Nebraska Career Education Career Cluster Career Development

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Nebraska Career EducationCareer Cluster Career
Development
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Understanding 16 Career Clusters

• US Dept of Ed -gt National State Directors of
  Career and Technical Education
• National Committees
• 2002 First National Career Cluster Conference
• 16 Volume Set
• 16 Cluster Knowledge and Skills
• Statements (10-12 categories)
• Performance Elements
• Measurement Criteria
• 81 Pathway Knowledge and Skills
• Pathway Topic
• Pathway Knowledge and Skill statement
• Performance Element
• Measurement Criteria

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The Goal is to Provide

• A Career Education System based on the 16 Career
  Clusters

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Different Perspectives Economic Career
Development P16 Curriculum
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• Not business as usual
• New levels of partnerships required.

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Statewide Partners in Career Education

• Education - All Levels
• Labor/Workforce Development
• Economic Development
• Business and Industry
• Human Resources
• Gov/Public Agencies
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Private and Non-Profits
• EducationQuest Foundation
• FutureForce Nebraska
• AIM

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Transition to Career Clusters
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Nebraska School Counseling
Nebraska Career Education
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www.nde.state.ne.us/cared/brochures
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Elementary Career Awareness
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Middle School Career Exploration-C4C!
NEW! www.nde.state.ne.us/nce/c4c.htm
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High School Career Preparation Application
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Closer Look at a Cluster
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5 Critical Ingredients of Career Choice
Interventions

• 1. Workbooks and written exercises
• 2. Individualized interpretations and feedback
• 3. World of work information
• 4. Modeling effective strategies
• 5. Attention to building support
• networks

ARTICLE Critical ingredients of career choice
interventions More analyses and new hypotheses.
AUTHOR Brown, Steven D Ryan Krane, Nancy E
Brecheisen, Jessica, and others. SOURCE Journal
of vocational behavior. 62, no. 3, (2003) 411
(18 pages) Libraries Worldwide 690
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www.NebraskaCareerConnections.org
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1. Workbooks and Written Exercises
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1. Workbooks and Written Exercises
Portfolio
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2. Individual Interpretations and Feedback

• Opportunity to talk with others

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2. Individual Interpretations and Feedback
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2. Individual Interpretations and Feedback
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3. World of Work Information
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3. World of Work Information
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3. World of Work Information
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4. Modeling (Role Models Demonstrating Effective
Career Development Strategies)

• Business and Industry Professionals
• Guest Speakers
• Job Shadows (Live or Virtual)
• Mentors
• Internships

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5. Attention to Building Support Networks

• Parents and Family
• Extracurricular Activities
• Community Activities
• Youth Development Programs

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• WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN?
• Education needs to focus on programs of study
  that align career education with appropriate
  academics for seamless transition to
  post-secondary education and careers

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A Guiding Plan for this SystemPerkins IV New
State Plans

• NCE Model
• Support Economic high skill/high wage need in
  your state
• Academic and Career Counseling in School
  Counseling Program
• Programs of study with rigorous academics leading
  to postsecondary certificate/credential,
  associates and/or bachelors degree

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Impact
Overview Partner Collaboration Pathway
Status
Change focus from education only for the sake of
the next level education to education as
preparation for career and life
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How?
Overview Partner Collaboration Pathway
Status
Partner with business and industry to provide
relevance to the education experience. Bring
real life to school and school to real life.
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FutureForce Nebraska
Overview Partner Collaboration Pathway
Status
A partnership of Nebraska business and industry,
government, and education leaders to address
issues in Nebraskas talent pipeline.
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Talent Pipeline Committees
Overview Partner Collaboration Pathway
Status

• Health sciences
• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Transportation, warehousing, distribution, and
  logistics
• Entrepreneurship
• Financial services/Insurance
• Biotechnology

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Reasons for Success
Overview Partner Collaboration Pathway
Status

• Why FutureForce Nebraska?
• Meets the greater needs of the state in education
  and workforce training
• Built on principles of collaboration, networking
  and building on strengths
• Provides a flexible, common sense approach to
  problems and opportunities that cross many
  jurisdictions

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• Thank you
• Hope to work with
• you in the future!