Making Academics and CTE a
Seamless System
Raymond J. McNulty
Senior Vice President
“Simplicity is the
ultimate
sophistication”
- Leonardo da Vinci
People are born free…
They are not born wise…
The purpose of schooling in
a democracy is to make free
people wise.
The primary aim of
education is not to
enable students to do
well in school, but to
help them do well in the
lives they lead outside
of school.
The Six Hawaii Career Pathways
• Arts & Communications
• Business, Management & Technology
• Health Services
• Industrial & Engineering Technology
• Natural Resources
• Public & Human Services
We’ve created false proxies for
learning…
• Finishing a course or textbook has come
to mean achievement
• Listening to lecture has come to mean
understanding
• Getting a high score on a standardized
test has come to mean proficiency
Learning should have its roots in..
• Meaning, not just memory
• Engagement, not simply transmission
• Inquiry, not only compliance
• Exploration, not just acquisition
• Personalization, not simply uniformity
• Collaboration, not only competition
• Trust, not fear
• Basic Knowledge/Skills Applied Skills
•Critical Thinking/Problem
• English Language (spoken) Solving
•Oral Communication
• Reading Comprehension
• (in English) •Written Communication
• Writing in English
•Teamwork/Collaboration
• (grammar, spelling, etc.)
• Mathematics •Diversity
•Information Technology
• Science
Application
• Government/Economics •Leadership
•Creativity/Innovation
• Humanities/Arts
•Lifelong Learning/Self
• Foreign Languages Direction
•Professionalism/Work Ethic
• History/Geography
“Are They Really Ready To Work?”
•Ethics/Social Responsibility
The Six Hawaii Career Pathways
• Arts & Communications
• Business, Management & Technology
• Health Services
• Industrial & Engineering Technology
• Natural Resources
• Public & Human Services
“In times of change, learners
inherit the Earth while the
learned find themselves
beautifully equipped to deal
with a world that no longer
exists.”
- Eric Hoffer, American Social Writer
Traditional Approach
Academic
CTE
Education
Pre-NCLB
CTE Academic
Education
Example Business Math
The Future
Applied
Academic
Learning
Academic
Education CTE
We can‟t talk our way out
of something we behaved
our way into. We have to
behave our way out of it!
URGENCY
COMPLACENCY
We have a flawed perspective of
always listening to our best
customers… They tell us how
good the system is working for
them!
A Story….
• Not a bad idea, but to • Fredrick Smith
earn a grade more
than a C+, the idea
has to be viable! • The idea FedEx
(Yale Professor)
“In the beginner‟s mind there
are many possibilities; in the
expert‟s mind there are few.”
-Shurnyu Suzuki
Sustaining Innovation
And
Disruptive Innovation
System Innovation
Disruptive
Sustaining Innovation
New Idea
Fidelity Adapt It
Take It To Scale
New Idea
Fidelity Adapt It
Take It To Scale
New Idea
Fidelity Adapt It
Take It To Scale
21st Century World
The Future World of Work
Report : Measuring Skills
The „Must Have‟ Skill
• It is an emphasis on what students can do
with knowledge, rather than what units of
knowledge they have, that best describes
the essence of 21st century skills.
“Measuring Skills” November 2008 Education Sector
Basic skills are necessary but not
sufficient.
• The commission’s report describes how new technology
and global competition have changed the game for
American workers. Students need a strong foundation of
basic skills, the commission asserts, but that alone is no
longer enough for economic and job security. “It is a
world in which comfort with ideas and abstractions is the
passport to a good job, in which creativity and innovation
are the key to the good life, in which high levels of
education—a very different kind of education than most
of us have had—are going to be the only security there
is.”
“Measuring Skills” November 2008 Education Sector
Basic skills are necessary but not
sufficient.
• The commission’s report describes how new technology and global competition have changed the
game for American workers. Students need a strong foundation of basic skills, the commission
“It is a
asserts, but that alone is no longer enough for economic and job security.
world in which comfort with ideas and
abstractions is the passport to a good job, in
which creativity and innovation are the key to the
good life, in which high levels of education—a
very different kind of education than most of us
have had—are going to be the only security
there is.”
The Six Hawaii Career Pathways
• Arts & Communications
• Business, Management & Technology
• Health Services
• Industrial & Engineering Technology
• Natural Resources
• Public & Human Services
Making Academics and CTE a
Seamless System
Raymond J. McNulty
Senior Vice President