A VIEW FROM THE WORKFORCE BOARD

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A VIEW FROM THE WORKFORCE BOARD

• CTES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

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CTEs CHALLENGES

• WASL
• Meaningful H.S. Diploma
• Third year math, arts/culture
• College, college, college
• Growth in immigrant numbers
• Competitiveness!!!
• Technology, technology, technology
• Innovation, innovation, innovation

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Washingtons Challenges

• 18-24 yr unemployment numbers growing
• Higher than national average
• Drop-out Rate about 30
• Meeting only 77 of employer skill demands
• Hourglass economy

Young Adult Unemployment
U.S. Census, American Population Survey
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16-19 yr. old Idleness

• Unemployed or not looking for work
• Not in school

Source American Community Survey
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Percent of 18-24 Who Are Not Working by Gender
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Percent of 18-24 Who are Not Working by
Race/Ethnicity
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Percent of 18-24 Who are Not Working by
Disability Status
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Percent of 18-24 Who are Not Working by Highest
Level of Education Completed
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Youth Currently in a School Program
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Highest Level of Education Completed by
Race/Ethnicity
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Non-working Youth by Country of Birth 2006
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Challenge into Opportunity

• Blurring the lines Academic CTE
• Applied Learning Share the Knowledge
• Competency Standards Speak Up!
• Keep up with employers
• Relevance to Students
• Life
• Learning
• Success goals

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Skate to where the puck is-Wayne Gretzky
Turn Challenge into Opportunity
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Competitiveness Innovation vs. Design(Think
Craftsmanship--Watches)

• New business enterprise will largely be a factor
  of design innovations business model, customer
  service logistics, products services
• BW/MH Top 60 recruitment colleges for successful
  companies now offer design as part of business
  program and business as part of design program
• CEO Surveys IBM, Accenture, The Economist, BCG,
  Fast Company, Business Week
• The Long Tail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  . .

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Jobs of the FutureInvent It, Prove It, Design
It (Craftsmanship), Customize It, Sell It,
Support It
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Jobs of the Future

• Go Green

Green Jobs Act of 2007
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Jobs of the Future

• Most jobs will be in areas of high density
• Traffic will be a factor in the nature of work
  and how jobs are designed
• Multicultural workplace and community
• Globally Interdependent Innovation Chain Global
  interdependence, Global strategic partnerships
• Ergonomics health concerns

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Jobs of the Future

• Automation
• A good thing!
• Higher wage jobs
• Less likely to move off shore
• Flexibility and responsiveness
• Precision manufacturing
• Greener

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Distribution of Wealth

• Wages are not enough
• Average families working more than 40 hours per
  week to make ends meet
• Demos/Center for Responsible Lending report 7 out
  of 10 families use credit cards to make ends meet

Change 2002 2006
Living in the Red, Northwest Federation of
Community Organizations
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Distribution of Wealth

• High income individuals dont count on earned
  wages, but investments
• Average pay in investment banking is 10 times
  that of all private sector jobs 8,367, compared
  with 841 for all private sector jobs (August
  2007 ?? U.S. Department of Labor ?? U.S. Bureau
  of Labor Statistics)

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Income Growth Strategies

• Investment
• Entrepreneurship
• Understanding Business Operations
• Front Line Financing
• Employee Ownership Strategies
• Across all industries and all size companies, on
  average, ESOP companies do 4 better than
  non-ESOP companioes in their respective
  categories
• D. Kruse, J. Blasi, In the Company of Owners
  2003

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Income Growth Strategies

• Prepare for new jobs, new ways of working, new
  technology
• Learn to learn
• Post Secondary Education Apprenticeship
• Self-learning, keeping up
• Team learning, create a learning community
• Engender Wonderment Creativity

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ReConnecting Youth

• Consider integrating CTE and community service
  learning to develop skills in
• Advocacy (for themselves and others)
• Involvement in work and community efforts that
  are important to students
• Making a difference Doesnt mean changing the
  world, finding the right answer, or solving the
  problembut being part of the solution-finding
  process and the move towards positive change