1. Non-traditional Occupations: Why Are We Still Talking About This? Lynn Reha, ICSPS October 27, 2011 Lynn Reha, ICSPS October 27, 2011 Photo courtesy Lake Land College

2. Which careers are nontraditional? NTO Careers:

4. Nontraditional Careers are good… For women For women For men For men For businesses For businesses For education For education

5. Non-traditional jobs are attractive to women because they generally offer higher entry-level wages and a career ladder with pay between $20 and $30 per hour. 1 1http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2008.htm Growth in the economy is projected to expand employment in many of these occupations and secondly, there will be strong demand for workers in these fields due to projected retirements or transfers of current workers to other occupations. Source: U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, Nontraditional Occupations for Women in 2008. High wage High demand NTO Careers are good for women.

6. Eighty percent of Fortune 1000 STEM executives report that their companies face challenges in hiring adequate numbers of women and minorities for STEM positions and 95% believe the US will lose its global leadership in science and technology due to a shortage of STEM talent. Bayer Facts of Science Education Survey, 2008 There was a 79% decline in the number of incoming undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2008. National Center for Women in Information Technology, 2008 Women needed Recruitment vital Women are good for STEM careers.

7. Non-traditional occupations: a good choice for women Nontraditional jobs are attractive to women because they generally offer higher entry-level wages and a career ladder with pay between $20 and $30 per hour. 1 An AA degree in Child Care and an electrician’s apprenticeship both take about 2 years to complete. Child care workers Median wages (2009) $9.25 hourly, $19,240 annual 2 Electricians Median wages (2009) $22.68 hourly, $47,180 annual 3 1http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2009.htm 2 http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/39-9011.00 3 http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/47-2111.00

8. Nontraditional occupations: a good choice for men  Wages, i. e. nursing  Job security 1  Room to pursue interests and commitments outside of work. 1  Job satisfaction 2  Upward mobility in contrast to family of origin 3 1Lupton, B. (2006). Explaining men’s entry into female-concentrated occupations: issues of masculinity and social class. Gender, Work & Organization, 13(2), 103-128. 2 acobs, J. E., Chhin, C. S., & Bleeker, M.M. (2006). Enduring links: parents’ expectations and their young adult children’s gender-typed occupational choices. Educational Research and Evaluation, 12(4), 395-407. 3Dodson, T., & Borders, L. D. (2006). Men in traditional and nontraditional careers: gender role attitudes, gender role conflict, and job satisfaction. The Career Development Quarterly, 54.

9.  Increased success and competitiveness  Increased adaptability  Broader service range  Avoidance of usage errors  Reduced absenteeism and employee turnover NTO: A good choice for the workplace

10. Helping Ensure Educational and Career Equity Perkins Core Indicators

11. Research-based practice What’s working in NTO?

12. Educational Root Causes  Academic proficiency  Access to and participation in math, science and technology  Hands-on instructional strategies Source: National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Foundation (2009). Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes & StrategiesNontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes & Strategies

13. Teach spatial skills

14. Reducing Stereotype Threat

15. Address stereotype threat

16. Career Information Root Causes  Bias-free materials and practices  Early intervention  Comprehensive career information  Involvement of parents Source: National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Foundation (2009). Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes & StrategiesNontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes & Strategies

17. Success Has No Gender

18. Could This Be Your Life?

19. STEM Equity Pipeline/NAPE

20. Program improvement begins with institutional assessment like the New Look Self-Study 2.0 Where Do We Start?

21. National Girls Collaborative Project

22. Lynn Reha lcreha@ilstu.edu Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support www.icsps.ilstu.edu T HANK Y OU.

23. This presentation will be available online www.icsps.ilstu.edu QUESTIONS? Photo courtesy Lake Land College

24.  National Girls Collaborative Project http://www.ngcproject.org/directory/index.cfm http://www.ngcproject.org/directory/index.cfm  Doing What Works http://www.dww.ed.gov/topic/?T_ID=1  STEM Equity Pipeline http://www.stemequitypipeline.org/Default.aspx http://www.stemequitypipeline.org/Default.aspx  Success Has No Gender http://home.cod.edu/academics/specialprograms/nontraditi onal http://home.cod.edu/academics/specialprograms/nontraditi onal  Could This Be Your Life http://www.icsps.ilstu.edu/projects/index_ctbyl.html http://www.icsps.ilstu.edu/projects/index_ctbyl.html  Dot Divas http://www.dotdiva.orghttp://www.dotdiva.org  Engineer Your Life http://www.engineeryourlife.org/httphttp://www.engineeryourlife.org/http Websites