Maine Department of Education January 2006
Local Action Planning Committee Guidelines
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Creating Local Structures (Local Action Planning Committees) to Implement Integration among Career & Technical Programs, High Schools, and Community Resources for Learning Rationale
The foundation of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Strategic Vision is the integration of programs, services and community resources for all students in Maine. The purpose of this vision is to ensure that all Maine students are prepared for careers, college and citizenship. CTE centers/regions and high schools/sending schools (HS) have offered programs that function in a parallel, rather than an integrated way. The collaboration of CTE schools and high schools in curriculum, instruction and assessment, coordinating the range of school schedules, calendars, and programming options are just some of the examples of the ways that CTE and HS could develop structures that ensure a strategic approach to integrating the programs, services and community resources that should be available to all students. This would lead to an increase of instructional time for CTE students, reduce gaps in curricular opportunities for all students, and change the perception that the CTE pathway has less value than the traditional high school experience. Creating a process, through local action planning, that ensures a thoughtful, strategic approach to coordinating and integrating learning services will significantly improve the effectiveness of these services while maximizing the limited resources available in the public education sector.
Purpose of the Local Action Planning Committee
The purpose of the Local Action Planning Committee (LAPC) is to design and implement strategies that encourage integration of programs, services, and resources available to all students in the region served by the local CTE School. Topics may include, but are not limited to: 1. Schedule coordination between and among all sending schools and their partnering CTE school; 2. Calendar coordination between and among all sending schools and their partnering CTE school; 3. Resource (human, facility and financial) development and sharing between and among all sending schools and their partnering CTE school; 4. Opportunities for shared professional development between and among all sending schools and their partnering CTE school; 5. Assessment of the impact and effectiveness of the strategies implemented by the LAPC; and/or 6. Engagement of business and industry partners in the integration of programs, services and resources.
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Action Strategies (suggested)
Develop a Local Action Plan that may include: 1. The design and implementation of a public relations plan; 2. The creation of a regional professional development team; 3. The design and implementation of integrated classes, courses or community learning experiences for all students; 4. Exploration of grant and funding opportunities; or 5. The structures for sharing instructional and assessment strategies between and among all sending schools and their partnering CTE school.
Local Action Planning Committee (LAPC) Membership
Each Local Action Planning Committee, drawing from the CTE School, all sending high schools and all sending school communities, should include at the minimum the following personnel:
Superintendent(s) Curriculum coordinator(s) School Board member(s) Building principal(s) CTE Administrator(s) CTE & CHS teacher(s) Parent(s) Student(s) Community leader(s) Business leader(s)
It is recommended that each school/community be represented on the Committee. A chairperson must be selected from the membership. Existing regional structures or committees such as center advisory committees may be used.
Expectations
1. Quarterly- All Local Action Planning Committees meet. 2. Bi-annually - All LAPCs coordinate and communicate with all regional School Boards and CTE Advisory Boards. 3. Engage local business and industry leaders in assessing local workforce needs and developing a workforce needs assessment. 4. Indicate what will be done to create awareness of CTE and high school reform. 5. Include a literacy component as a part of the Local Action Plan. 6. December 2006 and annually thereafter-A Local Action Plan will be submitted to the Department of Education by each LAPC listing the membership of the LAPC and outlining the action steps to be taken in that school year. 7. By June 1 of each year-An assessment of the status of each action step will be submitted to the Department of Education. 8. Participate in a summer institute with a focus on literacy
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The following support resources will be made available:
Literacy support resources; Models and best practices in literacy will be available, date to be announced; Spring 2006-Technical Assistance in literacy will be provided; Summer 2006-An opportunity to share action planning strategies with other LAPCs from across the State and link with other Maine Department of Education initiatives; and 5. Staff Development and training for Committee members and use of resources from Maine Department of Education initiatives. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Funding Support
Funds are available to assist in the formation of the Local Action Planning Committees and the development of the Local Action Plan.
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Local Action Planning Committee Guidelines
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Strategic Planning Committee Chairperson: Action Strategy # :
Action Strategy Coordinator: ACTION STEPS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE RESOURCES NEEDED Human/Facility/Financial TIME FRAME EVIDENCE OF ATTAINMENT BENCHMARK DATES