“A career ready person capitalizes on personal strengths, talents, education and experiences to bring value to the workplace and the community through his /her performance, skill, diligence, ethics and responsible behavior … When students are career ready, they are prepared for the next step in their lives—whether that means getting their first job or beginning their college ‘career’ (which eventually leads to the workplace as well)! Being career ready also means being ready for life.”
Source:
Nebraska Department of Education. (2009). Nebraska standards for career ready practice. Nebraska Summit on Career Readiness. Lincoln, NE: Author. Retrieved from http://www.education.ne.gov/NCE/documents/2012CareerReadinessBookletWEB.pdf
- Student achievement status on state tests
- Student growth on state tests
- Four-year graduation rate
- Additional graduation rates (five or more years)
- Measure of school climate and culture
Dual Enrollment and Articulation
Nebraska’s state policy allows students to earn dual credit for postsecondary courses taken at their high school or a postsecondary institution. There is no policy in place for students to earn dual credit in CTE. Public postsecondary institutions in the state are not required to accept dual-enrollment credits (ECS, 2015).
Early College High School
The Gateway to College at Metropolitan Community College has partnered with an institution of higher education to provide one Early College High School program as part of the Early College High School Initiative (ECHSI). More information about schools participating in ECHSI is available at the ECHSI website (Jobs for the Future, n.d.).
Citations:
Education Commission of the States. (2015). Dual Enrollment – all state profiles. Retrieved from http://ecs.force.com/mbdata/mbprofallRT?Rep=DE14A
Jobs for the Future. (n.d.). Schools. Retrieved from http://www.jff.org/initiatives/early-college-designs/schools
Nebraska has adopted the National Career Clusters Framework and rearranged the 16 Career Clusters into six "career fields."
The modified Career Clusters include:
- Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
- Business, Marketing, and Management
- Communication and Information Systems
- Health Science
- Human Sciences and Education
- Skilled and Technical Sciences
In addition, Nebraska is currently working on implementing programs of study within all 16 Career Cluster areas.
Citations:
National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium. (n.d.). Nebraska [Interactive map of state CTE profiles]. Retrieved from http://careertech.org/Nebraska
In Nebraska, a Personal Learning Plan is a student's current plan of coursework and extended learning activities to meet the student's education, career, and life goals. Nebraska's Personal Learning Plan is in use but is not mandated by the state. It includes all students in Grade 7– postsecondary.
Citation:
U.S. Department of Labor. (2013). Individualized learning plans across the U.S. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.dol.gov/odep/ilp/map/#MO
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High School and College Alignment |
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Subject |
High School Graduation Requirements |
College Admission Requirements |
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English Credits: |
40 |
4.0 |
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Mathematics Credits: |
30 |
3.0 (including Algebra I, geometry, and Algebra II) |
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Social Studies Credits: |
30 |
3.0 (including American or world history [1.0], and U.S. government or geography [1.0]) |
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Science Credits: |
30 |
3.0 (including two courses from among biology, physics, chemistry, and Earth sciences; at least one of the above must have a laboratory experience) |
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Foreign Language Credits: |
None specified (N/S) |
2.0 (in same language) |
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Arts Credits: |
N/S |
N/S |
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Additional Credits: |
N/S |
1.0 |
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Total Credits: |
200 (at least 80 percent must be from the core curriculum) |
16.0 |
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Tests: |
N/S |
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) or ACT® |
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Notes: |
These requirements are in effect beginning with students graduating in 2015. |
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