Transcript AIAA Policy on Education and Workforce Development

E or e…Birth to Work
Integrated Actions
Key to Long Term Success
Illinois Business Higher Education Forum
People Supply the Vision
Science Supplies the Tools
Together We Build Tomorrow
Rick Stephens
Senior Vice President
The Boeing Company
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312-544-2722
The Challenge
“We are attempting to educate and
prepare students (hire people) today so
that they are ready to solve future
problems not yet identified using
technologies not yet invented based on
scientific knowledge not yet discovered.”
Joseph Lagowski
University of Texas at Austin
1000’s of Programs
How Many are Aligned?
Are We Connecting the Right Dots?
 Are we asking the right questions?
 Are we looking at the right data?
 Are we still looking at old ways to
solve new problems?
The Future Isn’t What it used to be
“Merchants of Cool”
Media has a plan
 Typically, young people spend 6 to 8 hours a day with
electronic media -- more time than they spend in school or
with their parents, the two groups most often targeted as
being responsible for youth and their behaviors.
 How is this amount of electronic stimulation affecting longterm brain development?
 How does it shape their thinking and behavior?
 Many pediatricians have initiated “media diet”
questionnaires among their patients. If health practitioners
think there is a good reason to ask, shouldn’t we?
Connecting the Dots
Classroom Education
 We spend more on education than any other nation.
 15,000 hours of curriculum has been generated for
12,000 hours of class time.
 Youth are involved in formal classroom education 12%
of their lives.
 Most students don’t see a relationship between their
education and the “real world”.
 College entrance exam scores may be on the rise, but
the number of high school completions is on a decline.
 Is a college education the only path to success after
high school?
Connecting the Dots
Building Strong Communities
 Pediatricians are currently overwhelmed with requests
for child rearing support not necessarily related to
typical children’s health issues.
 90% of critical brain development occurs ages birth to 6
– Are the people around them knowledgeable in this
area?
 Only 40% of our children have an ongoing relationship
with a caring adult to help navigate the systems they
are required to be in.
 Less than 50% have a place to go after school with
something to do.
Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
(SCANS) Links Education & Workforce Success
 Three Part Foundation
– Basic Skills: Reads, writes,
performs arithmetic and
mathematical operations,
listens and speaks
– Thinking Skills: Thinks
creatively, makes decisions,
solves problems, visualizes,
knows how to learn, and
reasons
– Personal Qualities: Displays
responsibility, self-esteem,
sociability, self-management,
and integrity and honesty
 Five Workplace Competencies
– Resources: Identifies, organizes,
plans, and allocates resources
– Interpersonal: Works with others
– Information: Acquires and uses
information
– Systems: Understands complex
inter-relationships
– Technology: Works with a variety of
technologies
* Secretary of Labor’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
The Birth to Work Supply Chain
A Closed Loop “System”
Media
Drives Culture
Government Policy
Federal/State/Local
Health
Education
Elementary
Parents
0-4
5-10
Jr High
11-13
High School
14-18
Business
College
18-21
Workforce
Community (including Local, Community Based and Professional Organizations)
Future Workforce and (Community) Education
Programs Can Be Aligned and Integrated
Challenges
 Recognize that no economic sector, public institution,
community group or program can prepare today’s citizens for
tomorrow’s economy outside the context of the larger
problem of declining achievement.
 Success will require the intentional integration of multiple
and diverse constituents who all have different:
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Motivations
Languages
Expectations
Who all recognize a common need….. A strong and vibrant global
economy with desirable communities to thrive in.
Illinois Can Lead the Way
Opportunity – Move to an integrated systems
thinking model:
– Advocate for critical thinkers and problem solvers…not
just experts in memorization of data.
– Seek to understand the impact that media has on
culture and learning
– Learning models require new teaching models
Building a Coalition is Key to Solving This Shared Problem
What You Can Do Now
 Continue to ensure Accountability at all levels and
Standards of Excellence are in place
 Ensure Standards focus on the right things at the right
levels…all elements of SCAN’s or 21st Century Skills
important…not just the ones that are easy to test
– Primary education…foundational knowledge and personal skills
– Secondary education…problem solving, critical thinking, context
based learning
 When creating or writing policies focused on education and
workforce, Engage leaders who work across stakeholder
groups. Their integrated perspective will expand the
discussion and solution space.
Key Elements Requiring Alignment
Structure
Strategy
Systems
Shared
Vision
Staff
Style
Skills
Based on McKinsey 7-S Model
Potential Shared Values and Vision
 Potential Shared Values
– Education opportunities occurs both in and outside of the classroom
starting from the time a child is born
– The best solutions come from aligned and integrated actions
– Motivation of learners can not be legislated
– Parents and care givers must play a critical role in education
 Potential Vision
– Illinois government, business, education, media, health,
and community leaders will align and integrate their actions
the result in developing diverse, innovative, capable life
long learners who live and work in multi-cultural
environments
What We Need to Do Together
 Develop a shared view on future scenarios on workplace
environment and workplace capabilities that includes all
education stakeholders
 Develop a set of shared values and vision
 Develop common messages and plans that ensure
stakeholder alignment on visions, strategies and action
plans
 Establish a set of metrics and governance structure among
key stakeholders
 Identify, integrate and prioritize stakeholder resources to
execute stakeholder actions focused on achieving the vision
 Monitor and help shape key education and future workforce
Federal, State and Local legislation policies
Alignment and Integration Among
All Stakeholders Critical to Success