A TEXAS Education

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A TEXAS Education WORKFORCE SOLUTION
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The Get There Texas Project A Solution for
Texas Workforce Ecosystem
Presenters Orbry Holden TBEC Nancy Tootle -
Houston WorkSource
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A NEW PLAYING FIELD

• Labor shortages in many industries
• Changing global economy
• Changing workforce skills and needs
• Students are unprepared for current work
  environments
• Flawed pipeline - students falling through the
  cracks
• Under-served students hold great potential
• Information available but in too many places -
  difficult to find

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CHANGING DEMANDS FOR WORKERS

• Over the next ten years, 26 of the top 30
  fastest growing jobs will require some
  post-secondary education or training...The
  demand for skilled workers is outpacing supply,
  resulting in attractive, high-paying jobs going
  unfilled.

-Emily Stover De Rocco, Assistant Secretary of
Labor for Education and Training
High school grads are not ready for prime time
in modern manufacturing,
-Ron Bullock, chairman and chief executive of
Bison Gear Engineering Corp., of St. Charles,
Ill. , Washington Post, Skilled Labor in High
Demand 2004
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WORKFORCE PIPELINE IS BROKEN
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68
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Enroll directly in college
Are still enrolled the next year
Graduate from high school on time
100 Ninth Graders
Remainder of college
18 College Graduates
High School
First year of college
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-28
-13
-9
Source Hunt, J. Tierney, T., 2006.
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STATEWIDE SOLUTION
AND

• A communication network
• A career exploration tool
• A recruiting tool
• A marketing tool

• A career assessment tool
• A reporting tool
• A career exploration tool

During 2008, these two systems are being combined
to create ONE extremely powerful online workforce
system.
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WHAT GET THERE TEXAS PROVIDES
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CONNECTIONS
2-YR College Students
4-YR College Students
Adult Job-Seekers
High School Students
Schools Training Programs
Employers
Teachers Administrators
Trade Associations
Parents
Government
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PROFILE PAGES Connecting People to Regional
Information
Internship Pages
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PROFILE PAGES Industry Profile
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PROFILE PAGES Career Profile
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PROFILE PAGES Company Profile
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PROFILE PAGES Personal Profile
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PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERED TO

• Make more informed decisions learn about the
  work of unfamiliar industries, widen their scope
  of possibilities, and understand which jobs are
  in demand
• Connect to regional opportunities
• Better understand how education is a prerequisite
  for well-paid jobs
• Bring their lives to the system with student
  pages where they can share their interests and
  make friends

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CAREER COUNSELORS ARE EMPOWERED TO

• Learn about opportunities in emerging industries
• Connect with employers
• Help workers connect their education and work
  experience to future opportunities in new
  industries

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EMPLOYERS ARE EMPOWERED TO

• Create a company page to raise awareness among
  job-seekers
• Invite potential candidates to apply for
  positions
• View job-seekers resumes and pages about
  themselves
• Collaborate with schools on curriculum and
  program creation

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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE EMPOWERED TO

• Market programs to interested students by
  creating program pages
• Create a school page that students can browse
• Provide students a contact at the school to
  discuss the program
• Invite potential students to apply for a program
• Collaborate with employers on curriculum and
  program creation

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CONNECTS REGIONAL RESOURCES
A GoogleMaps-like feature will display regional
resources such as schools and companies on a
local map, with links to those organizations
pages within the system.
Housingmaps.com
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FOCUSES ON HIGH-DEMAND INDUSTRIES

• Selected by the Texas Governor's Industry Cluster
  Initiative
• Connecting to employers and educators through
  clusters around the state
• Connecting to economic development efforts

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FEATURES INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
SEQUENTIAL OR CONCURRENT
OPTIONAL WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION
HIGH SCHOOL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
HIGHER LEARNING
Bachelors Degree
SEQUENTIAL OR CONCURRENT
OPTIONAL WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION
LUBBOCK ISD
TEXAS TECH UNIV.
S. PLAINS COLLEGE
Comm. College Associates Degree
Mechanical Engineering Degree
Specialization for Auto Technician
NATIEF Certification
Dual Credit
Dual Credit
Dual Credit
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COMMUNITY-CREATED

• Provide tools to allow people to connect directly
• Our members create the content through the
  profile system
• Put tools in the hands of the community

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SAFETY MATTERS

• Students Under 18 years
• Browse Profiles based on interests
• No personal profiles

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• Partnership with Kuder, Inc.
• Quality career, skills, and work environment
  assessments (inventories)
• Successful statewide implementations in other
  states
• Willingness to customize to meet the needs of
  Texas
• Good reports from state and local clients

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WHAT TBEC AchieveTEXAS PROVIDES
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Consistent Statewide Education and Career
Planning Tools
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WORK VALUES INVENTORY
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ONE SYSTEM FOR TEXAS
The TBEC AchieveTexas Education and Career
Planning System is online currently, and Get
There Texas is currently in development. Over
the course of 2008, they will be combined into
one online system for the state with numerous
benefits for workforce centers, employers,
dislocated workers, students, schools, parents,
and state agencies.
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Planner for the Texas Scholars Program
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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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Connecting Education with the Texas Economy

• Currently there are good jobs in Texas for those
  who have the right preparation, and there will be
  more as the Boomers retire.

• State economic development initiatives will
  require even more highly educated, skilled
  workers at all levels.

• If we dont prepare them appropriately, young
  Texans will end up providing services to people
  who come from outside to take the good jobs.

• Working together, business people and educators
  must establish real career pathways through which
  students can prepare for work and further
  education.

• We must connect our people to good jobs through
  education.

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IMAGINE...
Looking Forward to Working with You!
www.gettheretexas.org
www.tbecachievetexas.com
www.texasscholars.org