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Enhancing Academic Programs through WorkKeys Profiling: Insights from the St. Louis Conference

Join us for the WorkKeys Regional Conference in St. Louis, MO, on November 6, 2006, to explore how WorkKeys profiling can enhance the effectiveness of academic programs. Subject matter experts will demonstrate how to identify essential tasks related to each WorkKeys skill, develop a competency skills list, and align curriculum with workplace expectations. By understanding the critical skills required for success in fields like respiratory therapy, attendees will gain valuable insights to better prepare students for their careers.

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Enhancing Academic Programs through WorkKeys Profiling: Insights from the St. Louis Conference

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  1. Schools Get Ahead with WorkKeys Regional WorkKeys Conference St. Louis, MO November 6, 2006

  2. How WorkKeys Profiling works for Academic Programs • Subject matter Experts are chosen • Date selected for all day profiling session • Initial Task List established from existing state competency profiles, existing national WorkKeys profiles, and current RTC program competencies (classroom & clinical)

  3. Profiling a Program Involves • Developing a list of the most critical tasks to the training program/career; • Identifying the tasks associated with each Work Keys skill; • Identifying on-the-job behaviors associated with each skill as it is used on the job; and • Determining the Work Keys skill levels of the job.

  4. What Comes from the Profile • Faculty and Students know what expectation are for their jobs • General Workplace Skills • Common Sense, Punctuality, Dependability, etc. • Clinical/Internship Skills • Effective communication with staff and co-workers, understanding science and theory of occupation, and work ethics (honor, commitment, integrity, courtesy, respect • Overall Successful Occupational Performance

  5. Profile Results • Skill Analysis Information: • Reading for information Level 5-6 for entry-level respiratory therapy • Locating Information Level 4-6 for entry-level respiratory therapy • Observation is required for 96% of tasks for respiratory therapist-SME’s agreed that Level 6 is necessary for effective performance of the job

  6. Skill Rankings • # 1 Observation • # 2 Locating Information • #3 Reading for Information SME’s determined rankings by considering how critical each skill is to the performing of the occupation of respiratory therapist

  7. Final Task List • Determine a Core Competency Skills List for each Program • Range is from 45-80 Core Competencies • Used to Update and Modify Program Core Competency List • This Means Updating Curriculum for the Program

  8. WorkKeys Testing Areas • Reading for Information • Applied Mathematics • Listening • Writing • Locating Information • Teamwork • Applied Technology • Observation • Business Writing

  9. How Do We Use the Profiles • Assess Current Instructional Competencies and • Verify Critical Workplace Tasks and Skills • Check if Curricula is Sequentially Aligned and Taught to Those Critical Skills • Used to Select Applicants into Medical Programs

  10. And Also Used for Perkins Reporting and Accountability • Have been using it for all adult students – Cost of testing is included in adult tuition/fees • Have used it with high school juniors and seniors in building trades programs through St. Louis Apprenticeship Program • Will use on select group of seniors with pilot project in conjunction with local WIB

  11. RTI/RTC History of WorkKeys Began Profiling RTC Medical Programs • September 26, 2001 • Licensed Practical Nursing first program • Completed other seven health care related spring 2004 Began Technical Programs 2004 • Due to be completed spring 2007

  12. WorkKeys Testing • Began using WorkKeys Test in Fall of 2003 • Began using WorkKeys Test as pre and post test in LPN, Respiratory Therapist, and Radiology • Needed a nationally normed test for Perkins accountability • TABE no longer qualified for academic attainment reporting

  13. Career Readiness Certificate • ACT WorkKeys is considered as the standardized test for the Missouri Career Readiness Certificate • Utilize Reading for Information, Locating Information, and Applied Mathematics selected for CRC to determine level of CRC awarded to student

  14. How and Why WorkKeys was chosen for RTI/RTC • Need for a nationally normed testing instrument for adult graduates • Way of aligning curriculum to testing instrument • Way to remediate students to be able to increase test scores-WIN software • Way to obtain Career Readiness Certificate for Graduates

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