Transforming Systems of Career Preparation for All Students May 2016

Vision for Transformative Systems Change Steven Gratz, Ph.D. Senior Executive Director Division of Learning

Impetus for Systems Change Problem: Students graduate from high school not ready for college or a career Too many employers struggle to fill vacancies, especially in high-skill, high-demand roles SKILLS GAP

Growing Skills Gap number of job openings highest since December 2000 unemployment rate percent of job-seekers who blame gaps in education for lack of readiness Total: youth 16-24: employers report gaps in recent high school grad preparation 5.1% 12.2% 5,800,000

Troubling Credentials Gap

Recommendations Employer Engagement Identify high-demand, high-skill industry sectors most important to the state’s economy and prioritize pathways within those sectors Ask business to define skills and use those to design courses and pathways Establish structured process for engaging employers; this won’t happen organically Quality Career Pathways Require all career pathways to culminate with a postsecondary degree or credential with labor market value Use state funding and program approval processes to scale up the pathways in greatest demand and phase out programs that do not lead to credentials of value Raise the level of rigor by including both a college-ready academic core and a technical core Dramatically expand work-based learning opportunities and strengthen career counseling for students Build the capacity of educators by recruiting industry professionals into schools and “up-skilling” existing teachers Career-Focused Accountability Measure career readiness and make it count in school rating and accountability systems Adapt graduation requirements and scholarship criteria to give students credit for meeting rigorous career readiness indicators

Transformed System Vision for All Students Transformed System of Career Preparation ACCESSQUALITY DELIVERYFUNDING

Transforming Systems of Career Preparation Catalyze transformational approaches to the design and delivery of programs and policies to increase students’ career-readiness in a cohort of leading states and disseminate lessons learned to the rest of the country

Career Pathway Completion Dramatically increase the number of students who successfully complete career pathways that begin in secondary schools and culminate in postsecondary degrees and/or industry credentials with labor market value

Key Objectives for Systems Change Objective 1: Demand-Driven and Employer-Led Processes Objective 2: Rigor and Quality in Career Pathways for ALL Objective 3: Career-Focused Accountability Systems Objective 4: Scaled Pathways that Culminate in Credentials Objective 5: Align State and Federal Funding Streams Objective 6: Ensure Cross- Institutional Alignment

Common Themes for Driving Progress Better coordination between K-12, postsecondary and employers More effective use of data to drive decisions about programs and policies Ensuring equitable access to programs across the state Increasing work-based learning (including apprenticeship) opportunities Valuing career readiness in state accountability systems Reversing the stigma around career preparation/CTE Improving systems for career advising

Start Pre-Health As early as grade 7 (based on readiness) Dental Assistant Median Salary: $33,690 Job Growth (10 yr): 20.5% Annual Openings: 416 Average Tuition (1 yr): $0 – $3,900/yr Dental Hygienist Median Salary: $65,510 Job Growth (10 yr): 26.3% Annual Openings: 345 Average Tuition (2 yrs): $3,900/yr Average Tuition (4 yrs): $9,600/yr Dentist Median Salary: $158,460 Job Growth (10 yr): 9.5% Annual Openings: 186 Average Tuition (4 yrs): $35,000/yr Workplace Visits Job Shadow Internship Work Supervised Experience --- Work Supervised Experience Internship --- Work Internship --- Work Certificate, Dental Assisting Doctoral Degree, Dentistry Associate or Bachelor’s Degree, Dental Hygiene Ohio In-demand Occupations Data reflects 2014 Ohio labor statistics and public institutions of higher education for For specific tuition costs, visit ohiohighered.org.

Start Pre-Engineering As early as grade 7 (based on readiness) Manufacturing Operations Median Salary: $19.00/hour Job Growth (x yr): x.x% Annual Openings: xxx Electrical Engineering Technician Median Salary: $19.00/hour Job Growth (x yr): x.x% Annual Openings: xxx Average Tuition (1 yr): $0- $2,400/yr Electrical Engineer Median Salary: $xx,xxx Job Growth (10 yr): x.x% Annual Openings: xx Average Tuition (4 yrs): $xx,xxx/yr Workplace Visits Job Shadow Internship Work Full-time work in the summer, part-time work during the school year. $19.00 per hour and college credit Full-time work in the summer, part-time work during the school year. $19.00 per hour, up to $2,400 in scholarships Work Certificate Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering Associate of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering Technology Work, Earn, and Learn

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