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Building a Workforce Pipeline
Education
Workforce
Development
Industry
Alignment
Future Labor
Creates Competitive Advantage
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WHY THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN
Education
Workplace
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Education Challenges
Less time for
CTE
Disconnect –
ed / work
Common
Core
Teacher
shortages
Academic
achievement
focus
College for
all
Education
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Rigid
Funding
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Industry Challenges
Fast pace
environment
Quick / agile
processes
Changing
equipment &
rapid adoptions
of new tech.
Jobs go where
skills are
Globalization /
Global
competition
Industry
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Changing skills
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The Changing Workplace
• By 2018
• need 22 million new college degrees
• fall short by at least 3 million associate or better
• need at least 4.7 million new workers with
postsecondary certificates
• 90% of the fastest-growing jobs will require an
education beyond HS
• 31% of small business owners can’t fill positions
• 41% of manufacturers
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Middle Skill Workers Changing
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29 million middle jobs pay $35,000 or
more
11 million+ middle jobs pay $50,000
or more
4 million+ pay $75,000 or more
40%+ require education beyond HS /
less than a Bachelor’s degree
New and enhanced skill requirements
/ increased reliance on tech
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Source: Association of Career & Technical Education
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New Workplace Norm
Increased productivity brought
about by technology
Workplace will require advanced
technical skills-work with
advanced computer systems
Workplace
Availability of skilled workers
drives decisions on business
locations
Collaboration between business,
education, community groups,
and policy impact decisions
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Future Career Paths
Careers will more
resemble a
lattice, rather
than a ladder
More lateral
moves on the
way up
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Multiple jobs
stitched together
to form a more
flexible work
environment
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Society Challenges 2010 to 2025
Up to 78 million Baby
Boomers leave the
U.S. workforce or
change work focus
Only 40 million Gen
X’ers and Y’ers will be
available to replace
them
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Today’s Youth are Different
93% U.S. teens 12-17
used Internet in 2009
73% of teens use social
networking websites in
2009
64% created content
on Internet
62% get news on
events/politics online
Access information via
the Internet
Students electronically
engaged but face to
face is used less often
The fastest growing
segment of computerusers today in the U.S.
is 5 to 7 year olds
Communicate via
• Social networking sites
• Texts
• Pinterest
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What industry needs
Workers with
Lifelong
learning
Multicultural
Systems
thinking /
problem
solving
Ability to
express
one’s self
Critical
thinking
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Why should industry be involved?
Increase pool of qualified applicants
Lower training costs
Reduce cost of selection
Lower employee turnover
Increase positive public relations/ provide greater exposure in the marketplace
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Ways to engage; pull out handout
Serve on
Advisory Board
Subject Matter
Expert
Engage with
Youth
Mentor students in a career
Provide job shadowing opportunities
Curriculum Review
Increase knowledge via
externships
Provide students opportunities to visit
work sites
Support Career Technical Student
Organizations (DECA, FBLA, FFA, Skills USA)
Present industry information in
training or presentations
ID of equipment needs
Provide tech. and equip. that
your workforce uses
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School based enterprise
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Business Open Houses and Tours
EXAMPLE:
• F.O.C.U.S “Fostering Our Communities’ Understanding of STEM”
• Chamber of Commerce
• STEM opportunities
• Activities hosted by companies
– for students, teachers, parents
• Sign up through flyer
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Business open houses and tours
• Two purposes:
– Inform parents about the business
– Foster student engagement
• Important that they are:
– Connected to State curriculum
– Students “do something” not just tour
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Industry / Education Partnership
Transparency
Value
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Collaborative Effort
• Funded by the Helios Foundation
• Hillsborough Education Foundation is the fiscal agent
• Career and Technical Education administers the grant
to develop the programs
• Funding provides PD, Curriculum Development, and
Marketing
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Local Impact of Maritime Industry
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Florida’s largest port by tonnage
Services 8 million people within 100 miles
Economic impact of $8 billion and 100 thousand jobs
Major cruise home port
Petroleum and energy gateway
Expanding container gateway
Top shipbuilding and repair center
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History of Partnership
• 2006 Maritime Industry approaches HCPS to with an idea
• 2008 Middle School pilot units are introduced in Technology
Education classes across the district
• 2009 Industry partners and HCPS CTE focus on the development of
a complete program (6-12 grade)
• 2011 Blake High School opens with one class of 9th grade students
in the Maritime Academy
• 2013 Magnet High School and two new middle school programs
open
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Development of Curriculum
Contributors to the curriculum products:
• Dave Sessums, VP, International Ship Repair
• Neil McManus, VP, United Ocean Services
• Chris Koehler, Attorney, HaydenMilliken, P.A.
• Greg Quintana, Representative, MEBA (AFL-CIO)
• Paul Duffy, President, Padgett/Swann Machinery
• Arthur Whiting, Captain, Harden Marine Associates
• Jakub Prokop: DRT, HCPS
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What does the Curriculum look like?
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History
Careers
Ships
Engineering
Navigation
Trade
Cargo
Security
Port Operations
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Shipping Operations
Mariner Studies
Admiralty Law
Environmental
Marine Resources
Oceanography
Marine Biology
All major areas of the entire
Maritime Industry are covered!
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Programs of Study
• Meets graduation requirements
• Designed to move students into AP courses in
preparation for postsecondary enrollment at the
National Maritime Academies
• Includes advanced coursework such as
Macroeconomics, Statistics, and Foreign Language
• Students are cohort scheduled with course content
“flavored” with the Maritime theme
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Post Secondary Focus
• National Universities:
– United States Merchant Marine
Academy
– California Maritime Academy
– Great Lakes Maritime Academy
– Maine Maritime Academy
– Massachusetts Maritime
Academy
– State University of New York
Maritime College
– Texas Maritime Academy
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Potential Degrees and Relevant Wage
Sample Degrees
Median Wage (onset)
Marine Engineering
$84,850
Maritime Administration
Varies
Marine Biology
$59,330
Power Engineering
$79, 230
Marine Fisheries
$64,660
Logistics and Transportation
$80,860
Marine Sciences
$57,420
Marine Engineering Tech*
$58,670
Marine Systems Engineering
$84, 850
Ocean and Costal Resources
$79,050
Marine Transportation
$80, 860
Juris Doctorate*
$113,310
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Other Careers and Relevant Wage
Sample Degrees
Median Wage (onset)
Ship Captains
$63,920
Longshoremen
$39,860
Welders
$35,920
Sailors ^
$36,800
Freight Agents^*
$38,210
Heavy Equipment Techs*
$45,600
Freight Inspectors
$62,230
Logisticians
$71,910
Supervisor of Mechanics*
$34,040
^ Faster than average growth
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Support for Teen Work
• Many adolescents work, but few of their experiences are
connected to their career goals as is now required in CTE
work-based programs.
• Benefits to students may be realized if classroom-based
learning and paid work are connected. (Zimmer-Gembeck
& Mortimer, 2006)
• Classroom focus on employability skills alone did not result
in greater job placement. Structured work experiences that
coincided with employer involvement in content design
were associated with abilities to find jobs (Cranmer, 2006)
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Ideal Work-Based programs
Curriculum
w/Industry
Occupational
Area
School-Worksite
Support &
Coordination
Connecting
Activities
Mentoring
Reflection
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Wisconsin Work-Based Learning
Academic &
Technical
Skills
21st
Century
Skills
WorkBased
Learning
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Work-Based Learning Programs
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Job Shadowing
Volunteer/Service Learning
Student “work-like” activities
Intern/Trainee
Work-Based Learning
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Co-op, Skills Co-op, YA
School-Based
Entrepreneurship
SAEs
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Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship
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Program Highlights:
1 or 2 years, 16-17 (Junior &/or Senior year)
High school credit
Paid on-the job training & experience
Employer Mentors
Skills vetted by industry aligned to industry standards
Skills Standards Checklist
YA Coordinators
Curriculum Standards- Learning Objectives, Performance Standards
Related Instruction
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Child Labor Laws
Child Labor Law Guide
Sections
• Introduction
• Definitions
• Work Permits
• Liability & Insurance
• Hours & Wages
• Employment & Equipment Restrictions (Alphabetical)
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High School Class vs. Employment
• School CTE classes vs. employment
• Child labor laws only regulate employment,
NOT classroom instruction
• School has burden to provide safety
instruction
• Use common sense- RISK ASSESSMENT
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Student Learner
• Must be attending an accredited school (DPI)
• Employed on a part-time basis to obtain school
credit and employment training
• Must have a written school-work training
agreement between student, employer and
school
Must be PAID at least Minimum Wage!
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Note About Liability & Insurance
• Student Learner vs. After School Job
• Product, Personal, Worker’s Compensation
• Call other WBL Employers!
Don’t Know Unless the
Employer Asks!
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Youth Apprenticeships
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Externships
• STEMersion videos
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Benefits to Businesses
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Increase employee recruiting opportunities
Lower training costs
Lower employee turnover
Increase positive public relations/ provide
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Ways to engage; pull out handout
Serve on
Advisory Board
Subject Matter
Expert
Engage with
Youth
Mentor students in a career
Provide job shadowing opportunities
Curriculum Review
Increase knowledge via
externships
Provide students opportunities to visit
work sites
Support Career Technical Student
Organizations (DECA, FBLA, FFA, Skills USA)
Present industry information in
training or presentations
ID of equipment needs
Provide tech. and equip. that
your workforce uses
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How to get started
• Contact your local
– High School Principal
– Career Technology Educator
– Community College
• IWNC for additional information
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Questions?
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