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PIL Program: Utilizing Data Driven Decision-making to Improve the PSSA Performance of Career and Technical Education Students

Posted on June 04, 2010

October 18, 2010
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel

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Description

The Pennsylvania Association of Career and Technical Administrators has received approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to offer a Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership (PIL) program for administrators entitled Utilizing Data Driven Decision-making to Improve the PSSA Performance of Career and Technical Education Students. The program will encompass 30 hours of educational programming including six hours of instructional time at the beginning of the program, two hours of instructional time at mid-year, and six hours once assessment data has been received and compiled. Additionally, a minimum of 16 independent hours of data analysis, planning, and final reporting will be included.

Participants will be involved in the program for 30 hours over one school year which will span from the time PSSA reading and math scores are received in the base year until the PSSA reading and math received in Year One. The program will be data analysis intensive and designed to provide participants with the skills to discover curricular and instructional deficiencies in math and reading. The PSSA data reviews required in this program will be aligned with the new Chapter 339 requirements for Career and Technical Education (CTE) along with the Perkins IV requirements for data analysis and program improvement. A PSSA comparison will be done for each CTE program and can also be used to indicate which programs have demonstrated the most growth over a given school year in 11th grade PSSA reading and math scores. Participants will also develop an understanding of the PSSA assessment for math and reading and how to increase instructional time for those areas in math and reading which are assessed most frequently.

As part of the PIL requirements, participants will develop a Strategic Initiative which will identify the state approved programs in the participant’s school, identify math and reading PSSA scores, identify program strengths in reading and math, identify curricular and instructional deficiencies in math and reading, provide action plans for programmatic changes, and establish a timeline for implementation and follow-through. Participants from TAP schools will develop a Getting Results document. Participants from non-TAP schools may develop a Getting Results document or prepare a final report.

Act 45 and 48 Credit

This PIL is approved for Act 45 credit for those who are required to earn PIL credits. It is also approved for regular Act 48 credits for those who are not required to earn Act 45 credits. Act 45 and 48 credits will be awarded upon completion of the entire program.
 

Date and Location

The initial session for this PIL will be held on Monday, October 18, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Penn Stater Conference Center in State College. The mid-year 2-hour session and the 6-hour final session will both be held on a regional and/or state basis for dates to be determined.

Registration

PACTA is encouraging team participation in this PIL. The cost for the first registrant from a school is $300, the second $225 and the third $200. The charge for additional registrants is $200. The registration fee covers all three sessions.

Accommodations

A block of rooms for PIL participants has been reserved at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel for the nights of October 18 and 19. (This PIL is being offered in conjunction with an OCA PIL on October 19 and a PACTA General Membership Meeting on October 20.) The rates are $105.00 single and $115.00 double occupancy. Individuals are responsible for making reservations for hotel accommodations. Identify yourself as part of the PACTA group when making reservations. The group reservation identification number is PACJ10E. Make your reservations by September 17, 2010. Reservations made after that date will be on an as available basis at regular rates. The telephone number for the Penn Stater is (800) 233-7505.

Registrants from Schools Participating in the PDE Technical Assistance Project

54 PACTA member schools are participating in the Bureau of Career and Technical Education’s Technical Assistance Program (TAP). This PIL is a required component of that program. TAP Cohort II schools may send one representative and TAP Cohort III schools may send up to three individuals to this PIL at no cost to the school. PDE will pay the registration fee.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Jackie Cullen at (717) 761-3381or jackie@pacareertech.org.