A Community Partnership

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A Community Partnership

• A Pear-fect Match
• Working with the community to fill the workforce
  gap

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Why it began?

• Baby boomers retiring
• No skilled workers to take their place
• Lack of knowledge of real jobs available
• Pearland and Northern Brazoria County have 1200
  skilled jobs available on average every day!

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WORKFORCE PIPELINE IS BROKEN
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68
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Graduate from high school on time
Are still enrolled the next year
Enroll directly in college
100 Ninth Graders
First year of college
Remainder of college
18 College Graduates
High School
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The primary aim of education is not to enable
students to do well in school, but to help them
do well in the lives they lead outside
school. Bill Daggett, Model Schools
Conference, June 30, 2007
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Education with a Purpose
Education with a purpose workseducation is for
learning, earning, and living and students must
see the value of all three. The state needs a
collaborative information and communication
infrastructure that will connect students/parents
to educational institutions, businesses, regional
workforce planning, and governmental agencies.
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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)

• Pearland Challenges
• Current as well as projected skilled labor
  shortage
• Recruitment shortfalls
• Limited industry resources
• Underdeveloped training programs

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The Concept is Born!
State Representative Mike ODay PEDC Fred Welch
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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)

• Partners are Formed
• Pearland Economic Development Corporation (PEDC)
• Pearland Independent School District (PISD)
• Pearland Area Chamber of Commerce
• Business and Industry Leaders

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• Northern Brazoria County Educational Alliance

State Representative Mike ODay PEDC Chairman
Fred Welch
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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)
Board Member Lindsay Smith receives first NBCEA
donation from Mike Connie ODay
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The Board
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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)

• Board of Directors
• State Representative Mike ODay - Chairman
• Kurt White, Aggreko Learning Center - Vice
  Chairman
• Ed Thompson, Pearland E.D.C. - Treasurer
• Lindsay Smith, Pearland Area Chamber - Secretary
• Councilmember Helen Beckman - City of Pearland
• Adele Brennan - Pearland ISD Board of Trustees
• Carl Davis - Davis-Lynch
• Jerry Koza Jr. - Profax
• Richard Wong - Weatherford

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Board of Governors
Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)
Betty Alexander Jeff Barry Barry Beasley Betty
Callaway Griff Carnes Phil Cessac Kevin
Cole Margaret Chasteen Linda Cowles Barbara
Derrick Dick Ehrlich JoJo Finkeldei Lisa
Johnson Susan Lenamon Sherrell Littrell Dusty
Littrell Kimi Lyons Woody Owens Dale
Pillow Paula Scardino Robert Worley Travis
Whitehurst Charlie Singletary Susan
Sherroud
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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)

• Mission and Purpose
• To provide educational opportunities that will
  assist in the development of skilled workers
  capable of meeting industrys present and
  emerging needs.

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A Name without a Face
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Student Logo Contest
Ninth grade BCIS student designed the winning
logo
Winner received a 100 gift card from Circuit
City
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The Next Steps

• Where do we go from here?
• Committees
• Events
• Enchanting Current CTE courses
• New Courses
• Dual Credit Community College Programs
• Materials and Equipment Needs
• Helping Financially

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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)

• Education Community
• Technical training classes at high school level
• Provide facilities
• Provide instructors
• Dual Credit and Advanced Classes at Community
  College level for Associates Degree
• Mandatory classes to include
• Business Math, Accounting, Economics, Drafting,
  Reading, Business Writing

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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)
Industry and Community Tour Pearland High School
Current CTE Courses
First step Show Off What We Have!
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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)

• Industry Partnership
• Help fund scholarships for students to include
  tuition and books
• Value Industry Involvement
• Stress Drug Free Environment
• Encourage Employee Dependability
• Will determine curriculum
• Provide Funding
• Equipment Donations
• PEDC funding available with matching funds from
  industry
• Create Industry Support Group - Board of
  Governors
• Promote Capital Campaign

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Industry Meets to Develop Profile of a Worker

• Workshop Goal To identify the required duties
  and tasks required of our technical people.  The
  resulting work product will be used to create the
  curriculum to be used by the Pearland High
  School, and eventually the community work
  training center.
• Workshop Agenda
• TimeActivity830 845
• Introductions845 900
• Purpose of the Workshop900 945
• DACUM (Develop-A-Curriculum) Process945 1000
• Review the Job and Brainstorming15
  minutesBreak1015 1145
• Develop DACUM Research Chart
• Identify duties
• Identify specific tasks performed
• 1145 1230Lunch1230 200
• Continue to Develop DACUM Research Chart
• General knowledge and skill requirement of the
  job
• Worker behaviors
• Tools, equipment, supplies, and materials
• Future trends / concerns
• 200 230Next Steps and Action Items

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Teachers Tour Industry to see Connections
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And Build Relationships
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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)

• Community Stakeholders
• Employers
• Business owners
• General contractors
• Specialty service groups
• (Electrical, Welding, HVAC, Forklift, Machining,
  Construction trades, etc.)

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Our Greatest Stakeholder

• The Students of Pearland
• Challenges
• Getting the Word Out
• Promoting Jobs at Home
• What the Future Can Hold
• What you should be doing now to
• prepare for a great career

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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)

• Overview of Activities

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Drug Free Rally

• The number one reason why people cannot be hired
  is failure to pass a drug test!
• This static is very alarming. We must do
  something to let students know what they do today
  will affect their future (ODay, 2008).

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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)
Area Business Leaders Share the Message of Being
and Staying Drug Free

• Jobs,
  Yes!
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  Drugs, No!

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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)
Anti Drug Rally

• You can have a
• 4.0 GPA but if you
• cant pass a
• drug test, you wont
• be able to work!
• (Wong, 2007)

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Pearland has what?

• Getting the Word Out Educating Our Students
  About the Opportunities at Home
• Pearland is home to many international companies!
• There are jobs! And will be jobs!
• They pay well and have great benefits!
• They need you!

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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)
Career Fair at High School

• Aggreko

Weatherford
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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)

• Career Fair at High School

TurboCare
Dynamic Lighting Texas
Honing
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Industrial Carnival

• Bring in the toys
• Do some hands on activities
• Learn about the field
• Door Prizes
• Food
• Senior Recruitment

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Industrial Carnival
Plasma Cutting
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Construction Trades
Surveying
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Diesel Engine Repair
Heavy Equipment Demonstration
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Mentors

• Industry stakeholders characterize Texas as the
  nations kitchen, from which everyone eats
  (Governors Competitiveness Council, June 25,
  2008).
• We must bring todays students to the kitchen
  to keep everyone fed. One way to do this is
  through mentoring (ODay 2008).

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Mentors
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Enchanting Current CTE Courses

• Matched the workforce needs with our curriculum
  and courses
• Aligned the TEKS, PISD Curriculum and the DACUM
  work by the industry committee
• Provided teacher training by industry
• Added certifications and licenses
• Evaluated equipment needs

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New CTE Courses

• Metal Fabrications1 semester
• Ag Mechanics Idouble blocked
• Auto Specialization AC/Heating1 semester
• Moved Introduction to Construction Trades to 1
  semester

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Dual Credit and Community College Programs

• Expanded Dual Credit
• HVAC with San Jacinto South
• Auto Collision
• Blue Print
• Reading with
• Alvin Community
• College

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Welding Institute

• Held Welding Institute with Alvin Community
  College
• Purpose Gain prospective students for both
  programs (1/2 current and 1/2 grads)
• Co-taught by PISD and ACC instructors to gain
  know from each other
• Get students interested and show todays type of
  welding

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A Joint Venture
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Materials and Equipment

• Industry Partners toured the facility
• Evaluated the materials and equipment
• Worked with the PISD teachers to develop a wish
  list
• NBCEA is a nonprofit
• PEDC provides matching dollars

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Industry Support
Profax Delivers
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Northern Brazoria CountyEducation Alliance
(NBCEA)
Aggreko donates AC equipment

Total Donations 53,201.00 and
counting!
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Financial Support for the Students

• Students need help with
• Dual Credit Courses
• Certifications and Licenses
• Books and Fees
• NBCEA provides!
• IN A UNIQUE WAY!

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A Unique Approach

• Industry needs people who can work. This means
  being drug free. If they want our financial
  support they must show us they can be our workers
  of tomorrow
• (ODay, 2008)
• The Unique Approach
• Drug Screening

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• What are the "MUST HAVE" criteria to be hired in
  my industry?

• YOU MUST BE DRUG FREE!

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Industry Says it Best

• You MUST be Drug-free to work at our companies
• If you ARE, the possibilities are endless

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Volunteers

• Industry experts volunteer to assist the
  instructor share the inside knowledge
• Their time is valuable!

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Future Impact

• 4 X 4 Will affect the concept
• Legislative Meeting Future Legislature

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Community CTE
Student Success Filling the Workforce Gap!

• Pearland the Pear-fect Match!