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Building and Improving Strategic Partnerships in Education and Industry

Discover the importance of partnerships involving secondary and postsecondary education and business industries. Learn about creating effective collaborations at different levels of the community for skill development and career pathways. Find out how business roles, advisory committees, and community outreach can enhance educational outcomes for successful employees.

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Building and Improving Strategic Partnerships in Education and Industry

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  1. Building and Improving Partnerships Involving Secondary & Postsecondary Education and Business & Industry Debra Mills dmills@cord.org; 217.247.9930

  2. Chapter 7

  3. Business/Industry/Labor Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Employers Employer Groups Labor Groups Education K-12 Postsecondary: Universities; Community & Technical Colleges; others? Community-At-Large Civic Groups Social Agencies Parents Others? Partnership Communities

  4. Partnerships are based on relationships • At Every Level • Begin with the End in Mind; Keeping your eye on the ball • Time • Consistency

  5. Business/Industry Role Career Pathways Employee Requirements Licensure; Certificate CC; University Business/Industry Role

  6. Role of Employers: Career Pathways • Industry Clusters • Organized groups of local businesses stimulating community awareness of and interest in career pathway opportunities. • Facilitate partnerships with the K-16 education systems and assist in the immediate and ongoing change and development of curriculum to better prepare students for these career pathways.

  7. 9-14/16 Career Pathways • Precision Metal Production • Production Design • MFG-Tech • Engineering • Mfg Industry Cluster CC Program Advisory Committee HS Program Advisory Committee

  8. 9-16 Career Pathways • Precision Metal Production • Production Design • MFG-Tech • Engineering • Mfg Industry Cluster 9-14 Program Advisory Committee

  9. 9-16 Career Pathways • 1. Precision Metal Production • 2. Production Design • MFG-Tech • Engineering • Mfg Industry Cluster Community Outreach Career Dev WBL 9-14 Staff Dev 9-14Curriculum

  10. Begin with the END in Mind • What are the educational outcomes needed for successful employees? • This approach implies a need to integrate requirements from several sources.

  11. Begin With the End in Mind Successful Employees (also citizens, family members, Individuals, etc.) • PS Education • 1-year certificate • Licensure • 2-year college • 4-year university Secondary Education Career Pathways ALL STUDENTS

  12. Source of Requirements Successful Employees (also citizens, family members, Individuals, etc.) • PS Education • 1-year certificate • Licensure • 2-year college • 4-year university Secondary Education Career Pathways ALL STUDENTS 1 Dept of ED (State)

  13. Source of Requirements Successful Employees (also citizens, family members, Individuals, etc.) • PS Education • 1-year certificate • Licensure • 2-year college • 4-year Univ Secondary Education Career Pathways ALL STUDENTS 1 2 Dept of ED (State)

  14. Source of Requirements Successful Employees Credentials, licensure 3 • PS Education • 1-year certificate • Licensure • 2-year college • 4-year Univ Secondary Education Career Pathways ALL STUDENTS 1 2 Dept of ED (State)

  15. What is different with Career Pathways?

  16. System for ALL Students System for ALL occupational clusters 4 + 2 4 + 2 + 2 4 + 1 year certificate 4 + Industry Certificate Multiple EXIT POINTS High School + PS

  17. Knowledge & Skills Common:Applicable across pathway or cluster Important:relevant, meaningful Accurate:technically correct EXIT points Match industry career ladders Credentials Licenses Business/Industry Validation

  18. Framework for Mapping Career Pathways Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Sec Education Career Awareness

  19. Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Sec Education Career Awareness

  20. Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Content: Curriculum & Services Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Content: Curriculum & Services Sec Education Career Awareness

  21. Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Entry Requirements Content: Curriculum & Services Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Content: Curriculum & Services Sec Education Exit Requirements Career Awareness

  22. Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Entry Requirements Content: Curriculum & Services Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Content: Curriculum & Services Sec Education Exit Requirements HS Exit = PS Entrance Career Awareness

  23. Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Entry Requirements Content: Curriculum & Services Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Dual Credit Content: Curriculum & Services Sec Education Exit Requirements HS Exit = PS Entrance Career Awareness

  24. Developed by CORD

  25. Career Pathway Primer and Planning Guide: Davis Jenkins, University of Illinois at Chicago*

  26. Communities for Industry Recognized Skills • Industry & Professional Organizations • Workforce & Training Initiatives • Employers • Certifiers • Unions • Other Partnerships: Industry clusters to match the Career Pathways/Cluster

  27. Types Gov Regulatory Boards (example state cosmetology) Trade Assoc (NATEF – Auto Tech) Vendor Specific (Microsoft/MOUS) NSSB Oversight Org www.clearhq.org www.noca.org State CTE Directors www.careerclusters.org

  28. Students in the Workplace HS & PS SYSTEM Educators in the Workplace Acad, CTE, HS & PS =IN A CAREER PATHWAY Business in the School Teaching? Business supporting the work of teachers Marketing CP; Staff Dev in CP Categories: Industry-Ed Partnerships

  29. Advisory committees are a quality control function of your program and are a tool for administration and faculty to “talk to the customer”

  30. ….it is NOT to Rubber Stamp your program

  31. What are the specifications? How will it change in the future? What are the exit points? A “program of work” is a tool for the advisory committee to use so that it may guide education to level of specifications that it needs. Curriculum Staff development Career Dev & wbl Marketing & Advocacy Student recruitment & placement Program resources Evaluation Talk to your customer…

  32. In real estate, it’s location, location, location! In advisory committees, it’s employers,employers,employers! Rules that are universal…

  33. Help! No one comes to meetings! • Empowerment + Ownership EQUALS = • Activities/Attendance + Sustainability

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  36. Strategies from across the country • Cluster (like industries) approach from the EDC • Pathway Partners (Chamber M adopt instructor) • Staff Dev delivered by B/I • Joint Advisory Committees (sec & ps) • Thinking outside the box • Digital Communication • B/I Tours for ALL faculty in a program (including gen ed)

  37. Advice for New Beginnings • Business must provide leadership • Relationships need to be built at ALL levels • Think in SYSTEM terms • Academic & technical skills • Secondary & Postsecondary • Connect to existing entities (Chamber, EDC) • Educate your community • Always focus on your mission (economic dev)

  38. Educational Linkages • Use B/I Groups to bring the two together? • Curriculum Development • JOINT staff development • B/I facilitated staff development • Shared calendar • Sharing Resources

  39. Site Mgt Teams • Need a NETWORK of people so info doesn’t sit on someone’s desk. • School Site Team: adm; counselor; academic & technical instructors • Large Schools: Team per Cluster? • Focus: Working to make changes; umbilical cord (ps  hs) • Use existing teams?

  40. What information is shared between PS & Secondary? Does it get to the classroom level? Is it broken down to the building level? % of recent HS graduates to CC; University? What programs? Remediation levels? GPA? Retention? Providing Information

  41. Secondary & PS instructors to B/I together PS & Sec K-14 Career Cluster Teams (9-14; tech & academic & counselors) Adm & Board of Trustees Counselor (9-14) meetings Pathway Partners Technical instructors (9-14) in a career cluster PLUS a business partner. Year long process Alignment of calendars to share opportunities Share Staff Development Linkages

  42. Partnership Inventory Sheets • Education-to-Education (16 clusters) • 16 clusters. Are there connections between all levels in all 16 clusters? • Education-to-Education (blank pathways) • Blank Pathways. Same as above but pathways are left blank so you can write in your own pathway names. • Education-to-Business (all 16 clusters) • Are all levels of ed connecting to business in all 16 clusters? • Complete Crosswalk (by specific Pathway) • In a specific pathway, do all stakeholders connect?

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