Nebraska Career Pathways Project

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Nebraska Career Pathways Project
6/6/05
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Presenters

• Rich Katt, State DirectorNebraska Career
  Education
• Larry Scherer, Policy Planning Officer
• Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary
  Education (CCPE)
• Dennis Tyson, Executive Vice PresidentCentral
  Community College
• Gregg Christensen , Entrepreneurship Education
  Specialist
• Nebraska Department of Education

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Project History Overview

• Idea
• The question?
• The answer?

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A Deep and Wide Collaboration of Key Partners and
Players

• Nebraska State Departments
• Education
• Elected Government Officials
• Workforce/Labor
• Employers/Business and Industry

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Business Industry Partners

• Economic Development Agencies
• Organized Labor
• Business/Industry
• Chambers of Commerce

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Educational Institution Partners

• Education
• Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Ed
• University of Nebraska
• Nebraska State College System
• Private Colleges Universities
• Community Colleges
• Private Career Schools
• K-12 School Administrators
• K-20 Faculty

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Government Agency Partners

• State Agencies
• Economic Development
• Education
• Labor (Workforce Development)
• Health Human Services
• Roads
• Elected Officials
• Congressman Tom Osbornes Office
• Nebraska Legislature
• Governors Office

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What is the FutureForce Nebraska Career Pathways
Project?

• Meeting the Needs of the State
• Develop the workforce that Nebraska industries
  will need in the future
• Prepare Curriculum
• Educate Train
• K-20
• Adults

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A Comprehensive Statewide Plan for Education

• Major Statewide Goals
• Goal 1 Awareness
• Goal 2 Reducing the Gaps
• Goal 3 National Leader

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Project Structure

• Structure and Roles
• Organizational Chart
• Curriculum Support Teams

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Structure Roles

• Organizational Structure

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Curriculum Support Team
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Model Pathway Health Sciences

• Grassroots effort
• Central Community College Region
• Adopted by 19 high schools
• Career Ladder
• College Credit Articulation

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Value-Added Career LadderHealth Sciences
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Health SciencesCareer Ladder Level 2
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Health SciencesCareer Ladder Level 3
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Using the Data Meeting the Needs of Nebraska
Economic Development

• Metal Products
• Plastics
• Engineering
• Industrial Manufacturing

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Target Industries by Regions for the State (DED)
I-80 Corridor Region's Major Traded Clusters
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Pilot Pathways

• Regional Initiative
• Industrial Manufacturing
• Statewide Initiatives
• Entrepreneurship
• Transportation, Distribution, Warehousing
  Logistics

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Entrepreneurship Initiative

• Progress to Date
• Spearheaded by Congressman Tom Osborne
• Focus on Keeping Youth in Nebraska
• Increasing economic prosperity in rural Nebraska
• Information Dissemination tools
• Future Plans

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Entrepreneurship
Current status

• Listserv
• Online and Operational
• Website
• www.futureforcenebraska.org
• http//www.nde.state.ne.us/entreped/
• E-Newsletter
• June 2005
• Curriculum and Support Team
• Statewide Curriculum Development for NE Community
  Colleges

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Transportation, distribution. warehousing and
logistics

• Transportation, Warehousing, distribution
  logistics Spring/Summer 2005 - Steering Committee
• Meeting on a monthly basis to pinpoint or target
  pathway concentrations
• Seeking business and industry input for
  development of postsecondary curriculum
• Utilizing Dept of Labor statistics to justify
  need in pathway concentrations

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Transportation, Distribution, Warehousing and
Logistics

• Location, Location, Location!

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Funding

• Perkins and NE Career Technical Ed sources
• Public Private Entities contributions
• In-kind contributions from postsecondary
  education
• Currently pursuing grant funding

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Coordination With Other Projects

• A New Vision for Nebraska Career Education
• Nebraska Career Management System
• Implementation of Workforce Development Goals

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Our Strengths
Government Workforce Development
Private Industry
Flexibility
Collaboration
K-20 Education
Public Taxpayers
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Questions

• Rich Katt, Dennis Tyson, Larry Scherer or Gregg
  Christensen
• rkatt_at_nde.state.ne.us 402.471.4808
• lscherer_at_ccpe.ne.gov 402.471.0026
• dtyson_at_cccneb.edu 308-398-7305
• gchriste_at_nde.state.ne.us  402.471.4337
• www.FutureForceNebraska.org