Syracuse CSD March 21, 2007

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What Does the Data Show?

Business Teachers Statewide Under 2620 (0.9%) (12.4%) (20.3%) (25.6%) (26.0%) (14.9%)

Student Enrollment , ,710 11% Increase ,834 19% Increase

Growth from 2004 – 2006 EntrepreneurshipUp 55% 102 Business EconomicsUp 39% 0 College LawUp 44% 0 College Bus. MathUp 36% 0 College AtgUp 34% 0 College MarketingUp 34% 0 Fashion MarketingUp 126% 0

Growth Continued…. FinanceUp 146% 0 MOUSUp 138% 0 Sports & Ent. MktingUp 26% 157

Have You Thought About… Sport Management Ecommerce Business of Music Cyberlaw, Sports Law or Entertainment Law International Business Accounting for Investing & Managing

Syracuse CSD Keyboarding/Communications % Math & Financial Apps % Sports & Ent. Marketing 157 7% Business Law % Entrepreneurship 102 5%

Business & Marketing Foundation Accounting I Intro to Banking & Credit Intro to Investing Capstone Experience College Acctg Business Statistics Business economics Accountant Stockbroker Financial Planner Auditor Loan Officer Analyst Financial Systems Pathway CAREERPLANCAREERPLAN

Business & Marketing Foundation Principles of Marketing Sports & Entertainment Mkting Advertising & Public Relations Capstone Experience College Marketing Business economics E-Commerce Marketing Director Marketing Pathway CAREERPLANCAREERPLAN Public Relations Director Real Estate Broker Chief Information Officer Advertising Exec

Business & Marketing Foundation Multi-media Applications Web Design Desktop Publishing Capstone Experience College Info Syst Networking E-Commerce Information Systems Pathway CAREERPLANCAREERPLAN Webmaster Publications Director Network Consultant Systems Engineer

What Students are Saying

Alger Survey Key Finding: 95% of Students said… Providing opportunities for real world learning would improve high school! Internships, service learning, and other opportunities to make learning MORE RELEVANT.

Alger Survey Key Finding 92% of Students said… that teachers giving them advice about what courses to take to prepare them for college and for the careers they want would improve their high school experience.

Dropping Out….. Of high school dropouts, 88% said they had passing grades in high school. Asked to name the reasons they had left school, more respondents named boredom than struggles with course work. Source: Gates, “The Silent Epidemic”

2005 Survey by National Governor’s Association Almost two-thirds of students say they would work harder if courses were more demanding or interesting About the same number of students said their senior year would be more meaningful if they could take courses related to the jobs they wanted or if some of their courses could be counted toward college credit.

Even more striking, when the governors asked high schoolers how valuable their senior year was, half said it was a “waste of time,” or could be “much more meaningful,” and more than a third said their classes were not adequately preparing them for college.

Have You? Surveyed your student population ? Do you know why students take your classes?

Of the 10 Most Popular Majors #1: Business Admin/Management #8: Communications #9: Computer Science Source: Princeton Review

SHOW THEM THE MONEY…. In 1998 the average annual cost for a four- year private college was just over $21,000. By 2003 the cost had risen to just shy of $27,000, including room and board. By 2008 you can anticipate costs of over $34,000. The cost of a public college will be less, but can still certainly run upwards of $12,000 annually.

Starting Salaries Computer Science$50,046 Accounting$45,723 Economics/Finance$45,191 Business Admin/Mangt$39,850 Marketing$36,260 Source: NACE Winter 2006 Survey

Other Parent Grabbers…. Business Honor Society Dinner or Ceremony Business Education Open House Business Education College Night Business Education Website