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Launch Your Future Today (LYFT) - Rebuilding CTE in Southwest Minnesota

LYFT Career Pathways is a rural career and technical education initiative aimed at rebuilding CTE in southwest and west central Minnesota. It offers a collaborative model, critical partnerships, and comprehensive career services to help students succeed.

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Launch Your Future Today (LYFT) - Rebuilding CTE in Southwest Minnesota

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  1. Career & Technical Education

  2. Minnesota ACT Conference February 8, 2019 Rural CTE Consortium MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICTS

  3. LYFT Pathways Video https://www.lyftpathways.org/overviewvideo

  4. State of CTE in Southwest Minnesota

  5. 2017 Industry Employment (6W & 8)

  6. Student Course Survey Results • Medical and Health Careers • Internship • Law Enforcement - Criminal Justice • Career Education and Planning • Entrepreneurship • Construction • Mechanics • Manufacturing • Computer Programming • Engineering • Robotics • Computer Technology • Digital Electronics • Intro. to Teaching • Alternative Energy

  7. Student Interests and Pereceptions

  8. Finding a Pathway Typically 1. College 2. Major 3. Career Pathway Should Be 3. College 2. Major 1. Career Pathway

  9. What is LYFT Career Pathways? • Launch Your Future Today (LYFT) is a rural career and technical education (CTE) pathway initiative with the purpose of rebuilding CTE in southwest and west central Minnesota.  “LYFT Career Pathway funding support was made availablethrough a $3 million 2017 Minnesota Legislative grant”.

  10. A Collaborative Model

  11. Minnesota River Valley CTE Collaborative • PARTNERS • SWWC • Minnesota River Valley Ed District • SW MN Private Industry Council • Minnesota West • Dept. Employment & Economic Dev (DEED) • Yellow Medicine East • Lakeview • MACCRAY • Renville County West • Montevideo

  12. Minnesota River Valley CTE Consortium • COURSES Taught Using a Hybrid Delivery Model • Introduction to Medical and Health Careers • Nursing Assistant • Introduction to Manufacturing and Engineering • Information Technology Concepts • Introduction to Education • Introduction to Construction Methods • Electrical Controls • Tiny House Construction • Welding • Introduction to Renewable Energy

  13. Helping Students Succeed

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  20. Critical Business Partnerships

  21. YOUTH CAREER NAVIGATOR The Career Pathway Navigator is an intermediary to schools and employers. Provides support to both students and employers.   The students are supported through a continuum of career services including: career awareness, career exploration, and career preparation and training. Through these service students gain practical employability skills (soft skills: problem solving, communication, professionalism, teamwork, etc.) via job shadows, workplace tours, and guest speakers.

  22. CAREER AWARENESS • CAREER FAIRS • INDUSTRY PROJECTS • CAREER ASSESSMENTS • MOCK INTERVIEWS jff.org/center P L A N N I N G | F O U N D A T I O N | P R E P A R A T I O N Builds awareness of careers. Career exploration activities do not take place in workplaces and are not work-based learning, but provide a foundation for work-based learning and prepare participants to make the most of opportunities.

  23. CAREER PREPARATION • SERVICE LEARNING • APPRENTICESHIP READINESS • COOPERATIVE EDUCATION • INTERNSHIP • PRE-APPRENTICESHIP BASIC TECHNICAL & EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS Provides extended opportunities for participants to increase their knowledge of an identified field of interest and gain employability skills and some entry-level technical knowledge or skills.

  24. CAREER EXPLORATION • SIMULATIONS • INFORMATION INTERVIEWS • JOB SHADOWS • COMPANY TOURS • MENTORING INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION | SHORT-TERM Brings participants to workplaces for short periods of time with the goal of gaining introductory information about an industry and associated occupations.

  25. CAREER EXPERIENCE • WORK EXPERIENCE • ON-THE-JOB TRAINING • WORK-BASED COURSES • REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS • YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP • OTHER FORMS OF APPRENTICESHIPS SPECIFIC SKILLS | PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT Engages individuals as paid workers to gain specific skills, in conjunction with related classroom or lab instruction, in a particular industry or occupation.

  26. Youth Skills Training Program • The Youth Skills Training Program at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (YST@DLI) supports the development and implementation of experiential learning opportunities for students 16 and older. These locally developed programs are implemented in cooperation with employers and schools. • Youth Skills Training programs include paid part-time employment and related classroom instruction. YST programs are approved and monitored by DLI.

  27. Thank You!

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