Career Action Planning
Best Practices
Module 5
Career Development Resources
Resources
• CAP Steering Committee
• Dept of Education & Career Education
– Office of Guidance Counseling
– Office of Career Guidance, Education and Preparation
• Career Readiness Certificate Program
• Career Guidance Teachers
• Internet Resources
Who are our resources
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Parents provide links to business and industry
Administrators provide support, direction, and goals
CTE Teachers provide program of study information
Counselors provide graduation, scholarship, and
scheduling information
• CDFs and Career Coaches provide time and energy
to carry out assigned tasks
Contact Information
• Career Coach Program
– Sonja McMurray
• sonja.mcmurray@arkansas.gov
• CDF Program
– Ray Henson, Dept of Career Education
raymond.henson@arkansas.gov
Where do students begin?
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Assess current knowledge with KeyTrain pretests
Identify occupational needs for career goal
Take KeyTrain lessons beginning at pretest level
Students work at own pace to the occupational level
they need to achieve
• Bridge the gap between being unemployable and
being hirable.
Career Readiness Initiative
• Arkansas Career Readiness Certificate
– KeyTrain curriculum (Skills Gap Analysis)
– ACT WorkKeys assessments
– CRC signed by the governor and DWS Director
KeyTrain in Secondary Schools
• Students in Workplace Readiness will be required to
use KeyTrain to prepare for the ACT WorkKeys
Assessments.
• Internship, JAG, EAST/WFT will allow students to use
KeyTrain in schools where Workplace Readiness is
not being offered.
WorkKeys Implementation
• Dept of Workforce Services provides KeyTrain to
dislocated workers and high school students in
grades 11 and 12.
• ACT WorkKeys assessments provide job seekers with
the CRC credential.
WorkKeys Identifies Skill Gaps
By comparing the job profile and individual
assessment results, skills gaps can be identified
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Applied
Mathematics
Skills Gap
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Reading for
Information
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Skills Gap
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Individual Results
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Job Profile
Locating
Information
Job Seekers
• Must score at least a level 4 on the KeyTrain in Reading
for Information, Applied Mathematics, and Locating
Information.
• Must also register with the Arkansas Job Links
• Instructor refers KeyTrain completers to a proctor for
the WorkKeys assessments
• Career Readiness Certificates are then awarded to
students receiving the Bronze, Silver or Gold Certificate.
Career Readiness Certification
Arkansas Career Readiness Certificates Awarded
to Date: 20,180
• Bronze: 3,712 19%
• Silver: 10,968 54%
• Gold: 5,500
27%
WorkKeys is a System
Job Profiling: to
match
applicants with
jobs
Career
Guidance
Education/
Training:
Efficiently closes
skill gaps
Skill Assessments:
Measures an
individual’s
skill level
ArkansasAtWork.org
Arkansas Career Readiness Certificate
Governor’s Initiative Video Spot
http://www.state.ar.us/esd/Programs/CRC/Video.htm
Radio Spot
• http://www.state.ar.us/esd/Programs/CRC/Radio.htm
• “We must have a career ready workforce”
– Governor Mike Beebe
Arkansas Works Initiative
• Three-year pilot project to place 43 Career Coaches
in the 21 lowest socioeconomic counties to improve
state indicators and the overall economy of the
state.
• Kuder Navigator and Journey systems including Linkto-College and Connect-to-Business
Kuder Navigator
Students 6th grade through 12th grade access
The College and Career Planning System
• http://arworks.arkansas.gov
Administrators use their Access Code to generate reports
using the Administrative Database and
Update the Curriculum Manager for 4-year education plans
Labor Market Information
Bureau of Labor Statistics
• http://www.bls.gov/
Career One Stop
• http://www.careeronestop.org/lmi/LMIHome.asp
Internet Resources
O*Net On-Line
• http://online.onetcenter.org/
Occupational Outlook Handbook
• http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Career Clusters
• http://www.careerclusters.org/
Arkansas Resources
Real Life Arkansas
• http://www.real-life.arkansas.gov/
Ark Oscar
• http://www.ioscar.org/ar/index.asp
Discover Arkansas
• http://www.discoverarkansas.net/
Assessments
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Comprehend and use both formal and informal career
development assessment tools and resources
Interest Inventories
Aptitude Assessments
Work Values Inventories
Personality Typing
Attitude Assessment
Arkansas Career Guidance Association
http://arcota.org
– ACGA membership and student competitions
– Career Planning for CAP programs
– Conferences
– Career Guidance Programs
– Presentations
– CAP Activities
Arkansas Dept of Career Education
Involvement
• CDF (Perkins Reserve Funds for training)
• Kuder Navigator development for College and
Career Planning System
• Professional Student Organizations
• Career Guidance and Planning (Technical Assistance)
• CEP Listserv
http://list.state.ar.us/mailman/listinfo/cep
Carl Perkins Activities for
CTE Students
• Improve Graduation / Completion Rates
• Improve Non-traditional Placement
• Improve Positive Placement after Graduation
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Professional Development for teachers, counselors, and CDFs
Portfolio Folders
Technology for research
Articulation
Motivation (Speakers)
Student Certifications
and Recognitions
Reward successful students for a job well done
• Arkansas Career Readiness Certificate (CRC)
• Business and Industry Certifications where available
(Perkins approvable)
• Program of Study Certificates of Completion
• Completion awards (Seals, Cords, Certificates)
For more information please contact:
Ray Henson, Program Manager
Dept of Career Education
Office of Career Guidance, Exploration, and Preparation
Three Capitol Mall, Suite 408
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-682-1616
raymond.henson@arkansas.gov