67. Skills Gap and Career Pathways
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Dr. John Barge, Former GA State Superintendent
Jason Tyszko, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Joel Thornton, Founder, Global Partnership Strategic Services
Dr. Lynn Plunkett, Global Partnership, Strategic Services
Dennis Brosnan, Global Partnership, Strategic Services
Model Schools Conference | June 28, 2015
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Identifying the Problem
• State Policy
• Politics
• “Turf Protection”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkFpsILh3pc
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• 83,211 – the number of craft
job openings in Georgia,
annually
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Home Depot can’t find enough software developers in
metro Atlanta to fend off the threat of e-commerce
retailers like Amazon. So the Atlanta-based home
improvement giant opened and staffed technology
centers in California and Texas.
The home improvement giant also imports about twothirds of its 700 or so programming geeks based in
Atlanta from other states and countries to build
smartphone apps and other technologies
--April 15, 2014 - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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“At the end of the day, we don’t
have the talent pool in Georgia,”
--Eric Schelling, Home Depot’s Director of Talent
Acquisition
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Schelling said Home Depot has more than 165
job openings in Georgia for these skills.
“We haven’t hired anybody (with these skills)
in the last two months from the state of
Georgia,” he said.
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Duluth-based NCR also needs more software developers.
Porsche, building a new North American headquarters
near the Atlanta airport, said it needs more accountants
and other office professionals. The German sports car
maker also needs automotive technicians — mechanics
with serious information technology skills who can earn
six-figures.
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An Atlanta Journal-Constitution survey of top
economic development officials found six out of
ten said workforce quality is the biggest concern
raised by prospects considering Georgia.
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Engaging local, national, and
international businesses
It requires intentionality,
But it can be done.
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Engaging local, national, and
international businesses
We must create a conversation
Between education and business
Leaders in the community.
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Engaging local, national, and
international businesses
We must listen and ACT
In order to show our willingness
To work together.
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The intersection of the business
and education worlds requires:
The ability to translate from business
language to education language and
back.
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The intersection of the business
and education worlds requires:
Sometimes we are communities
separated by a common language.
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The intersection of the business
and education worlds requires:
We want to understand each other,
thus it is not a matter of will.
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The intersection of the business
and education worlds requires:
It often takes an outsider with the
requisite skills.
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Engaging local and state education
agencies and bringing them together
It is critical to have all the partners at
the table from the beginning.
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Engaging local and state education
agencies and bringing them together
Find the key people in all the state
agencies, NGOs, and businesses in
the content area you are targeting.
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Engaging local and state education
agencies and bringing them together
Establish the meetings so that
everyone has input in the process
from the beginning until the end.
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Engaging local and state education
agencies and bringing them together
Create a written record that is
constantly reviewed and improved.
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Organizing committees for
maximum input
Have to engage the key leaders in
each group represented in a
committee.
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Organizing committees for
maximum input
Work with the boards of all the
partners to have board member buy
in for the work.
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Organizing committees for
maximum input
Personalize your invitation with a
clear understanding of the time
commitments required.
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Organizing committees for
maximum input
Outline the process from the beginning,
aligning curriculum while meeting the
specific needs of the business
community.
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Organizing committees for
maximum input
Expect to translate from education to
business and back.
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Organizing committees for
maximum input
Keep everyone engaged.
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The interest level of the local,
national, and international business
communities.
Let’s talk about the work we did in
Georgia with Siemens.
They were very interested.
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The interest level of the local,
national, and international business
communities.
Siemens had several motivations that
are relevant.
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The interest level of the local,
national, and international business
communities.
If an international company like
Siemens is interested, you know
others are as well.
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The interest level of the local,
national, and international business
communities.
We have had interest from BMW,
Hyundai, local companies like
Southwire, and the list goes on.
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Siemens, the process
It seems obvious, but you must
establish a contact person internally
who is responsible for the success of
the relationship.
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Siemens, the process
You must empower the local point
person.
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Siemens, the process
The most important skill is to listen.
What exactly does a company like
Siemens need?
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Siemens, the process
Remember to listen, any problem that
comes up during the course of
relationship can be solved. If you listen!
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Siemens, the process
Produce, we must give these companies
the skills they need and we must
combine it with the academics we
need.
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Working together to develop
curriculum
We may think we know what needs
to be taught, but industry is very
specific in its needs today.
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Working together to develop
curriculum
We have the ability to create very
specific curricula that meets the
needs of very specific industries.
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Working together to develop
curriculum
We did this with Siemens, using their
curriculum to develop courses for our
students to meet the needs of Siemens.
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Working together to develop
curriculum
We did this with Usher’s New Look
Foundation to create a curriculum Usher
had dreamed of to help develop students
who could be leaders in their chosen fields
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Audience Questions
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67. Skills Gap and Career Pathways
Thank You!
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Dr. John Barge, Former GA State Superintendent
Jason Tyszko, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Joel Thornton, Founder, Global Partnership Strategic Services
Dr. Lynn Plunkett, Global Partnership, Strategic Services
Dennis Brosnan, Global Partnership, Strategic Services
Model Schools Conference | June 28, 2015
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