Presentation by William Symonds Director the Global Pathways Institute ACTEAZ Summer Conference Tucson AZ July 19 2015 The Global Pathways Institute Year One CREATION OF THE INSTITUTE ID: 361614
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How We Can Prepare More Students for Career Success
Presentation by William SymondsDirector, the Global Pathways InstituteACTE-AZ Summer ConferenceTucson, AZJuly 19, 2015
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The Global Pathways Institute: Year One CREATION OF THE INSTITUTEOUR BOARDPRIORITIES:(1) Multiple Pathways
(2) Career LiteracySOUTHWEST PATHWAYS CONFERENCE
www.GlobalPathwaysInstitute.org
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GPI’S Vision We are committed to creating an America in which all young people are prepared to lead productive and successful lives. We believe that providing young people with high-quality multiple pathways is the best way to help them discover and develop their potential and achieve economic independence. Slide4
The Mission of the Institute
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SOUTHWEST PATHWAYS CONFERENCEMAY 28-29 AT ASU SKYSONGTeams from 5 states: CO, UT, NV, NM and AZ350 Attendees; more than 100 speakers Slide6
1. Raise awareness of the challenge facing young adults in the Southwest 2. Promote promising solutions to this Challenge3. Expand engagement of business and industry in developing effective pathways systems4. Mobilize state teams to forge strong action plans
5. Promote formation of regional partnerships
6. Form a research consortium to inform policy/practice
Southwest Pathways Conference GoalsSlide7
*Cross-sector teams of leaders from each of the five participating states: Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. *A “Native American” team of tribal leaders.
*Nearly 20 researchers involved in research on “pathways” related issues.
*Prominent Government leaders, including Arizona Governor Doug
Ducey;
Ellen
Golombek
, Executive Director of the Co. Dept. of Labor and Employment; and Celina Bussey, Secretary of the New Mexico Dept. of Workforce Solutions
Who Attended the ConferenceSlide8
*Senior Education Leaders, including ASU President Michael Crow; Rufus Glasper, Chancellor of Maricopa Community Colleges and Fenton Broadhead, Academic Vice President at BYU-Idaho
*Business leaders from major corporations, including Google, Walmart, State Farm, Honeywell, Sodexo, Freeport-McMoRan and the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation*Leaders from non-profits active in this work, including Opportunity Nation, Jobs for America’s Graduates, Helios Education Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Daniels Fund
Who Attended the Conference (2)Slide9
TODAY’S AGENDAThe Pathways ChallengeWhy We Are Failing So Many Young AdultsHow We Can Help Prepare More Young Adults to Achieve Economic Independence:Career Guidance/ “Career Literacy”Promote Multiple Pathways
Work-Based LearningThe Southwest Pathways Conference
CALL TO ACTION Slide10
THE PATHWAYS CHALLENGE“EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA”The American Dream is Endangered Our Heritage: The Land of Opportunity; Where you were born was not your destinyToday: Our existing system fails to prepare many young adults for successThe “40/50 Problem”: 40% don’t graduate; the world’s highest college dropout rates; over $1 trillion in student debt
50% of those who do graduate end up unemployed or underemployedThe “Skills Gap”: even many educated youth are not equipped with the skills needed to succeed
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THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTYFor the first time in 50 years, the MAJORITY of U.S. schoolchildren live in poverty or low-income familiesOpportunity Youth: One in Seven young adults 16-24 are not in school or working: 5.6 million are “disconnected”Robert Putnam, “Our Kids”:In the 1950s, America offered “extraordinary upward mobility”Today, “Social Mobility Seems Poised to Plunge in the Years Ahead” as Inequality has Ballooned
The American
Dream
is Endangered
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ONE ROAD TO HEAVEN?WHAT WE BELIEVE:Four-year college is seen as the only true pathway to success.High school is about preparing students for four-year college. Academics are emphasized at the expense of career education/preparation.Community/technical colleges are a far less prestigious option.
Career Technical Education is for students who aren’t smart enough for four-year collegeSlide13
FOR MANY, THE ROAD IS BROKENMOST high school students are not ready for college – not even community collegeACT: Only 25% of students in the 2014 graduating class were fully “college ready” -- in all 4 subjects
In Arizona: only 21% are fully college readyThe Achievement Gap: In Arizona
51% of
white students were college ready; but only 17%
of
Hispanic
and 10% of Native AmericansHow Many are Career Ready?: We hardly even measure it
OUR PARADIGM IS BADLY FLAWED AND CONTRIBUTES TO MASSIVE LEVELS OF YOUTH UNDEREMPLOYMENT Slide14
College for all does not mean everyone needs a B.A. Even in this decade most jobs do not require a B.A.Source: March CPS data, various years; Center on Education and the Workforce forecast of educational demand to 2018.Slide15
What are the Trends in Arizona? By 2018, ARIZONA expected to have over 3 million jobs:61% OF THESE JOBS WILL REQUIRE PSEBUT ONLY 26% WILL REQUIRE A
4-YEAR DEGREE OR HIGHER35%
WILL REQUIRE AN AA DEGREE OR SOME COLLEGE
SO: MORE THAN 7 OUT OF 10
JOBS DO NOT REQUIRE A FOUR-YEAR DEGREESlide16
WHY ARE WE FAILING SO MANY?The “One Road to Heaven” approach is far too narrow, and doesn’t work for most students This approach re-enforces an elitism in which jobs that don’t require a four-year degree are demeanedWe can’t possibly prepare students for the middle class/American Dream if we steer them away from many middle class jobsWE NEED A NEW APPROACH: ONE THAT CHAMPIONS
THE DIGNITY OF WORK!Slide17
STRATEGIES FOR BOOSTING SUCCESS CAREER GUIDANCE: HELP ALL STUDENTS BECOME “CAREER LITERATE”PROMOTE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO SUCCESSEXPAND WORK-BASED LEARNINGSlide18
THE CRITICAL ROLE OF CAREER LITERACYHOW THIS TERMINOLOGY EVOLVED:Limitations of “career guidance” and “career development”THE CONCEPT OF CAREER LITERACY: *Equipping Students/Adults with the Knowledge, Tools and Support they need to make Good Career decisions: Now and in the FutureTHE APPEAL OF “LITERACY”
THE GOAL: MAKE CAREER GUIDANCE A CENTRAL FOCUS OF EDUCATIONSlide19
THE CRISIS IN CAREER GUIDANCECURRENT REALITIES:K-12: We have far too few counselors*Most have little time to provide career counseling and many don’t understand the labor marketHigher-Ed: Resources are often constrained, especially at community colleges *Few colleges embrace a comprehensive approach: including a strong emphasis on work-based learning Slide20
THE COSTS OF OUR NEGLECTDisengagement: Students who don’t see the purpose of learning lose interest: *76% of elementary students are engaged *But only 44% of high school students
Many students don’t have the information needed to make good decisions about their future. The result: many make poor choices about COLLEGE AND CAREER
Many college students are just wandering through the system, and this is a key cause of the underemployment epidemicSlide21
A VISION FOR EFFECTIVE GUIDANCEMAKE CAREER GUIDANCE A CENTRAL FOCUS OF EDUCATION:*K-12: Begin early and emphasize often *Post-Secondary: The goal is completion with a purpose: obtaining a credential that provides a pathway to a promising career
ADOPT A MORE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH: *Involve the Entire School Community
* Engage business, parents, the broader community
EMBRACE WORK-BASED LEARNING Slide22
Improving Practice in ArizonaARIZONA CAREER LEADERSHIP NETWORKWho is Involved and MeetingsFocus on ECAPsEfforts to Improve Technology: AzCIS; ASU e-Advisor; Expect More ArizonaHow we Can Expand the Circle of Caring Adults: AmeriCorps; Retirees, Experience MattersPlans to launch a Pilot Program
NOW WE MUST MAKE THIS A MUCH GREATER PRIORITY!
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THE CASE FOR MULTIPLE PATHWAYS:
PedagogicalBest way for many young people to learnRelevance increases engagement, motivation
Higher attainment
In the US and abroad, high-quality “vocational education” produces superior results
Youth Employment
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trong pathways to good jobs
Countries with the best systems have very low rates of youth unemploymentSlide24
In many European countries over half of upper secondary students are in vocational educational and trainingSource: OECD (2008), Education at a Glance 2008, OECD indicators, Table C1.1, OECD, Paris.Slide25
EXEMPLARS FROM ABROADFEATURES OF THE “DUAL SYSTEM” **Vast choice of Career pathways
**Based on an apprenticeship system **Integration of Academic/Vocational Instruction
**Promotes the dignity/professionalism of all careers
**The payoff: a seamless pathway to employmentSlide26
THE MASSACHUSETTS MODELHOW IT WORKS: **A network of regional vocational high schools **Students spend half time on a career major **Students must still pass MCAS exams
**Heavy emphasis on work-based learning
IMPRESSIVE RESULTS:
**Sky-high graduation/attendance rates
**National leader in technical skill attainment
**Most go on to Post-secondary education
NPR DOCUMENTARY: “Ready to Work”
www.AmericanRadioWorks.org/documentariesSlide27
OTHER STATE LEADERSWHERE CAREER READINESS COUNTS:Florida: nearly 50% of high school students now earn industry-recognized credentialsNorth Dakota: over half of students are CTE concentrators; and these students graduate at much higher ratesKentucky: Measures College and
Career ReadinessNew York: has just approved multiple pathways to a high school diploma
ARIZONA HAS FALLEN BEHIND!Slide28
HOW CAN WE ADVANCE IN ARIZONA?POLICIES: 1. Expand Pathways to the High School Diploma: 22 Credits are required, including 15 Core Courses. Could we use the other 7 Courses to create a CTE Pathway?Develop a Competency-based PathwayInclude Career Readiness in the A-F System
EXPANDING ACCESS:Build a Coalition to change the Culture
Engage More Businesses
Advance the Vision Articulated by the Governor; Increase Funding and ProgramsSlide29
THE ROLE OF WORK-BASED LEARNINGWHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? *Proven way to promote engagement *Develops key employability skills *The gold standard for career exploration. Helps students find out: Is this what I want to do?
*For employers: An ideal method for attracting and identifying future employeesSlide30
TYPES OF WORK-BASED LEARNING FROM EXPLORATION TO EXPERIENCE:Exploration: builds awareness *Job fairs and career days *Workplace tours/job shadowing
Experience: career preparation *Internships
*Work experience
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WORK-BASED LEARNING THAT WORKSK-12: *The “Massachusetts Model”*”The Met”Higher-Ed: *The Co-Op Model: Northeastern
*BYU IdahoApprenticeships:
*Registered Apprenticeships
*But the U.S. lags other countries
Re-engaging Opportunity Youth:
*Year-UpSlide32
THE CHALLENGE OF SCALING UPINTERNSHIPS AND OTHER WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES ARE STILL THE EXCEPTION.WHAT WE MUST DO:Persuade more companies to participateHelp more high schools, community colleges, universities offer such programsProvide incentives, training, studies of best practicesSlide33
Next Steps:Post-Conference Survey: What we’ve learnedOrganize follow-up meetings in each state: *Expand and organize the state teams *Discuss and develop the state action plan
*Explore opportunities for regional collaboration
Produce a Conference Report/Summary
Form the research consortium and develop an agenda
Convene Southwestern Governors Slide34
CALL TO ACTIONLet’s Launch A Movement to Revive the American Dream in Arizona! Key Next Steps:Build a Broad Coalition of Champions, including business, educators, community organizations, government leadersDevelop a Strong State Action Plan!Work with our colleagues in the other Southwestern States: Convene a Governor’s Summit!
Communicate, Convene, Collaborate and Inform our Work with Research!NOW IS THE TIME!Slide35
QUESTIONS?[[