Career Planning and Development

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Career Planning and Development

• Arkansas Dept of Workforce Education
• Office of Career Guidance, Exploration, and
  Preparation

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Arkansas Act 730

• The Arkansas College and
• Career Readiness Planning Program
• Requires consistent precollege readiness
  assessments to increase successful student
  transitions into postsecondary education And,
• Measure student readiness for future learning
  without remediation to improve college and
  workforce readiness

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Consistent career readiness results in successful
employment from

• Consistent career guidance and exploration
• Consistent career employability training
• Consistent Career Portfolio Development
• Consistent education in the SMART Core Curriculum
  (college preparation)
• Consistent career planning with career preparation

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The 2010 Meltdown Solving the Impending Job
Crisis

• 47 of job applicants lacked the reading, writing
  and math skills for the jobs they sought
• 73 of US employers cited very or somewhat
  difficulty hiring qualified workers
• 40 said applicants have poor or no employment
  skills

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U.S. Literacy Woes

• 50 of current workers had serious reading,
  writing, and math skills
• 5 of all American adults speak English so poorly
  they cannot hold a high-paying job
• 90 million Americans face higher health risks
  because their low literacy leads to trouble
  understanding medical terms
• 60 billion per year is lost in productivity

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Assessing the Pipeline to Americas Workforce

• More than 50 of employers couldn't find
  qualified applicants for entry-level jobs
• Over 50 of adults are unhappy in their jobs
• A 2004 Gallup poll indicated that more than 55
  of people in the workforce were not engaged in
  their work
• An estimated 80 are underemployed

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Where are the students?

• Arkansas has a 69 adjusted graduation rate from
  those who began the 9th grade
• Between the 8th grade and the 11th-12th grades
  (where most college and career planning is being
  done) many students have already dropped out
• Highest number of GED recipients are in the 16-17
  age range

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Increasing the high school and college
graduation rate of male students in Arkansas by
only five percent could lead to a combined
savings and revenue of almost 77 million each
year by reducing crime-related costs (Alliance
for Excellent Education, June 2007).
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Where are the Boys

• According to Arkansas Kuder data
• There are 12 more girls in the 11th and 12th
  grades compared to a 50/50 ratio in the 8th
  grade.
• According to Ark Dept of Higher Ed
• There are about 10 more girls graduating than
  boys from 4-year universities.

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Arkansas DWE White Papers

• If Arkansas high schools and colleges raise the
  graduation rates of Hispanic, African-American,
  and Native-American students to the levels of
  white students by 2020, the potential increase in
  personal income would add more than 785 million
  to the state economy.

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• If Arkansas likely dropouts from the class of
  2006 graduated instead, the state could save more
  than 94 million in Medicaid and expenditures for
  uninsured care over the course of those young
  peoples lifetimes.

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• 1/3 of college students leave after their first
  year in college
• Almost 50 of college students never graduate
• 30 of college students leave school at the end
  of their first year and another 30 take five or
  six years to earn their degree
• Dropouts from the class of 2006 cost the state
  more than 2.7 billion in lost wages, taxes, and
  productivity over their lifetimes

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The Institute of Education and the Economy
Concluded

• Many different types of career guidance
  interventions are effective
• Career development activities positively
  influence school attendance and completion
• Simple planning will help students connect their
  goals and steps to reach them

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Results from Lapan, Gysbers, and Sun concluded
students in Missouri

• Make better grades
• Have more college and career information
• Believe their school has a positive climate
• Feel middle school is safer
• Have a better relationship with their teachers
• Are more satisfied with their education

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A HSTW study concluded

• Students who completed a 4-year high school plan
  increased math test scores
• Students spent more time talking with counselors
• Math, science and reading scores improved
• Career guidance increased college-prep math and
  science classes

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Information is Vital2010 Meltdown by Edward
Gordon

• Schools can help students by helping their
  parents
• Career aptitude and personal interest assessments
  need to be provided in middle schools
• Future workers need higher quality education
  which integrates arts and sciences with emerging
  technology

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Improve the quality of career planning
interventions provided to students

• To help students meet personal goals
• To help students successfully transition through
  the educational system smoothly
• and efficiently
• To help students graduate successfully
• To help students become employable with
  employability skills and industry certifications
• To help students successfully reach career goals

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Career Exploration and PlanningInterventions in
Middle and Junior High Schools

• Kuder Galaxy (provided to 50 elementary schools)
• Career Orientation (8th grade requirement to
  explore the world of work and assess self)
• Kuder Navigator with assessments
• -Interests, Skills Values with a Person Match
• ACT Explore (Interest and aptitude for learning
  resulting in the World of Work Map with clusters
  and pathways)
• Career Development Portfolio (state required
  4-year planning with parental involvement )

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Assessing The Whole Person
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High School Interventions

• Keystone (9th grade transition elective)
• Kuder (10th grade re-assessment after
  exploration)
• ACT Plan (Improved academic achievement, career
  preparation, and post-high school planning)
• Or PSAT (Individual strengths and weakness on
  college readiness skills)Arkansas State Law
  2010-2011
• Workplace Readiness (11th-12th grade elective
  using KeyTrain to prepare students for WorkKeys)
• Work-based Learning (JAG, Internship Youth
  Apprenticeship electives)

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KeyTrain in Secondary Schools

• Students in Workplace Readiness will be required
  to use KeyTrain to prepare for the ACT WorkKeys
  Assessments.
• Work-based learning programs including Internship
  and JAG will allow students to use KeyTrain in
  schools where Workplace Readiness is not being
  offered.

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WorkKeys Implementation

• Dept of Workforce Services contracted with
  Thinking Media to provide KeyTrain to dislocated
  workers and high school students in grades 11 and
  12.
• ACT WorkKeys assessments were purchased to
  provide job seekers with the CRC credential.

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Where do we begin?

• Assess current knowledge with KeyTrain pretests
• Identify occupational needs for career goal
• Assign KeyTrain lessons so the student can work
  at their own pace to the level they need to
  achieve
• Bridge the gap between being unemployable and
  being hirable.

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WorkKeys Identifies Skill Gaps

• By comparing the job profile and individual
  assessment results, skills gaps can be identified

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Skills Gap
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Individual Results
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Job Profile
Applied Mathematics
Reading for Information
Locating Information
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Job Seekers

• Must score at least a level 4 on the KeyTrain in
  Reading for Information, Applied Mathematics, and
  Locating Information.
• Must also register with the Arkansas Job Links
• Instructor refers KeyTrain completers to a
  two-year community college for the WorkKeys
  assessment
• Career Readiness Certificates are then awarded to
  students receiving the Bronze, Silver or Gold
  Certificate.

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Arkansas Career Readiness Certificates

• The state has awarded a total of 10,912
  certificates signed by the Governor of Arkansas
  and the Department of Workforce Services
• 2,907   Gold      (27)
• 5,886   Silver    (54)
• 2,119   Bronze  (19)

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ArkansasAtWork.orgArkansas Career Readiness
Certificate

• Governors Initiative Video Spot
• http//www.dws.arkansas.gov/CRC/Governor.htm
• We must have a career ready workforce
• Radio Spot
• http//www.dws.arkansas.gov/CRC/audio/DWS20CRC20
  (Employers)20e.mp3
• Brochure
• http//www.dws.arkansas.gov/CRC/PDF/CRC20Employer
  27s20Guide20Brochure.pdf

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Sum of all the Parts for a Career Ready Workforce

• Career Guidance, Exploration Preparation
• Career Development Facilitator
• Career Development Portfolios
• Kuder (ArkansasWorks)
• ACT Explore, Plan and WorkKeys
• Placement and completion in CTE programs of study
• KeyTrain (ArkansasAtWork)
• Arkansas Career Readiness Certificate

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Career Development Facilitators

• A (CDF) is a person who has been specially
  trained to work with students or dislocated
  workers to assist with vocational and educational
  planning, assessments, and workforce preparation
  from middle school through postsecondary
  education and the adult workforce.

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Positions for which CDFs could be trained for
Student Career Development Coach Career Action
Plan Program Facilitator School Career Guidance
Counselor Job Search Trainer Co-op and Tech
Center Coordinators Employment/Placement
Specialists College Counselor/Recruiter
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Network of CDFs working alongside professionals
with more extensive training Dept of Workforce
Education Staff Secondary School Counselors and
Career Tech Program of Study
Teachers Two-year Community College Counselors
and recruiters Career Pathways
Administrators Workforce Services Center Staff
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Career Development Portfolio

• Collection of assessments
• Record of accomplishments
• Contains resumes Application Examples
• Education and training Plan of Action
• Opportunity for creative self-expression
• Process for career development
• Self-discovery evaluation
• Business industry certifications

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DWE Involvement

• Kuder support
• CDF training and supervision
• Carl Perkins funding through schools and
  educational cooperatives
• Statewide Career Development Portfolios with a
  two-year crosswalk for two-year community college
  majors in CTE programs of study
• Articulation for concurrent credit for CTE
  programs of study.

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WorkKeys is a System
Job Profiling to match applicants with jobs
Skill Assessments Measures an individuals skill
level
Career Guidance
Education/ Training Efficiently closes skill gaps
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• This is to certify
• Johnny B. Good__
• Successfully completed
• Arkansas High School Graduation Requirements
• Arkansas Dept of Education Smart Core
• Advertising Graphic Design Program of Study
• Adobe Premier CS3 Certification
• GOLD Arkansas Career Readiness Certificate
• Skills attained Proficient in Adobe Premier Pro
• Multimedia
• 3.5 GPA
• CTSO Member FBLA Skills USA
• Concurrent College Credit Earned Fundamentals
  of Graphic Design
• Freshman Composition

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• For more information please contact
• Ray Henson, Program Manager
• Dept of Workforce Education
• Office of Career Guidance, Exploration, and
  Preparation
• Three Capitol Mall, Suite 408
• Little Rock, AR 72201
• 501-682-1616
• raymond.henson_at_arkansas.gov