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WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

Career Pathways –Connecting Education Workforce and Economic Development Amy Charles. WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM. February 2014. Why Career Pathways?. Employers Need Skilled Workers

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WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

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  1. Career Pathways –Connecting Education Workforce and Economic Development Amy Charles WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM February2014

  2. Why Career Pathways? Employers Need Skilled Workers • Ninety percent of employers in manufacturing, regardless of company size, industry, or location, face a moderate to severe shortage of qualified skilled production employees, such as machinists and technicians. • More than half of the employers surveyed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce considered it hard or very hard to find qualified workers to fill job openings, even in the midst of a slow economy. Workers Need Skills • In Wisconsin, a change has occurred, 79% of all jobs in Wisconsin now require education beyond high school. 51% of all jobs require some post-secondary education but LESS than a 4-year degree. • Wisconsinites with (2 and 4 year) college degrees have seen wages increase steadily; those with less education are falling behind. • A skilled workforce contributes to economic development. WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

  3. Tomorrow’s Workforce Is Working Today WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

  4. An Entry Point for All Learners/Workers Career Pathways are designed with employer input to identify the skills and education workers need to earn credentials and enter the workforce as well as the subsequent skills and education needed to continue to succeed along an identified career path. Career Pathway Bridges accelerate students’ transition from pre-college to college level work and help them complete credentials. Regardless of entry-point all career pathways lead to industry validated credentials. WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

  5. For workers: • Predictable path to job advancement and higher wages • More employer support; easier access to education • More security • For employers: • Larger pool of qualified workers • Better pipeline to fill skilled jobs from within • Higher retention, employee loyalty WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

  6. Nicolet Area Technical CollegeGas Arc Welding-Sample pathway The credits in the certificate below, plus: Destructive & Nondestructive Testing – 1 Cr. Shielded Metal Arc Welding – 2 Cr. Oxyfuel & Arc Cutting Processes – 2 Cr. Flux Cored Arc Welding – 3 Cr. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding – 5 Cr. Customer Relations – 1 Cr. Continued instructional and student support services as needed Welding Technical Diploma (31-442-1) 29 credits Basic Blueprint Reading – 4 Cr. Safety in Welding – 1 Cr. Metallurgy Fundamentals - 2 Cr. Gas Metal Arc Welding – 4 Cr. Applied Tech Math – 2 Cr. Applied Comm -- 2 Cr. • Integrated ABE Courses • Basic Reading Skills for Welders -- 1 • cr. • Basic Math Skills for Welders -- 1 cr. • Basic Communications Skills for • Welders -- 1 cr. Gas Metal Arc Welding Certificate (30-442-2) 15 credits (plus Integrated and team-taught ABE for students who benefit from this instructional approach) ABE and ELL Instruction and Skill-Building

  7. Taking Career Pathways to Scale in Wisconsin: www.wicareerpathways.org Goal: Identify and continue to Promote and Expand Career Pathways for workers in Wisconsin that meet industry need. Strategies: • Evaluate current industry needs versus educational offerings to determine additional credentialing opportunity points or opportunities for new curriculum needs—through this meeting today and continued contact with college and workforce development leaders in your area. • Document and begin to share with workers the types of careers available by industry cluster and the education and employment options available to them- inform and share the work of sites likewww.wicareerpathways.org WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

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  9. CAN LOG IN BELOW BUT NOT REQUIRED TO DO A SEARCH WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

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  11. Can search by career (with links to current openings and educational requirements) or education and can see all programs offered at each institution WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

  12. Initiatives to Support Industry Training Needs There are several funding steams that can potentially fund industry training needs: WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

  13. Additional Information on Career Pathways: www.risepartnership.org WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

  14. For additional information on career pathways in Wisconsin, please contact: Amy Charles Wisconsin Technical College System 608-266-0025 amy.charles@wtcsystem.edu WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

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