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You Have the KEYS !... Why Didn’t You Start Your Engine ?

You Have the KEYS !... Why Didn’t You Start Your Engine ? . Motivating your Students/Clients to Work in KeyTrain/Career Ready 101. Starting Their Engines!. Program requirement Verbiage used in coaching clients Score comparisons – Occupational Profiles Share purpose/value of KeyTrain lessons

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You Have the KEYS !... Why Didn’t You Start Your Engine ?

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  1. You Have the KEYS!...Why Didn’t You Start Your Engine? Motivating your Students/Clients to Work in KeyTrain/Career Ready 101

  2. Starting Their Engines! • Program requirement • Verbiage used in coaching clients • Score comparisons – Occupational Profiles • Share purpose/value of KeyTrain lessons • WorkKeys/CRC as a privilege • Competitive spirit among students • “Profile” program • Communicate value through employer utilization & national industrial association support

  3. Career Development Stats 1867 CRCs with 256 Plus Certifications CRC Stats as of Feb. 2, 2012

  4. The Magic Wand • Believe in the system • Work hard and continuously • Perseverance • Consistency • Form partnerships • Administration • Instructors • Employers • Dept. of Commerce • Tribes

  5. Requirement • Make the Pretests a requirement • Requirement for funding • Requirement for participation in something • Requirement for program completion/graduation • Requirement for interview by a certain employer • Make the lessons a requirement when Occupational Profile levels are not met in pretests • Show KT lesson relationship/application to career field

  6. Verbiage • Present KeyTrain/Career Ready 101 as a tool that has been purchased in order to help them achieve their career goals • Pretests are a tool that instructors use to determine the student’s current skill levels in order to provide training opportunities to meet the student’s needs • Skills levels recommended for success in a particular career field

  7. “We use the pretests to help us determine what services we need to provide for you in order to help you meet your career goals and become a successful ________.” • “Take your time and give your best effort on the pretests so that we can help you achieve the levels recommended for success in your chosen career field.”

  8. Score Comparisons • WorkKeys Occupational Profiles: Average WorkKeys Scores Needed by Job Title: http://www.act.org/workkeys/skillsearch.html?q=A • KeyTrain Skill Match Match WorkKeys scores to O*NET Job Database http://profiles.keytrain.com/profile_search/ • WorkKeys Profiles Quick Reference Make your own list of frequently used scores

  9. ** Become familiar with WorkKeys Job Profiles and the ACTWorkKeys system so that you can explain to students how the recommended scores were set.

  10. Halito, Thank you for getting your pretests completed.  Below is a comparison of your current scores to those that are recommended for your chosen career a successful HVAC Technician.                              Your Score              Recommended Score         Recommended Lessons Applied Math            4                                  6                                     4 -5-6 Locating Info            3                                  6                                     Retake pretest Reading for Info       6                                  5                                     None The lessons within the Career Ready 101/KeyTrain system are excellent short refresher courses that will help you bring your skill levels up to the recommended levels.  I think that by completing the lessons listed above under Recommended Lessons, you will be very well prepared for success in your chosen field.  And, by completing the recommended lessons, you are also qualifying yourself for our Career Readiness Certification Initiative.  This initiative offers you an opportunity to earn a certification to help you be more competitive in your job search as well as qualifies you for an incentive award from our program.  Please see more information at the links below: http://www.choctawcareers.com/readiness.html http://www.okcareertech.org/cac/workkeys/ I will be happy to answer any question or assist with the lessons as needed. Have a great day!

  11. Purpose & Value • Explain the correlation between KeyTrain and WorkKeys • Career Ready 101™ is our comprehensive career training course that helps you design a program based on your resources. It is an integrated approach to exploring careers and their skill requirements, building workplace skills using KeyTrain remediation, and creating life literacy with such skills as financial awareness and job searching. With its flexible online or instructor-led options, Career Ready 101 is a powerful way to set up learners for success in all areas of career readiness. • Work Readiness System Video: http://www.act.org/workforce/workreadiness.html • Refresher lessons to enhance workforce skill levels • Preparation for career success & obtaining the CRC

  12. CRC Privilege & Benefit • The CRC is a NATIONALLY recognized workforce credential • Enhances competitiveness in job market • OK employer DO use the CRC • http://www.okcareertech.org/cac/workkeys/EmployerPartners_new.html • Addition to the Resume & Portfolio • Set your own WorkKeys testing minimum levels (ours is 5-5-5 in KT)

  13. Competitive Spirit • Use students’ competitive spirit • “Advertise” the high score on the pretests from last year’s class • “Advertise” the number of Gold CRCs from last year’s class • Start a competition between your T&I programs to have the highest number of CRCs or the most Gold CRCs • Always emphasize that KeyTrain is the vehicle to move students to higher levels on the CRC

  14. “Profile” Your Programs • HVAC WorkKeys Profile: AM=5 LI=5 RI=4 • KeyTrain Req. Levels: AM=6 LI=6 RI=5 • Use Occupational Profiles/O*NET Skills to match to skills learned in the program • Involve instructors • Involve employers

  15. Employer Value • Bring in Employer Representatives to speak to students • Utilize the partnerships between ACT WorkKeys and national industry organizations • NAM – Nat. Assn. of Manufacturers • MI – Manufacturers Institute • NCCER – Nat. Center for Construction Ed. & Research • CDWD – Center for Energy Workforce Development • http://www.act.org/workforce/industries.html

  16. Everyone is welcome!

  17. Use those Keys & Start those Engines! • Best wishes! • This IS a do-able project! • Expect increased numbers of CRCs, not that every student will obtain a CRC. • Questions?

  18. Happy Valentines Day! CN is Going Green---Please email me if you would like a copy of this presentation. Rhonda Mize Academic & Employment Services Coordinator Choctaw Nation Career Development Program rmize@choctawnation.com | 580.931.7624 or 866.933.2260 www.choctawcareers.com

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