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Post-Secondary and Workforce Readiness Skills

This comprehensive guide explores strategies for preparing students with essential skills for success in healthcare professions. From workforce assessments to work-based learning and industry-recognized credentialing, this resource covers key aspects of career readiness in the healthcare sector. It also delves into career guidance tools, limitations, and challenges faced in bridging the gap between education and employment in healthcare. The importance of professionalism and specific healthcare essentials standards and curriculum are highlighted for a well-rounded understanding of preparing students for healthcare careers.

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Post-Secondary and Workforce Readiness Skills

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  1. Post-Secondary and Workforce Readiness Skills Healthcare Essentials Tara Bell

  2. Career ReadinessA Business-Led Approach for Supporting K-12 SchoolsU.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Center for Education and Workforce

  3. College and Career Ready

  4. Workforce Ready Assessments • Ascertain if students have attained the requisite math and reading proficiency to be successful in both college and the workplace.

  5. Workforce Ready Assessments • Ascertain if students have attained the requisite “soft skills” proficiency to be successful in both college and the workplace.

  6. Career Courses with Dual Credit Opportunities • Student acquisition of meaningful dual, concurrent, and/or articulated college credit can be a validation of college and career readiness. • Student participation in Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses. • The dual credit model is often a component of CTE courses, within a program of study, that align secondary and post-secondary courses for a seamless transition.

  7. Work-Based Learning • Work-based learning should be embedded within individual courses and programs of study. • Experiences may include: • Internships • Clinicals • Apprenticeships • Simulated Experiences • Virtual Job Shadow

  8. Industry-Recognized Credentialing • Industry –Recognized Credentialing may be used as an indicator of career readiness. • Diploma Endorsements • Micro-Credentials (digital badging) • Certifications

  9. Career Guidance • Career guidance has expanded from the school counselors to technology platforms and tools. • Inspire – information about in-demand occupations, skill requirements, earning potential, and opportunities to connect to local employers. • Personalized learning or career plan. • ICAP – Individualized Career and Academic Plan • Some plans include a crosswalk of career aspirations to a student’s academic achievement.

  10. Limitations and Challenges • Assessments – commonly used and important in addressing many of the cores essential skills a student will need to transition out of high school, often don’t address many of the “soft skills” employers are looking for in an employee. • CTE courses stigmatized as “less rigorous” that limits, not expands, opportunities. • Quality work-based learning experiences. • Which credentials are valued by employers… • Career guidance is not happening everywhere with few opportunities for students to get meaningful access to information and coaching.

  11. Professionalism • Health Beliefs/Behaviors • Communications • Patient Safety • Computer & Technology • Medical Records • Customer Service • Critical Thinking • Basic Problem • Structured Data Collection • Cultural Competency • Self Confidence • Team Player • Culturally Congruent Care

  12. Healthcare Essentials Standards & Curriculum • The curriculum is divided into modules. • Can be taught by module or as a course. • Each module contains: • Standards • PPT • Lesson Plan • Outline • Resources

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