Regional Training

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PWR Playbook and PWR Practices, Tools, and Resources

a how-to-guide designed by and for practitioners, and
a searchable data base of stories, curricula, lesson plans, practices, and videos
launched Oct 2020

Regional Conversations - PWR Tours

Join your peers from neighboring schools and districts for a Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (PWR) Regional Tour to talk about implementing PWR initiatives. Engage in strategic conversations about capstone, work-based learning, industry certifications, and ICAP.

Find a PWR Regional Tour near you Resources and Promising Practices from PWR Symposiums 2017-2019

Colorado's PWR/ICAP Facilitators Available for Technical Assistance

ICAP Facilitators work with neighboring school and district teams to answer questions about PWR initiatives – including ICAP – and they facilitate the culture of Meaningful Career Conversations among all staff with all students.

Here's what PWR/ICAP Facilitators can do for you! (no cost)

Foster creative thinking to enhance your ICAP process;
Teach processes for all staff to have meaningful career conversations with students;
Collaborate with programs across the school/district/region;
Train additional regional representatives for implementation sustainability;
Design and facilitate PWR/ICAP Trainings in your region;
Teach and Navigate the ICAP toolkit;
Message and foster buy-in, enthusiasm and relevance for secondary initiatives; and
Explore, share, refine and replicate promising practices.

Katrina Ruggles Photo

Katrina Ruggles, ICAP Facilitator, with a student

Here's what you can do!

Email any of the facilitators listed below
Provide contact information, several best times to connect, and a vision for what you need
Host the conversation and provide a computer, projector, screen, internet access, and other tools or supplies
Encourage attendees (at least 5): Administrators, school counselor(s), classroom teachers, support staff, business/community members, and other staff: CTE, SpEd/Transition, Technology, and postsecondary reps.

San Luis Valley:
- Katrina Ruggles: KRuggles@center.k12.co.us
Southeast:
- Jody Sniff: Jody.Sniff@gmail.com
Colorado Springs and South:
- Stephanie Mijo: SMijo@hsd2.org
- Emily Sherwood: ESherwood@ffc8.org
- Anna Solano: Anna.Solano@coloradoearlycolleges.org
- Calla Wooldridge: CWooldridge@blracademy.org
Northeast: open
North Central:
- Kristin Hefflon: Hefflon_Kristin@svvsd.org
Denver Metro area:
- Lauren Jones: Lauren.Jones@cccs.edu
- Katie Kraft: KKraft@coloradoedinitiative.org
- Traci Sanchez: Traci.C.Sanchez@gmail.com
- Tracy Thompson Walsh: Tracy_Walsh@engschools.net
- Brandon Wright: BVWright@aurorak12.org
North Denver/Boulder area - open
Summit County and Mountain West - open
Mesa 51 and Western Slope
- Andrea Kemper: akemper@d51schools.org

Colorado map with location of 13 ICAP Facilitators

Training Resources

Access the guidance, stories and practices created by ICAP champions from around the state in the PWR Playbook (launched in October 2020). And learn from your peers about the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (PWR) practices in the related, sharable data base, PWR Practices, Tools, and Resources.

Contact

Robin Russel
Graduation Guidelines Manager
Russel_R@cde.state.co.us
720.576.2902