Student Success: Classroom Relevance in the Career-Ready Conversation

Student Success: Classroom Relevance

in the

Career-Ready

Conversation

2 Main Obstacles

to Our Student’s Career Success

#1 Obstacle - Skilled Labor Gap . . .#1 Obstacle - Skilled Labor Gap . . .#1 Obstacle - Skilled Labor Gap . . .#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

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MANPOWER 2013 TALENT SHORTAGE SURVEY RESEARCH RESULTS

Skilled Labor Gap . . .Skilled Labor Gap . . .Skilled Labor Gap . . .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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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.

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How is this showing up in

your community or state? (Forbes)


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

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2 yr. olds will be 18 in 2030

#2 Obstacle - College Readiness. . .#2 Obstacle - College Readiness. . .#2 Obstacle - College Readiness. . .#2 Obstacle - College Readiness. . .

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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

Career Readiness. . . Career Readiness. . . Career Readiness. . . 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 . . .Career Readiness . . .Career Readiness . . .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?

Career Readiness . . . Career Readiness . . . Career Readiness . . . Career Readiness . . .

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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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Percent of Two Year/Tech School Graduates lacking…•Professionalism/Work Ethic. . . . . . . . . 83.4%

•Teamwork/Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . 82.7%

•Verbal Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.0%

•Critical Thinking/Problem Solving. . . . 72.2%

•Written Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . 71.5%

•Ethics/Social Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . 70.6%

•Information Technology Applications. . 68.6%

•Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction. . . . . . 58.3%

•Diversity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.9%

•Creativity/Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.5%

Consolidated Survey of Corporate America


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Percent of Four Year Graduates lacking…

•Verbal Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4%•Teamwork/Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . 94.4%•Professionalism/Work Ethic. . . . . . . . . 93.8%•Written Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . 93.1%•Critical Thinking/Problem Solving. . . . 92.1%•Ethics/Social Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . 85.6%•Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.8%•Information Technology Applications. . 81.0%•Creativity/Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0%•Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction. . . . . . 78.3%

National Association of Colleges and Employers


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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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What concerns us most about the next generation?

•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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It’s not all bad news…


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What excites us most about the next generation?

•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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The challenge is…

Every student deserves

career success

and economic security. Good things

happen!

The Challenge. . . The Challenge. . . The Challenge. . . The Challenge. . .

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• Succinctly share how SkillsUSA is a solution to both the Skilled Labor Gap as well as student Career Readiness. – We need a clear message!

What is the SkillsUSA Mission? What is the SkillsUSA Mission? What is the SkillsUSA Mission? 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 Mission SkillsUSA Mission SkillsUSA Mission

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SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world class workers, leaders and responsible

American citizens.

SkillsUSA is the solution. . . SkillsUSA is the solution. . . SkillsUSA is the solution. . . SkillsUSA is the solution. . .

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• 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!

SkillsUSA is a solution. . . SkillsUSA is a solution. . . SkillsUSA is a solution. . . SkillsUSA is a solution. . .

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• 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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• 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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The organization reviewed research on what employers need – used data from Quintessential Careers to develop a framework.

Common language,

Assess skill,Vision for

programming

What do students want?What do students want?What do students want?What do students want?

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SkillsUSA delivers on what students SkillsUSA delivers on what students want!want!

SkillsUSA delivers on what students SkillsUSA delivers on what students want!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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ActivityActivityActivityActivity–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. Responsibility2. Professionalism

How can we deliver the framework to all How can we deliver the framework to all students?students?

How can we deliver the framework to all How can we deliver the framework to all students?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 StructureCRC – Lesson StructureCRC – Lesson StructureCRC – Lesson Structure

• 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…

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• Performance Tasks• Key Terms• Differentiation

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• Lesson plan – in timed segments

• Bell Ringer• Interest Approach• Objectives• Review• End of the Year Evidence -

Portfolio• Hand Outs

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• Extended Learning Applications– Classroom

– SkillsUSA

– Workplace

• References

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CRC – Added Value ComponentsCRC – Added Value ComponentsCRC – Added Value ComponentsCRC – Added Value Components

• 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

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CRC – Career Success for All StudentsCRC – Career Success for All StudentsCRC – Career Success for All StudentsCRC – Career Success for All Students

• 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

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• 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


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.


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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Student Success: Classroom Relevance in the Career-Ready Conversation