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WV Simulated Workplace
Presented by Donna Burge-Tetrick, Ph.D.Slide2
Facts Every Educational
Stakeholder Should KnowApproximately
70%
of US jobs don’t require a four-year degree.
Two-Thirds
of the
fastest-growing
occupations over the next decade are
projected in
health
services/support, computer technology
and
construction industry
.
(-
Bureau of Labor Statistics
)Slide3
Experts project
20.5 million
job
openings
by 2020.
About one-third will require technical skills, an associate’s degree or industry credential.All will require work ready skills that can be mastered through career and technical education training programs.
Facts Every Educational
Stakeholder Should KnowSlide4
Facts
Every WV Educator Needs to Know
WV CTE
offers
88 Career Pathways with 53 Specializations endorsed with a State and/or National CertificationStudents enrolled in a WV CTE Program have a:96% Graduation Rate96% Placement Rate54 % going directly in the workforce 42 % continuing their education in a post-secondary educational settingSlide5
Workforce Dilemma
Student Cohort – 10070% college bound 30% Workforce with HS Diploma or less
After
one semester or one
year 30
% drop-out – 60% workforceBefore Graduation 10-20% Drop-out – 70-80% workforceCollege Graduates 20-30% earn degrees½ of those who graduate are underemployedSource: National Research Center for Career and Technical EducationSource: WV Higher Education Policy CommissionSlide6
Average WV college student loan debt is $26,227.WV ranks
17th in the nation in college debt
64%
of West Virginians has college debt
Facts Every Educational
Stakeholder Should KnowSlide7
So… How do we plan to address these needs?
THROUGH
SIMULATED WORKPLACES
Reality CTESlide8
What is the Goal of
Simulated Workplace?To transform the culture of CTE by creating high quality business and industry learning environments.Slide9
How will Simulated Workplace change current instruction?
Simulated Workplace does not change instruction, it enhances what CTE instructors are already doing well.Slide10
Simulated Workplace is simply a new way of documenting student knowledge and skill sets within an authentic work setting, while replicating proper business and industry processes and procedures.
How does Simulated Workplace enhance instruction?Slide11
What makes Simulated Workplace different?
It is an opportunity for students to master the skill sets and attributes necessary for gainful employment. Students enter an educational environment that emulates the workplace and answers the often heard question, “Why do I have to learn this?”
It is an
opportunity for students to be accountable for
their
learning, collect evidence of content mastery, and to earn recognition for their achievements.It develops a formal and purposeful relationship between education and business/industry. Slide12
What are the expectations of a Simulated Workplace environment?
Training Programs will:
1. Utilize
time clocks
or some other form of formal attendance
recording process;2. Adhere to the county/schools Random Drug Testing Policy;3. Randomly Drug Test a minimum of 40% of students;4. Conduct an application / interview process for enrolling students;5. Develop a company name and procedures / protocol manual; 6. Ensure all students receive some form of safety training;Slide13
What are the expectations of a Simulated Workplace environment?
Training Programs will:
7. Submit
Quarterly and Annual reports
developed by students and
instructor;8. Establish work teams and an organizational system with students rotating across teams;9. Ensure all instructors and students have computer access; *Institutional Education sites – Ensure at least all instructors have computer access10. Participate in Business and Industry yearly onsite evaluations;11. Utilize a portfolio system for students to document learning, credentials earned, projects completed, etc.; and12. Celebrate end of the year accomplishments.Slide14
How will each Training Program be evaluated?
Financial
30%
Business Processes
30%
Learning & Growth25%
Customer
15%
1. Program
Retention/Completers
1. Attendance
(Time Clock or a
formal attendance
recording process)
1. Academic Growth
(WIN or Key Train –
ACT WorkKeys®)
1. Business/Industry
Perception
(Industry-Based Program
Appraisal Rubric)
2. Percent of State CTE
Standards Met
2. Drug Testing
(Random Testing of
40%)
2. Student Portfolio
(Electronic or Paper-
based)
2. Service Learning Projects
(Projects assisting and/or
benefiting the community)
3. Industry Recognized
and/or Industry Stackable Credentials or Educate WV Average Score3. Professionalism (Discipline – Policy 4373)3. Safety Training (Training applicable to individual training programs)3. Communication Skills (Job Application, Interview, & Performance Evaluations)Slide15
Industry-Based Program Appraisal Overview
Training
programs will be evaluated by outside business and industry inspectors and be rated similar to a Health Department rating
.
- Those training programs who rate
high
will receive a West Virginia Industry Endorsement (good for two years)- Those training programs who rate
low
will be placed on a plan of improvement and will be eligible for another visit after corrects have been implementedSlide16
Website
Visit the Simulated Workplace website for additional information.
http://wvde.state.wv.us/simulated-workplace
/Slide17
QUESTIONS