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Career Readiness in Wisconsin

Robin Kroyer-Kubicek

DPI Career Pathways Consultant

March 8, 2017

The Challenge

• Pervasive achievement gaps

• High drop-out/low graduation rates in some places

• Post-secondary school performance

o High need for remedial coursework o Poor program completion rates

• Skills gaps

• Truancy and student conduct concerns

• Graduates without direction or employable skills

Challenges Facing Schools

What we’re left with

What we’re left with

Challenges Facing Business

• An aging population of skilled workers

• Job openings left unfilled due to lack of qualified applicants

• Fast pace of global competition has required businesses to act quickly and nimbly in order to stay competitive

• Tight profit margins have resulted in loss of company training centers to fulfill worker development

A Solution

The Issue

Education Business & Industry Workforce Development

The Overlooked Solution… QUALITY Career Pathways

Career Pathways Foundation

• FEB 2011 Harvard publishes “call to action” report: Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the challenge of preparing young Americans for the 21st century

• APR 2012 Joint Letter on CPs DOL, ED, HHS

• AUG 2012 Sullivan Report in WI

• 2012 WI College & Workforce Readiness Council & Special Committee on Improving Educational Opportunities in HS

• 2012 WI receives Joyce Foundation “Shifting Gears” grant (WTCS-Adult)

• JUN 2013 ACP is signed into law (K12)

Career Pathways Foundation

• JUL 2014 WIOA signed into law (Workforce Dev)

• JUN 2015 Work of Joyce Grant continues under ACT2 (WTCS- Adult & K12 dual enrollment)

• DEC 2015 ACP Administrative Rule goes into effect (K12)

• MAR 2016 Career Pathways Toolkit (System Development) released (WF & Education System)

• APR 2016 Updated Joint Letter on CPs (11 federal agency commitment to CPs)

• JAN 2017 WI receives JP Morgan Chase NSFY grant (K12)

Career Pathways vs. CTE POS

• CTE Clusters & Pathways- Framework for instructional & curriculum development;

• Career Pathways- a SYSTEMIC PROCESS

o Cradle to Coffin

o Align education, training, workforce systems

o Industry relevant certification

o Accessible & connected regardless of age

o Supportive services as needed

o rPOS Implementation in K12!

Career Pathways

While there are a number of definitions of career pathways, this term generally refers to-

A series of connected education and training

strategies and support services THAT enable

individuals to secure industry relevant certification

and obtain employment within an occupational

area AND to advance to higher levels of future

education and employment in that area.

Implementation

Where do I fit into this?

• K12 o ACP o Quality CTE rPOS o Special Ed o RtI/PBIS o WEOP o Reach Higher

• IHE: TC, UW, WAICU o ACT2 o Dual Credit, CPs o Stackable

Credentials o ABE Bridges

• Workforce/Support Service o WIOA o CWI o DVR o Job Centers o YA o CTE/FF Grants o DCF/DVR

• Business & Industry o WMC o WEDC o CC Inspire o Fab Labs

How we breaking down the silos?

STATE LEVEL Alignment & Representation

• CWI o In transition for 2017 o Mark Tyler Chair

• ACT2 Career Pathways State Team o No Univ, DCF/DVR yet

• NSFY State Team o Regional pilots o No DCF/DVR yet

How we breaking down the silos?

REGIONAL LEVEL Thru NSFY Pilot Regions

• IHEs (Technical Colleges-16, UWs-26, WAICU-23)

• REDOs (9)

• WDBs (11); Job Centers (26 Comprehensive)

• K12 (424); CESAs (12); YA Consortiums (32)

• Community Organizations & Associations o EX: GMF Milwaukee Succeeds, Libraries

NSFY Model

How we breaking down the silos?

LOCAL LEVEL My School District, My Community

• Connect to local Chamber, Rotary, Library

• Know your regional contacts

• Stay informed- who is “steering our regional ship?”

• Collaborate with others in the same area of the region (county)

• Do NOT do it on your own- PARTNER!

o YA, CESA, WDB, Job Center, REDO

Resources

• New Skills for Youth

o https://dpi.wi.gov/cte/career-readiness

• ACP

o https://dpi.wi.gov/acp

• WTCS ACT2

o http://www.wtcsystem.edu/initiatives/career-pathways

• DWD WIOA- CWI

o http://www.wi-cwi.org/default.htm

Thank You!

Robin Kroyer-Kubicek

Robin.Kroyer-Kubicek@dpi.wi.gov

608-266-2022

Twitter: @WisDPI_ACP