Implementing Career Clusters:  High-Skill  High-Demand  High-Wage Careers Office of Career and Technical Education Virginia Department of Education August 13,

Overview Part A: What data are available, and what is the best way to use them? Part B: How can we engage community partners in preparing students for high-skill, high-demand, and high-wage careers? Part C: How do the available data relate to the new CTE Course Application? 2

Part A: The Data ctetrailblazers.org/labor-market-data ctetrailblazers.org/labor-market-data 3

Part A: The Data Top 15 Largest Employers Identified by Virginia Labor Market Information (VirginiaLMI.com) Compiled with suggestions by CTE Advisory Committee and CTE Trailblazers Gives information on employers by locality and Local Workforce Investment Area (LWIA) 4 Supts. Memo # mkt_data/index.shtml

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Part A: The Data Produced by Bureau of Labor Statistics Current and comparative employment numbers by industry 6

Part A: Using the Data All members of a secondary CTE team can and should make use of these data 7

Part A: Using the Data All members of a secondary CTE team can and should make use of these data Administrators 8

Part A: Using the Data All members of a secondary CTE team can and should make use of these data Administrators Local CTE Advisory Committee 9

Part A: Using the Data All members of a secondary CTE team can and should make use of these data Administrators Local CTE Advisory Committee Teachers 10

Part A: Using the Data All members of a secondary CTE team can and should make use of these data Administrators Local CTE Advisory Committee Teachers School Counselors 11

Part A: Using the Data All members of a secondary CTE team can and should make use of these data Administrators Local CTE Advisory Committee Teachers School Counselors 12

Part B: Engaging Partners By developing strong relationships with local employers and Thomas Nelson Community College, Heritage High School STEM Academy is preparing its students for high-skill, high-demand, and high-wage careers.Heritage High School STEM Academy 13

Part B: Engaging Partners Welcome to Erin Nobile, Career Coach at Thomas Nelson Community College and Toinette Outland, Program Administrator, Governor’s STEM Academy at Heritage High School in Newport News Public Schools 14

Part C: New CTE Course Application New course application is available at eer_technical/administration/application/ap plication_new_cte_program_course.pdf eer_technical/administration/application/ap plication_new_cte_program_course.pdf You may find instructions at eer_technical/administration/application/dir ections_for_completing_application.pdf eer_technical/administration/application/dir ections_for_completing_application.pdf 15

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Part C: New CTE Course Application Applying for Building Trades II from Johnston County* in Local Workforce Investment Area XIII Key words: – masonry, – carpentry, – electricity, and – Plumbing ctetrailblazers.org/labor-market-data Download spreadsheet for LWIA XIII (Bay Consortium) *Example 17

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Part C: New CTE Course Application Complete this table for as many occupations as apply Consider occupations outside of the immediate pathway by asking yourself the following: – What skills does this course build? – How might this course motivate students to pursue particular careers? For example, students interested in mechanical or civil engineering may benefit from Building Trades II. 32

Part C: New CTE Course Application Part H, Section 2, Questions (a) through (d) reference your completed table. 33

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Part C: New CTE Course Application Section H, Part 2, Question (e) asks you to find another source of information to support your claim that this course will be valuable to your division. Consider the following: announcements of new industry openings, newspaper articles, other reliable examples of information about your community. 37

Go forth and analyze! There exists quantitative information on high-skill, high-demand, high-wage careers. Use these data, in combination with good community relationships, to make sure that you are preparing your students for the workforce that they will be facing in the years to come. 38

Session Evaluation 39 Please take a few minutes to complete the session evaluation.

Next Professional Development Training Session 40 September 17, 2015 Beginning-of-Year: Financial Information, Reimbursements, and Reports Terry Dougherty CTE Grants Manager 1:30 p.m.

Contacts Lolita B. HallGeorge R. Willcox DirectorCoordinator Planning, Administration and Accountability Annie RoremVirginia Department of Education Policy AssociateOffice of Career and Technical Education Weldon Cooper Center for Public ServiceP. O. Box 2120 University of VirginiaRichmond, Virginia CTE Website: