Transcript Student Success: Classroom Relevance in the Career-Ready Conversation 2 Main Obstacles to Our Student’s Career Success.

Student Success:
Classroom Relevance
in the
Career-Ready
Conversation
2 Main Obstacles
to Our Student’s Career
Success
#1 Obstacle - Skilled Labor Gap . . .
Worldwide, the most difficult-to-fill
vacancies in 2013 are for skilled trades
workers. This skills category has topped
the rankings in five of the past six years
MANPOWER 2013 TALENT SHORTAGE
SURVEY RESEARCH RESULTS
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Skilled Labor Gap . . .
Experts project 47 million job openings in the
decade ending 2018. About one-third will require
an associate’s degree or certificate, and nearly all
will require real-world skills that can be
mastered through CTE.
Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce via
Harvard’s Pathways to Prosperity report, p 29.
http://cew.georgetown.edu/
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Skilled Labor Gap . . .
According to recent surveys of hiring trends,
more than 33 percent of employers have
unfilled job openings because they can’t find
applicants with the skills necessary for the jobs.
These are good-paying jobs, too. A report by
Harvard Business School found that 27 percent
of trained skilled professionals earn more than
the average bachelor’s degree recipient.
How is this
showing up in
your community
or state? (Forbes)
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Skilled Labor Gap . . .
The gap: The average skilled worker is 56 years
old. By 2030, 79 million people will have retired
while only 41 million new workers will enter the
workforce.
Source: http://doc.mediaplanet.com/all_projects/11513.pdf
2 yr. olds
will be 18
in 2030
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#2 Obstacle - College Readiness. . .
Students are prepared for the next step in their
education:
• Certificate or License
• OJT
• Short Term Training
• Associate Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Professional Degree
Doesn’t
measure
maturity &
career
guidance
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Career Readiness. . .
• Harder to define and assess
• Academic and Technical Skills
• Employability or Soft or Workplace Skills
Employers are
demanding an
emphasis on
Career Readiness!
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Career Readiness . . .
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An era of “artificial maturity”
High confidence
Abundance of information
Low self-esteem
Limited experience
Dr. Tim Elmore,
Growing Leaders Inc.
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How does
this affect
our
teaching?
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Career Readiness . . .
Percent of High School Graduates lacking…
•Professionalism/Work Ethic. . . . . . . . .
80.3%
•Teamwork/Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . .
75.7%
•Verbal Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . .
70.8%
•Ethics/Social Responsibility. . . . . . . . .
63.4%
•Critical Thinking/Problem Solving. . . .
57.5%
•Information Technology Applications.
53.0%
•Written Communication. . . . . . . . . . . .
52.7%
•Diversity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52.1%
•Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction. . . . .
42.5%
•Creativity/Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36.3%
Consolidated Survey of Corporate America
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Career Readiness . . .
Percent of Two Year/Tech School Graduates lacking…
•Professionalism/Work Ethic. . . . . . . . .
•Teamwork/Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . .
•Verbal Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . .
•Critical Thinking/Problem Solving. . . .
•Written Communication. . . . . . . . . . . .
•Ethics/Social Responsibility. . . . . . . . . .
•Information Technology Applications. .
•Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction. . . . . .
•Diversity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
•Creativity/Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83.4%
82.7%
82.0%
72.2%
71.5%
70.6%
68.6%
58.3%
56.9%
45.5%
Consolidated Survey of Corporate America
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Career Readiness . . .
Percent of Four Year Graduates lacking…
•Verbal Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . .
•Teamwork/Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . .
•Professionalism/Work Ethic. . . . . . . . .
•Written Communication. . . . . . . . . . . .
•Critical Thinking/Problem Solving. . . .
•Ethics/Social Responsibility. . . . . . . . . .
•Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
•Information Technology Applications. .
•Creativity/Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
•Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction. . . . . .
95.4%
94.4%
93.8%
93.1%
92.1%
85.6%
81.8%
81.0%
81.0%
78.3%
National Association of Colleges and Employers
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Career Readiness . . .
Reality of today’s youth entering the workforce
•40%
believe they should be promoted every 2 years
regardless of performance
•60%
guided by the belief that in any given situation they will
just be able to feel what is the right thing to do
•75%
admit to cheating regularly in HS and college
•70%
experience “phantom pocket-vibrator syndrome”
•Creativity test scores have dropped every year since 1998
•Empathy test scores have dropped every year since 2000
USA Today Survey
Lack of
Career
Readiness
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Career Readiness . . .
What concerns us most about the next generation?
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Their unjustified or unrealistic sense of entitlement and need for
instant gratification and affirmation
Their lack of ability to communicate face-to-face and
overdependence on technology
They lack a strong work ethic, focus, commitment, drive and
self-motivation
They lack real world experiences, decision making skills and
long-term perspective
Source: Expanding the Leadership Equation, Developing Next
Generation Leaders, Center for Creative Leadership, 2013
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Career Readiness . . .
It’s not all bad news…
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Career Readiness . . .
What excites us most about the next generation?
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Their comfort and skill with technology and social networks for
information and connectivity
They are creative, open and bring fresh ideas
Their multicultural and global awareness and tolerance of
difference
They are adaptable and used to the pace of change
Their strong sense of service-orientation and desire to make a
difference
USA Today Survey
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Career Readiness . . .
The challenge is…
Every student deserves
career success
and economic security.
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Good
things
happen!
The Challenge. . .
• Succinctly share how SkillsUSA is a solution to
both the Skilled Labor Gap as well as student
Career Readiness. – We need a clear message!
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What is the SkillsUSA Mission?
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Can you recite it?
Do you know where it is located?
What does it mean?
Do your students know the Mission Statement?
SkillsUSA Mission
SkillsUSA empowers its members to become
world class workers, leaders and responsible
American citizens.
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SkillsUSA is the solution. . .
• Framework enables the organization to:
– Develop a common language that is familiar to
employers, parents, administrators and students
– Student can articulate what they have gained! And
how they are different!
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SkillsUSA is a solution. . .
• Framework enables the organization to:
– Ability to assess student skill development coupled
with the language provides students the ability to
articulate to employers their skills and abilities
– Not just listing an event/activity on an resume but
what they learned from it!
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SkillsUSA is a solution. . .
• Framework enables the organization to:
– Vision for programming for the organization,
develop rich experiences to build these skills in all
students
– Multiple experiences
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SkillsUSA is a solution. . .
The organization reviewed research on what
employers need – used data from
Quintessential Careers to develop a
framework.
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Common
language,
Assess skill,
Vision for
programming
What do students want?
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SkillsUSA delivers on what students want!
SkillsUSA engages students through:
• Relationships
• Relevance
• Time
• Play
• Practice
• Choices
• Authenticity
• Challenge
• Application
• Happens for most students at the local level
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Activity
–Form groups of 5 of the same colored dot
–Group list 10 chapter activities
–Crosswalk to Framework Component and at
least 2 Elements that you could be intentional
about teaching in that activity
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Activity
Component
Elements
Teacher Appreciation
Breakfast
Personal
1. Responsibility
2. Professionalism
How can we deliver the framework to all students?
Two new programs:
• Chapter Excellence
Program (CEP)
• Career Readiness
Curriculum (CRC)
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309,000
6,000
50,000
• Measured against a standard
• Provides us with a baseline for a healthy
chapter/what is my chapter supposed to do to
be a success?
• The Chapter Excellence Program (CEP)
establishes a quality baseline that all chapters
will be encouraged to attain with extra
incentive for exemplary chapter performance.
• Achievement is based on student efforts in
preparing for career success through the
development of personal, workplace and
technical skills (SkillsUSA Framework) versus
# of activities.
• The Chapter Excellence Program is focused on the
learning and skills developed by students as a result of
chapter involvement versus honoring chapters solely
based on competition.
• Takes the best of Chapter Standards/Outstanding
Chapter and infuses best practices
• Either completed as a section or a chapter
•Online application and evaluation process
•Includes an explanation of the
framework along with components,
elements and descriptors
•Why to get involved – value to
student and value to teachers
•Comparison of CTE student versus
CTE student plus SkillsUSA
•CEP Framework activity ideas
•Tips to complete the application
•Application/sample application
•Rubric
•Score sheet
Career Readiness Curriculum
• Career Readiness Curriculum (CRC)
can help ensure that students are
prepared for career success
• Designed to integrate SkillsUSA into
CTE classrooms.
• CRC supports the framework of the
SkillsUSA mission, which includes
personal, workplace and technical skills
grounded in academics.
• The Career Readiness Curriculum is a
free, member benefit as part of payment
for SkillsUSA professional membership
dues (digital download)download).
Career Readiness Curriculum
• The guide includes information to
assist with administrator
conversation about the relevance of
SkillsUSA Framework and this
curriculum.
• The curriculum includes 29 lesson
plans and is based on Common
Core State Standards along with
seven other national employability
initiatives.
•Prequel to PDP and CSEP.
•SkillsUSA resources are listed in
the CRC guide and infused
throughout the lessons. Accelerate
is one of the most commonly used
in the lessons.
CRC Advantages
• 100% customizable
• Flexible lessons – can be used in
totality or in parts
• Enhances current classroom
lessons
• Uses strategies from practical
classroom experience
• Incorporates other SkillsUSA
resources
CRC – It Will Work For Your Classroom
• Teaches employability skills that
integrate into a classroom experience
• Promotes student engagement by
using activities
• Showcases SkillsUSA as an integral
part of CTE not an extracurricular
activity
• Provides teachable moments for
employability skill development
• Offers alternative instructional
materials to prepare students for
competition
CRC – Lesson Structure
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Resources/Materials
Goals – related to
Framework and Standards
Common Core Standard
Link
Students will understand
that…
Essential Questions
Students will know…
Students will be able to…
CRC – Lesson Structure
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Performance Tasks
Key Terms
Differentiation
CRC – Lesson Structure
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Lesson plan – in timed
segments
Bell Ringer
Interest Approach
Objectives
Review
End of the Year Evidence Portfolio
Hand Outs
CRC – Lesson Structure
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Extended Learning
Applications
– Classroom
– SkillsUSA
– Workplace
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References
CRC – Added Value Components
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Engages all types of
learners
Incorporates sound
research-based education
practices
Reinforces employability
vocabulary
Assesses student learning
Integrates academic and
employability standards
Extended learning
activities for classroom,
workplace and SkillsUSA
chapter
CRC – Career Success for All Students
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Correlates to employer
demand
Creates career and life ready
students
Teaches accountability and
character
Promotes civic responsibility
Offers practical application of
leadership and employability
skills
Shows there is more than
one way to get from A to B
Develops the whole student
Career Readiness Curriculum
• Processing learning
activities
• Ways to select groups
and leaders
• Ways to say good job!
• New Ignite book of
bell ringers and
activities based on
SkillsUSA Framework
Career Readiness Curriculum
1. Identify the top 5 best
parts of the lesson plan.
2. Decide what you will share
with other teachers
(associated with SkillsUSA
or not) about that lesson
plan.
3. When, where and how
could you use this lesson
plan in your curriculum?
4. List a time you will use
content from the lesson in
your SkillsUSA events.
Career Readiness Curriculum
Ticket out the door!
On your index card write:
1. What excites you about
Framework, CEP, or CRC?
2. Questions you still have about
Framework, CEP, or CRC.
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