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Carol Adukaitis , EdD Director, Pathways for Career Success PA State System of Higher Education

Developing 2+2+2 Career Pathways to Meet High Priority and Emerging Workforce Needs National Career Pathways Network October 14, 2011. Carol Adukaitis , EdD Director, Pathways for Career Success PA State System of Higher Education.

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Carol Adukaitis , EdD Director, Pathways for Career Success PA State System of Higher Education

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  1. Developing 2+2+2 Career Pathways to Meet High Priority and Emerging Workforce Needs National Career Pathways Network October 14, 2011 Carol Adukaitis, EdD Director, Pathways for Career SuccessPA State System of Higher Education Carol Adukaitis, EdDDirector, Pathways for Career SuccessPA State System of Higher Education

  2. National Need for a Skilled Workforce Available Jobs, Not Enough Skilled Workers • Aging workforce facing retirement • Traditional high school population decreasing 3 percent (2007 through 2020) • Baby boomers not entering STEM fields • Rapid technological advances in companies require employees with post-secondary skills http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/09/22/

  3. National Need for a Skilled Workforce Since 1973, jobs that require at least some college have exploded while opportunities for those with just a high school education have shrunk dramatically By 2018, 60% of jobs will require college education and more than half of these positions will only require a certificate or A.A. degree. Source: March CPS data, various years, Center on Education and the Workforce, Harvard Study 2011

  4. PA Strategy: Develop 2+2+2 STEM Pathways To support regional emerging industries compete globally, in 2002, PA Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED) provided funding to develop integrated and seamless educational programs across secondary, two-year and four-year post-secondary programs as a means to create a pipeline of highly-skilled technical STEM workers. www.pathwaysforcareersuccess.org

  5. Strategy: Industry Driven, Articulated Curriculum Articulate secondary to post-secondary 2-year and 4-year career paths in emerging technologies that includes a Guarantee/Warranty*; PSSA proficiency* 2 years high school/ career & technical centers + 2 years of community college + 2 years at baccalaureate level Also develops agile, flexible and responsive training programs for incumbent and transitional workers that lead to a certificate and/or degree

  6. Strategy: Industry Drives High-Tech Needs The cornerstone of each regional 2+2+2 Project is an activeinvolvement of economic development agencies: • Workforce Investment Boards (WIB), • Industrial Resource Centers (IRC), • Private industries, manufacturers associations

  7. Strategy: Save Time and Mon$y • Minimum 15 credits articulate from secondary to post-secondary* • Requires ‘Proficient’ or ‘Advanced’ on PSSA Math & Reading to reduce post-secondary remediation coursework • Program encourages community college completion as middle ‘2’ to reduce college costs* • Career guidance integrated at each level to provide students with information about career and technical options and sequencing

  8. Emerging STEM Sectors Funded • Advanced Manufacturing & Materials Plastics Technology, Electro-optics, Robotics, Mechatronics, Nanofabrication Technology, Applied Engineering Technology • Biotechnology Nanobiotechnology, Biotechnology, • Energy Natural Gas/ Marcellus Shale Technology • Information Technology Computer Security, Computer Forensics New

  9. 2+2+2 Model= Multiple Entry/ Exit Points Career & Technology Center Job Community College Certificate of Specialization Livelihood Career Community College AAS Degree College or UniversityBS Degree Profession

  10. Strategy: Recognize Prior Learning • Recognize articulated credit from secondary CTE to 2-yr and 4-yr post-secondary institutions • Recognize dual enrollment • Review military experience • National Skills Standards • Conduct Prior Learning Assessments for work experience

  11. Strategy: Develop Statewide PA Transfer In July 2006, PA’s PDE Public School Code of 1949 requires 14 community colleges and the 14 PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) state-owned universities develop and accept for transfer up to 30 credits of foundation courses and universities and count toward graduation. Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Center (PA TRAC), a one-stop online portal for transfer students, administrators and advisors/faculty. https://patrac.org

  12. Importance of Statewide PA Transfer PA size, rural geography and unfinished community college system leave residents in rural areas great distances from low cost campuses.

  13. Strategy: Develop AAS & BAS Programs The greater Allentown, Lehigh Valley PA region’s manufacturing employs about 36,000 people at an average wage of $58,432 and added 800 jobs in the last year. Many jobs now require training in high-tech fields such as electromechanical mechatronics and precision machining. Lehigh Career Technical Institute partnered with Lehigh Carbon Community College to open a Center for Advance Manufacturing Technology to attract more high achieving academic secondary students and incumbent workers.

  14. Strategy: Industry/ Education Partnership BOTSIQ & Robobots = Excitement! Collaboration and Support - PA Labor & Industry - NTMA & AMC2 - 35 Companies: funding & mentors - >75 Organizations & contributors

  15. Strategy: Industry/Education Partnership Hershey Foods needed high tech industrial maintenance technicians for food packaging. Reading Area Community College (RACC) and Lancaster CTC along with the Lehigh, Berks and Lancaster WIB developed the AMIST curriculum. RACC’s AAS Program articulates with PA PASSHE institutions and Purdue@Calumet. • Workforce Investment Board • Businesses • Schools • ~1,800 attendees • Students/Parents

  16. Strategy: Recruit Underserved Groups Program offers continuous opportunities that recruit females-only, first generation, and underrepresented students to learn about STEM careers. Professional SME/ SWE serve as mentors. University students serving as near-peer mentors. Kelly Reid, DCCC AET, President, SME Student Chapter, now enrolled at Drexel 16

  17. Strategy: Promote STEM Pathways PA one of 6 states to receive NGA funding in 2007 to dramatically increase P-20 students (especially females, minorities, and underrepresented) for careers in STEM PA STEM Initiative is a collaborative public /private partnership committed to improving and aligning the Commonwealth workforce, education and economic development systems to realize the PA STEM Initiative vision by 2018 www.pasteminitiative.org

  18. Employer Surveys of Program Graduates Are They Really Ready to Work, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

  19. Employer Surveys of Program Graduates Are They Really Ready to Work, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

  20. Statewide Career Pathways Impact • Graduated over 7,000 students* • Network Involves 40CTE, 39high schools 7community colleges, 2two-year colleges 29four-year colleges / universities • Salaries reported: • AAS Degree of $33,500+ • BS Degree Technician of $65,000+

  21. Statewide Program Impact Statewide Collaboration = Leveraged Funds Project funds Leveraged: partial listing of supporters 2003 - 2011 $21,636,753 • US DOL Grants, AET, Biotechnology • NSF-ATE,Advanced Manufacturing, Plastics, Biomanufacturing • Community Based Job Training • Department of Defense • Carnegie Mellon University Robo Corridor • National Tool and Machining Foundation • R. K. Mellon Foundation • Heinz Foundation • Westmoreland Foundation • Whitaker Foundation • Society of Photonics Engineers • Society of Manufacturing Engineers-Education Foundation • US Congressman Paul Kanjorski & US Senator Robert Casey • US Senator Arlen Specter • Collegiate Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development • Exelon • Many others……

  22. What We Have Learned • Rigorous curriculum designed by employers, business, industry and faculty • Articulation course to course is successful • Program to program alignment is in progress (Perkins Programs of Study)* • Dual enrollment courses offer portability of credits for students choosing institutions other than those in the partnership • Assessment is on-going • 2+2+2 supports national & state CompleteCollege America goal of 60% increase of population having earned a meaningful college credential by 2020

  23. What We Have Learned • Increase Career guidance & counseling for recruiting young adults and transfers • Improved perceptions CTE and CC • Offer more on-line courses • STEM awareness must begin K-6 with students and professional development with faculty • PASSHE undertaking a comprehensive review of transfer system-wide task force for policies, business practices and culture.

  24. For more information contact: In 2008, DCED transferred management of the 222WLG Program to PASSHE through completion of the program, June 2013. Carol Adukaitis, EdD Director, Pathways for Career Success PA State System of Higher Education Dixon University Center 2986 North 2nd Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 Phone: 717-720-4019 CAdukaitis@passhe.edu • PathwaysForCareerSuccess.org

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