WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYSACTEAZ Summer ConferenceJuly 2016

EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT CTE Arizona Business and Education Coalition

Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arizona Manufacturers Council Arizona Manufacturing Partnership Arizona School Boards Association East Valley Chambers of Commerce East Valley Partnership Expect More Arizona Tucson Hispanic Chamber Greater Yuma Economic Development Council Governor Ducey And more……………….

AND, IT ISN’T JUST IN ARIZONA In the last two years……….

43 states approved new funding for CTE programs and initiatives

29 states have worked to elevate, support and incentivize business education partnerships and work-based learning

32 states passed policies to encourage learners to earn industry-recognized credentials

Careertech.org

THE PUBLIC GETS IT…….. 100 communities across Arizona – representing over 90% of our population – have voted to tax themselves in order to support JTEDs.

87% of Americans and 89% of public school parents agree that students should receive more education about career choices while in high school

2016 BUSINESS ROUND TABLE …despite acknowledged improvements…..the long-term negative impacts

of the skills gap on workers, families, business, governments and the economy are potentially far-reaching

CTE provides an opportunity to bridge that gap, by providing real world, hands-on exposure to fields to students while they are still in school and can choose a pathway to a growing career

95% of American CEOs believe their companies suffer from a skills shortage

VIRGINIA Splits 9-12 grade years into two separate paths: one of core requirements

in the freshman and sophomore years, followed by two final years that focus on different avenues to graduation depending upon students’ interest.

THE ARIZONA PROPOSAL “There is more than one path to Heaven.”

MORE GOOD NEWS People are saying the right things

CTE WORKS! It is learning that works

CONSIDER THE STRONGEST PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS IN THE WORKPLACE Worked on a long term project Project was based on a real world problem

Sound familiar?

CONSIDER FURTHER THE RESEARCH ON WORK-BASED LEARNINGPositive correlations with graduation, academic achievement and career success.

26.1% of young people who could recall no contact with employers whilst at school went on to be come NEET(Not in Employment, Education or Training). Reduced to 4.3% for those in work-based learning.

Dr. Anthony Mann, Education and Employers (2013)

ENGAGEMENTGetting kids to school and graduating on time

ON THE RISEASU MORRISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY

The analysis of data from Tucson Unified School District and Mesa Public Schools found:1. The hazard of dropping out was reduced by 70%

for Mesa students and 50% for Tucson students who had taken 2 or more CTE courses

2. Taking two or more CTE courses reduced absenteeism by 3 days for CTE students in Tucson.

Compared to students who shared the same socio-economic and academic characteristics but

did not take CTE

Source: On The Rise report, http://morrisoninstitute.asu.edu/products/rise-role-career-and-technical-education-arizonas-future

2014-15 ARIZONA CTE CONCENTRATORFour year graduation rate is 98%

ACHIEVEMENT

TRANSITIONSending them on to worthy post secondary destinations

TRANSITION “According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the majority of CTE students in high school continue on to postsecondary education, and those who join the workforce outright or work to supplement their incomes as they pursue further education are often in a better financial situation than high school graduates who did not pursue CTE.”

Techniques Magazine, February 2014

THERE’S MORE GOOD NEWS 78% of CTE concentrators enroll in postsecondary education, full time, within two years of graduation

About one third of all dual enrollment credits—about 600,000 in all—are eared in CTE courses

Students in postsecondary CTE programs are more likely to be employed within five years than those in an academic field of study

Source: Careertech.org

THE PARADIGM IS SHIFTING

COLLEGE FOR ALL? 68% start college Only 40% complete college 53% of grads are unemployed or

underemployed Student loan debt now exceeds auto loans,

credit card balances and home-equity loan debt … $1.3 trillion

TIME MAGAZINE“Millennials make less money, are more likely to live in poverty and have lower rates of employment than their parents did at their ages 20 and 30 years ago.”

A LOOK AT THE ECONOMY 47% of all new jobs 2010-20 are middle skills jobs 48% of current labor force are middle skill jobs 86% of companies have experienced labor shortages….up from 53% in 2013

Source: Harvard Business Review Who Can Fix the Middle-Skills Gap? January 2015

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY REPORT ON CTE--2016 Students with greater exposure to CTE are more likely to graduate from high school, enroll in a two-year college, be employed, and earn higher wages.

CTE is not a path away from college: Students taking more CTE classes are just as likely to pursue a four-year degree as their peers.

Students who focus their CTE coursework are more likely to graduate high school by twenty-one percentage points compared to otherwise similar students (and they see a positive impact on other outcomes as well).

CTE provides the greatest boost to the kids who need it most—boys, and students from low-income families.

CTE FOR ALL…….IT JUST MAKES SENSE

THE NEW (AND NOT SO NEW) CHALLENGE:CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY

THE SOCIAL MOBILITY ESCALATOR IS BROKEN For the first time in 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low income families.

CTE can fix the “mobility escalator”

FACTS ABOUT CHILDREN IN POVERTY Children living in poverty have a higher

number of absenteeism or leave school all together because they are more likely to have to work or care for family members.

Dropout rates of 16 to 24-years-old students who come from low income families are seven times more likely to drop out than those from families with higher incomes.

Dosomething.org

POVERTY MATTERSPoverty really matters

“CTE is the Rx” CTE

CTE – LEARNING THAT WORKS

SUGGESTED READING: America Works: Education and Training for Tomorrow’s Jobs, National

Governors Association Opportunities and Options: Making Career Preparation Work for

Students, National Council of Chief State School Officers Holzer, Linn and Monthey. The Promise of High Quality Career and

Technical Education. October 2013 Catellano, Sundell, Overman, Richardson and Stone. Rigorous Tests of

Student Outcomes in CTE Programs of Study: Final Report. April 2014 OECD. Skills Beyond School—Synthesis Report. November 13, 2014 New America. New American Education Policy: Beyond the Skills Gap

Making Education Work for Students, Employers and Communities. October 2014

The State of Working in America”StateofWorkingAmerica.org

NEED MORE INFORMATION?For more CTE research visit:

• The CTE Research Clearinghouse at http://www.acteonline.org/clearinghouse.aspx

• National Association of State Directors of CTE Consortium www.careertech.org

• The National Research Center for CTE at www.nrccte.org

• Association for Career and Technical Education www.acteonline.org

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