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NCERT Spring Innovation Summit Presentation

Scaling Career Readiness Authentic employer case challenges "

that connect secondary coursework to careers

Tiffany Godbout Williams"Vice President of Strategic Alliances

Jane Kubasik "President


The 114th Partnership

•  A national nonprofit that facilitates productive partnerships between educators and employers.

•  Since 2013, we have reached approximately 2,000 educators and 500,000 students.

•  By connecting classwork to professional pathways, we will help one million students graduate college- and career-ready by 2020.


Redefining Career Readiness

•  Readiness for "all students—"beyond CTE

•  Indicators beyond "test scores—ESSA

•  Moving toward professional "pathway readiness


Professional Pathway Readiness

•  Goes beyond career readiness.

•  Recognizes the dynamic nature of "tomorrow’s careers.

•  Helps learners connect personal passions to career pathways.

•  Develops full members of the ever-changing global economy.


Our Career Readiness Case Studies

Standards-aligned "and free to schools

•  Spark 101 "Interactive STEM Videos

•  Delivered by teachers "in the classroom

•  Pathway Ready "Professional Challenges®

•  Delivered by "employer volunteers


Educator Needs

Employer Needs

Student Needs

Addressing School and Employer Needs


Goal: "Engage 3 million students


Spark 101 Interactive STEM Videos

•  50 case-study videos

•  340,000 students reached

•  Students model professional behavior to solve workplace problems

•  Include lesson plans "and student resources

•  Available at no cost on"www.spark101.org


Example: Clark Construction

“Positioning Tower Cranes During Construction on the National Mall”

•  Students help ensure safety on the job site of the National Museum of African American History & Culture

•  Students work on crane placement using math skills and engineering thinking.


Student Feedback: Spark 101

“I like that they explain how to solve problems, give you real problems to solve, and talk to you about their job in STEM and why it matters.”

11th Grade Girl, Dallas, Texas


Pathway Ready "Professional Challenges®

•  Genuine workplace challenges for students "to solve

•  Coaching by "employer volunteers

•  Local careers in demand

•  Inquiry-based learning


Example: Sodexo

“Designing a "21st Century High School”

•  24 diverse "high school students

•  Developed proposal "for high school "classroom redesign

•  Met budget limitations "and other parameters


Student Feedback: "Professional Challenge

“I felt like I was part of a company solving a real problem.”

10th Grade Student, "Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland


Spark 101 Evaluation Findings

•  Understand the relevance of their "high school courses "(+50%)

•  Interested in STEM courses and careers (+33%)

•  Increase their plans "to take STEM courses (+50%)


Spark 101 Student Interest "in STEM Pathways

27.1

21.6 20.4

33.6

28.0 26.4

I understand how what I learn in STEM courses relates to my life.

I am interested in taking more STEM courses.

I am interested in a career that uses what I learn in my STEM

courses.

% Strongly Agree Pretest % Strongly Agree Posttest

N=431


Educators Supporting Case-Study Usage


Employer Case-Study Partners


Partner with Us to Meet "Your Career Readiness Goals

•  New Spark 101 Interactive STEM Videos

•  Live Pathway Ready Professional Challenges

•  “Industries That Thrive” "Professional Pathway Roundtables

•  Teacher leader coaching to scale career readiness

•  Framework to self-assess your career readiness efforts in the era of ESSA


•  Email us [email protected]

•  Follow us @Spark101STEM

•  Share your thoughts"#SparkSTEM

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