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Building and Improving Partnerships Involving Secondary & Postsecondary Education and Business & Industry. Debra Mills dmills@cord.org ; 217.247.9930. Chapter 7. Business/Industry/Labor Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Employers Employer Groups Labor Groups Education K-12
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Building and Improving Partnerships Involving Secondary & Postsecondary Education and Business & Industry Debra Mills dmills@cord.org; 217.247.9930
Business/Industry/Labor Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Employers Employer Groups Labor Groups Education K-12 Postsecondary: Universities; Community & Technical Colleges; others? Community-At-Large Civic Groups Social Agencies Parents Others? Partnership Communities
Partnerships are based on relationships • At Every Level • Begin with the End in Mind; Keeping your eye on the ball • Time • Consistency
Business/Industry Role Career Pathways Employee Requirements Licensure; Certificate CC; University Business/Industry Role
Role of Employers: Career Pathways • Industry Clusters • Organized groups of local businesses stimulating community awareness of and interest in career pathway opportunities. • Facilitate partnerships with the K-16 education systems and assist in the immediate and ongoing change and development of curriculum to better prepare students for these career pathways.
9-14/16 Career Pathways • Precision Metal Production • Production Design • MFG-Tech • Engineering • Mfg Industry Cluster CC Program Advisory Committee HS Program Advisory Committee
9-16 Career Pathways • Precision Metal Production • Production Design • MFG-Tech • Engineering • Mfg Industry Cluster 9-14 Program Advisory Committee
9-16 Career Pathways • 1. Precision Metal Production • 2. Production Design • MFG-Tech • Engineering • Mfg Industry Cluster Community Outreach Career Dev WBL 9-14 Staff Dev 9-14Curriculum
Begin with the END in Mind • What are the educational outcomes needed for successful employees? • This approach implies a need to integrate requirements from several sources.
Begin With the End in Mind Successful Employees (also citizens, family members, Individuals, etc.) • PS Education • 1-year certificate • Licensure • 2-year college • 4-year university Secondary Education Career Pathways ALL STUDENTS
Source of Requirements Successful Employees (also citizens, family members, Individuals, etc.) • PS Education • 1-year certificate • Licensure • 2-year college • 4-year university Secondary Education Career Pathways ALL STUDENTS 1 Dept of ED (State)
Source of Requirements Successful Employees (also citizens, family members, Individuals, etc.) • PS Education • 1-year certificate • Licensure • 2-year college • 4-year Univ Secondary Education Career Pathways ALL STUDENTS 1 2 Dept of ED (State)
Source of Requirements Successful Employees Credentials, licensure 3 • PS Education • 1-year certificate • Licensure • 2-year college • 4-year Univ Secondary Education Career Pathways ALL STUDENTS 1 2 Dept of ED (State)
What is different with Career Pathways?
System for ALL Students System for ALL occupational clusters 4 + 2 4 + 2 + 2 4 + 1 year certificate 4 + Industry Certificate Multiple EXIT POINTS High School + PS
Knowledge & Skills Common:Applicable across pathway or cluster Important:relevant, meaningful Accurate:technically correct EXIT points Match industry career ladders Credentials Licenses Business/Industry Validation
Framework for Mapping Career Pathways Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Sec Education Career Awareness
Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Sec Education Career Awareness
Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Content: Curriculum & Services Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Content: Curriculum & Services Sec Education Career Awareness
Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Entry Requirements Content: Curriculum & Services Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Content: Curriculum & Services Sec Education Exit Requirements Career Awareness
Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Entry Requirements Content: Curriculum & Services Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Content: Curriculum & Services Sec Education Exit Requirements HS Exit = PS Entrance Career Awareness
Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Entry Requirements Content: Curriculum & Services Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Dual Credit Content: Curriculum & Services Sec Education Exit Requirements HS Exit = PS Entrance Career Awareness
Career Pathway Primer and Planning Guide: Davis Jenkins, University of Illinois at Chicago*
Communities for Industry Recognized Skills • Industry & Professional Organizations • Workforce & Training Initiatives • Employers • Certifiers • Unions • Other Partnerships: Industry clusters to match the Career Pathways/Cluster
Types Gov Regulatory Boards (example state cosmetology) Trade Assoc (NATEF – Auto Tech) Vendor Specific (Microsoft/MOUS) NSSB Oversight Org www.clearhq.org www.noca.org State CTE Directors www.careerclusters.org
Students in the Workplace HS & PS SYSTEM Educators in the Workplace Acad, CTE, HS & PS =IN A CAREER PATHWAY Business in the School Teaching? Business supporting the work of teachers Marketing CP; Staff Dev in CP Categories: Industry-Ed Partnerships
Advisory committees are a quality control function of your program and are a tool for administration and faculty to “talk to the customer”
What are the specifications? How will it change in the future? What are the exit points? A “program of work” is a tool for the advisory committee to use so that it may guide education to level of specifications that it needs. Curriculum Staff development Career Dev & wbl Marketing & Advocacy Student recruitment & placement Program resources Evaluation Talk to your customer…
In real estate, it’s location, location, location! In advisory committees, it’s employers,employers,employers! Rules that are universal…
Help! No one comes to meetings! • Empowerment + Ownership EQUALS = • Activities/Attendance + Sustainability
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Strategies from across the country • Cluster (like industries) approach from the EDC • Pathway Partners (Chamber M adopt instructor) • Staff Dev delivered by B/I • Joint Advisory Committees (sec & ps) • Thinking outside the box • Digital Communication • B/I Tours for ALL faculty in a program (including gen ed)
Advice for New Beginnings • Business must provide leadership • Relationships need to be built at ALL levels • Think in SYSTEM terms • Academic & technical skills • Secondary & Postsecondary • Connect to existing entities (Chamber, EDC) • Educate your community • Always focus on your mission (economic dev)
Educational Linkages • Use B/I Groups to bring the two together? • Curriculum Development • JOINT staff development • B/I facilitated staff development • Shared calendar • Sharing Resources
Site Mgt Teams • Need a NETWORK of people so info doesn’t sit on someone’s desk. • School Site Team: adm; counselor; academic & technical instructors • Large Schools: Team per Cluster? • Focus: Working to make changes; umbilical cord (ps hs) • Use existing teams?
What information is shared between PS & Secondary? Does it get to the classroom level? Is it broken down to the building level? % of recent HS graduates to CC; University? What programs? Remediation levels? GPA? Retention? Providing Information
Secondary & PS instructors to B/I together PS & Sec K-14 Career Cluster Teams (9-14; tech & academic & counselors) Adm & Board of Trustees Counselor (9-14) meetings Pathway Partners Technical instructors (9-14) in a career cluster PLUS a business partner. Year long process Alignment of calendars to share opportunities Share Staff Development Linkages
Partnership Inventory Sheets • Education-to-Education (16 clusters) • 16 clusters. Are there connections between all levels in all 16 clusters? • Education-to-Education (blank pathways) • Blank Pathways. Same as above but pathways are left blank so you can write in your own pathway names. • Education-to-Business (all 16 clusters) • Are all levels of ed connecting to business in all 16 clusters? • Complete Crosswalk (by specific Pathway) • In a specific pathway, do all stakeholders connect?