.
WE'LL HAVE OUR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT, AND WE'LL ESSENTIALLY HAVE NOTES IN THERE AND COMMENTS TO RECORD WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR FIRST ONE IS THAT IS THE FIRST ONE FOR INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP AND WE'VE DONE THAT.
SO WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE MEMBERS THAT ARE TARGETED FOR ENERGY AND CARPENTRY AND
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CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT'S AN ON TARGET ONE.AND THEN WHILE JUST JUST TYPING IN THERE, WE HAVE THE SECOND SCOPE OF WORK, EXPLORE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY LEVERAGING OUR INDUSTRY BOARDS FOR THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE THEIR EYE ON. BUT I THINK WE DO AT SOME POINT, WE WANT TO GO LOOK AT THAT LIST AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF THE AVAILABLE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE LEVERAGING THE ISD RESOURCES.
AND THAT NEXT ONE IS CONTINUING TO REVIEW AND MONITOR COURSES.
OFFERINGS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION AND ADVICE FOR EXPANDING, CHANGING AND ELIMINATING COURSES, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT NEW COURSE OFFERINGS THERE ARE AND THEN, OF COURSE, OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON IT.
REVIEW, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT, INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION, TEST RESULTS AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND DATA TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CTE INTEREST.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY TO NOTE ON THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION TEST RESULTS? YES. SO RIGHT NOW, I DO HAVE SOME OF THE ENROLLMENT DATA TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND YOU DID GET THE COPY OF THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT THAT IS ALWAYS A YEAR BEHIND.
SO I ALWAYS HESITATE A LITTLE BIT TAKING DATA FROM THERE AND DISCUSSING THAT, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT IS A YEAR BEHIND, ACTUALLY TWO YEARS BEHIND.
SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME DATA AND A LITTLE BIT TO KIND OF BRING YOU UP TO SPEED.
WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY IN MARCH TALK MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY CREDENTIAL CERTIFICATION TEST AND RESULTS AT THAT TIME.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT ONE IS ONGOING.
SO NUMBER FIVE, CONTINUE INCREASING AWARENESS OF CTE PROGRAM BY EXPANDING OUTREACH FOR WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAM PUBLICITY TO STAKEHOLDERS'.
YEAH, AND THIS ONE, I THINK I I AM STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE FULLY ON TARGET FOR THIS.
AGAIN, WE MAY BE LEVERAGING OUR IAB RESOURCES IN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT HOW ACTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THAT AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY THERE'S AN INITIATIVE GOING ON THROUGH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THROUGH SOME GRANT MONEY THAT THEY ARE PUTTING TOWARDS CREATING ONLINE VIRTUAL WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.
ALL OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH TOOK A SURVEY AND THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE CHOICE TO DO AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY.
SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A REAL TIMELY THING, WHETHER WE USE IT NOW THIS YEAR FOR COVID OR IT'S READY FOR US FOR THE FUTURE USE.
BUT I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, IT IS IT IS VERY PROACTIVE AT THIS POINT.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH I WOULD DAIBES AND I THINK THAT.
YOU KNOW, SHOWN HERE THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAM EXPANSION TYPE OF WORK THAT'S GOING ON.
SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE ON TRACK.
AND AND MANY OF OUR CITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE MEMBERS OF THOSE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS TO SHOW THAT CONNECTEDNESS.
SEE, OK, SO WOULD IT BE WORTH IT MAYBE IN OUR, YOU KNOW, CONTACT LIST FOR TASB TO KNOW
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WHO'S ALSO A PART OF THE ADVISORY BOARD? FOR FUTURE.ON THE MEMBERSHIP LIST, YES, YES, OK.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE HERE IS ON APPROVING THE NEW LOCAL PERKINS PLAN FOR TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO ACADEMIC YEAR, AND THAT'S USUALLY APPROVED THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY OTHER NO, WE WENT THROUGH THAT PRETTY QUICKLY. BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH HOW WE'RE DOING ON OUR SCOPE OF WORK SO FAR, SO FAR? AND I KNOW IT'S THE FIRST MEETING WE WENT THROUGH QUICKLY, BUT.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS GARLAND, SO THE WAY I GATHER WITH THE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, WE'RE RELYING ON THE IAP TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND WE'LL SUPPLEMENT THAT ONCE WE GET IT.
IS THAT OR OUR PLAN? SO BASED ON THE CONVERSATION OR THE DISCUSSION WE HAD IN LAST YEAR'S MEETING, YES, WE WERE GOING TO LEVERAGE THE IBBS WORK AROUND IDENTIFYING SCHOLARSHIPS AND THEN JUST USE ESSENTIALLY OUR FUNCTION WILL BE AROUND.
SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CURRENTLY OUT THERE. WE DIDN'T REALLY TALK SO MUCH ABOUT US SUPPLEMENTING IT BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZED IN OUR LAST MEETING THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT THAN WE WERE READY FOR.
BUT WE STILL AT LEAST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DISSEMINATING THE INFORMATION AND MAKING SURE STAFF, MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS WERE AWARE OF THIS, ALREADY FORMED A SCHOLARSHIP DATABASE THAT I HAD BEEN WORKING ON.
I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT MAYBE ELLEN IF IF YOU'D LIKE TO, OR SOMEONE ELSE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE LOOKING AT THAT LIST THAT THEY HAVE AND MAYBE SUPPLEMENTING IT.
BUT AS AS IT STANDS, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT LEVERAGING RESOURCES THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE.
I JUST WANTED TO I GUESS I KIND OF FEEL THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DISCONNECT WITH THE ALEXANDER SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT.
AND BEING ON IBBS, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LOOPING IN WITH THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND CLOSING SOME OF THOSE GAPS TO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
ACTUALLY, ALAN, WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A MEETING ABOUT THAT WITH THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY TEAM.
WE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DO HAVE TO START BRINGING IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THAT DATABASE.
AND THAT CAME UP THAT WE HAVE TO START BRINGING IN PARTS OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS A ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE KEEP OUR EYES ON WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT UP THE POINT, I THINK, THE LAST TIME THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE IT OFF OF THE TABLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE THERE ARE SCHOLARSHIPS OUT THERE THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO OUR STUDENTS THAT SOMEHOW WE'RE NOT FINDING OUT ABOUT.
AND THEY GO THAT MONEY GOES WITHOUT A PERSON TO GIVE IT TO.
AND I THINK THAT THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS ARE REALLY BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO US BECAUSE THE SOME OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES ARE PART OF THAT, THE EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT I.D.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD FOR ME TO SEE THE CONNECT AND WHERE THAT MONEY SHOULD GO.
BUT YOU BRING UP A FANTASTIC POINT THAT THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION GROUP AT T.C.
WILLIAMS NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THIS.
SO AND STACIE MORRIS, AS PART OF THE CAREER CENTER, NEEDS TO BE A PART OF IT SO THAT SHE KNOWS WHAT TO GET OUT TO THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A DATABASE, IT'S DOING US NO GOOD UNLESS WE GET IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT CAN GET IT TO THE KIDS OR.
OK, SO THEN WE'LL MAKE THAT CONNECTION SHALL BE MADE THROUGH THE IBSA.
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THANKS, ALLAN. THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.OK, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR SCOPE OF WORK OR CHECK IN? ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT THING I BELIEVE ON THE AGENDA HERE IS THE.
SO WITH THE MEMBERSHIP, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR OUR NEW MEMBERS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. WE PROBABLY ARE LOOKING AROUND.
AND AND IT'S IT'S BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE AS TO WHAT IS NEEDED FOR PERKINS' FUNDING.
AND THERE ARE SUBGROUPS THAT NOW NEED TO BE A PART OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THAT, NOT ONLY THEIR INTEREST IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, BUT WITH THEIR ASSOCIATION TO CERTAIN POPULATIONS AND WHAT WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO ALL STUDENTS.
AND I KNOW NELSON, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR YOUR YOUR CAMERA OFF.
BUT NELSON AGUILAR IS JOINING US THERE.
HE IS FROM THE CARPENTRY AND CONSTRUCTION AREA UNIT.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, NELSON? HI, I'M NELSON, NILAA, AND I'M ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CARPENTERS UNION, SO WE GOT WE HAVE A SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WITH THESE WITH THESE FIVE YEARS.
SO TO GET OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR THE IT'S BASICALLY IT'S ALL YOU NEED.
AND WE SEND WE SEND THE APPRENTICES TO WORK TO THE COMPANIES.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY MONEY FOR FOUR DOLLARS FOR A SCHOOL.
SO BASICALLY THEY GO TO WORK AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL LIKE EVERY THREE A WEEK, ONE WEEK FOR EVERY THREE MONTH.
SO THEY BASICALLY LEARN AT THE JOB SITE AND THEN COME FOR PRACTICAL, YOU KNOW, LIKE.
DID NOT KNOW HOW TO GET ANY CERTIFICATION OR DID, LIKE LEARN HOW TO READ DRAWINGS AND ALL THAT STUFF AT SCHOOL.
SO BASICALLY WHAT IT IS AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE IN THE CARPENTRY AND WE'RE WE'RE VERY, VERY LUCKY TO HAVE NELSON WITH US HERE.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO REPRESENT THE CARPENTERS UNION.
AND AND NELSON SAID, I GUESS HE HAD.
DID YOU GET THAT THE STRAW THAT THAT ALLOWED YOU TO BE CHOSEN OUT OF THE GROUP OF YOU? THERE WERE LIKE THREE OF YOU SO VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE WITH US.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CHOSE ME, RIGHT? THAT'S GREAT. AND AND ON A SIDE NOTE, YOU REMEMBER THAT IN OUR SCOPE OF WORK, THE CARPENTRY CONSTRUCTION UNION REPRESENTATIVE WAS PART OF GETTING REPRESENTATION TO START TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A TRADES PROGRAM OR SOME TYPE OF TRADES PROGRAM WITHIN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I WILL TELL YOU AT THIS POINT, SINCE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC, I AM PART OF A COHORT THROUGH THE HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS.
AND I THINK YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS.
THEY HAVE A LEADERSHIP LAB AND THERE ARE EIGHT OF US THAT WERE CHOSEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BE PART OF THIS LEADERSHIP LAB THAT WILL GO FOR A YEAR WITHIN THIS COHORT FOR A YEAR.
AND THERE WILL BE SOME FUNDING THROUGH THE HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS FOR US IF WE ARE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE TRADES AREA.
SO THIS THIS GROUP IS LOOKING, LOOKING.
WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO BE LEADERS IN THE TRADES EDUCATION INDUSTRY, IF YOU WILL.
SO THAT IS HOW WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT INITIATIVE.
AMY, COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE? TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU.
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SURE.HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AMY CREED AND I'M WITH THE OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS A FANCY WAY OF SAYING SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WILLIAMS AND JEFFERSON HOUSTON.
I SUPPORT BOTH INSTRUCTION AND COMPLIANCE.
AND THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR PERKIN'S MONEY CAN BE UTILIZED FOR STUDENTS IN IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AMY ON OUR TEAM TO HELP REPRESENT OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
I OCTAVIA'S HELLO. HOW'S EVERYONE? SO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I MET OCTAVIA'S QUITE BY ACCIDENT WHEN I WAS IN THE THE CAREER CENTER AT T.C.
WILLIAMS AND I HAVE JUST MET HIS BOSS AT ALEXANDREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND OCTAVIA'S WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH STACY MORRIS OVER A T.C.
WILLIAMS, AND HE IS ACTUALLY COMING IN TO HELP US WITH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
DAVID DOES, TOO, BUT RIGHT NOW, OCTAVIA'S WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR STUDENTS, SO I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION.
HELLO, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS OCTAVIA'S FULTON, I'M A YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SPECIALIST WITH THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
WE HOST A LOT OF DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE JUST COMPLETED OUR SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
WE HAD TWO HUNDRED AND ONE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THAT PROGRAM.
IN A TYPICAL YEAR, OF COURSE, THIS WAS NOT A TYPICAL YEAR, BUT WE WOULD HAVE THE STUDENTS WORKING AT A SIX WEEK WORK EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND THEY'RE PAID THROUGH THE CITY FUNDS IN THAT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR.
IT LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENT. WE DID A LOT OF JOB READINESS, TRAINING AND PROGRAMS WITH THE STUDENTS THAT WAY, INSTEAD OF 30 HOURS IN A TYPICAL YEAR, THERE WAS 20 HOURS BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY A VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
BUT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND OF COURSE, AFTER SCHOOL NOW EVERYONE ATTENDS COLLEGE.
SOME ARE LOOKING TO GO INTO THE WORKFORCE.
SO WE HAVE PROGRAMS SET UP FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOOKING TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME.
THANK YOU, JESSICA FROM DOLINSKI.
EVERYONE, I'M JESSICA FROM THE LINSKY, I WORK IN THE OFFICE OF ENGLISH LEARNER SERVICES, WHICH IS IN ACP, SO I WORK WITH SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND I WORK AS A SPECIALIST FOR INSTRUCTION.
SO I SUPPORT JEFFERSON OR SOME ONE OR TWO TEACHERS AT JEFFERSON, HOUSTON, GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, MANY HOWARD HAMMOND AS WELL AS T.C.
WILLIAMS. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WE WE DO HAVE A PARENT, JULIE KELAHER, BUT SHE JUST EMAILED ME THAT SHE WAS NOT ABLE SHE HAD A CHILD CARE PROBLEM, BUT SHE IS JOINING US AS A PARENT.
MONICA, W WHERE IS MY FRIEND MONICA? SHE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO.
MONICA COMES TO US FROM WASHINGTON GAS AND SHE'S BEEN PARTNERING WITH T.C.
WILLIAMS. MONICA, ARE YOU THERE? I AM. I AM.
I'M SORRY. MULTITASKING, NOT GOING WELL.
HELLO, EVERYBODY, MY CAMERA'S UPSIDE DOWN, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT, BUT NONETHELESS, I'M MONICA WEST.
I'M OUR MANAGER WITH WASHINGTON GAS AND I'M HAPPY TO BE ON THE TEAM HERE.
I DO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE PLANNING.
AND SO THE WORKFORCE PLANNING IS PLANNING FOR OUR COMPANY'S NEEDS AND SKILL SET AND COMPETENCIES OF THE THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
SO I AM HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM.
I THINK THAT'S MELISSA FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS, WE DO HAVE LINDSEY COOPER HERE WHO IS JOINING US AGAIN AS OUR STUDENT MEMBER, BUT SHE WAS WITH US, YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR.
AND OUR TEACHER, REPRESENTATIVE SHAWN CARMICHAEL, IS BACK WITH US AGAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
YES, THANK YOU, TRICIA, AND WELCOME TO ALL OF THE NEW MEMBERS AND WELCOME BACK TO ALL OF
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OUR OLD MEMBERS.HAPPY TO BE BACK AND GETTING THINGS GOING.
SO THE NEXT THING WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS OUR VIRTUAL PLUS UPDATE.
[Presentation]
AND TRICIA, I THINK THAT'S YOU GETTING.ARE YOU SEEING IT? NOT YET, I'M NOT SEEING IT ON MY OWN.
AT THIS POINT, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS, WHY DON'T WE SWITCH IT AND LET'S HAVE.
OK, WORK ON THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
ALL RIGHT, SO ALEX AND DAVID, OVER TO YOU GUYS.
SURE. DAVID JONAH CHATTO, YOU WANT ME TO JUMP RIGHT IN? AS YOU SAY, THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING THE GREAT DATA GUY AS PART OF OUR COMMITTEE IS I DON'T HAVE TO. SO I JUST THAT JUST QUICKLY THANK ALEX FOR NOT ONLY JOINING THIS COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO PROVIDE US WITH A GREAT LABOR MARKET PRESENTATION, WHICH WILL START IN THREE, TWO, ONE, GO.
AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.
I'M ALEX SCHOOLIE WITH NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
I ADMIT I AM REPURPOSING A DATA PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO RUN QUICKLY THROUGH THE DATA.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A REALLY GOOD OVERVIEW OF SOME PERTINENT INFORMATION.
THERE WAS SOME DATA ABOUT SOME UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS THAT THE WORKFORCE BORDER IS REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT. I'LL PROBABLY SKIM OVER, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DEFINITELY HAPPY TO ANSWER.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN, WHICH IS A POWERPOINT.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO A RECAP OF WHERE NORTHERN VIRGINIA WAS PRE COVID, SO ONE POINT THREE FIVE SIX MILLION ESTIMATE WAS THE NUMBER OF JOBS WE HAD IN THE REGION AT THE END OF TWENTY NINETEEN.
OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN MARCH WAS TWO POINT SIX PERCENT.
WAGES WERE GOOD, JOB POSTINGS WERE GOOD, POPULATION WAS DECLINING IN TERMS OF GROWTH, BUT IT WAS STILL GROWING. SO BY ALL MEANS, WE WERE AT A PRETTY GOOD SITUATION.
I DID, JUST AS AN ASIDE, GOT SOME PRELIMINARY UPDATED JOB NUMBERS TODAY.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBER OF JOBS IN OUR REGION ESTIMATED FOR QUARTER TWO WENT DOWN TO ABOUT ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES.
WE LOST ABOUT THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND ISH JOBS IN THE REGION BECAUSE OF COVID.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BOUNCE BACK.
BUT THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COVID.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE GOING TO BE.
WE'RE PROJECTING A RECOVERY THAT TAKES BETWEEN 18 TO THIRTY SIX MONTHS FROM THE ONSET.
SO THAT WAS FROM MARCH TO LOOKING AT A RECOVERY TIMELINE, HOPEFULLY BETWEEN THE FALL OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE INTO TWENTY TWENTY.
TWO FACTORS TO WATCH INCLUDE VACCINE I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF REEMERGENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO WATCH OUT FOR PUBLIC SECTOR BUDGETS AND LAYOFFS, BUT ALSO COMPANY LAYOFFS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.
WE SAW THAT WITH THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY THIS MONTH.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S NOT A TON OF CONTINUED LAYOFFS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK OUT FOR.
AND JUST OTHER DATA WE'RE TRACKING ARE THE THE UI CLAIMS CONSUMER SPENDING, GDP, OTHER ECONOMIC DATA. I HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS HERE AT THE END.
SO IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
SO UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, WE ACTUALLY GOT NEW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES.
SO I SHOULD HAVE UPDATED THIS.
BUT JULY IS THE MOST RECENT IN THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT WE ACTUALLY GOT THE AUGUST RATES ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND WE CAME DOWN EVEN MORE IN AUGUST. SO ARLINGTON IS RIGHT ABOUT FIVE PERCENT NOW.
I THINK IT'S LIKE FOUR POINT NINE AND ALEXANDRIA CAME DOWN TO ABOUT SIX PERCENT.
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SO UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS GOING DOWN.HERE'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. THIS IS JUST TOTAL NUMBER OF CLAIMS IN OUR REGION.
SO CLOSE TO TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS FILED WITH THE PURPLE LINE IS THE MORE IMPORTANT LINE.
THAT IS THE NUMBER OF CONTINUED CLAIMS. SO THAT IS PEOPLE THAT ARE FILING UNEMPLOYMENT FOR NOT THE FIRST TIME ARE NOT THE FIRST WEEK. SO THEY'RE CONTINUING TO BE ON UNEMPLOYMENT.
THAT NUMBER PEAKED BASICALLY AT THE END OF APRIL AND KIND OF REMAINED STEADY THROUGHOUT A LOT OF THE SUMMER, BUT HAS STARTED TO COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST 60 DAYS.
THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO RETURN TO WORK OR THEY'RE JUST NO LONGER FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. BUT HOPEFULLY THAT MEANS THAT THEY FOUND EMPLOYMENT.
SO NEW UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS OVER THE SUMMER.
SO, AGAIN, MOST OF THE CLAIMS FROM COVID WERE ACTUALLY FILED BEFORE THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS FOR ARLINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA.
THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME KIND OF TREND LINE, THE NUMBER OF WEEKLY CLAIMS REALLY AFTER THE END OF JULY WHEN THAT THAT EXTRA SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR FEDERAL STIMULUS RAN OUT.
WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE STOP APPLYING FOR THOSE BENEFITS.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRENDING AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CLAIMS A WEEK PER JURISDICTION, WHICH IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE EIGHT TO NINE HUNDRED PER JURISDICTION THAT WE WERE SEEING. AND THEN AGAIN, CONTINUING CLAIMS JUST BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE THOUSAND WEEKLY. AGAIN, THAT'S DOWN FROM SIX SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED EARLIER IN THE SUMMER.
SO HERE'S SOME DEMOGRAPHICS ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS. THIS IS FROM VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION.
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PANDEMIC.
WHAT WE KNOW NOW IN TERMS OF THE DATA, IT HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED YOUNGER PEOPLE.
IT IS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED PEOPLE OF COLOR.
IT HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED PEOPLE WITH LESS THAN A COLLEGE DEGREE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE KNOW.
WE DO KNOW THAT IT DID IMPACT A LOT OF JOBS THAT ARE CUSTOMER FACING OR JOBS.
ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, TRAVEL, RESTAURANTS, BARS, HOSPITALITY, WHICH TEND TO BE, YOU KNOW, LOWER MAYBE LOWER SKILL OR LOWER INCOME AND THEN YOUNGER PEOPLE AS WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF LAYOFFS AND RESTAURANTS, BARS, ET CETERA.
THOSE ARE JOBS THAT A LOT OF TIMES COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE.
BUT HERE, THE AGE OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT, CLAYMATES AGAIN, THE STATE IS THROUGH JULY 4TH.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE MOST OF THE CLAIMS ARE FILED.
SO 16 PERCENT WERE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY FOUR, WHICH IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE POPULATION. THE REST OF THE AGE BREAKDOWN IS PRETTY NORMAL WITH WHAT THE POPULATION LOOKS LIKE RACE.
SO THIS IS AGAIN, CLAIMS MARCH TO JULY WHITE.
FORTY TWO PERCENT OF THE CLAIMS, BUT IT'S SIXTY SEVEN POINT SEVEN PERCENT OF THE POPULATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 30 PERCENT OF THE CLAIMS. BUT IT'S 14. THEY MAKE UP FOURTEEN POINT TWO PERCENT OF THE POPULATION AND THEN A LITTLE HIGHER FOR ASIANS AS WELL.
THEY WERE 12 PERCENT OF THE CLAIMS AND THEY MAKE UP ABOUT EIGHT POINT SIX PERCENT OF THE POPULATION AND THEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER FOR HISPANIC ETHNICITY, SEVENTEEN POINT EIGHT PERCENT OF THE CLAIMS AND 16 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION UNKNOWN MEANS THAT THESE JUST DID NOT CATEGORIZE THEM. THEY WERE UNAWARE OF WHAT THE RESPONDENTS RACE WAS.
AND THEN HERE'S THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.
JUST LOOKING AT THIS SO LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, IT WAS 12 PERCENT OF CLAIMS, MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE POPULATION HAS, THOSE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
TWENTY NINE PERCENT OF THE CLAIMS, EIGHT POINT EIGHT PERCENT OF THE POPULATION.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT DISPROPORTIONATE, DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT FOR PEOPLE WITH LESS THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, ALTHOUGH IT STILL AFFECTS PEOPLE WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND WITH GRADUATE DEGREES, JUST MUCH LESS SO IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL.
SOME MORE EXCITING NUMBERS? WE'RE RIGHT AT ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND NOW.
AS OF OCTOBER, WITH TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, ARLINGTON, ALEXANDRIA IS ABOUT FORTY THOUSAND. CONTINUE CLAIMS WERE STILL HOVERING AROUND FIFTY THOUSAND A WEEK.
THE VIRGINIA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS TRENDING DOWN.
THE SEPTEMBER RATE ACTUALLY CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, SIX POINT ONE PERCENT.
AND IN TERMS OF VIRGINIA'S RANKING, AS OF THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, WE WERE RANKED THIRTEEN OUT OF FIFTY ONE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ACROSS THE STATES, I BELIEVE FOR SEPTEMBER.
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THAT WAS STILL ABOUT THE SAME.NEVADA HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RIGHT NOW, WITH LAS VEGAS BEING THE WORST HIT METROPOLITAN AREA WITH THIRTEEN POINT TWO PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT.
SORRY, I'M TALKING REALLY FAST, JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT.
JOB POSTINGS, THEY ARE COMING DOWN A LOT.
SO AUGUST, WE HAD THIRTY SIX THOUSAND JOB POSTINGS.
AUGUST OF TWENTY NINETEEN, WE HAD CLOSER TO FORTY FIVE THOUSAND POSTINGS.
AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER IT CAME DOWN AGAIN.
SO WE HAD ABOUT THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND JOB POSTINGS IN SEPTEMBER, SO MUCH LESS THAN WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY NINETEEN, ALTHOUGH WE STILL DO HAVE JOB POSTING ACTIVITY.
SO THAT IS GOOD THAT THERE IS HIRING.
DEMAND IS JUST ABOUT A THIRD LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING LAST YEAR.
AND HERE'S THE TREND LINE FOR THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY BAD RIGHT HERE.
AS OF WHEN I DID THIS PRESENTATION, IT WAS STARTING TO DROP OFF.
SO IT'S NOT CONTINUING TO DECLINE.
BUT WE ARE KIND OF AT A FLAT JOB POSTING RIGHT NOW, BOTH FOR THE US AND FOR NORTHERN VIRGINIA. AND THEN HERE IS OUR WEBSITE AT LUBBOCK ISD.
A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION THERE.
AND MY EMAIL AGAIN, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY MAY HAVE, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS NOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY.
AND. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALEX OR DAVE, SORRY, TALKS REALLY FAST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION, ALEX AND DAVE, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE THING TO ADD HERE IS, YOU KNOW, AS I KNOW, AS I WAS LISTENING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, I KEPT THINKING TO MYSELF, OK, WELL, YOU KNOW, AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHAT DO WE TAKE FROM THIS? HOW DO WE LEARN FROM THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, THIS INFORMATION IS INFORMATION THAT WE USE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COURSE OFFERINGS AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR MEMBERSHIP LOOKS LIKE.
RIGHT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING AT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DATA AND KEEPING AN EYE ON, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY AND WHAT'S NEEDED OUT THERE AND HOW THINGS ARE LOOKING FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO THAT THAT WOULD JUST BE MY TAKEAWAY IS, CAN I ADD TO THAT? I WOULD JUST SAY THE FOR A LARGE PART OF OUR STUDENTS.
PART TIME JOBS, SUMMER JOBS, INTERNSHIP TOPS THE ABOVE.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT OBVIOUSLY WENT AWAY AND MAY OR MAY NOT COME BACK, BUT I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS TO LOOK OUT THINGS, TO SEE HOW THINGS BE DONE DIFFERENTLY, DISTANCE, INTERNSHIPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
OCTAVIUS PUT TOGETHER A GREAT EVENT OVER THE SUMMER TO SHOW KIDS WORK EXPERIENCE FROM DISTANCE. AND SO I THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE SOME FROM THAT.
I THINK THE THING IS TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE THE CULINARY PROGRAM. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT'S AN OPERATION OR NOT, BUT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY INCLUDE THE, YOU KNOW, THE ASPECTS OF CLEANING AND SELF DISTANCING AND WITHIN THE CURRICULUM SO THAT THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL SKILLS THAT ARE CAUSED BY OR INFLUENCED BY THIS PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE ALL BEEN UNDER FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS.
YEAH, OK, DAVE, AND THANK YOU.
SOMETHING THAT THAT I WOULD JUST ADD THERE IS THAT.
THE THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DATA IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WHENEVER WE WE WANT TO APPLY FOR A NEW COURSE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DIVISION, WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DATA AND LABOR MARKET TRENDS ARE SHOWING THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR IT.
SO WE JUST CAN'T HAVE A CHORUS BECAUSE WE THINK STUDENTS WANT IT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONNECTION TO WHAT IS NEEDED.
SO THERE'S A WANT AND THERE'S A NEED.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD DO A LITTLE UPDATE ABOUT HOW VIRTUAL PLUS LEARNING LOOKS FOR CTE.
I THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CTE, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HANDS ON LEARNING ENVIRONMENT,
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PROJECT-BASED, PROBLEM SOLVING, LEARNING TYPE OF INSTRUCTION.AND THE VIRTUAL ONE HUNDRED PERCENT VIRTUAL HAS PUT US AT SOME CHALLENGES.
HOWEVER, AS A SCHOOL DIVISION, WE WERE LOOKING AT AND LOOKING AT A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DETERMINING WHAT IS WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST PLAN FOR EVERYONE.
AND THE MAJOR FOCUS, OF COURSE, IS FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS WHAT CAN WE WHAT CAN WE DO AS FAR AS ADJUSTMENTS GO ON TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF? AND THERE WILL BE A SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE THIS WEEK.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY DILIGENTLY TO GATHER INFORMATION, TEST AND PILOT THINGS, SURVEY TEACHERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNICATE WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD. AND DR.
REEF, IF YOU'RE HERE AND WANT TO JUMP IN ON ANY OF THIS.
PLEASE, PLEASE DO SO AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
BUT I THINK THE MAIN POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE WITH THIS IS THAT C.P.E.
HAS BEEN A PART OF THE PLANNING.
AND WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY COME UP AGAINST CHALLENGES, HOW DO YOU TEACH A COMPETENCY BASED COURSE WITH HANDS ON LEARNING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD? AND. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHING CTY ONLINE.
REMEMBER, VERSO IS OUR ONLINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE COMPETENCIES AND TEACHERS WERE ASKED TO REVIEW THEIR FRAMEWORKS, TAKE THOSE CONCEPT AREAS WITHIN THOSE FRAMEWORKS, GROUP THEM INTO UNITS, AND THEN SELECT A PROJECT OR AN ACTIVITY TO ORGANIZE THOSE COMPETENCIES AROUND IN EACH UNIT.
AND THESE ARE UNITS THAT WERE BUILT OUT ON OUR CAMPUS PLATFORM.
WE ALSO HAVE IN ALL OF OUR COURSES, AS YOU KNOW WELL, CORRELATION, ALL OF OUR COMPETENCIES ARE CORRELATED TO AS WELL AS THE FOUR CORE.
AND SO WE HAVE ENCOURAGED TEACHERS TO INCLUDE THOSE IN THEIR UNIT PLANS SO THAT THE FOUR CORE TEACHERS CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP WITHIN CTE TO HELP STUDENTS IN THOSE FOUR CORE. THEY CREATED THEIR CURRICULUM COURSE MAPS USING A CALENDAR FORMAT, AND THEY DEVELOP THESE MODULES, AS I SAID, ON CANVAS, USING DAILY AGENDAS AND LESSON PLANS.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT SAY TO TEACHERS MODULES AND UNIT PLANS AND LESSON PLANS ARE GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE A FOUR CORE LESSON PLAN BECAUSE TEACHERS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A LESSON PLAN.
AND FOR EVERY DAY THEY HAVE UNIT PLANS WITH DAILY AGENDAS AS TO HOW THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THE WORK.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO DIFFERENT RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR OUR COURSES.
I SAID THIS IS AN ONLINE RESOURCE THAT GOES ACROSS THE BOARD THROUGH ALL OF OUR PROGRAM AREAS. EVER FI TOUCHES ABOUT THREE OF THEM.
RUBERT EDUCATION IS USED IN MARKETING, FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE AND BUSINESS.
WE HAVE ONLINE TEXTBOOKS WITH WONDERFUL ONLINE RESOURCES AND ONLINE ACTIVITIES THAT GO WITH THEM. SO IT'S NOT JUST HERE'S THE BOOK, READ THE CHAPTER, DO THE QUESTIONS.
IT'S THERE ARE MORE ACTIVITIES INVOLVED WITH THOSE ONLINE TEXTBOOKS.
TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO JOIN THEIR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND BE MORE ACTIVE WITH THEIR LISTSERV WEBSITES THAT ALL SORTS OF THREE TYPES OF RESOURCES ARE GOING OUT THROUGH THEIR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'VE BEEN USING SENSAGE ONLINE TEXTBOOKS AND SIMULATIONS WHERE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS CAN UTILIZE THOSE, AND THAT GOES ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAM AREAS.
ALSO, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AS WELL AS JROTC HAVE BEEN ENJOYING VOICEBOX LEARNING, WHICH ARE 12 DIFFERENT THREE WEEK MODULES OF HANDS-ON DESIGN OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES LIKE WINDMILL WINDMILL DESIGN, A CO2 CAR,
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AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS WITH RECYCLABILITY IN THERE.SO STUDENTS GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, SIMULATE THEIR DESIGN, GO BACK TESTED, GO BACK, REDO, AND IF WE DO GET BACK INTO THE LABS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PRINT THEIR THEIR PLANS OUT AND ACTUALLY MAKE THEIR WHAT THEY HAVE DESIGNED.
BUT THERE IS ALSO AN ONLINE WAY TO WORK OUT A COMPETITION WITH OTHERS IN YOUR SCHOOL DIVISION. SO OUR TECH ED TEACHERS ARE LOOKING AT THAT LOBSTER'S AN ONLINE GAMIFICATION RESOURCE THAT ALLOWS DIFFERENT HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES LABS TO TAKE PLACE ONLINE.
SO DELICIOUS IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM.
THAT'S THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE INTEGRATING AND OUR TEACHERS ARE ALSO INTEGRATING.
TAIPING, DIFFERENT TYPE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES.
THE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALL GOING VIRTUALLY THEY HAVE FULL COMPETITIONS AND THEY ARE ONLINE CURRICULUM EVENTS THAT TEACHERS CAN USE AND THEN THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, THERE'S MORE ABOUT VIRTUAL PLUS LEARNING.
AND I'M GOING TO SEND THIS POWERPOINT OUT TO YOU SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO CONNECT IN ON THIS THIS LINK IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE.
DR. REEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD FROM A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PERSPECTIVE? WELL, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR THAT UPDATE.
DR. JACOBS, SO THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GETTING AN UPDATE AT OUR BOARD MEETING THIS THURSDAY ABOUT WHAT ARE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. SO IT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR HOW THE CTE PROGRAMING IS GOING.
I WAS CURIOUS. FOLKS MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WE WENT TO A CALL.
THEY'RE CALLING A FOUR BY FOUR, I GUESS, SCHEDULE, WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING HALF OF THEIR CLASSES IN THE FIRST SEMESTER AND THE OTHER HALF IN THE SECOND SEMESTER.
SO I WAS CURIOUS HOW THAT'S ALSO IF YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT'S IMPACTING AND IF YOU'VE SEEN IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY IMPACT TO ENROLLMENT IN FETID COURSES AS A RESULT OF THE MOVE TO A VIRTUAL LEARNING FORMAT.
WELL, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT MOVING TO A FOUR BY FOUR, SOME OF THE COURSES THAT ARE MORE SKILLS BASED ARE ON THE YEAR LONG TRACK.
SO THE FIRST BLOCK IS YOUR YEAR LONG.
SO THOSE SKILLS COURSES SUCH AS AUTO MECHANICS, COSMETOLOGY, OUR HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES, THE ONES THROUGH THE ACADEMY ARE ON THE YEAR LONG THAT HAVE LEISINGER BASE TO THEM. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FRONT LOAD THE CURRICULUM RIGHT NOW SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE BACK EITHER HYBRID OR ABLE TO BRING STUDENTS BACK TO SHOW SKILLS DEMONSTRATION. IT IS DIFFICULT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT EVERYTHING IS EASY TO DO. AND MICKEY IS HERE FROM THE ACADEMY AND CAN ATTEST TO THAT, THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND WE'RE WE'RE MAKING IT WORK.
THE TEACHERS SHOULD BE NOTABLY CREDITED FOR USING THESE ONLINE SIMULATIONS AND TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST EXPERIENCES POSSIBLE FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
BUT WE OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HOPING FOR A HYBRID SITUATION OR A WAY TO BRING STUDENTS IN IN IN SMALL GROUPS TO SHOW THEIR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.
YOU KNOW, THE THE OTHER POINT IS TEACHERS WOULD ALSO THEY'RE USED TO TEACHING IN THEIR LABS AND HAVING THE EQUIPMENT AND BEING ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE USING THAT EQUIPMENT.
BUT OUR TEACHERS ARE ALL WORKING FROM HOME, TEACHING FROM THE HOME.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE HOPING WILL BE ANOTHER STEP THAT WILL ALLOW OUR TEACHERS TO BE IN THEIR LABS TO BROADCAST FROM THEIR LABS IN HOPES THAT USING EQUIPMENT AND MAYBE SHOWING THE SIMULATION OR SHOWING HOW TO DO SOMETHING WOULD BE HELPFUL TO STUDENTS.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM MICK IF SHE WANTS TO SHARE HER EXPERIENCE.
AND PATRICIA SAID, I MEAN, WE TRIED TO SCHEDULE AS MANY COURSES AS WE COULD THAT HAD HEAVY SKILLS, COMPONENTS THAT THEY WOULD RUN EITHER DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR OR
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WOULD BE OFFERED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER.SO I PUT A LOT OF OUR INTRO TO HEALTH AND MEDICAL CLASSES IN THE FALL.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE PHARMACY TECH OR STAIR PROCESSING WILL BE OFFERED IN THE SPRING. BUT TO REITERATE WHAT TRICIA SAYING, THE TEACHERS HAVE EQUIPMENT IN THE BUILDING THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY AT HOME HAVE AT HOME, THAT IF THEY COULD BE TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY COULD BE DOING DEMONSTRATIONS, THAT THE STUDENTS COULD BE WATCHING.
AND, YEAH, DEFINITELY WE HAVE CLASSES THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO MOVE ON TO GETTING THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS OR THINGS, THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE SKILLS AND THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PHYSICALLY COMING BACK.
YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS WILL NOT HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR.
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE HANDLING THESE THINGS DIFFERENTLY, SO THAT'S IMPACTING THEM RIGHT NOW.
REEF AND ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEND SOME KIDS HOME TO STUDENTS IN COSMETOLOGY MANNEQUIN HEADS AND SMALL KIDS HAVE GONE HOME TO THE COSMETOLOGY STUDENTS, WHICH I'M SORRY, TV PRODUCTION SAID HOME VIDEO CAMERAS TO ADVANCE STUDENTS.
RIGHT. AND THE ONE PROBLEM WE REALLY HAD WAS WITH OUR CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM IN ORDER TO RUN SOME OF OUR SOFTWARE LIKE ADOBE AND AUTO, AUTODESK AUTO AND ADOBE, AUTODESK.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE PLATFORM AND THE COMPUTING, I GUESS, CLOUD COMPUTING.
SPACE THAT WE NEEDED AND IT WAS GOING TO COST FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SIX MONTHS FOR US TO RUN THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
TECHNICAL DRAWING TEACHER HAS BEEN UTILIZING A LESSER PROGRAM TO HELP.
MEET THE COMPETENCIES OUR VIDEO AND TV MEDIA TEACHERS HAVE GONE TO SENDING OUT E LAPTOP COMPUTERS THAT HAVE THE ADOBE SOFTWARE ON IT AND HAVE A SIGN THAT THE CAMERA'S OUT. SO WE'RE LUCKY IN THAT THEY FOUND A WAY TO GO TO.
KIND OF GROUP STUDENTS AND MOVE EQUIPMENT AROUND WITH IT.
SEAN BELL IS ON HERE FROM THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT, AND I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE SHE COULD GIVE MAYBE A REFLECTION OF HOW IT'S GOING IN THE BUSINESS.
HI, EVERYONE. WELL, OF COURSE, I TEACH EPF AS WELL AS ADVANCED ACCOUNTING, WHICH IS MY FIRST PERIOD CLASS.
AND SO, OF COURSE I DON'T NEED EQUIPMENT, I DON'T HAVE A HANDS ON COURSE, BUT DEFINITELY FOR ADVANCED ACCOUNTING, MY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH HAVING AN ONLINE TEXTBOOK AND COMPLETING ACCOUNTING JOURNALS AND POSTING.
IT'S A LOT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
PLUS, YOU KNOW, KEEP ON A ZONE CALL ON THIS SCREEN.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN GREAT AT TRYING TO WORK IT OUT.
I THINK WE HAVE BEEN SETTLING WE DO HAVE A CHANCE TO SIT THROUGH OUR SEAL LESSONS IN THE MORNING TO REALLY HAVE THEM TALK ABOUT THEIR CHALLENGES AND WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND THAT'S BEEN GREAT FOR HAVING STUDENTS REALLY KIND OF TALK ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS AND GIVE THEM SOME TOOLS TO WORK WITH.
SO I THINK THE KEY LESSONS HAVE BEEN GREAT IN GIVING STUDENTS THAT SUPPORT FROM TEACHERS AND GIVING THEM OTHER AVENUES AS WELL.
BUT IT HAS BEEN A LEARNING PROCESS, I THINK, FOR US AS WELL AS STUDENTS.
OUR BIGGEST ISSUE, I WOULD SAY, AS TEACHERS IS JUST HAVING A GOOD INTERNET CONNECTION.
SOMETIMES STUDENTS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO TURN THEIR CAMERAS ON.
LINDSAY COOPER IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY ADVANCED ACCOUNTING STUDENTS AND SHE HAS BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES, WHICH IS WHY HER CAMERA IS NOT ON.
BUT WHEN THEY TURN ON CAMERAS, SOMETIMES THEY JUST CAN'T STAY IN THE CLASS BECAUSE THE CONNECTION IS NO LONGER STABLE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE BEEN HAVING AND JUST TRYING TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH STUDENTS AND ALLOW THEM TO WORK THROUGH THEIR CHALLENGES, BUT TO TRY TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED. SO WE'RE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY.
SO IT'S A BETTER DAY. SO THE STUDENTS ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
THEY'RE VERY RESILIENT AND WE'RE ALL LEARNING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
SO I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO NOW YOU JUST FINISHED THE PRETESTING FOR THE WISE TEST IN EPF, AND COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TESTING? BECAUSE AMY AND JESSICA ARE HERE.
SO FOR YOUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE IEPS, FIVE OR FOURS OR STUDENTS, HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS? YES. SO WE ONCE WE HAVE THE IEPS, WHICH OF COURSE WE CAN SEE FROM OUR WE CAN SEE FROM THE ROSTER WHO HAS AN IEP, A VIABLE FORCE.
ONCE WE HAVE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO GO INTO THE WHYS TEST SYSTEM BEFORE WE
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START THE TEST FOR ANY STUDENT AND GIVE THEM THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF EXTRA TIME VIDEO OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, BECAUSE WE ARE ADMINISTERING THE TESTS LIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO START IT AND MONITOR IT.IF THEY DO DROP OFF THE TEST BECAUSE OF AN INTERNET CONNECTION, THEY CAN COME BACK ON.
THEY DON'T LOSE ANY QUESTIONS IF THEY'VE ANSWERED.
SO THE ONLY I WOULD SAY THE ONLY CHALLENGE FOR THE STUDENTS NOW WITH THE WISE TESTS IS NOT HAVING SOMEONE PHYSICALLY THERE IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS DURING THE TEST.
BUT WE ARE NOW DOING IT THROUGH ZONE SO THEY ARE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS IF THEY DO SO.
AGAIN, TECHNOLOGY IS THE ONLY CONCERN HERE, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED OTHERWISE.
WE'VE HAD EXCELLENT AT LEAST I'VE HAD EXCELLENT PARTICIPATION FROM MY STUDENTS IN THE PRETEST. AND I DID SEND YOU AN EMAIL TRASHER ABOUT SENIORS.
SOME SENIORS DID NOT TAKE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING TOLD THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
BUT I'M STILL ASKING THEM TO TAKE IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
AND TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION, WE MADE A DECISION LAST SPRING AND THEN IN THE SUMMER THAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS TO TAKE THE TEST BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT CREDENTIAL TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL LITERACY CREDENTIAL. AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE IT, WE WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT IF THEY WOULD TAKE IT. SO, OK.
WE ARE GETTING VERY SHORT ON TIME, AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST SHARE.
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MY SCREEN AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THIS RIGHT TO SEE MAD MEN.OK, SO KELLY DAVIS IS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT T.C.
AND MICHAEL BIRCH IS THE ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE AND BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE NEW STAFF, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND TECH ED E.M.S.
MARKETING INTRO TO HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE, AUTO TECH AND EPRDF.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAD A TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACHER WHO WAS TEACHING IN THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AND WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT OUT TO TEACH THREE SECTIONS OF INTRO TO ENGINEERING AT MANY HOWARD.
REEF, ONE, WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT ENROLLMENT, OUR ENROLLMENT IS ALIVE AND WELL, AND I CAN GET YOU SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS IF YOU'D LIKE, BECAUSE.
THE FOUR BY FOUR, ACTUALLY, I THINK THE TEACHERS WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT FOUR BY FOUR, BUT I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO LIKE IT.
NEW COURSES, AEROSPACE, TOO, AND THEN ALL OF THE COURSES WITHIN THE HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES ACADEMY.
MICKEY, DID I GET ALL OF THEM? SOME OF THOSE CLASSES WERE EXISTING BEFORE THE HEALTH ACADEMY.
THE MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY WERE ALREADY THERE.
SO. THIS IS WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW YOU, IF YOU CAN HANG ON FOR JUST A MOMENT.
OUR ENROLLMENT IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN NINETEEN SIX THOUSAND FIFTY EIGHT LAST YEAR, SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT.
WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES INCREASED EVEN WITH COVID AND HAVING THINGS VIRTUAL FOR MARCH ON. YOU CAN SEE WE TOOK A HIT A LITTLE BIT IN THE INTERNSHIP AREA, BUT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS DID MORE SERVICE LEARNING AND JOB SHADOWING VIRTUALLY.
AND OUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCES OBVIOUSLY WENT DOWN BECAUSE STUDENTS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO OUT INTO THE MEDICAL WORLD.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WITH OUR COMPLETERS, WE DID GO DOWN IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLETERS THIS PAST YEAR, TWO HUNDRED NINETY FIVE, AS OPPOSED TO THE 18, 19 YEAR OF THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN.
THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
AND I'LL JUST GIVE ONE OF THEM COULD BE THAT THIS IS ONLY REPORTED IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
THE SENIORS COULD HAVE COMPLETED MORE THAN ONCE, BUT ONLY THEY CAN ONLY COMPLETE IN OUR REPORT ONE TIME.
SO WHEN WE LOOK ON PAPER, WE HAVE WAY MORE COMPLETERS, BUT IT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED.
SO WE COULD HAVE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM GOING TO LOOK AT THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING IS BUSINESS FINANCE.
WE HAD THIRTY TWO AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD NONE.
AND THAT SEEMS A LITTLE INTERESTING TO ME AND MAYBE YOU THAT SHOULD BE OFF.
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YEAH, I'M THINKING THAT SOMETHING WAS MISSED, IT WASN'T PULLED.YEAH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I AM GOING TO CHECK INTO THAT WAS A BIG THING AS I WAS GOING THROUGH, BUT YOU COULD SEE IF WE HAD LET'S SAY WE HAD 30 IN THERE, ADDED 30 THERE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER THAT NUMBER OF COMPLETERS.
LET YOU KNOW THAT THE HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE DO HAVE A NEW TWENTY TWENTY FIVE STRATEGIC PLAN.
ZETI IS INVOLVED IN IT WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IED AND WITH WORK WORK-BASED LEARNING.
YES, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I SENT OUT IN JUNE, EARLIER THIS SUMMER, BUT AS TRICIA MENTIONED, SHE'S GOING TO HAVE THE LINK THERE FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED ON PAGE 17, AS TRICIA TALKED ABOUT, FOR WORK-BASED LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH ISD.
AND SO THE LAST THING HERE IS JUST A DECISION ON THE NEXT MEETING, LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM EVERYONE.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CALENDAR OR IN OUR SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW IS FROM JANUARY 19TH, CORRECT? NO, RIGHT NOW, IT'S SET FOR JANUARY 12.
OK, YES, AND I HAVE A MANDATORY STATE MEETING AND IT'S ON A TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, SO THE 12TH AND 13TH, I BELIEVE IT IS.
AND SINCE IT IS, WE STATE MANDATED, I CANNOT GET OUT OF THAT.
AND I'M HOPING THAT PERHAPS JANUARY 19TH OR THE TWENTY SIXTH WOULD WORK FOR PEOPLE.
THE 19TH IS AFTER THE HOLIDAY, THAT LONG WEEKEND, AND SO WE WEREN'T SURE IF THE 19TH WOULD WORK FOR EVERYONE, BUT ALSO THE 19TH IS JUST BEFORE INAUGURATION DAY.
SO THAT DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO, SOMEONE COULD BE IN DIFFERENT MOODS FOR INAUGURATION DAY AND MAY BE INVOLVED IN STUFF.
SO ACTUALLY, I WOULD THINK THE TRUSTEE I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THE TWENTY SIX WOULD BE BETTER SINCE THAT OTHER WEEK.
IT'S GOT A BUNCH OF THINGS IN IT.
WE CALL THAT INAUGURATION DAY NUMBER TWO.
YEAH. TWENTY SIX WORDS FOR ME.
OK, SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT THEN TO THE TWENTY SIXTH AND SEND THAT OUT. AT THIS AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS BY ANY OF OUR MEMBERS?
[Announcements by Members]
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO TALK THROUGHOUT.BUT IS THERE IS THERE ANYTHING ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADD? YEAH, SO JUST REAL QUICKLY, CIRCLING BACK TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MASTER PLAN THAT'S BEING FINALIZED.
THERE ARE SECTIONS IN THERE THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING IADB CONNECTIONS.
SO I KNOW THE COORDINATOR IS GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO YOU, TRICIA, ABOUT THAT.
ALSO, IN THE OTHER RELATED STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
PART OF IT DEALS WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ROUTE BETWEEN YOUTH AND ADULTS SO THAT THEY'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU ABOUT THAT AND SEEING ABOUT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CTE AND IEB FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION, IN CASE ANYONE ON HERE IS NOT FAMILIAR, THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS CONSIDERING A NAME CHANGE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE RECEIVED A PETITION, WHICH IS A POLICY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN GET ONE HUNDRED SIGNATURES BY CITY RESIDENTS TO PETITION FOR A NAME CHANGE.
AND SO WE RECEIVED THAT IN JUNE.
AND AND IT WAS THE RATIONALE IS BECAUSE OF T.C.
WILLIAMS, WHO WAS THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT WHO SUPPORTED THE SEGREGATION OF OUR SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING A SERIES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK THEM OUT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.
IT'S BEEN CALLED THE IDENTITY PROJECT.
WE ALSO HAVE A PETITION TO CHANGE THE NAME OF MATTHEW MURRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN LEARN ALL ABOUT THAT.
BUT I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN OR REVIEW THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS. THEY'VE BEEN THE VIDEOS HAVE BEEN POSTED.
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AND IN PARTICULAR, WE DID A SERIES WITH THE PROFESSOR FROM GEORGETOWN NAMED DOUG REED, WHO WROTE A BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ALEXANDRIA.AND SO HE REALLY GOES THROUGH SOME OF THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY INTERESTING.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE A LISTEN, IF YOU CAN.
AND WE'RE JUST WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE VOTING AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, WHETHER OR NOT TO CHANGE THE NAME YES OR NO, AND THEN WE WILL BE IF THE VOTE IS A YES, THEN WE WOULD BE DETERMINING THE NEW NAME SOMETIME IN THE SPRING.
THANK YOU. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? DID YOU HAVE ANY LAST MINUTE COMMENTS OR ANYTHING? OK, SO I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT FIVE OR EIGHT PM.
ALL RIGHT, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
GREAT WORK. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.