Expanding Options

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Expanding Options Engaging Students

• Debra Mills
• dmills_at_cord.org

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The World Has Changed..
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Moores Law Technology doubles every 18 months
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Gates says

• Nanotechnology will make tech double every 6
  months!

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• SPOT Technology A computer in a watch (will
  replace the Palm Pilot)
  
• RFID Technology will project the watch to the
  wall or your paper.
  
• Keypad will appear before you (will project the
  keyboard on the desk).
  
• Power driven by GPS solar battery will last 5
  years.

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• Width of a nanochip? 1/1000 the width of human
  hair Will integrate into jewelry and fibers of
  clothes
  
• Eyeglasses will translate languages

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• Team Activity
• Percentage of high school seniors report definite
  plans for attending a technical school?
  
• report they had definite plans to graduate from
  a 2-year college program?
  
• plan to graduate from a 4-year college
• plan to attend a graduate/prof school after
  4-year college
  

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The Condition of Education Dept of Ed

• Percentage of high school seniors report definite
  plans for attending a technical school?
  
• Nation9
• report they had definite plans to graduate from
  a 2-year college program?
  
• Nation16
• plan to graduate from a 4-year college
• Nation56
• plan to attend a graduate/prof school after
  4-year college
  
• Nation21

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• Nation 62 ACTUALLY enroll in some type of
  college (ONE IN THREE DROPOUT)
  

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• Who earns more?
• Johnny attended CC and earned a 2-year AAS
  degree
  
• Thomas attended the university (BA major) and
  dropped out his Senior year.
  
• Those who FINISH a 2-year degree (community
  college or technical college) consistently earn
  MORE than dropouts of four-year schools
  

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• In one projected scenario, the number of college
  graduate could exceed 4-year college level job
  openings by ???
  
• 46 (Monthly Labor Review)\

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• 81 PLAN to attend 2/4 year college
• 62 ACTUALLY attend
• 1 in 3 drop out 40
• 1 in 2 underemployed (20)

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1999 2000 High School Graduates Attending
Minnesota State Colleges

• 43 HS grad in 1999/2000 who enrolled at state
  colleges took one or more developmental courses
  
• 72 of those who took dev inst took 1 or 2
  developmental courses.
  
• 51 of the dev credits were in math courses
• 29 were in writing courses
• 83 of 2000 HS grad (in dev courses at college)
  2.0 gpa or higher, slightly lower than the 87
  figure for all 2000 graduates.
  

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Creating the FutureEdward Barlow, JR
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Implications of Workplace Change (Futurework)

• 1. Employers are demanding higher skills
• Technology
• PS training
• Basis Skills arent so basic anymore (higher
  literacy math skills)
  
• 2. Work Reforms can increase productivity and
  reshape workplaces
  
• Increasing the employee stake in Company
  performance (profit-sharing)
  
• Peer review job rotation pay for knowledge

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Implications of Workplace Change (Futurework)

• 3. Nontraditional workers are an important part
  of the workforce
  
• On call workers contractors temps more
  flexibility
  
• 4. Downsizing Insecurity Mixed evidence on
  magnitudes
  
• Highly skilled highly mobile workforce places a
  LOWER value on job stability
  
• 5. Job Turnover Avg workers holds 9 jobs by 32
  years old
  

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The Threads of a Gold Collar A New Weave!

• White Collar
• Corporate bureaucracy
• Corporatedecision-making
• Managerial Focus

• Gold Collar
• Dynamicworkplace
• Problem solving skills
• Divisionaldecisions
• Outcome Strategy

• Blue Collar
• Repetitious work
• Manual labor
• Follow directions
• Task Focus

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Gold Collar Defined

• Extremely Valuable Employees Who
• Rely on intelligence, imagination and well
  developed skills
  
• Identify and solve complex problems that are not
  well defined
  
• Derive original solutions to problems that are
  unique
  
• Use creativity to reach practical outcomes
• Cross-functional knowledge of the workplace
• Are crucial to the profitability and success of
  the organization
  

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Highest Paying (AAS)

• Appraisers/Assessors RE
• Comp Specialists
• Dental Hygienists
• Court Reporters
• Elect Repairers
• Nuclear Medicine Tech
• Medical Sono
• RN
• Funeral Directors
• Radiation Therapists
• Ship Engineer
• Massage Therapists
• Commercial Pilot

• Avionics
• Sound Eng Tech
• Resp Therapists
• Rad Tech
• Electrical Drafters
• Electric Eng Tech
• Drafters, all others
• Civil Eng Tech
• Mechanical Eng Tech
• Electric Repairs, Comm Equipment
• Electro-Mech Tech

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Define Economic Development

• Many definitions
• Creation and Retention of well-paying jobs
• Improve the tax base
• Ability to Attract Business

• Quality of Life
• Skilled Professionals
• Proximity to markets
• Skilled labor pool
• Low business costs
• Access to research
• Climate
• Taxes

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It is not education itself, but its coordination
with local economic activity that matters.

• Postsecondary success hinges on two factors
  Academic skills and commitment that comes from
  career direction.
  
• Getting Real Helping Teens Find Their Future.
• Kenneth Gray, Penn State University

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Staff Dev
Smaller Learning Communities
Academic Courses
Technical Courses
Career Pathways
Career Development
Workbased Learning
Marketing
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Career Cluster
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• Grouping of Occupations According to Common
  Knowledge and Skills for the Purpose of
  Organizing Ed Programs Curricula
  
• A student interest area

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USEDs 16 Career Clusters

• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Arts, Audio/Video Tech Communications
• Business Admin. Services
• Construction
• Education Training Services
• Financial Services
• Health Science
• Hospitality Tourism
• Human Services

• Information Technology Services
• Legal Protective Services
• Manufacturing
• Public Admin/Government
• Retail/Wholesale Sales Services
• Scientific Research, Engineering Technical
  Services
  
• Transportation, Distribution Logistics

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Career Pathway System for ALL Students 42 (2)
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• Business Info Tech
• Arts Communication
• Industrial Technology
• Health
• Family Human Services
• Ag Natural Resources

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Reading Finds (Willard Daggett)

• Reading levels in technical manuals are more
  difficult than the baccalaureate degree. Entry
  level tech workers must have HIGHER reading
  skills than 4-year college.

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The way to make CTE an essential tool in teaching
the basics is to redesign CTE courses (and how
they are taught) so that they help students learn
math and science by showing students the USES of
math science.
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• Unable to make connections between learning and
  how that knowledge will be used
  
• The way students process information and their
  motivation for learning are NOT touched by the
  traditional methods of classroom teaching

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Improving Academic Performance
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TEST

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• I C
• A B
• G H
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• A B C
• D E F
• G H I
• Caine and Caine. Making Connections-Teaching and
  the Human Brain. ASCD, Alexandria, VA 1991.

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• KOREA- Best educated young people in the world.
  Done this in 30 years.
  
• JAPAN- 90 of HS students take calculus
• CHINA-going to China not just for cheap labor,
  BUT for SKILLED labor

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Before Its Too LateA report to the Nation from
the National Commission on Mathematics Science
Teaching for the 21st Century

• Who has the most technologically intensive
  workforce in the world?
  
• Singapore
• Who has the most technology based startups
  (outside of Silicon Valley)?
  
• ISRAEL
• What country produces more engineers than the US
  (twice the US)?
  
• ISRAEL
• Ireland produces 60 of all PC business app
  software in Europe.
  

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• Organizations do not have to embrace the process
  of continuous improvement. Survival is not
  mandatory.
  
• Edward Deming

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You think you understand the situation, but what
you dont understand is that the situation just
changed. Putnam
Investments
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Somebody has to do something, and its just
incredibly pathetic that is has to be us. Jerry
Garcia of the Grateful Dead
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