Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs)

Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) Employability Skills: CTSO Students Win in Careers Gretchen Schwambach, Facilitator Karen Olewnick, Today’s Moderator

Housekeeping Information All participants are on mute during the entire webinar. Presentation will be 45 minutes, questions and answers will be 15 minutes. To ask a question, type your question in the question control panel in the lower right corner of your screen to: Gretchen@spnet.us. We will try to answer questions in the order received. Questions will be addressed at the end of the presentation. If you are disconnected for any reason please call (518) 723-2137

Webinar Extras • This webinar is being recorded to be placed on the CTE TAC Website. • You will be able to download the entire PowerPoint slide show….including Fall 2013 dates for related Webinars and State CTSO leadership contact information

?Employability Skills Soft Skills Intrapersonal Skills 21st Century Skills Transferrable Skills

The Problem The skills employers are desperate for are not only technical skills, but also EMPLOYABILITY skills (teamwork, communications, leadership, goal-setting, etc.).

Employability Skills Lesson Plans: Preparing a Professional Professional Development Program – • • Delivers skills employers want • • Builds a job portfolio • • Teaches workplace values and employability skills • • Meets SCANS and state standards requirements • • Involves industry in the classroom • • Facilitates teamwork between academic and CTE • • Easy to implement or modify to meet your needs

The Difficult job of matching jobs and job seekers….a study By KENT GARDNERPolicy WonkRochester Business JournalOctober 25, 2013 338 Firms Responded Skills Gap -- 740 Unfilled positions Production occupation were the plurality Basic Employability Skills Lack of skills -- good work ethic, coming to work on time

Jessica Loden Kirby Managing Director Apple Barrel Country Store and Cafe

How FBLA helped me in my Career LeeAnn Arnold, Assistant Branch Manager, NBT Bank of Schoharie past FBLA Treasurer

Confidence - College – Degree in Accounting Aware of deadlines and accountability Continuous Learning – - Bank Teller – Management Successful Business Leader in Our Community

Agricultural Education, FFA and Employability

Employability is driven by…

Skill Development • Students develop skill through experience. FFA recognizes students for both the time and dedication they show to developing a skill and for the quality of their individual project. Degrees Awards

Employer Perspective • FFA is valuable because… • Engages young people in an industry that is highly needy for employees but often is not well promoted. • Students develop skills and work ethic through experience. • Being connected to FFA as an organization connects you to >579,000 young people interested in agriculture as a career. It’s a captive and targeted audience.

Employer Perspective (cont). • FFA is valuable because… • Provides proven competence at career specific skills (traditional industry looks for this) • The organization amplifies soft skills such as common sense, reasoning, character, reliability, courage, etc. • “The cost of hiring an FFA member is less…”

Student Perspective • “They hired me because they knew I had experience and knowledge of what they wanted me to do… and that’s why they wanted me to find more ways to partner with agriculture students, too.” – Government & NGOs • “I was given the interview by my company because they had seen the American Degree on my resume and knew that meant I would follow through on what I started.” – Communication • “Because of my experience in FFA, I have the confidence and the credibility to meet with customers and executives from the start. In the field, I’m a farm girl who has gotten my hands dirty so farmers believe me. In the board room, I’m poised enough they put me in front of one of our corporate VPs in the first year on the job.”– Agribusiness

Student Perspective (cont). • “If it weren’t for FFA, I’d have been successful - academically. I was valedictorian and didn’t have to try that hard to get there... But the experiences and mentoring I received gave me direction that steered me into my career and my passions. I think I would have floated trying to find where I belonged, even though I was smart. Ag Ed was probably more important to MY career readiness than any of the college preparatory classes I took. It gave me direction as well as skills to succeed.” – Not for Profit • “The single most valuable thing I got from FFA in terms of employability was… the connections… And similarly, I have a personal connection to a known brand. I’m part of something that has a label and already has a recognized value to it.” – Agribusiness

Josh Miller – Schoharie High School Class of 2003 Sales RepresentativeJack Miller’s Tractor, Inc. FFA member 1998-20032002-2003 NYS FFA president2002-2003 NYS & North East Star in Agribusiness 2003 Winner NYS Extemporaneous speaker2003 Winner NYS Livestock Judging

Ross Mosher Director of Production Services The Gigunda Group, Inc. 1998 Graduate of Berlin Jr/Sr High School-Berlin, NY Former FCCLA Member and State Officer Degree in TV/Radio Broadcasting and Production

Disaster Relief work… Disaster Relief Work Tide Loads of Hope

Duracell and Kelloggs…

Some of the brands that I’ve had the opportunity to work with…

Questions • Sent in from today’s listeners:

NYS CTSO Contacts • DECA: Mary Peres, clpmlp@aol.com; 631-525-2678 • FBLA: Jennifer Judge, jjudge@nysfbla.org;315-954-3100 • FFA: JuleahTolosky; jft25@cornell.edu; • 607-254-2880 • FCCLA: Karen Thomas; kthomas189@twcny.rr.com; 315-788-2006 • HOSA: Sandra Keller, sandra.keller@ymail.com; • 315-331-6120 • SkillsUSA: Bruce Potter, bpotter@nysskillsusa.org; 585-366-4675 • TSA: Evelyn Weinstein, nystsa1@gmail.com; 607-539-7907

Resources for Today’s Presentation www.nyctecenter.org

Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs)