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Developing Successful IT Professionals: Skills Mapping and the 9-14 Model

Temeca Simpson- IBM October 29, 2013. Developing Successful IT Professionals: Skills Mapping and the 9-14 Model. Objectives. Develop a model of expertise to enable P-TECH graduates to compete for a range of jobs in the technology marketplace. Create a pipeline for viable career pathways

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Developing Successful IT Professionals: Skills Mapping and the 9-14 Model

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  1. Temeca Simpson- IBM October 29, 2013 Developing Successful IT Professionals: Skills Mapping and the 9-14 Model

  2. Objectives • Develop a model of expertise to enable P-TECH graduates to compete for a range of jobs in the technology marketplace. • Create a pipeline for viable career pathways • Provide students with broad knowledge of business/solutions and functional skills • Develop a flexible framework to keep pace with the rapid changes in the workplace and technologies. 2 06/17/13 Expertise Taxonomy

  3. How IBM does it… Skills Documentation • Identify entry level jobs • Validate US based demand • Summarize expertise to perform entry level jobs • Categorize expertise into learning portfolios • Associate products, models or tools with portfolios • Narrow down the skills inventory to the foundational skills for entire industry Skills Mapping • Identify AAS degree pathways • Order skills by complexity • Technical Skills vs. Professional Skills • Connecting skills to courses & curricula • Developing an integrated scope and sequence • Providing work-based professional development for school staff 3 06/17/13 Expertise Taxonomy

  4. Potential IBM US jobs for people with AAS degree • Hardware Development & Support - Technician in Development • Circuit Layout Design Specialist, Development Engineering Technician, Development Product Engineering Technician, Hardware Test Technician, etc. • Manufacturing - Technician in Manufacturing • Equipment Maintenance Technician, Inventory Technician, Logistics Process Technician, Manufacturing Engineering Technician, etc. • Manufacturing - Production Operations • Order Scheduler, Power Vehicle Maintenance Operator, Production Operator, Quality Analyst, Field Support Analyst, Inventory Control Analyst, etc. • Product Services - Other Product Services • Remote Technical Support, Service Planning Representative, Software Specialist, Support Center Representative, etc. • Technical Services - Other Technical Service • Computer Operator, Customer Service Representative, Data Center Specialist, Deskside Support Representative, etc. Technical primary/secondary job categories with significant band 1-5 populations 4 June 17, 2013

  5. Expertise Taxonomy Summarize job role expertise

  6. An individual Skill can reside in one or many Job Roles • Skills can also reside at the Secondary or Primary Job Level Documentation Structure IBM Taxonomy Example Primary Job Category IT Specialist Secondary Job Category Services Specialist Job Role Application Developer Job Role Skill Sets Application Developer: AIX/UNIX Skills Apply Knowledge of XML

  7. Employee Example Primary Job Category Secondary Job Category Job Role Job Role Skill Sets Skills Skills IT Specialist Services Specialist Skills ApplicationDeveloper Skills Industry -Insurance Skills Product -WebSphere Skills Product -Java™ Skills Product -Linux Skills

  8. Each of the skills is categorized into a theme: Themes are used in our model to link learning portfolios to expertise to narrow down the skills inventory to the foundational skills for entire industry 8 06/17/13 Expertise Taxonomy

  9. Sample Portfolio Expertise Tools 9 06/17/13 Expertise Taxonomy

  10. How IBM does it… Skills Documentation • Identify entry level jobs • Validate US based demand • Summarize expertise to perform entry level jobs • Categorize expertise into learning portfolios • Associate products, models or tools with portfolios • Narrow down the skills inventory to the foundational skills for entire industry Skills Mapping • Identify AAS degree pathways • Order skills by complexity • Technical Skills vs. Professional Skills • Connecting skills to courses & curricula • Developing an integrated scope and sequence • Providing work-based professional development for school staff AAS Degree Pathways 10 06/17/13 Expertise Taxonomy

  11. Expertise Taxonomy Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Core Academic Skills Professional Skills Technical Skills June Security Programming Database Systems Operating Systems Computer Systems Networking Steering Committee Meeting Skills Communication Collaboration Ethics and Leadership Project Management Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Digital Media Office Applications Research & Analysis Math and Literacy Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 2 Year 2 Year 2 Year 2 Year 2 Year 3 Year 3 Year 3 Year 3 Year 4 Year 4 Year 4 Year 5 Year 5 Year 6 11

  12. Expertise Taxonomy

  13. Expertise Taxonomy Sample Work-Based Learning Scope and Sequence Overview

  14. Expertise Taxonomy Annual Review 21st Century Job Readiness

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