Northland Career Center Parent Night Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Northland Career Center Parent Night Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Welcome!

NCC’s Strategic Plan

Focus Areas:

• Academics
• Technical Skill Attainment/IRC

(MSIP 5)

• Employability/21 Century Skills
• Academic Assessment (WorkKeys,

TCTW)

• Business
• Budget
• Programming
• Technology
• Community Students
• Safe and Caring Environment
• Attendance
• SkillsUSA or CTSO Success
• Community Staff
• Morale/Climate
• Technical and Pedagogical

Improvement/Success (Survey)

• Community Partners
• Enrollment
• Placement
• Customer Satisfaction (PARENTS)

Opportunities for your student…

Northland Career Center prides itself on providing opportunities for its students. Each student has a relevant experience to learn technical skills in the area of study they choose while at NCC. Students can also pursue other experiences to enhance not only those technical skills, but Essential Employability Skills by being a part of one or more of our five student organizations. Three of these organizations are nationally recognized and two are local. Here are our lead advisors from each group.

• Darrick Bruns – SkillsUSA
• Melanie Barnett - FFA
• Katie Henke – NTHS
• Ashley Dice - FCCLA
• Ron Webster – Student Ambassadors

• Career & Technical Student Organization for CTE students
• Leadership opportunities- officers and representatives
• Fundraisers

Cookie Dough beginning August 28 Mum sales in September, pickup orders on October 7 Yankee Candle sales in November and March

• Leadership Conferences – local, district and state
• District Contest – February 5 & 20
• State Contest – April 5 - 7
• National Contest – June 25 - 29 in Louisville, KY

FFA FCCLA

National Technical Honor Society (NTHS)

Membership Requirements ❑ Junior, Senior, or Adult enrolled at NCC ❑ 3.0 Cumulative GPA at home high school ❑ 3.5 GPA at NCC ❑ 95% attendance record, or better, at NCC Student Meetings 1x month during the school day (Oct.-May) ACADEMICS * SERVICE * LEADERSHIP

Student Ambassadors

Student ambassadors are required to have a general understanding of the NCC programs in order to present information to the stakeholders: students, parents, teachers, administrators, and the business community. Ambassadors represent NCC while attending their home schools, community events, and at NCC. When giving presentations, ambassadors are expected to dress in khaki pants and wear approved NCC logo apparel. T-shirts and jeans are not allowed. NCC will purchase logo apparel and, if needed, khaki pants.

• Building Tours
• Sophomore Open House
• Sending School Presentations
• Advisory Boards
• Student Panels
• Sending School Career Fairs
• Other presentations as assigned

Attendance Policy for NCC students…

✓ Information regarding NCC policies can be found in our student

• handbook. Attendance is one of our focus areas for student

achievement and success. Students who attend NCC regularly are successful. ✓ We have high expectations for student success and want to be upfront with our policy. ✓ Parents/Guardians should contact NCC the day of or prior to their student‘s absence. (For employability grade - Other options) ✓ The contact is noted in the system and is important if the student misses more than the allotted days. ✓ There are no excused absences, however, school sponsored field trips (NCC or sending school) are marked with an “F” in the attendance field to denote a field trip. ✓ Students have two days per semester that they can use as a college, military or career day that does not count against their attendance.

Students may earn back up to 3 days by setting up “Time for Time”. TFT will only be applied to absences when a student contacts the school before class. Exceptions for absences may be made for long term or family hardships

Attendance Policy for NCC students continued…

✓ A student can miss no more than 10 days per year. ✓ Students missing 11 to 12 days per year may return on attendance probation if they meet the academic requirements, have fewer than 2 discipline referrals, and are recommended by their instructor. ✓ If a student is allowed to return on probation, they may miss 3 days per semester for 2 semesters. ✓ Student, parent, and home school counselor are contacted at 5, 8, 11, and 13 days of absences. ✓ Students may use up to 3 days of “Time for Time”. Students must contact their instructor when they will be absent to use TFT.

✓ Students and parents who have questions or concerns about attendance, should contact Mrs. Lasley, NCC Building Administrative Assistant or Mr. Webster, Student Services Coordinator.

Attendance Rewards for Students

✓ Students at NCC are rewarded for perfect and excellent attendance. ✓ Perfect attendance is zero absences during a quarter, semester, year, or two years and recognized with a gold certificate. ✓ Excellent attendance is awarded for two or fewer absences over the course of a quarter, or semester and is awarded with a blue certificate. ✓ Students who earn excellent or perfect attendance for the semester receive a T-shirt. ✓ Students with perfect attendance for the semester also receive a gift from their instructor. ✓ Students with perfect attendance for the year, also receive a gift from the school. ✓ Students with perfect attendance for 2 years are recognized at the NCC Graduation

NCC Grading Procedures for 2014-2018

45% of grade 45% of grade 5% of grade + Embedded English Grade 5% is categorized as “other” Our staff has made a bold decision in 2014-2015 to make teaching and grading “Essential Employability Skills” a priority. All research and feedback from business and industry shows that students are lacking employability skills. This will be a large part of your student’s grade.

Grading Continued

✓ Students will be responsible for doing high quality work. ✓ We will not accept that a student wants to take a zero. ✓ Students will have the opportunity to redo certain assignments and assessments that are measured by the technical skill, essential employability skill, and related academic skill curriculum. ✓ The better grade will be recorded. ✓ Students will self assess themselves at times to have ownership of their

• wn learning.

✓ NCC believes in the Principals of Learning as set forth by NCC and the

• ther Platte County Schools.

✓ If a student is suspended for more than 60% of the grading period,or does not communicate their absence, they will receive a “Zero” for their employability grade.

Driving/Parking Procedures

✓ Northland Career Center has parking for Platte County and Sending School students. ✓ Parking passes are sold for $10.00 for the year. ✓ For a student to obtain parking from NCC for the year, they will need four signatures: Student, Parent, Sending School Administrator, and NCC Administrator. ✓ If a student misses the bus, the proper procedure for a student to drive is for the parent to call the sending school to seek

• permission. When arriving at NCC, students who do not have

permanent passes must check in and pick up a temporary

• pass. Students will NOT bring other students or take them

from NCC without proper permission from NCC and Sending School Administration. ✓ Temporary passes are discouraged and driving privileges will be revoked for misuse or violation of the rules. Each student is allowed 3 temporary passes per semester.

Industry Recognized Credentials

✓ NCC students go to college, military, advanced training, and into immediate career employment upon graduating. ✓ Each student at NCC can earn either an employment ready credential or they can earn the student version of the credential that is sponsored by the credentialing agency. ✓ These assessments are similar to End of Course Exams at the high schools, but focus on career ready, technical skills relevant to your student’s career program. ✓ These credentials can earn a student a job or advanced placement in a training program or college professional program. ✓ NCC also has college credit available in many of its programs.

✓ College credit can be articulated or dual credit

Internships and other work-based learning

✓ NCC recognizes that providing relevant experiences to students means providing experiences in the field outside of the classroom/lab/shop. ✓ Students in Health Science and Teacher Professions will have clinical and observation experiences. ✓ All seniors who have met the necessary criteria may choose to pursue an internship their 2nd semester of their senior year for 2nd year seniors or 4th quarter for 1st year seniors. ✓ Every student each year participate in mock interviews with relevant business and industry from their program area. ✓ NCC relies upon its business and industry partners to be guest speakers, mentors, field trips, and job shadowing experiences…are you a potential partner?

Communication tools we have available to parents

✓ If you have questions, please call us. When you call NCC, you will reach a live person between the hours of 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM every day and often times beyond 4:00 as we have evening classes and an evening secretary. We will call you if we believe you need to be aware of something important. At times you may receive an email from myself stating there is an event. If the Platte County School District cancels due to weather, we will be closed also. The main line to NCC is (858-5505). ✓ Our school and school district believes in “Customer Focus” and we will do our best to respond to your email within 48

• hours. We will also email you with important information as

well.

Communication tools we have available to parents

✓ Have you seen our website? We have a fabulous website that is edited almost daily with new information and publicity featuring our students. Please check us out at www.northlandcareercenter.com. ✓ What about Facebook? We have an outstanding Facebook page that also shares information and publicity.

• search for Northland Career Center

✓ Twitter? NCC has a presence on Twitter with various staff members. Our official Twitter Handle is @nccrocks ✓ NCC sends out a monthly newsletter to parents, students and other

• stakeholders. It goes out the first day of school and then the first

Tuesday of the month through May beginning in September. ✓ School Messenger - For events and important announcements

Parent Engagement Opportunities

• November 9, College Fair during the day

– Colleges offering general degrees – Colleges offering degrees in our program areas – Military – Trade Schools/Programs

• Monday, October 23 - Parent Teacher

Conferences at NCC from 4:30 - 8:30

• Thursday, October 26 - Parent Conferences

at NCC from 3:30 - 7:00

• I leave you with two thoughts regarding your

child’s instructor as you transition to see them.

➢ We have adults that care about students and will care about your student as an individual. They will challenge your student with high expectations, but they will also provide guidance on how to reach those high expectations they set. ➢ We believe in learning and continuous improvement. Your son or daughter will be better prepared for the real world when they leave NCC by working with the teacher they have…I can promise you that. Law Enforcement / CSI, Aviation Technology, and Agriculture Education families can exit outside to the right Culinary Arts families can stay in this room All other programs exit to the left