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welcome to the graduation Pathways overview presentation my name is Greg McDaniel and I'm an assistant principal here as uchs and I'm Kathy Petain and I am the College and Career transition coordinator and counseling department chair the gold is present a the rides with a detailed overview of Indiana's new graduation requirements so you can better plan your child for your plan for graduation the State Board of Education change the requirements to earn a high school diploma in December of 2017 the goal of this change was make sure every student and Indiana graduated high school prepared to either continue their education or two into the workforce collectively these requirements are called graduation pathways the shift to graduation Pathways begin the class of 2018 as some schools piloted the new requirements for students in the class of 2019 20/20 2021 and 2022 schools were given the option to implement graduation Pathways continue with the current graduation requirements or use a combination of both zchs chose to offer both options but starting with the class of 2023 the state requires all students to meet the graduation Pathways to earn their diploma previously students were required to earn a number of high school credits and to pass the 10th grade ISTEP exam in order to earn a diploma the graduation Pathways still requires a minimum number of high school credits students are no longer required to pass out instead students must demonstrate job-related skills and the Readiness to continue their education After High School this slide provides an overview of these three requirements students must take courses that are in them a diploma students must demonstrate employability skills in one of three ways and students must demonstrate postsecondary Readiness company in season 1 of 7 Ways it is these multiple options that give graduation Pathways its name different students may meet Mission requirements by pursuing different pathways first requirement students must meet to graduate is to earn a high school diploma the types of diploma students may earn has not changed students make my core 40 diploma and academic honors diploma a Technical Honors diploma or general diploma the second requirement students must meet graduate is to demonstrate and play Melody skills the state allows schools to offer three options to demonstrate the skills project-based learning service-based learning or work-based learning zchs recognizes the value in all three of these approaches we utilize project-based learning in several of our courses are students frequently engage in community service opportunities and we offer coursework centered on work-based learning but to help students meet the graduation Pathways requirements cchs students will complete a project-based learning experience as a part of their regular coursework the third requirement students must meet to graduate is to demonstrate post-secondary ready competencies are currently 7 options available to demonstrate the skills students may earn an academic or Technical Honors diploma students may meet specific benchmarks on the AC TRS-80 students may take 3 AP dual credit courses students may meet score benchmarks on ASVAB the armed services vocational aptitude battery students may earn specific state or industry workplace credentials or students may take a series of specific Career and Technical courses we will detail each of these options later in this presentation here's an example of how a student may meet the graduation Pathways this student met the coursework requirements by turning at academic Master Plumber they completed the employability skills requirement by completing a project and biology and documenting their experiences and they met the post-secondary requirements by scoring high enough on the SAT here's another example this dude earned a general diploma they completed a project in US history and they took business courses in order to become a Career and Technical concentrator let's look at these requirement graduation ways a little bit more detail if you downloaded the graduation Pathways planning document you can follow along and begin considering which pathway your child may follow the first graduation pathway requirement earn a diploma sometimes people say earned a diploma to mean a student graduated from high school this is not been accurate for several years and it is not accurate under Pathways earning a diploma is one component of meeting graduation requirements the other components still peanut parents are encouraged to familiarize themselves with a diploma requirements zchs counselors can help answer any questions you may have the second graduation pathway requirement is to demonstrate employability skills it is our goal at cchs to maximize each students opportunity to meet graduation requirements while providing meaningful learning experiences to meet this goal zchs will incorporate project-based learning into two courses biology and US history u.s. History AP because all students must take these courses in order to earn a diploma all students will have the opportunity to meet the employability skills requirement the third graduation pathway requirement is to demonstrate secondary Readiness students may meet this requirement in one of seven ways one of these ways to earn an academic honors diploma or Technical Honors diploma approximately 65% of these thst typically earn one of these two diplomas and so most of our students could meet graduation requirements using this pathway students May demonstrate postsecondary Readiness by meeting benchmarks on the act or sat currently the ACT benchmarks are Tina in English or 22 and reading and 22 in math or 23 and science students must meet benchmarks in English are reading and math or science currently the SAT Benchmark is 480 in Reading Writing and 5:30 in math students must meet benchmarks in both reading and math this slide shows act and sat averages for zchs the average SAT and SAT scores earned by zchs students exceed the required graduation Pathways benchmark well over half of zchs students can meet graduation requirements using this pathway students May demonstrate postsecondary Readiness by successfully completing three AP or dual credit courses AP and dual credit courses may be used interchangeably that is a student may take two AP courses and one dual credit course or 1 AP course into dual credit courses it is important to note that this work Emma is based on courses not credits earned some courses run one semester and earn one credit some courses run two semesters and earn to credit but for graduation Pathways both the one credit course and the two credit first have equal weight of one course this slide shows current vchs AP and dual credit courses offered to students like all of our courses student enrollment determine whether we teach these courses any given year students May demonstrate postsecondary Readiness by earning a qualifying score on ASVAB the armed services vocational aptitude battery zchs will offer the ASVAB twice a year starting in the 2122 school year since my demonstrate postsecondary Readiness by earning a state or industry certification students must attend the J Everett light career center to earn the certification currently these courses can we to Industry certification students May demonstrate postsecondary Readiness by becoming a Career and Technical concentrator to become a Career and Technical concentrator students must earn a c average and two courses identify the Indiana Department of Education as Career and Technical Advanced courses this table shows the courses offered at both zchs and J Everett light career center that may lead a student to become a Career and Technical concentrator please note that some of the courses require specific prerequisite courses at j e l typically become available to students during their junior year thank you for reviewing graduation Pathways with us if you have space questions please contact Greg McDaniel assistant principal or Kathy Petain College and Career transition coordinator

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