Strategies for Creating Career Pathways and Life-Long Learning

AGENDA

What is a Career Pathway vs. a Career Ladder?

Why are we talking about Career Pathways?

What are the challenges associated with Career Pathways?

Examples of Career Pathway models. Final thoughts Questions/discussion

What is a Career Pathway vs. Career Ladder?

1.4 million hits on Google for Career Pathway.

Career Pathways are clusters of occupations and careers that are combined together because many of the people within them

share similar interests and strengths.

A Career Pathway is a series of connected education and training programs and support services that

enable individuals to secure employment within a specific industry or occupational sector, and to

advance over time to successively higher levels of education and employment in that sector.

Career Pathways allow students to realistically prepare for promising careers based on their personal

strengths, abilities, and interests. Career Pathways provide a system that create well-marked “paths” of

sequenced courses, and provide both focus and direction to a student’s learning experience.

1.5 million hits on Google for Career Ladders

Career Ladders refer to specific, clearly described plans for internal promotion opportunities

developed for a work unit or department by the hiring authority and approved by the organization’s

HR Department.

Why are we talking about Career Pathways?

Changing Workforce Demographics

Baby Boomers

70 million baby boomers, some highly skilled, will exit the workforce over the next 18 years, with only 40 million workers coming in. (The 2010 Meltdown)

Future Workforce

Literature reading is fading as a meaningful activity, especially among younger people. If one believes

that active and engaged readers lead richer intellectual lives than non-readers and that a well-read citizenry is essential to a vibrant democracy,

the decline of literary reading call for serious action. (Reading At Risk)

Eleven percent of 16-24 year olds nationally, or 3.8 million youth, are out of school and have neither a diploma nor a GED. (Youth

Build RFP)

Changing Work Requirements

According to the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education, 80% of all the new jobs now

being created have specific, high skill requirements.

Community Benefit

Information from the U.S. Census Bureau (released March 28,2005) reinforces the value of education

Workers without a high school diploma earn an average of $18,734 a year.

Workers with a high school diploma earn an average of $27,915 a year. That’s a 49% increase.

Workers with a bachelor’s degree earn an average of $51,206 a year. That’s an 83% increase.

Workers with an advanced degree earn a average of $74,602 a year. That’s a 46% increase.

Over an adult’s work lifetime, high school graduates earn an average of $1.2 million; associate’s degree holders earn about $1.6 million; and bachelor’s degree holders earn about $2.1 million.

What are the challenges associated with Career Pathways?

Education is often viewed as a private good, with benefits accruing primarily to the

individual student rather than a public good like national defense, public safety, or

highways and bridges.

The linear career path model, with workers climbing the company ladder rung is over.

We’re moving to a “hopscotch” model. Workers will jump forward, backward,

laterally, or into a whole new path.

The average person in their 20s entering the job market for the first time this year can expect, on average, 9 to 13 job changes in their working lifetime.

The average job in America now lasts only 3.6 years!

Today’s worker will experience an average of 3 to 5 radical career shifts within their

working lifetime.

Over 7 out of 10 Americans say that they would change jobs tomorrow if they could.

Gaps in the services delivery system

Neither adult basic skills programs, which prepare adults to improve their basic skills and earn a GED, nor college remedial or

developmental programs, which are intended to help students place into college

level Math and English, adequately prepares students to succeed in

postsecondary technical education.(Career Pathways: Aligning Public

Resources..)

Examples of Career Pathways

Building a career pathway is a process of adapting existing programs and services, and adding new ones, to enable students to advance to successively higher levels

and employment in that sector.

Breaking Through

Strategy One:Integrated Institutional Structures and Services

Strategy Two: Accelerated Learning

Strategy Three: Labor Market Payoffs

Strategy Four: Comprehensive Supports

Over half of the students entering higher education credit programs start in

Community College.

Cuyahoga Community College’sBreaking Through Initiative

Breaking Through InitiativeCareer Pathway

WIA Screening [TABE]

6th – 8th Grade Pool

ABLE Contextual Education

Participants reach 8th

grade level

STNA Plus

Includes Job Readiness & Soft Skills

Interest Survey &

Health Care Career

Exploration

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Career Path Leaders

First Program Component

Breaking Through InitiativeCareer Pathway (continued)

ABLE Advanced Contextual Education

College Preparatio

n [5 Credits]

Certificate Programs

[30-42 Credits]

Associate Degree

Programs

College Support Services

Career Path Leaders

Health Care Career Pathway

STNA Plus & Pass Exam

STNA PrepBasic Skills Instruction

Get a Job

GEDor

College Prep

Pathwayto

CCC

Tri-CCompass

Assessment Eligibile for

English 1010 & Math 1060

Dental Assistant $13.66Laboratory Phlebotomist $11.00

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) $17.18Emergency Technician $12.00Paramedic $13.08Dental Assistant $13.66Medical Assistant $11.43Laboratory Phlebotomist $11.00Sterile Processing & Distribution Technician $10.00Pharmacy Technician $10.21Nutritionist $20.10

Dental Hygienist $26.00Massotherapist $25.00Nurse $23.02Physician Assistant $33.98Surgical Technician $12.00Veterinary Technician $11.00Diagnostic Medical Sonographer $23.52Dietetic Technician $12.00Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist $12.00Medical Lab Technologist $21.50Nuclear Medicine Technologist $25.42Occupational Therapy Assistant $19.17Optician $14.90Pharmacy Technician $10.00Physical Therapist Assistant $18.71Polysomnography Technologist $15.40Radiographer $19.00Respiratory Therapist $20.06Early Childhood Educator $10.00Health Information Technician $11.00Social Work Assistant $11.00

Two-Year Associate Degree

Dental HygienistMassotherapy

NursingPhysician AssistantSurgical Technology

Veterinary TechnologyDiagnostic Medical

SonographyDietetic Technology

Electroneuro Diagnostic Technology

Medical Lab TechnologyNuclear Medicine

Occupational Therapy Assistant

Optical TechnologyPharmacy Technology

Physical Therapy Assistant

PolysomnographyRadiography

Respiratory CareEarly Childhood

EducationHealth Information

ManagementHuman Services

Short Term CertificateDental Assisting

Laboratory PhlebotomyDental Office Mgt.

One-Year CertificatePractical Nursing

EMT BasicEMT ParamedicDental Assisting

Medical AssistingLaboratory Phlebotomy

Sterile ProcessingPharmacy TechnicianDietary Management

General Nutrition

P.A.C.E.Pathways and Access to

College Entry

Pathways & Access toCollege (PACE)

INTAKEReferrals from

EFSNeighborhood Family Service

Centers viaProviderGateway

INDI-VIDUAL

SERVICEPLAN

ASSESSMENTS

I. TABE AssessmentsReadingMath

II. Career Exploration Assessment

Community-Based Organization

Cuyahoga Community College

JOB ENRTY PREPARATION #1

Three WeeksMotivation & Self EsteemJob Search & Goal SettingReinforcementSoft Skills Part 1

•Satisfaction Survey

TECHNICALTRAINING

STNAPatient AccessCustomer ServiceMfg. Skills MachiningElectro. AssemblyConstruction

Technical training programs includeContext ualized LiteracyWellnessComputer Skills

JOB ENTRY PREPARATION #2

Three Weeks

Job Search PlanPost-Hire SkillsCareer Planning AwarenessSoft Skills Part 2

Occupational Training Satisfaction Survey

JOBPLACEMENT

ANDFOLLOWUP

180 DAYJOB

RETENTION SERVICES

Overall Program Satisfaction Survey

Continuous Case Management Services

Continuous Career Plan Review – Ongoing Revisions to Preliminary Plan as Necessary

Linkages with Supportive Services

Identification of Appropriate Employers for PACE Participants

Shared Activities

ORIENTATION & ASSESSMENTS

Program requirements,

timeframes and expectations

Final Thoughts

What Career Pathway is not It is not the flavor of the month It is not a quick fix It is not possible without the

support and buy-in from you.

Questions