Title

K12 Career Pathway Experiences

Status
Status:
In Progress
Start Term
Start Term:
Fall 2024
End Term
End Term:
Spring 2025
Project Leads
Project Sponsor:
Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Technology, Vice President of Human Resources
Project Purpose

Project Purpose

This project aims to increase matriculation of K12 students by providing an array of experiences connected to M State career pathways and targeted to historically underserved populations. Historically, K12 concurrent programming has served students who are not likely to attend M State. The purpose of this project is to:

  • Design systems to connect K12 students to M State career pathways before they graduate, with an emphasis on students underrepresented in current K12 programming.
  • Expand opportunities for underrepresented students (who may not be eligible for credit-based K12 programming) to explore careers by offering experiences aligned with pathways.
Deliverables

Deliverables

Outcomes:

  • Increase diversity in students served through K12 programming.
  • Increased matriculation of students from K12 programming to M State programs, disaggregated by demographic data.

Deliverables:

  • Outline expectations for school districts to participate in a pilot group.
  • Recommend a target number of school districts to participate. 
  • Development of data reports shared with target districts based on public SLEDS data, M State data, and national data.
  • Data collection plan to gather student demographic data including race/ethnicity, low-income, first generation, English-learners, and disability status. 
  • Plan for intentional and ongoing connections for dual credit students to develop an academic plan to reach career goals. 
  • Define roles and responsibilities for M State employees in those intentional and ongoing connections.
  • Development and expansion of CTE pathways for students historically underserved by dual credit programming. 
Project Scope

Project Scope

In Scope

Increasing diversity (first-gen, low-income, race/ethn) in all dual credit programming, expanding district partnerships as capacity allows, modality of delivery, professional development for high school counselors.

Out of Scope

Camps will not be a focus.

Constraints

Sec. 124D.09 MN Statutes Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act, budget.

Effectiveness Measures

Effectiveness Measures

Key Performance Indicators/Metrics

Diversity of students served through K12 programming, matriculation.