21ST CENTURY SKILL DEVELOPMENT:

COLLEGES ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO THE ECONOMY AND

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Presented to the South East Asia Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Conference Leadership and Management in Higher Education: Challenges, Opportunities and Ways Forward Patricia Bowron Executive Director, International & Regional Development College of the Rockies, Cranbrook, BC, Canada

THE ROLE OF COLLEGES IN

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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1992 2017 2025

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50 70 77

Share of BC Jobs by Education

Without PSE With PSE

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76.7 – 78.4%

Average 2010/11 to

2014/15 rate of high

school completion in

region.

BC average is 82.9%

THE BIG PICTURE

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Colleges and Institutes Canada

BC Colleges

College of the Rockies

126 Member institutions across the country

10 Member institutions

across the province

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Campuses across our

region

BC COLLEGES

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Focused on…

• Skilled Workforce Preparing a highly skilled workforce to help BC's employers

• Strong Community Building strong and vibrant communities throughout British Columbia

• Competitive Advantage Enhancing BC's competitive advantage in knowledge and skills

• ROI Providing an excellent return on investment for BC taxpayers

BC’s EDUCATION SYSTEM

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BACHELOR (4 YEARS)

CERTIFICATE/ DIPLOMA/ ASSOCIATE DEGREE (1 - 2 YEARS)

APPRENTICESHIP VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL TRAINING (1 TO 4 YEARS)

SECONDARY (Gr.9-12)

POST DIPLOMA/DEGREE (1 – 2 YEARS) C

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College of the Rockies (COTR) creates value in many ways.

The College’s program offerings support a range of industry

sectors in the COTR Region and supplies employers with the

skilled workers they need to make their businesses more

productive.

The expenditures of COTR, along with the spending of its

employees and its students, further support the local

economy through the output and employment generated

by local businesses.

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EMSI (2013)

DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT

OF COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES

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COLLEGE OVERVIEW

• $34 million annual operating budget

• 850 employees (nearly 300 FTE)

• Over 10,000 students (2344 FTE)

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$206.7 million

Total added regional income created by College operations.

Health Professions Fire Services Trades

Arts and Sciences Child, Youth, Family Business

COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES

LINKAGE TO INDUSTRY

Forestry

Driver Training

Tourism Health

CREATING A SKILLED

WORKFORCE

FOR STRONGER

COMMUNITIES

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TOURISM & HOSPITALITY

Half of total projected job

openings are in Sales,

Services, Administration &

Management

BC Labour Market Outlook 2025

Including:

- Supervisors in food

service, hosts/hostesses,

bartenders, food and

beverage servers

- Accommodation

- Travel, tourism

- Chefs / cooks

- Retail salespersons

- Maîtres d'hôtel

- Travel counsellors

- Ticket agents

- Front desk clerks

- Tour and travel guides

- Outdoor sport and

recreation guides

- Casino operations

Tourism and Hospitality

Tourism and Recreation Management

– Maximum flexibility for employment in tourism, hospitality

and recreation

– Provides certificate, diploma and laddering options into

the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree or other provincial programs and industry certifications

– Community based projects provide specific experiential

learning opportunities

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Cranbrook Community Forest

Society applied research project

on forest usage for planning future

usage opportunities and

challenges

“The students did a great job and

actually expanded the project beyond our original request. We

now have a good sense on how

we might engage better with our

members and users into the future and have also identified some

important concerns that they

have. This will provide the Board

with ideas for future planning.”

Todd Hebert

CCFS Board Member

Tourism and Hospitality

Mountain Adventure Skills and

Adventure Tourism Business Operations

– Certificate and diploma programs provide entrepreneurial

competencies plus outdoor four-season adventure skills

– Hands-on learning at its best in the rugged Rocky

Mountains of Canada and experiential learning provided

through numerous industry practicum opportunities

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• Australia’s “Best Job in the World” winner, living on Kangaroo Island in

South Australia swimming with great white sharks, snorkeling with sea

lions, hanging out with kangaroos and helping to conserve the pristine

natural environment of the island

• Now adventure tour guide and successful global entrepreneur, writer

and photographer travelglobalthinklocal.com

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ATBO alumnus Greg Snell

Tourism and Hospitality

Mountain Hospitality

– Short intensive program to meet workforce needs in the

region

– Targets underemployed workers, seasonal workers and low

skilled of disadvantaged workers

– Provides industry certifications, computer, job search,

communications and teamwork skills

– One week hands on work placement

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75 – 90% Employment Success Rate

Driving and Equipment Operation

Significant demand in trades, transportation and related occupations

123,000 job openings / 13 % of total jobs

• Well-known for training for haul trucks, heavy equipment and commercial vehicles

• Extensive expertise in the recurrent safety training of drivers

• Strong industry partnerships

• State of the art mobile simulation

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“The instructors were extremely

knowledgeable and offered real-

world experience along with their

teaching…Within 3 weeks of

graduating from the program, I had

my first interview with a large BC

mining company, and was

hired…This is a whole new direction

in life for me and I am looking

forward to growing and advancing

with my new employer.” Barb

Nursing and Health

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Partnership

25,360 openings projected through to 2025

– Significant strategic partnership with the University of

Victoria to offer the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

– Students in the BSN program have the opportunity for significant industry based experience through practica,

preceptorships and experiential learning opportunities

– Students undertake research into evidence-based health

information to share with the public and use interactive

and multimedia approaches to share health messages

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Nursing and Health

Health Care Assistant

19,220 job openings projected to 2025

– The College is providing just-in-time training opportunities

by rotating this program to various communities

– Graduates are prepared to work in many settings including home support, assisted living, residential care, complex care, special care units, other home and community care settings and acute care

– Students have access to ongoing practicum opportunities and move easily into employment from this experiential learning

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Creative Approaches to link to the

Workforce 1. Institutional partnerships to enhance

teaching and learning

2. Articulation and transfer options

3. Flexible delivery and program rotation

4. Simulation and practicum options

5. Hands-on and experience-based learning

6. Creative industry partnerships

REAL LIFE. REAL LEARNING.

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• COLLEGES PLAY A KEY ROLE

SUPPORTING ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT THROUGH

• DIRECT ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION

• AND

• CREATION OF A SKILLED WORKFORCE

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COLLEGES ARE INEXTRICABLY

LINKED TO THE ECONOMY AND

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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