Our Role
Over the past several years, EdSystems and a national nonprofit, JFF, have worked with State agencies, employers, and other public and private stakeholders to identify essential employability and technical competencies for College and Career Pathway Endorsement areas.
In the spring of 2020, EdSystems sought out districts willing to commence implementation of the State’s College and Career Pathway Endorsement (CCPE) and continue over the next three years. Currently, EdSystems is steering a network of more than 73 school districts representing 107 high schools statewide (16% of Illinois high schools) that are implementing endorsement systems aligned to the PWR Act. This network provides a foundation for future scaling through continued alignment of funding, policy, and support at the State level.
Finally, EdSystems partnered with Southern Illinois University’s Center for Workforce Development to develop a web-based tool that communities are using to submit information on their local systems to ISBE per the PWR Act’s requirements. This tool requires communities to consider and document each aspect of their Endorsement system, and also provides an important inventory of pathways implementation across the State.
For more detail on the College and Career Pathway Endorsements, go to the PWR Act website or ISBE’s webpage.