EdSystems is supporting SWIC and its school district and employer partners in developing high-quality, comprehensive college and career pathways leading to regionally in-demand occupations.
To support actionable policy development for high-impact college and career readiness strategies, EdSystems is participating in a cross-state community of practice.
EdSystems is supporting the district’s development of a new Academic Performance Indicator so that schools can better use standardized test data to understand the success of their interventions, including professional development, changes in curriculum, and innovative approaches to student support.
In partnership with JFF and College of Lake County, EdSystems is supporting the design and implementation of a new dual enrollment hub to help improve educational outcomes for high-need high school students.
In their ongoing commitment to enhance college and career pathway development, EdSystems is supporting Joliet Junior College in designing and implementing equitable work-based learning opportunities for high school students throughout the region.
Youth apprenticeships at EdSystems offer a unique blend of hands-on experience, networking with industry professionals, and postsecondary planning.
EdSystems supported City Colleges of Chicago in designing extended model pathways from high school through college degree completion and developed student-facing resources to support recruitment.
EdSystems developed quality criteria to inform the implementation and evaluation of Illinois’ College and Career Pathway Endorsement and work-based learning.
To understand the potential impact of the College and Career Pathway Endorsement, EdSystems developed both a pathways evaluation framework and a ROI analysis framework.
EdSystems supported Elgin Community College in its efforts to better serve its students with experiences in the carceral justice system.
To help encourage learners to complete the rigorous requirements and earn a College and Career Pathways Endorsement and matriculate into postsecondary, EdSystems is supporting the development of equity-centered strategies and incentives for students.
Through the national Launch initiative, EdSystems is leading the Illinois team in designing a pilot program that will support seamless transitions for learners from secondary to postsecondary.
In 2023, EdSystems began supporting Waukegan CUSD 60 and its regional partners with targeted support for alignment to the Illinois College and Career Pathway Endorsement and systems for career exploration.
EdSystems staffs the Success Network’s Policy Committee to foster collaboration and peer learning, elevate local practice to inform state policy, and support local practitioners.
Together with the Illinois Community College Board, we are supporting a cohort of community colleges to develop competency-based education programs in both welding and industrial maintenance.
To understand the long-term outcomes of pathways students in the Rockford region, the Rockford Regional Education Research Collaborative has designed a data infrastructure that leverages both state- and local-level data.
EdSystems led a pilot project to support healthcare workforce development through intergenerational work-based learning.
In partnership with XQ Institute and Student Achievement Partners, EdSystems is launching an initiative to create an Illinois high school math badging system as an alternative credentialing mechanism wherein students can certify learning gained through a broad range of sources including coursework, independent study, summer school, and work-based learning.
The AMP-IT initiative is engaging school districts and their community college and employer partners to design and launch an accelerated IT pathway.
STAMP serves secondary districts in implementing manufacturing pathways that align to the College and Career Pathway Endorsement, with a particular focus on historically marginalized students.
Launched in 2022, the Chicago Early Childhood Integrated Data System (CECIDS) integrates data across systems and programs to empower timely and actionable data analyses and products for families, program administrators, funders, advocates and policymakers.
In support of the OneGoal team and their Postsecondary Leadership Series, EdSystems supported capacity-building for OneGoal staff and advising for partner-facing content relating to college and career pathways, early college credit, transitional instruction, work-based learning, and data.
EdSystems is working with the East St. Louis community to engage community, school district, and higher education stakeholders in deep racial equity work in the context of college and career pathways
EdSystems supported the Plainfield community to engage community, school district, and higher education stakeholders in college and career pathways design.
The Chicago Equity-Centered Innovation Forum promoted models of personalized instruction, competency-based approaches, performance assessments, and project-based learning.
EdSystems conducted a deep landscape analysis of middle-skills pathways in Chicago that lead to priority occupations.
To help stabilize and grow the local economy, community partners in Peoria are working with EdSystems to design and implement GPEAK, which translates the state’s ten competencies into a practical system to prepare individuals for meaningful and fulfilling careers.
With the support of Crown Family Philanthropies, CPS brought in EdSystems to provide strategic counsel and support of the OCCS pathways vision framework and Student Success Roadmap.
Elgin’s Alliance for College Readiness engaged EdSystems to support alignment to the new College and Career Pathway Endorsement system and the State’s new Perkins V plan.
I-WIN helps educators, work-based learning coordinators, and employers leverage innovative models for scaling high-quality work-based learning opportunities in school districts and community colleges across the state.
EdSystems supported Pro Path Illinois to enhance and align data captured across state administrative systems.
Since 2015, EdSystems has provided strategic counsel and technical assistance to Rockford Public Schools, Belvidere District 100, and Rock Valley College as they build and expand their college and career pathway systems.
The Career Development Experience Toolkit, aligned to the PWR Act, supports scaling high-quality career pathways and work-based learning.
EdSystems leads the interagency efforts to define statewide transitional instruction competencies, policies, and implementation plans.
Scaling Education Pathways in Illinois (SEPI) guided communities in creating streamlined teacher career pathways.
Sponsored by the Illinois Community College Board, EdSystems leads the development of the State of Illinois Model Programs of Study Guides. Organized by industry sector, the guides provide secondary and postsecondary partners a framework to develop high-quality pathways that incorporate meaningful dual credit, CTE, and general education coursework as well as work-based learning opportunities in alignment with Illinois’ College and Career Pathway Endorsement.
In early 2019, ISBE and ICCB appointed EdSystems to facilitate the Dual Credit Committee to develop the Model Partnership Agreement.
Illinois Postsecondary Profiles (IPP) is an online resource for data describing 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions in Illinois.
The Illinois Longitudinal Data System (ILDS) provides the governance and technical systems that support the integration of longitudinal data across participating Illinois state agencies.
EdSystems’ supported the Illinois Advanced Apprenticeship Consortium in implementing a high-quality manufacturing pathway program.
Illinois Education and Career Success Network supports communities to increase meaningful and equitable postsecondary attainment and civic engagement.
To support Success Network Leadership Communities, the dashboard serves as a single stop for data to inform community decisions in advancement of equitable postsecondary attainment.
EdSystems provided the Great Lakes College and Career Pathways Partnership with strategic expertise and technical assistance.
EdSystems worked with Liberian partners to launch the Liberian nongovernmental organization and the U.S. based nonprofit organization.
To help transform outcomes for youth and adults across Illinois, the Illinois Career Pathways Dictionary defines key terms for career pathway programs and system elements, while also offering resources and implementation guidance to support statewide alignment.
Since 2017, EdSystems has partnered with Tanzania Development Support and 4-H Tanzania to implement a career awareness and exploration program designed to help students deepen their awareness of and build competencies and skills in fields that are in high demand in Tanzania.
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