Title

K12 Career Pathway Experiences

Start Term
Start Term:
Fall 2024
End Term
End Term:
Spring 2025
Project Leads
Project Leads:
Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Technology, Vice President of Human Resources
Pillars of Success
Pillars of Success:
Student Success
Equity and Inclusion
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.