Ministry of Education: Skills Update

TIM WINKELMANS

ADRIAN HILL

Skills Initiatives

The Grade 6 Class of 02/03 – What Happened?

20% non-completion

Over 10 years = 43,000

minerandminer.ca

MacLeans Magazine August 2013

Last year facing the prospect of racking up $30,000 in student loans and watching friends graduate without jobs, (she) dropped out of Dalhousie University to work as a barista. "We have a whole generation

of youth who are entering the workforce and finding

themselves working in service jobs”

Cost: Undergraduate student debt (2009) (Canadian University Survey Consortium, Graduating Student Survey 2009)

Percentage with Debt: 58% Average Debt: $26,680

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Ministry Mandate letter deliverable for JTST (lead), AVED, EDU:

Working together, develop a seamless 10-year skills training plan for students from high-school through entry into the workforce.

• Completed: Terms of Reference for 3 Ministers

• Underway: Strategic Framework Consultation Plan

• Consultations: December and January

• April, 2014: 1st 3-Year Action Plan

10-Year Skills Training Strategy for Youth

TARGETS

Increase Supply by 50%:

grads that pursue skills training

grade 10-12 students in skills programs

Improve completion rates:

High-school completion to 90%

Aboriginal students to 75%

Reduce time to complete training by 50% (shared)

ACTION AREAS

1. District Capacity

2. Information and Awareness

3. Program and Policy

4. Multi-agency connections

• JTST

• AVED

• EDUC

• ITA

Skills and Training Plan 2012

EDUCATION PLAN FUNDING

$10.7 million

SUPERINTENDENT FOR TRADES AND TRANSITIONS

Dr. Larry Espe

Focus on partnerships

INSTRUCTOR SUPPLY FORUM, MARCH 2013

TRB, TQS, BCSTA, BCTEA, PSIs, BCPSEA, ITA, etc.

K12 AND PSI FACILITIES JOINT PLANNING

District Capacity

Awareness and Information • Skills4BC (Premier)

• Skills Finder Tool

• Non-instructional Day designation

• Trades Campaign (AVED Lead)

• Skills Canada events

• YES2IT support (ITA)

• Discover Trades BC portal

http://www.discovertradesbc.ca/

HTTP://WWW.BCJOBSPLAN.CA/SKILLS-FOR-BC-ONLINE-DISCUSSIONS/

• http://www.bcjobsplan.ca/ideas-to-actions/

Skills for BC (Jobs Plan)

http://www.learnnowbc.ca/trades/TradesFinder.aspx

Trades Finder

Program and Policy

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

APPLIED SKILLS

SSA ELIGIBILITY CHANGE

While school-age, even if graduated

PATHWAYS MODEL

SKILLS SAMPLER (ITA PARTNERSHIP)

Program guide

Support resource

Skills Exploration 10-12 Program Guide

ALL TRADES-RELATED MODULES Focus on Portion of Level 1 Technical

Training Content

CORE SKILLS

Cross Curricular

Certificates

Essential Skills

Safety

ELECTRICAL

Basic Concepts and Tasks

PLUMBING

Basic Concepts and Tasks

CARPENTRY

Basic Concepts and Tasks

LOCAL OPTION

Any ITA Certified Trade

Regionalized

Flexible

Structure of Course Credit

• Credit at Grade 10, 11, or 12 Based on District’s Choice

• Designated the following courses for Skills Exploration 10-12:

• Skills Exploration 10A, 11A, and 12A are 4-credit courses

• Skills Exploration 10B, 11B, and 12B are 4 or 2-credit courses

• Independent Directed Studies 12(IDS12) may be used to award 1 credit for STX-related learning

• No credit for repeating a Sampler Module in different grades – only improvement in course marks allowed

Thanks!

Contacts

Topic Name Email

Curriculum Nancy Walt Brent Munro

Nancy.walt@gov.bc.ca Brent.munro@gov.bc.ca

Career Programs: ACEIT, SSA, WEX

Skills Exploration Guide

Glenn Rowan Glenn.rowan@gov.bc.ca

Skills Exploration Resource

Adrian Hill Adrian.hill@gov.bc.ca

Partnerships Dr. Larry Espe Larry.espe@gov.bc.ca

Skills Plans Tim Winkelmans Tim.winkelmans@gov.bc.ca

Applied Skills Stephen Hill Stephen.hill@gov.bc.ca