Student Career Readiness: Foundations for School Leaders Tentative

This course is designed to help school and district leaders understand and implement career-connected strategies in their school systems related to career readiness for all students. Specifically, this course will help K-12 school and district leaders better understand the implications of workforce trends for education, learn how to implement the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards and meet the Future Ready PA Index Career Readiness Indicators, strengthen employer and community partnerships to support career education, increase communication and collaboration with career and technical education administrators, and examine strategies and best practices in career-connected learning. Note: This course does not focus solely on career and technical education, rather career readiness for ALL students. 

•   Course alignment with the PA Academic Standards; Resiliency framework (if social-emotional content) or alignment with other applicable standards 
This module addresses Core Standards I, II, and III, and Corollary Standards I, II, III, and VI. 
Core Standards 
I. Knowledge and skills to think and plan strategically creating an organizational vision around personalized student success. 
II. An understanding of standards-based systems theory and design and the ability to transfer that knowledge to the leader’s job as an architect of standards based reform in the school. 
III. The ability to access and use appropriate data to inform decision-making at all levels of the system. 
Corollary Standards 
I. Creating a culture of teaching and learning with an emphasis on learning. 
II. Managing resources for effective results. 
III. Collaborating, communicating, engaging and empowering others inside and outside the organization to pursue excellence in learning. 
IV. Operating in a fair and equitable manner with personal and professional integrity. 
V. Advocating for children and public education in the larger political, social, economic, legal and cultural context. 
VI. Supporting professional growth of self and others through practice and inquiry.