Join Alisha Hyslop from the Association for Career and Technical Education and Kisha Bird from the Center for Law and Social Policy in an exploration of how meaningful CTE can impact the lives of low-income out-of-school youth. Both presenters are advocates for improving career development offerings at the federal level. Ms. Hyslop will share research findings on ACTE’s High Quality CTE Initiative. Ms. Bird is a lead author of CLASP’s New Opportunities to Improve Economic and Career Success for Low-Income Youth and Adults.
Together, they will provide RAPSA members with insight on how to improve CTE offerings and how quality WIOA partnerships can impact low income workers and communities.
This first RAPSA webinar of 2016 builds on the information that was shared at the 2015 Alternative Accountability Policy Forum. Join your colleagues in an interactive session that will add to your knowledge and strategies for making high school relevant for opportunity youth and creating incentives to reengage them in a meaningful high school program.
In addition to recent WIOA reforms, many states have begun CTE initiatives to make high school relevant for all students. California has issued a half of a billion dollars in grants to schools to improve the educational achievement and workplace readiness of California’s students by placing a greater emphasis on career-based learning as a central mission of public education in California. Other states like Florida and New York have also begun initiatives to improve CTE in their schools. Learn how to develop or improve your program based on successful models.
About the Presenters
Alisha Hyslop is Director of Public Policy, Association for Career and Technical Education, Ms. Hyslop has spent more than 15 years working with career and technical education. Hyslop leads the Association for Career and Technical Education’s legislative, advocacy and research efforts that cover both secondary and postsecondary policy issues. She previously worked with the Florida House of Representatives and with career and technical student organizations on a local, state and national level. Hyslop received her bachelor’s degree in public relations and family and consumer sciences education from Florida State University, and a master’s degree in career and technical education from Virginia Tech University. She is a doctoral candidate in career and workforce education at the University of South Florida.
Kisha Bird is Director of Youth Policy at CLASP and project director for the Campaign for Youth (CFY), a national coalition chaired by CLASP. Ms. Bird works to expand access to education, employment, and support services for disconnected and other vulnerable youth. She is an expert in federal policy for vulnerable youth and helps ensure national legislation (such as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) is fully implemented in communities nationwide and has maximum impact for poor and low-income youth and youth of color. Ms. Bird holds a Master of Social Service and Master of Law and Social Policy from Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. She also earned a Bachelor’s Degree in sociology from Spelman College. Lastly, she is a graduate of the Education Policy Fellowship Program, a joint program of the Institute for Educational Leadership and the Pennsylvania Education Policy Leadership Center.