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SACRAMENTO – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has unveiled his Career Readiness Initiative, designed to help lower dropout rates and provide graduates with the career readiness skills needed to pursue further education and training, be prepared to enter the workforce, and help the state rebound from its economic recession.
The multi-faceted initiative is aimed at integrating career technical education (CTE) into today's high school curriculum and helping link students with California business and industry.
“The ongoing budget crisis and an 18 percent dropout rate mean we have to take action to help our students—and our state's economy,” Torlakson said. “Career technical education is a proven way to ensure more of our students, especially those who are deemed 'at risk,' succeed after high school.”
The initiative puts into action recommendations contained in Torlakson's A Blueprint for Great Schools, released last year.
The blueprint described the need to increase the personalization of instruction and engagement of students through career-themed Linked Learning pathways.
Linked Learning blends rigorous academic instruction, high quality CTE courses, work-based learning experiences, and support services to help students succeed.
The initiative includes strategies for increasing the number of career academies within high schools, re-crafting high school curriculum to include career readiness components, and showcasing best practices that meld CTE and academic course work.
A recent report Profile of the California Partnership Academies 2009-2010 (Outside Source) found that 95 percent of seniors participating in California Partnership Academies (CPA) – career academies supported by local business-education partnerships – go on to graduate, compared with 85 percent of their peers.
The report also found that African American and Hispanic students graduated at significantly higher rates from CPAs than from the general high school population. Among Latino seniors, the CPA graduation rate was 94 percent, the statewide rate 80 percent; among African American seniors the CPA graduation rate was 92 percent, compared with the statewide rate of 76 percent.
These statistics are even more impressive considering that state law requires each academy to enroll no less than 50 percent at-risk students.
About 57 percent of these students graduate completing the University of California a-g college preparatory course work required for admittance to our state's four-year universities, compared with 35 percent of graduates statewide. About 88 percent plan to attend two- and four-year college after graduation.
“Our CTE programs are tried and proven, and it just makes sense to build on these successes,” said Torlakson, who plans to showcase successful schools and support policies to expand these approaches. “We need to do everything we can to help our students achieve career and college success, and help us return California to its rightful place as an economic powerhouse and global leader.”
To learn more about the Career Readiness Initiative, visit www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/cr/index.asp.
For more information on Torlakson's A Blueprint for Great Schools, visit www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/bp/index.asp.
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The Arthritis Foundation Summer Science Internship Program places outstanding high school and college students in the world renowned rheumatology and immunology laboratories at Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco.
Since its inception in 1982, this program has provided more than 200 aspiring scientists the opportunity to work alongside cutting edge arthritis researchers.
Through this internship students receive hands-on experience in the fields of rheumatology and immunology, with a focus on arthritis and related autoimmune diseases.
Interns participate in either basic laboratory (bench) research or clinical translational/epidemiological (patient outcomes oriented) research.
This exceptional internship program is designed to encourage these gifted young students to pursue a career in scientific study and research with an ultimate goal of inspiring them to focus their research potential on arthritis and related autoimmune diseases.
Many graduates of the Summer Science Internship Program have gone on to pursue successful careers in the fields of medicine and/or scientific research.
This eight-week long internship – June 11 to Aug. 3 – is open to high school juniors and seniors as well as first and second year college undergraduates.
Laboratory placements are available at the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University.
High school students will receive $1,500 stipend if accepted into the program.
Deadline to apply is February 24.
Learn more and apply at www.summerscienceinternship.kintera.org.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Students are encouraged to apply for a four-week residential program for talented and motivated students completing grades eight through 11.
Tammy Serpa, program specialist for the College Going Initiative, has been visiting schools throughout the county to inform students of this exciting summer opportunity.
The COSMOS program allows students to reside on one of four University of California campuses while they explore advanced topics in science, technology, engineering and math through hands-on and lab intensive curriculum.
Each of the four UC campuses can only accommodate approximately 160 participants so selection is competitive.
Last summer five students from Lake County were accepted into the program.
A typical student has at least a 3.5 GPA and will need the recommendation of a math and science teacher.
Applications are due prior to March 1.
For more information visit the COSMOS Web site at http://ucop.edu/cosmos, or contact Tammy Serpa at
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UKIAH, Calif. – The Mendocino-Lake Community College District Board of Trustees will hold a workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 15.
The workshop will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Board Room 1060 in MacMillan Hall on the main campus, 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah.
Items on the agenda are as follows:
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9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.: Semi-annual review of trustee goals and objectives.
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10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Annual review of board responsibilities.
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11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Integrated planning timeline.
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11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Lunch break.
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12:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Student Success Task Force Report – discussion with college staff regarding implementation of recommendations.
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2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Future agenda items.
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2:30 p.m.-3 p.m.: Closed session for public employment discussion regarding Superintendent/President Kathy Lehner.
The agenda packet and supporting materials can be viewed in the President’s Office, Room 1070, Mendocino College, 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah, or at www.mendocino.edu/tc/pg/1268/board_of_trustees_agendas.html.
Persons with disabilities needing assistance should notify the Superintendent/President's Office at
707-468-3071 no later than 24 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. Meetings are held in locations which are wheelchair accessible.