RCU Annual Report 2011-2012

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Annual Report Mississippi Department of Education Research and Curriculum Unit 2011-2012

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Message from the Director

INTROduction

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What’s

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highlights & Achievements

Curricula

assessment

technology update PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CENTER Pathways to success

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special projects community outreach & SERVICE accomplishments & professional service public relations & communications presentations

Message from the Director Dear Colleagues:

The 2011-2012 school year saw new initiatives implemented in Mississippi and significant accomplishments for the RCU. We have a number of notable annual achievements detailed in this report, a snapshot of the work that our dedicated staff have completed in support of the MDE’s mission.

You will see the results of their motivation to provide excellent education for all students in Mississippi as well as their beyond-the-call willingness to assist individual teachers, counselors, school leaders and state-agency staff in their efforts to improve education in our state.

While the typical message from the director would reflect on these accomplishments, I would like to take this opportunity to look forward. The next two years are full of unknowns. A tsunami of change is moving across the educational landscape, and that wave is due to hit full force in 2014-2015. Fueling the wave are major initiatives: • The Common Core State Standards national assessment • New statewide teacher and principal evaluations • Anticipated changes in the state accountability model • New CTE standards based on the CCSS • National certifications for CTE students • Teacher evaluations tied to student growth for ALL teachers • Development of models to measure student growth for almost 70% of our teachers in non-CCSS-tested areas • School ratings of A-F • New high school models: career academies, Excellence for All and Mississippi Works There might seem, at first glance, a divide between state-agency leaders, policy makers, advocacy groups, consultants and university researchers who are watching the tidal wave approach from above and the teachers who must walk into the classroom each day and stay focused on the task at hand – teaching our children while still adapting to the forthcoming changes. In truth, these groups are not so different: Everyone is passionate about improving education, everyone cares, and everyone wants children to succeed.

We at the RCU must connect the two views. We must read, collect and analyze data; ask challenging questions; understand policy and best practices; and think critically about our work and creatively about future opportunities, but we must also find ways to influence and support the day-to-day activities of teachers. We must translate knowledge into methods that help teachers and school leaders improve practices so that ALL students are college and career ready.

As you read this report, I hope that you see vividly our commitment to improving educational policy and to helping the individual teachers and students in the classroom. No matter the view, we are dedicated to supporting Mississippi’s educational landscape in order to promote our state’s future.

Best regards,

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Introduction

The Research and Curriculum Unit was formally established in 1965 to foster educational enhancements and innovations. Formerly a division of the Mississippi State University College of Education, the RCU became a research center in 1999 under the Office of Research and Economic Development.

In keeping with the land-grant mission of MSU, the RCU is dedicated to improving the quality of life for Mississippians. The RCU enhances intellectual and professional development of Mississippi students and educators, while applying knowledge and educational research to enrich the lives of the people of Mississippi. The RCU’s services and expertise include curriculum development and revision, research, assessment, professional development and training.

For more information about the RCU, please visit www.rcu.msstate.edu/.

VISION

The RCU’s vision is an innovative, equitable and sustainable economy for Mississippi.

MISSION

The RCU is dedicated to preparing a resilient and self-sufficient workforce through service, learning and research.

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HIGHLIGHTS ACHIEVEMENTS

A total of 33 new curricula were developed and written by RCU instructional design specialists with the support of the Mississippi Department of Education and the Mississippi Community College Board. All of the secondary and postsecondary curricula were successfully approved and adopted by the MDE and the MCCB. In addition, all Mississippi schools and community colleges have implemented the updated Pathways to Success curriculum.

More than 18,498 secondary and postsecondary students were successfully tested with MS-CPAS2 technology by the RCU’s Mississippi Assessment Center.

The RCU’s Business Applications Solutions and MAC teams collaborated to create a new Web-based data-portal system that provides MDE and MCCB representatives immediate access to articulation and raw data, which includes statewide test results and reports. The team delivered an electronic system that gives educators access to student data within 14 days.

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CURRICULA

23%

increase

Achieve shines national spotlight on Rcu

Mississippi is setting an example in education, and it’s one that other states should imitate, according to Achieve, Inc. The national education reform organization recently cited the Research and Curriculum Unit’s work with the Mississippi Department of Education as a partnership that models what other states should mimic in training career and technical education teachers to incorporate English, language arts and mathematics Common Core State Standards into their curricula.

Achieve, which helped develop the CCSS, recently released its report, “Common Core State Standards & Career and Technical Education: Bridging the Divide between College and Career Readiness,” available at www.achieve.org.

The document cited the RCU and the MDE as “exemplary” in their efforts to modernize or develop instructional resources for teachers. By setting the standard in connecting CTE with CCSS, the RCU and MDE collaborative is part of a national initiative to help more students graduate from high school ready for college and career, the report stated.

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research- & standards-based

curricula

A high-quality curriculum is at the core of every great class. The driving force behind career and technical education is to provide students with the skills to obtain high-wage, high-demand and highskill careers. The RCU strives to create course content that combines academic rigor with real-world relevancy in order to empower all students to be successful citizens, employees and leaders in a global economy. Working with practitioners, our nationally recognized, experienced and highly qualified team of experts write the CTE curricula for numerous career fields that are utilized by high schools and community college programs throughout the state. A major goal is to increase students’ interests and abilities. CTE adds relevance to students’ high school experiences, motivating them to explore career and educational options and helping them connect their course work to their future success.

163

teachers participated in writing curricula

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A TOTAL OF

24

new curricula

written impacted

650

classes across the state.

A TOTAL OF

11

new curricula

written impacted

603

classes across the state.

Postsecondary Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources: Architecture & Construction:

3

2

Arts, A/V Technology & Communications: Health:

6

2

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security: Manufacturing:

3

1

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics: Transportation, Distribution & Logistics:

5

2

Secondary Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources: Architecture & Construction:

4

1

Business Management and Administration: Finance:

1

Information Technology: Manufacturing:

3

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ASSESSMENT by

the numbers

The Mississippi Assessment Center brings together faculty and staff with demonstrated experience in researching, developing and disseminating statewide career and technical assessments to participate in test alignment and validation reviews. Dedicated and professional staff, efficient timelines and valuable experience enable the MAC to deliver the required materials and services in the most timely and economic manner for the MDE and the MCCB. The MAC offers high-quality assessments and professional development aligned with the state curriculum.

• 18,498+ students were tested electronically — a 23 percent increase over the number of students tested last year • 59 postsecondary tests developed • 80 secondary tests developed • 198 assessments, including an estimated 3,000 MS-CPAS2 items delivered

18,498

STUDENTS TESTED

• 39 alignment, reliability and validity reviews • 105 teachers participated in alignment, reliability and validity reviews and facilitated test days.

• 44 students tested for emergency Subject Area Testing Programs for all districts • 467 teacher assessments administered for IC3® and Propulse®

23%

INCREASE from last year 8

TECHNOLOGY

UPDATE

by Heather Wainwright

New data portal: Efficient testing and accessible results promote better CTE programs for Mississippi students

According to Assessment Manager Sean Owen, “the [Mississippi Assessment Center] is working to transform MS-CPAS2 and its data into a catalyst for educators and administrators to make data-driven decisions” as they design and modify their programs to better serve Mississippi’s students. One of the primary instruments for this transformation has been the data portal hosted on the Research and Curriculum Unit’s website. Created, designed and managed by the Business Application Solutions group at the RCU, the data portal is a data-management system with a dynamic, user-friendly interface that provides centralized, customizable information; efficient testing and reporting; and consistent, timely results.

The data portal also has been tailored with specific features to maximize access to data. Specifically, unique district logins allow the system to tailor MS-CPAS2 reports for test coordinators statewide. Another enhancement grants the Mississippi Department of Education access not only to the reports but also to the articulation data and test results that inform the reports, as well as other data requests. The portal also houses a new testing-document library that both test coordinators and teachers can utilize for testing resources. Integrated with all of these tools are many behind-the-scenes changes that have streamlined and improved the testing process itself and have enabled the efficient reporting for which the data portal provides an interface. Perhaps the most exciting feature of the data portal is that it continues to evolve in order to better serve MDE and RCU stakeholders.

The RCU’s MAC regularly solicits feedback from users, and this input inspires additional improvements and enhancements to the data portal’s function and content.

Score reports available 75% faster

8 weeks 2 weeks THEN

NOW

The advent of the data portal has literally transformed MS-CPAS2 testing and reporting. Just a couple of years ago, the process was mostly manual, and districts might have had to wait two months for paper test results to be hand processed. The data portal has alleviated this bottleneck, making it possible to administer, score and analyze the tests and then post results within 14 days of the exam. Closing the reporting gap from two months to a maximum of 14 days means that teachers, administrators and districts can use that data to make needed improvements to their classes and

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programs quickly. “[The] results can be translated into useful modifications to instructional strategies that better serve the career and technical education students in Mississippi,” said Owen. More specifically, testing coordinators can easily provide teachers with results soon after the tests are scored.

In return, those teachers can align their own professional development with areas of their greatest need as well as modify their curricula and instructional methods to better address their students’ needs.

Now able to easily access longitudinal testing data, CTE directors, principals and school districts can strategize and implement relevant and prompt adjustments to better distribute their faculty and facility resources according to identified strengths and weaknesses. Teachers who excel can also be recognized, and those who need additional professional support can be guided to appropriate training.

By providing interactive, relevant tools, such as the online data portal, the RCU’s MAC strives to make data-informed CTE-program development an accessible and attainable achievement for all Mississippi school districts. The resulting synergy from this proactive, real-time response to testing data benefits the CTE students in the state, for as their programs evolve and improve, so, too, does their education and experience, ensuring they graduate college or career ready.

New website launches: Redesign enhances access to CTE resources statewide

The Research and Curriculum Unit’s website has undergone a major overhaul to better serve career and technical education stakeholders across Mississippi. Throughout the last 12 months, the RCU has morphed its entire website from what used to be a loosely joined set of multiple sites into a single, dynamic, user-friendly, all-inclusive online resource. The new design has successfully transformed the appearance, organization and content of the formerly disparate sites so that all of the comprehensive services, information and resources available from the RCU are easily recognizable, consistently accessible and readily navigated from one centralized website.

The updated site has a number of new features: • All of the site’s content is searchable.

• Additional security and customization is possible through district logins.

• New reporting and document-library features allow significantly easier access to data and information.

• To showcase the impact of CTE in the state, new content sections highlight both available services and success stories.

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The changes to the website are ongoing, as feedback from users, new projects and developments from the MDE and in CTE inspire regular updates, enhancements and expansion of the various components of the site. Additional features that will improve delivery of or access to information and resources are constantly being considered and planned for implementation.

Through a consistent, professional image; centralized access to all services and resources; and illustrations of educators’ and students’ successes, the website serves to promote CTE statewide, providing community outreach as well as program support. Foremost, if our educators have ready access to current, relevant information and resources to support their programs and their own professional development, then they serve the students in the state with the best possible array of tools at their disposal, and they are equipped to prepare career- and college-ready students.

For a more in-depth look at the updated RCU website, visit www.rcu.msstate.edu.

A quick look at the new RCU website

Assessment: cyber home to the Mississippi Assessment Center; links to facilitate MS-CPAS2 and teachercertification testing Curriculum: downloadable access to all secondary and postsecondary Pathways to Success and CTE curricula, blueprints, programs of study, pathway maps and other related documents Professional Development: online professional-development courses (my PLC); Blackboard support; information and registration for VIP/new-teacher induction and COOL trainings, national certifications and CTE administrator endorsement MDE: online updates and biannual CTE magazine from the Mississippi Department of Education; portal for Pathways to Success; information/registration for endorsement training, career academies and Excellence for All programs MCCB: updates from Mississippi Community College Board; information for Workforce Advantage program

Special Initiatives: information about unique opportunities available through the RCU, including the High Performance Leadership Institute Portal: central location to retrieve MS-CPAS2 testing data; downloadable resources for assessment, curriculum and Pathways to Success; submission of Help Desk tickets for technical support; and links to various education websites 11

PROFESSIONAL

LEARNING

CENTER

The Professional Learning Center helps educators perfect their craft of teaching. Using versatile teaching styles combined with the latest technological delivery methods, the PLC encourages educators to implement innovative teaching strategies to instruct an increasing population of diverse learners.

Professional-development seminars are based on a philosophy of continuous improvement measured through student performance that identifies areas where additional educator learning is necessary.

258%

OVERALL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CENTER INCREASE

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FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING: Number of face-to-face training participants completing sessions:

2,843

Continuing Education Units earned through face-to-face training:

1,512

times more

School Executive Management Institute credits earned through face-to-face training:

60

online/blended TRAINING: Number of educators who earned the Certificate of Online Learning:

626

CEUs earned through online training:

31,600

Students enrolled in Blackboard:

72% 131% 5 151% 440%

39,000

Courses accessed in Blackboard:

2,008

Teachers registered in Blackboard:

2,706

External sessions hosted in Blackboard:

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39,000

students

Number of online/blended participants completing sessions:

1,351

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Mississippi educators are putting students on pathways to successful futures by Kristen Dechert

To be college and career ready in the 21st century, Mississippi students will have to start thinking about their futures earlier than ever. Pathways to Success, a Mississippi Department of Education initiative supported by the Mississippi State University Research and Curriculum Unit, aims to get students considering their career goals and postsecondary plans in elementary and middle schools.

Built in the eighth grade and revised each year after, the individual career and academic plan, or iCAP, helps students tailor their course selection to their future educational and career goals. “The iCAP planning process is a roadmap to help students identify career choices and select the appropriate postsecondary option to help them reach their career goals,” said Jean Massey, associate superintendent of the MDE. To prepare for statewide implementation, the MDE hosted regional training meetings around the state. In the fall of 2011 and the spring of 2012, 22 training sessions were hosted with over 1,100 participants from 152 school districts attending. Over the course of two days, MDE and RCU personnel gave districts an overview of Pathways to Success, including the postsecondary planning options the program provides students and a number of resources to help districts begin implementing the program in their schools.

“We wanted [participants] to understand that there are options to get every single student graduated to a successful future,” said Marilyn Bowen, Professional Learning Center manager at the RCU. Massey agreed. “We have to make high school relevant to career choices.”

One key to demonstrating this relevance is by utilizing both career and technical education and academic classes to help students develop iCAPs and future plans.

Rather than using a checklist of specific classes needed to graduate or to be college bound, Pathways to Success makes course selection fit a student’s future goals. “Instead of just focusing on students getting their four English credits, four math, and so on, Pathways to Success gets counselors to say, ‘Let’s talk about what you want to do after high school, what postsecondary avenue you want to choose, and then work backwards to make sure the classes you take in high school help prepare you,’” said Betsey Smith, curriculum manager at the RCU. Using the 16 National Career Clusters, the MDE and the RCU developed specific pathways that fit Mississippi’s industry needs. Clusters range from Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources to 14

Pathways to success training 2011-2012

22 sessions

152 districts

1,100

participants

Marketing to Education and Training, with a variety of pathways in any given cluster.

Mississippi has one of the highest rates in the country of high school graduates going on to postsecondary programs, but only about three out of 10 complete these programs because too many are having to be remediated or have deficiencies, said Massey. “We have to break the cycle. We have to help students see the relevance of what they are learning to their future goals, so they retain more from high school and take classes that apply to those goals,” she added.

Pathways to Success helps students learn what they don’t want to do just as much as it helps them discover what they do want to do. “If in the eighth grade a student decides to build an iCAP focused on nursing but after taking a course in anatomy and physiology in high school is no longer interested in that field, the student can work with a counselor to update the iCAP to better fit his or her current interests,” said Massey.

One training attendee summed up the goal of Pathways to Success best: “Students need to be college and career ready, not just college bound.”

At the heart of Pathways to Success are Mississippi students, but the program also benefits the state.

While teachers and counselors are helping students take classes that meet their needs, they also are preparing students to meet the needs of Mississippi industry. Graduating better prepared students means they can enter the workforce or go on to postsecondary programs more equipped to take on challenges in their fields.

Bowen sees this initiative as a way to demonstrate to industries that Mississippi has a commitment to career preparation. “If an industry can see that students are being prepared as 21st-century learners, it may decide to locate here, bringing in jobs and revenue to the state,” she said.

Massey expects Pathways to Success to be fully implemented and running successfully within the next four years. “We will make plans and changes over the next few years as we watch the first group of eighth graders go through the initiative,” she said.

“Counselors, teachers, administrators, parents and students themselves form the coalition that can guide the choices students make to ensure a successful future,” said Lynn House, interim state superintendent for Mississippi. Using the whole-school approach, Pathways to Success will help each student graduate from high school with a plan of action for the future, and it will provide a knowledgeable and skilled workforce statewide.

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pathways to success

around the state

Petal High School

Brandon Middle School

event to inform students of the STEM clusters and

wanted students to quickly make the connection that

Petal High School hosted a three-day recruitment pathways the school offers and the requirements for each. All students rotated through eight CTE programs and spent about 15 minutes at each,

watching demonstrations, listening to presentations

and participating in activities. To help parents, the school held an evening meeting to distribute information about Pathways to Success and the different graduation options available to the students.

Following these career-exploration and information

sessions, Petal students created iCAPs. The CTE rotation was beneficial in helping students know what

programs interested them, said Counselor Colleen Morris. The event contributed to an 18% increase in

CTE enrollment overall and a 108% increase in 10th graders.

Clarke County Career and Technical Center

Teachers and counselors at Brandon Middle School what they choose to do in high school will affect their futures. This spring, they showed students typical salaries of various professions and typical monthly

breakdowns for household expenses. Teacher Mary Dunaway said they wanted to get students thinking about potential jobs before the discussion of Pathways to Success. After the students had an idea of jobs that

interested them, teachers and counselors explained

Pathways to Success. Because the school already has academies, the students were able to easily recognize

the clusters, said Dunaway. Brandon High School plans

to use these results to group students into homeroom classes by cluster. After identifying their clusters and

pathways, students delivered presentations to their classmates about their chosen careers and the type of education or certification required for them to succeed.

Following these presentations, students built their iCAPs and geared up for high school in the fall.

By examining student-interest surveys and community and industry needs, Clarke County CTC decided to revamp its CTE offerings as it ushered in Pathways to Success. CTE Director Mark Hudson found that students often

couldn’t take the CTE courses that interested them or that had seats available. He noticed that some programs were overflowing while others struggled to get enough students. To help the center best address the needs

of the students and the school, Hudson and his staff surveyed the students. Initially, the group only expected to replace one program, Business and Computer Technology, but through the surveys, they realized another program, Construction, had low student interest as well. Early Childhood Education and Culinary Arts fared well

in the student surveys and will help better distribute enrollment in all of the Clarke County CTE offerings, said Hudson. “A better alignment of student interest, community needs, academic courses and CTE-program offerings … will serve as a complete package to motivate our students to begin and complete the education or training [needed] to be successful in their chosen career field,” he added.

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SPECIAL

PROJECTS • Redesigned new-teacher induction formerly known as the Vocational Instructor Preparation program • Assisted with legislative reports regarding early college high schools, dual enrollment and alternative diploma options • Supported the 2011 postsecondary CTE summer conference • Facilitated focus groups for the Principal Evaluation System • Completed Year 2 of performance-based-assessment pilots • Conducted Pathways to Success training sessions throughout the state for 1,100 participants from all 152 school districts

vip redesigned

program

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COMMUNITY

OUTREACH

& SERVICE • Columbus Arts Council Guild • Columbus Lowndes Habitat for Humanity • Day One Leadership Community • East Central Community College Alumni Association • Exchange Club of Columbus • First United Methodist Church • Healthy Starkville Committee

• Henderson Ward Stewart Parent Teacher Organization Executive Board • Junior Auxiliary of Columbus • Junior Auxiliary of Starkville • Kiwanis Club of Starkville • Leadership Mississippi 2012 • Mississippi 4-H Horse Club • MSU Borderless Hosts, • Movin’ You to MSU (MVNU2MSU) • Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges • Service Dawgs • Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity • Starkville Parent Teacher Association • Starkville Soccer Association

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS & PROFESSIONAL SErViCE Melissa Davis, Ed.D., research associate III and assessment specialist, earned a doctoral degree in educational foundations from Mississippi State University and earned her Certification of Online Instruction.

Doug Ferguson, Ph.D., senior research associate and instructional design specialist, earned a doctoral degree in instructional systems and workforce development with a minor in community college leadership.

Diane Godwin, program manager, earned a Social Media for Trainers certificate from Training Live+Online.

Craig Jackson, media specialist, earned a Social Media for Trainers certificate from Training Live+Online.

Lemond Irvin, Ph.D. facilitated the G.E. Aviation 360-degree feedback with trust model and was invited to attend the National Association for Industry-specific Training Directors National Conference.

Julie Jordan, director, was appointed as a state representative to the governing board of the national Career Pathways Collaborative project, designing national assessments for CTE programs. She was invited to be a member of the education task force working for Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant’s office on education reform issues. She was the key stakeholder and co-author of “Effective Teachers and Performance Pay: A Recommendation for Mississippi’s Performance Compensation System.”

Scott Kolle, Ph.D., senior research associate and instructional design specialist, earned a doctoral degree from Mississippi State University in agricultural science with an emphasis in agricultural and extension education.

In addition, Kolle served as a member of the Career Pathways Collaborative and as a taskforce member for the General Education and General Agriculture Assessment areas.

Leanne Long, Ph.D., assistant research professor and professional learning project manager, was appointed president of Learning Forward Mississippi.

LeAnn Miller, instructional design specialist, is a member of the Mississippi Energy Workforce Consortium.

Emily Owen, research associate III and instructional design specialist, earned a master’s degree in instructional technology.

Sean Owen, Ph.D., associate research professor and assessment manager, became a member of the National Certification General CTE Assessment and the National Certification General Agriculture Assessment Advisory Committees. In addition, Owen served as a member of the Career Pathways Collaborative and served as a taskforce member for the General Education and General Agriculture Assessment areas.

Myra Pannell, research associate III and instructional design specialist, earned the ACTE Engineering and Technology Education Division 2011 Service Award and served as the ACTE Engineering and Technology Education Division secretary.

Ellen Shaw, research specialist, earned a Certification of Online Learning and her Assessment Certification Training Program coordinator license renewal from the National Center for Construction Education and Research.

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Public Relations and Communications: Promoting the Value of Career and Technical Education MDE promotion and information collateral for CTE Student organization promotional print collateral: 153 projects Pathways to Success promotional collateral: 80 projects Career Academies: 6 projects Audio and video podcasts: 4 projects MS ACTE Summer Conference: 126 projects Secondary and postsecondary curricula edited: 33 – an estimated 2,000 pages MS-CPAS2 item banks edited: 198 – an estimated 3,000 items

3,000

PAGES

ITEMS

Print Projects Print projects: 533 Number of pages of publications printed: 90,180

31%

Number of images produced for print orders: 3,087,485

Total number of projects: 1,133

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2,000 59%

INCREASE

75%

INCREASE

50%

PRESENTATIONS

State-Level Presentations Bowen, M. (2011, November). Pathways to success. Presented at Mississippi Rehabilitation Conference, Jackson, MS. Dechert, K. (2012, May). Broadening the RCU’s reach through conversation and community: A social media plan.

Internal RCU presentation.

Dechert, K. (2012, April). Writing policies and procedures. Presented at Greenwood Utilities, Greenwood, MS. Dechert, K. (2012, May). Writing policies and procedures. Presented at Greenwood Utilities, Greenwood, MS. Irvin, L. (2011, July). High performance work teams. Presented at G. E. Aviation, Batesville, MS. Irvin, L. (2011, September). Focus – Achieving your highest priorities. Presented at D & H Stores, Tupelo, MS. Irvin, L. (2012, June), Strategic problem solving. Presented at the High Performance Leadership Institute training for

Cohort IV schools, Starkville, MS. Irvin, L. (2012, January). High performance work teams. Presented at G. E. Aviation, Batesville, MS. Irvin, L (2012, April). High performance work teams. Presented at G. E. Aviation, Batesville, MS. Irvin, L. (2012, April). Introduction to leadership principles. Presented at City of Senatobia, MS. Irvin, L. (2012, May). Crucial conversations. Presented at the High Performance Leadership Institute training for Cohort III

schools, Starkville, MS. Jackson, C. (2011, July). Cyber bullying, cyber safety, and cyber citizenship. Presented at the Mississippi Postsecondary

Career and Technical Education Summer Conference, Pearl, MS. Jackson, C. (2012, February). Cyber bullying, cyber safety, and cyber citizenship. Presented at Mississippi Educational

Computing Association Conference, Pearl, MS. Jackson, C. (2012, March). How may I help you? Using free social media to create your support network. Presented at

the Mississippi Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Summer Conference, Jackson, MS. Jordan, J. (2012, February). Pathways to success. Presented at the Mississippi School Boards Association Annual

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Jordan, J. (2012, March). Pathways to success. Presented at the PREPS Annual Conference, Jackson, MS. Long, L., (April, 2012). Learning Forward’s teacher exchange [Online statewide webinar]. Learning Forward Mississippi.

Pannell, M. (2011, October). Time management and the 12 habits of highly effective people. Internal RCU presentation.

Sibley, D. (2011, September). The proposed business education cluster design. Presented at the Mississippi Business Education Association Fall Conference, Raymond, MS. Smith, B. (2012, May). Why ASCA? Presented at the Rankin County counselor workshop, Brandon, MS. Smith, B. (2012, March). Personal/social development: The school counselor’s role. Presented at the School

Counselor Regional Workshop, Flowood, MS. Smith, B. (2012, February). The new Mississippi school counselor curriculum: Leadership, collaboration, and

advocacy. Presented at the Mississippi College and Career Readiness Summit, Pearl, MS. Smith, B. (2011, September). Leadership, collaboration, and advocacy. Presented at the Mississippi Department of

Education 2011 Annual Dropout Prevention Conference, Jackson, MS. Smith, B. (2011, November). Pathways to success. Presented at the Mississippi Counseling Association Conference

meeting, Biloxi, MS.

250% INCREASE

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PRESENTATIONS NATIONAL Presentations

Irvin, L. (2011, November). Aligning agricultural welding courses with national certification standards.

Presented at the NAAE/ACTE Convention, Atlanta GA. Kolle, S., & Richardson, T. (2011, October). Mississippi online agriculture education. Presented at the National

FFA Conference, Indianapolis, IN. Kolle, S. (2011, November). Locked and loaded: Academic credit for agriculture programs. Presented at the

2011 National Association of Agricultural Educators Conference, St. Louis, MO. Kolle, S. (2011, November). Growing students through research-based instructional strategies used in

agricultural education. Presented at the 2011 National Association of Agricultural Educators

Conference, St. Louis, MO. Kolle, S. (2012, March). Growing students through research-based instructional strategies used in agricultural

education. Presented at the Gulf South Adult and Career Education Professional Development

Conference, Valdosta, GA. Owen, E. (2011, November). Technology: Your gateway to effective instruction in the health sciences.

Presented at the Association for Career and Technical Education Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo, St. Louis, MO. Owen, S. M. (November, 2011). Preparing teachers for the 21st century classroom through performance-

based technology assessment. Presented at the Association for Career and Technical Education

Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo, St. Louis, MO. Pannell, M., & Bowen, M. (2011, November). Pencils down! Statewide performance based assessment

with polymer science students. Presented at the Association for Career and Technical Education

Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo, St. Louis, MO. Pannell, M., & Parker, R. (2011, November). No money, no problem! Technology tools you can use. Presented

at the Association for Middle Level Education Conference, Louisville, KY. Sibley, D., & Davis, C. (2011, November). The career pathway experience: Closing the work-based learning

opportunity gap in a jobless economy. Presented at the Association for Career and Technical Education Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo, St. Louis, MO. Sibley, D., & Davis, C. (2011, November). Performance-based assessment in Mississippi: Get real with CTE

assessments. Presented at the Association for Career and Technical Education Annual Convention

and Career Tech Expo, St. Louis, MO. Smith, B., & Long, L. (2011, November). G.R.A.S.P. performance assessment in early childhood education.

Presented at the Association for Career and Technical Education Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo, St. Louis, MO.

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education about jobs

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