National

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• WELCOME
• National
• Gear Up
• Conference
• July, 2007

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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Introductions

• New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
• Represents business community.
• Board of 70 CEOs, presidents of states most
  prestigious large and small companies.
• Consistent 1 issue (state/national)
• Lack of qualified workforce.
• Education is the workforce pipeline.

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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Information

• www.bcee.org
• dana_at_njchamber.com

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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What CEOs Say

• Increasing demand for college graduates (two- and
  four-year).
• In 15 years, over 84 of jobs will require some
  level of college.
• Even now, less than 20 of employers will hire
  high school graduates.
• Over 75 of jobs available by the time todays
  kindergartners graduate have not even been
  invented yet.
• An adult with a college degree can earn over a
  million dollars more in a working lifetime.

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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Its a Tech World

• Advancing technology eliminates low skill jobs
  and requires workers with more skills.
• Toll booth operators
• Phone operators
• Bank tellers
• Grocery cashiers
• Burger flippers
• Receptionist
• Nurses

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

. . . . . . . EZ Pass
. . Voice Recognition
. . . . . . . . ATM Machines
. . Bar Code Scanner
. . Mechanical Robots
. . . Internet Connections
. . . . . . . . Telemetric Robots
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Demand/Supply

• If the demand is for collegegraduates, how is
  the USAdoing on the supply side?

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

• US Census Bureau tell us that by AGE 29, only .
  . .
• 34 of white (non-Hispanic),
• 18 of black, and
• 9 of Hispanics
• earn a Bachelors Degree

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Ultimate Outcome

• Only 25 high school graduates earn any kind of
  college degree.
• Staggering national impact.
• 12 14 million jobs unfilled.
• More jobs migrate to other nations.
• 240 billion loss in national wealth.
• 80 billion loss in new taxes.
• Baby boomers retirement will reduce average
  national salary by 15.
• Less money for social services, schools, the
  arts, non-profits, etc.
• Loss of technical/global superiority.

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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More Trends

• Factor in class time, school year, and homework,
  many foreign students spend twice as much time in
  school as American students.
• Over 70,000 American students participated in the
  2005 Westinghouse Science Fair, but . . . .

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

Over 6 million Chinese students participated in
the same event.
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More Than Wanting

• Many kids WANT to go to college.
• Few succeed because they are not well prepared
  enough.
• 33 dropout after freshman year(4-year).
• 45 dropout after freshman year(2-year)
• Research shows that the average high school
  student is not taking rigorous enough courses to
  prepare them for college and work.
• OECD points to increasing apathy among American
  and British teens toward education.

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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What We Know

• Research defines minimal sequence ofcourses that
  correlate to success in college and life
• Algebra I, II, Geometry,
• Biology, Chemistry, Physics,
• Four years of college-prep English,
• Two years of a single World Language,
• Three years of Social Studies, and
• One semester of Economics.

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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Most Important

• Math is CRITICAL!
• Students complete Chance for Degree
• Algebra I
• Geometry
• Algebra II

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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Exceed Minimum

• More is better.
• Students complete Chance for Degree
• Algebra I
• Geometry
• Algebra II
• Trigonometry
• Pre-Calculus
• Calculus

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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Its NOT the Math

• Its what rigorous math does to the mind
  rigorous math builds the mind like exercise
  builds the body.
• Begins the academic momentum students will need
  to get through college and succeed in work.
• Provides the logic, thinking skills, discipline,
  etc. that they will need in college and work.

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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Homework, Too

• Research shows homework associated with demanding
  courses is KEY.
• In education (2.7 year total).
• Equivalent to an Associates Degree.
• In wages (35 wage spread)
• Millions of dollars in a lifetime.

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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The Reality

• Unprecedented convergence of knowledge and skills
  needed for college and work.
• High school diploma no longer ticket to middle
  class.
• Business cant wait for mandates or system
  redesign.
• We need to convince students to work harder now.
• We need to push college-prep for all now.
• College-prep graduates can make 13 more each
  year even without degree.

• SpeakerDana EgreczkyVice PresidentWorkforce
  DevelopmentNew JerseyChamber of Commerce
• PresidentBusiness Coalition for Educational
  Excellence

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Pleased to Introduce

• BCEE is working with national effort to get the
  message to students and parents.
• Learn More Now.
• Do More Now.
• Earn More Later.
• National Student Credentialing System
• www.LearnDoEarn.org

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Testimonials

• Unprecedented coverage in Education Week,
  December 20, 2006.
• . . . no other business-driven program
  encompasses thebroad academic and personal
  competencies necessary to successin college and
  employment.

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The System

• Learn More, Do More, Earn MoreStudent
  Credentialing System
• Middle and high school students hear a
  business-driven message relating learning to
  earning.
• Earn credentials for achieving business-defined
  criteria.
• Critical components FREE to schools thanks to
  corporate support.
• Materials for students, teachers, parents,
  employers.
• Delivers eye-popping data-based messages to
  students.

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5 Key Programs
Many Other Activities
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Build Thinking Skills withRigorous Courses
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Encourage Professional Work Ethic
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Assess and ImproveBusiness Software Skills
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Improve Financial Literacy
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Ensure MathematicsKnowledge in Key Courses
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How Delivered

• Social Marketing Campaign
• Classroom lessons
• Classroom posters
• Student/parent emails
• Brochures
• Credentials for accomplishment
• Parent video commercials
• Other media
• Business-related activities including
• Virtual Field Trips
• Virtual Job Shadowing
• Surveys/census

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Pilot Outcomes

• 107 - 250 increased enrollment in Physics.
• 220 increased enrollment in Economics.
• 50 increased enrollment in second year World
  Language
• Annual enrollment increases of 8 - 33 in key
  math and science courses.

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