2. Background: SkillsNET has developed an Internet application to walk job incumbents and supervisors through an online process of identifying and upgrading job and task specifications including the identification of detailed work activities (DWA’s) aligned with the structure of occupational descriptions in O*NET. The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and SkillsNET have partnered to create a database of DWA skill statements and performance level metrics specifically for the TWC’s Texas Labor Market and Career Information (LMCI) system.

3. Background Cont’d: THECB has provided Perkins grant funding to extend this analysis to a more useful level for updating program and course curriculum by defining relationships between updated DWA’s on the occupational analysis side with WECM learning outcomes on the education side.

4. Purpose: TSTC and SkillsNET are partnering to establish a more accurate and responsive system for job analysis and subsequent curriculum redesign as well as to support the graduation of students with skills more closely aligned to employer needs.

5. 1.Does society benefit from an educated populace with skills demanded by employers? 2.Are employers a primary customer of the education system ? 3.Do students expect their credentials to improve their job possibilities? 4.Do jobseekers need continuous skill upgrades to meet an evolving workplace?

7. --Domain in O*Net --Higher level than a Task --Lower level than a Compentency

9. Alignment Sequence: 1.Education Course LO’s to DWA Skill Statements 2.Aggregate Courses to Create Programs – Aggregate Skills to Define Jobs 3.Align Programs to WECM/CIP – Align Jobs to O*NET SOC Codes

14. Where We Are Now: 1.Collect data from industry participants using the skillsNET online Activityware software to create/update DWA’s for five selected programs at TSTC, (DDT, WEB, GDP, MCI, and MGD). The industry participants’ database will consist of TSTC Waco campus and TSTC System’s Industry Advisory Committee members as well as the broader Industry list from TWC. 2.Generate reports for statewide and regional aggregate DWA definitions for occupational/job titles for the five designated programs above.

19. Next Steps: 1.For the 5 Occupational Areas, conduct a gap analysis between the outputs of the learning outcomes analysis and the job competency analysis, and conduct follow-up surveys to validate the data. 2.Generate final validated reports demonstrating alignment and gaps between learning outcomes and job competencies. 3.Create a process for utilizing DWA data in decision-making on curriculum revision/redesign. 4.At the program level, identify where new skills should be introduced, reinforced and mastered. 5.Disseminate this process and the results to various audiences state wide.

20. Table of Contents TSTC Tuning Education Framework Labor Market Value Index Workflow Milestone 3 Deliverables

21. Market Demand* 1. Current to 2 yr. forecast 2. Future- 3-5 year forecast Targeted Occupations/Jobs Skill/Competency Libraries And Realtime Job Demand Metrics Validation Starter Kits Replaces need to conduct initial round table discussions Sub Set of Existing Jobs Reconfiguration of Several Jobs Brand New Job SK Competency, Skills, Tools, Resources, Unique Knowledge Enabling KSAs, Job Demand By Job type/By Market SMEs Employer Workers Industry Experts Educators Instructional Designers New or Modified Curriculum Design Mapped to Competency Learning Outcomes TSTC Tuning Education Framework Linking Learners to Content in Context Work Product of Market Analysis 10 days3 days2 days1 day Translate & Align Workforce Skills/Competencies to support Program/Outcomes Review/ Revise Finalize Skills/Competencies And LO’s Alignments and Prepare TLO’s SMEs 15 days2 days3 days40 days © 2012 SkillsNET Foundation / DWA Research Institute Milestone 2 Milestone 3 Milestone 4 * LMI not included in Perkins Leadership Grant

22. Milestone 3: Conduct alignment analysis between learning outcomes and DWA skill statements. Assist TSTC’s in follow-up surveys as required to meet project deliverables Generate validation documents demonstrating alignment and gaps between learning outcomes and job DWA skills for the five targeted occupations. (Dashboard) Milestone 3 Deliverables

24. Interactive Dashboard Source: Milestone 3 Deliverable-Program LO and Industry DWA Alignment and Gaps 5.0.xlsx Functionality: Click Program Title to review comprehensive program LO to DWA Maps at the course level. Click the labor market value category (green, yellow, blue) to review the DWA skill statements.

25. Interactive Dashboard Program: WEB_CERT Learning Outcomes DWAs assigned to specific learning outcomes

26. Programs LO & DWA Crosswalk Source: Milestone 3 Program LO and DWA crosswalk final 2-20-12.xlm Functionality: Separate database of Program, course, LO and DWA maps for department use.

27. Multilayered Alignment Working Database Source: Program and DWA multilayered alignment and gap analysis v2.0.xlsx Functionality: Each program and associated targeted occupation has a tab that list the DWAs in four categories.

28. Milestone 4: Assist TSTC personnel in methods to use gap analysis to improve alignment of courses to regional job skills demand.