Success in the New Economy: How all Students can gain a Competitive Advantage Kevin J Fleming PhD

1. Success in the New Economy: How all Students can gain a Competitive Advantage Kevin J Fleming PhD September 11, 2015

3. education counts $114,800 $41,473 $63,310 $33,938

4. USA Median Annual Earnings by Education $200,000 in debt Earning $36,000/year

5. 60% Educational Attainment, 1940–2009 Sources: The College Board, Education Pays 2010, Figure 2.7; U.S. Census Bureau, 2009b, Table A-1.

6. education counts (but skills count more)

7. The One Way to Win Philosophy

14. 57baccalaureate jobs

15. 43underemployed

17. 40-60% Don’t play the One-Way-to-Win game

18. By 2018, most jobs will not require a BA Source: March CPS data, various years; Center on Education and the Workforce forecast of educational demand to 2018, as reported in Pathways to Prosperity (Harvard, February, 2011)

19. California needs 1 million more AA, certificates, or industry-valued credentials. The Goal #StrongWorkforce

20. Career Technical Education: the Path Out of Poverty $60,771 ($29.22/hour) 2-parent with one working adult, 2-child Source: CA Budget Project $66,000 AA – Career Technical Education 5-years later Source: Salary Surfer, 112 CA Community Colleges $38,500 AA - General Education 5-years later Source: Salary Surfer, 112 CA Community Colleges #StrongWorkforce

21. 83% of associate degree holders have same annual earnings as 4-yr grads

22. The Three“Rs” Reading Writing Arithmetic Relevance Reality Five

23. “The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water” - John Gardner, 1961

24. But, the fact is that large numbers of college graduates leave school as unsure of what they will do “when they grow up” (except perhaps continue to go to school) as they were when they started.– CA Postsecondary Education Commission

25. Meet Mike! • BA Film Production (LMU) • Music Video Production Company • Bartender • Real Estate Agent • Forklift Operator • FIDM – fashion school • Fabric buyer for BCBG • Raw materials manager for American Apparel • Two website start-ups • Financial Planner • Women’s casual wear clothing line • Screen writing • Photographer

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29. Meet Mike! • BA Film Production (LMU) • Music Video Production Company • Bartender • Real Estate Agent • Forklift Operator • FIDM – fashion school • Fabric buyer for BCBG • Raw materials manager for American Apparel • Two website start-ups • Financial Planner • Women’s casual wear clothing line • Screen writing • Photographer

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31. College-Prep and CTE are complementary not competing goals . . .

32. The genius of the The tyranny of the &versus Or

33. “Some College” is the New Gateway Into The Workforce THE LABOR MARKET IS INCREASINGLY DEMANDING A MORE SKILLED WORKFORCE. BY 2020 IN THE 1970s IN 1992 of jobs required more training. of jobs required more than a high school education. of job openings in the U.S. will require some postsecondary education or training-though not necessarily a four-year degree. #StrongWorkforce Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce analysis 4

34. The Pot Roast

35. 5 Step Model: Self Exploration. (Ask: “What do you love to do,” as well as “What are you good at doing?” Career Exploration (Ask: “What can you get paid to do?”, “What occupations/industries are a high priority and/or are emerging?”) Set a tentative career goal Investigate & Verify the multiple paths to initial goal (work experience, interviews, job shadowing, apprenticeships) Establish educational plan

36. 10 Step Model: Passions, aptitudes, & personality Define success Mission in Life Identify the chosen Lifestyle The budget needed to support lifestyle The work conditions that match personality Career research (emerging & priority) Tentative career goals Educational research Educational Plan

39. Career Cruising CA Career Zone.org Get Focused, Stay Focused EMSI’s Career Coach California Career Café California Career Center College311.org Engineergirl.org MyFuture.com My10year plan.com ConnectEd California FreshmanTransition.org Road Trip Nation Dirty Jobs Whodouwant2b.com Onetonline.org Acceleron Learning Miami Valley CTC (Dayton, OH) Career Choices curriculum Assessments: ASVAB, MBTI, Strong, Holland, DiSC, Strengthsfinder Nebraska Middle School Career Exploration Course (curriculum for careers C4C) Linked Learning CA Partnership Academies Focuscareer2 Eureka

40. CTE is to some students whatIGETC & Honors is to others

41. CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE

42. Help Students Explore Careers by Sector Emerging & Priority Sectors Each has a Deputy Sector Navigator to assist you Advanced Manufacturing Advanced Transportation & Renewables Agriculture, Water & Environmental Technologies Energy (Efficiency) & Utility Health Life Science/Biotech Information Communications Technologies International Trade & Exports Small Business & Tourism Retail/Hospitality “Learn-and-Earn” California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students

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