Strategic VISION The Driving Force of CCMR
Accelerate College, Career, and Military Readiness with a district-wide strategy that spans the entire student journey.
Top Vision Resources
Strategy
CCMR System Leadership Guide
A guide from the Texas Education Agency for identifying and activating CCMR leadership, identifying CCMR district goals, and aligning on project scope and communication norms
Culture
Capacity Building Guide
A guide from the Texas Education Agency to refine district-level structures that promote support, collaboration, and accountability – promoting data-driven planning as part of the district’s culture
Example
A District CCMR Action Plan
An example from Fort Bend ISD communicating an overview of data and strategies for promoting CCMR success
Strategy
CCMR Criteria
Comparison of CCMR
Standards for Accountability
and Outcomes Bonuses
Strategy
A District CCMR
Action Plan (FBISD)
Data overview and strategies for promoting CCMR success
Your Vision Is Their Future
Investing today in a strategic vision for College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) creates greater success for your community tomorrow. Co-creating a strong vision backed by a strategic plan lifts up districts, students, and communities.
Districts
Greater success in CCMR impacts Accountability scores and also unlocks Outcomes Bonus Funding that can be used to reinvest in and expand the district CCMR vision. Documented plans allow teachers, administrators, counselors, and advisors to understand their roles in achieving that success.
Students
Consistent programming and messaging throughout K-12 give each student the best chance at preparedness for postsecondary possibilities, while ensuring an equitable experience for students from across the district.
Communities
Pathways that are intentionally designed with higher education and workforce partners lead to meaningful futures for students and benefits to the local economy.
Explore Resources for Creating a Vision
The Two Components of a CCMR Vision
A strategic CCMR vision consists of two pieces: the team and the blueprint.
1. Assemble Your Team
District Leaders
Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer, Director of Advanced Academics, Director of College and Career Readiness, Director of School Counseling, CTE Director
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall definition of CCMR strategy and initiatives
- Oversight of teams that
implement the work - Definition of success metrics
School Leaders
Principal, Assistant Principal, College and Career Advisor, School Counselor, Career and Technical Education (CTE) Coordinator
Key Responsibilities:
- Implementation of CCMR initiatives
- Monitoring data
Additional
Stakeholders
Workforce partners, higher education partners, teachers, families, students and recent graduates
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide feedback on programs
- Make connections from K-12 to college and career
2. Draft Your Blueprint:
The District Enabling Conditions Framework
The District Enabling Conditions Framework is an education theory developed by college and career leaders from around the country. It explains five essential conditions for districts to help all students successfully navigate postsecondary pathways. The framework can be used to self-assess or collaborate with others to make progress.
The five conditions of the District Enabling Conditions Framework support effective college and career advising — and by extension, an effective CCMR strategy:
CONDITION 1
District leadership is publicly committed to students’ postsecondary success
CONDITION 4
District collaborates with postsecondary
institutions and community partners
CONDITION 2
District sets strategy and allocates resources to reach postsecondary goals
CONDITION 5
District uses real-time data to continuously
improve postsecondary advising and outcomes
CONDTION 3
District ensures schools have the capacity to support students
Learn more about the District Enabling Conditions Framework.
The 3 Requirements for
Your CCMR Vision
A vision for CCMR will vary from district to district, but it will
always have three qualities:
Documentation
All key players within the district can access and understand the vision set out on record.
Replicability
The vision involves systemic
innovations, changes, and
improvements that create consistent experiences for
students and identify core supports throughout the district.
Achievability
The vision recognizes what is achievable and reasonable in the first year and how to accelerate efforts while sustaining progress over time.
District CCMR programs begin to take shape once they’ve completed the foundational step of articulating their vision.”
Donald Kamentz
Founder & CEO, Contigo Ed
CASE STUDY
How [Name of Case Study Subject]
Tackled CCMR
The Opportunity in Front of You Demands Long-Term Thinking
Texas school districts have a golden opportunity to adapt, collaborate, and rise up together to help students achieve CCMR. But the boundaries of that goal are wider than ever. Texas now tracks CCMR outcomes past 12th grade to inform district ratings and funding. Meanwhile, student readiness starts at the very beginning of their education.
With a clear, strong, district-level CCMR strategy that goes beyond school years, campus borders, and job titles, you can build the framework, the systems, and — most importantly — the team to guide students to success.