District presents career-related learning progress, expands dual-credit and CTE offerings

Director Trish Evans updated the board on the district27s strategic-plan goal to increase career-related learning experiences. Evans said the district uses a regional workplace-expectations rubric and collects student self-evaluations; she warned self-rated student data can overstate performance and underscored the difficulty of calibrating measures across employers and family expectations.

Evans highlighted program growth: more dual-credit participation with Rogue Community College, steady increases in early-college students, and new industry-aligned offerings (a dental-assistant cohort this term and planned CDL, phlebotomy and other courses). "We have 7 students that started that this term that we are covering the cost of them being in that year-and-a-half-long program," Evans said about the dental-assistant pathway.

Board members recommended clearer dashboard metrics (job shadows vs. internships, CTE enrollment counts, attendance/reliability measures) and discussed how to measure "professionalism" in a way that employers and schools can consistently interpret. Member Nathan suggested surveying whether students recognize workplace expectations rather than trying to standardize a single definition of professionalism.

Evans acknowledged data limitations for postsecondary placement (National Student Clearinghouse and alumni trackers can undercount) and said staff will bring refined, measurable language to the February strategic-planning workshop.

Next steps: staff will prepare dashboard-ready indicators and suggested measurement language for board guidance at the upcoming workshop.