Career Development: Key Theories

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Career Development Key Theories

• DWS Council of Councils
• October 12, 2006
• Dawn Kay-Stevenson
• Utah State Office of Education

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Donald Supers Definitions

• Career a course of events that constitute a life
• Career Awareness developing an inventory on
  ones knowledge, values and preferences
• Career Development the process of building the
  inventory of ones own knowledge, values and
  preferences
• Career Decision Making process of choice, entry,
  and adjustment related to ones career

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Circumscription and Compromise
Masculine

High Prestige
Low Prestige

Feminine
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Barriers in Career Awareness, Exploration and
Choice Faced by Special Populations (Including,
but Not Limited to, Ethnic Minorities)

• Factors that cause one to be different from the
  general population
• Factors that cause one to be different within
  ones own social group
• Factors involving family responsibilities
• Linda Gottfredson

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In Utah Where we are, Where we need to be. ..

• 7th Grade CTE Course
• Comp Guidance Program
• 8th grade SEOP
• SEOP High School to College and Careers
• DWS and Higher Education Partners
• Work-based learning activities
• Post-secondary advisement
• DWS career counseling
• Exploration, Information, Planning, Execute

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• Components of Career Counseling
• Factors in Career Decision Making
• Parents, counselors, teachers
• Effectiveness of Career Guidance
• Utah study

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Planting the SeedsJunior High and High School. .
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• to College and Careers ---
• through Pathways ---
• Mary Shumway, State Director
• Career and Technical Education

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The News

• No Child Left Behind
• Achievement Gap
• Increase Academic Graduation Requirements
• Drop Out Rate
• Employability/Soft Skills
• College entrance, persistence, completion
• Difficulty finding qualified workers
• Economic Development
• Education Funding (public and higher ed)

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Direction for Students
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Career Guidance and Pathways . . .Address
Issues
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Closing the Gap

• Intention and Completion
• 80 of seniors college intention
• 50 enroll
• 34 complete a post secondary degree
• (of which approximately 25 obtain a bachelors or
  higher)
• Where are 66 of the students?

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Closing the Gap Job Requirements

• 20-25 bachelors or higher
• 60-65 technical skills - CTE
• Gold Collar Jobs
• 15 are unskilled

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Closing the Gap Job Outlook Education

• Eighteen of the 20 fastest growing occupations
  within the next decade will require Career and
  Technical Education.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Closing the Gap College and Career Ready

• 35 of students are college-ready.
• 75 of the top 50 fastest-growing jobs require
  education beyond high school.
• Even one year of post secondary education
  increases lifetime earnings by as much as 15
  percent per year.

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High Schools That Work (SREB)

• Provide all student access to the same rigorous
  academic core.
• Enroll in challenging courses
• Set goals beyond high school
• Provide mentors
• Provide extra help needed to meet course standards

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High Schools That Work (SREB)

• Provide all students with access to either an
• academic or
• career/technical concentration
• Career/technical focus at least four courses in
  a planned career sequence.

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Utahs PATHWAYS
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Pathways Vision and Objective

• To ensure that every student has the opportunity
  to develop the academic knowledge, technical
  skills, and employment skills vital for entry
  into the evolving labor market.

• Establish a seamless education system with
  college and career pathways which provide a one
  system approach for student success.

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Goals of Utahs Pathways Initiative

• Maximize opportunities for students
• Increase student awareness planning
• Ease student transitions
• high school to college
• high school to career and college to career
• 3 Rs
• Rigor
• Relevance
• Relationships

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How Goals Will be Accomplished

• Build on Utahs Existing Programs
• Comprehensive Guidance
• College Tech Prep Program and Articulation
• Careers.utah.gov web site
• Articulation Maps in All Regions
• Training/Awareness of Secondary Postsecondary
• Counselors
• Instructors
• Administrators
• Local boards
• Parents
• Partnerships with DWS, Business and Industry
• Public Relations Efforts

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What are the opportunities ahead?
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Focus on Students
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Opportunities for Students

• Why
• should I take this class?
• should I take another class in this area?
• should I plan?
• should I study and take school seriously?

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Opportunities for Students

• How
• do I take advantage of the few electives that I
  have?
• do I get labor market information?
• do I make a lot of ?
• do I make while in college?

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Opportunities for Students

• What
• are the components of a plan?
• concurrent courses can I take?
• do I want to be doing in 10 years?

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Anticipated Outcomes PATHWAYS
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Students

• Have a pathway that they can modify to meet their
  needs

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Parents/Guardians

• Have a well-defined plan to help students achieve
  goals

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Counselors

• Have templates they can modify to fit course
  offerings at their schools/ instutions

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High School Teachers

• Help students see the connection between what
  happens in the classroom and their future goals

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Colleges

• Increase enrollments in programs
• Students motivated and directed
• Articulated programs with high schools

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Business and Industry

• Business and industry will benefit from well
  prepared employees who enter the workforce

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High School to College and Career

• Pathways

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Decisions with DirectionsThe Importance of
Career Counseling

• Now What?

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