Engaging Business and Industry: The Pathways to Prosperity Approach

April 19, 2013

John Kirkman, Regional Coordinator

Designed as a research-based guide for LEAs to engage key stakeholders in the development of a strategic plan to ensure CTE offerings/activities are aligned with business/ industry and post-secondary education.

Developing Pathways to Ensure College and Career Readiness

• A high school graduate that has the knowledge and skills necessary to qualify for and succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing, post-secondary coursework without the need for remediation.

• A student that effectively navigates pathways that connect education and employment to achieve a fulfilling, financially-secure and successful career.

Pathways to Prosperity Process

• Asset Mappingo Identify Key Stakeholders (interview, SWOT analysis)o Use Labor Market Datao Determine target industry to focus

• Strategic Planningo Define Committee Members and their Roleso Conduct a series of planning meetings that focus on four key

areas of work (levers):• Career Pathways• Employer Engagement• Career Information and Advising Systems• Intermediaries

Pathways to Prosperity Process

• Asset Mapping (pg. 2)o Identify Key Stakeholders (interview, SWOT analysis)o Use Labor Market Datao Determine target industry to focus

• Strategic Planningo Define Committee Members and their Roleso Conduct a series of planning meetings that focus on four key

areas of work (levers):• Career Pathways• Employer Engagement• Career Information and Advising Systems• Intermediaries

Identifying Key Stakeholders

• LEA identifies approximately 20 key stakeholders to participate in the information gathering process.

• Page 3--Potential Interviewee template for organization purposes.

• Determine method of gathering information (1:1 interview, group interview, SWOT analysis)

• Page 4--Asset Mapping Invitation Sample

Identifying Key Stakeholders

• Pages 5-7—Sample interview questions

• Protocol for each interview may include only a few of these questions based on the interviewee’s background and time available.

• Document responses

Pathways to Prosperity Process

• Asset Mappingo Identify Key Stakeholders (interview, SWOT analysis)o Use Labor Market Datao Determine target industry to focus

• Strategic Planning Meetingso Define Committee Members and their Roleso Conduct a series of planning meetings that focus on four key

areas of work (levers):• Career Pathways• Employer Engagement• Career Information and Advising Systems• Intermediaries

Labor Market Information (LMI)

• Page 7--The North Carolina Department of Commerce Division of Employment Security (https://www.ncesc.com/default.aspx) has a wealth of information to utilize during this process.

• The Labor Market Information (LMI) Data includes:o Workforce Informationo Information Access Toolso Industry Informationo Career Management Toolso Occupational Informationo Statistical Linkso Publications, Research and Reports

Regional Economic Development

Target Industry Sectors

• Piedmont Triad Partnership-http://www.piedmonttriadnc.com, http://www.triadcareerpath.com/

• Charlotte Partnership-http://www.charlotteusa.com/• Eastern Region-http://www.nceast.org/• AdvantageWest-http://www.advantagewest.com/• Research Triangle-http://www.researchtriangle.org/• Southeast Region-http://www.ncse.org/• Northeast Region-http://www.ncnortheast.info/

Pathways to Prosperity Process

• Asset Mappingo Identify Key Stakeholders (interview, SWOT analysis)o Use Labor Market Datao Determine target industry to focus

• Strategic Planningo Define Committee Members and their Roleso Conduct a series of planning meetings that focus on four key

areas of work (levers):• Career Pathways• Employer Engagement• Career Information and Advising Systems• Intermediaries

“Sector strategies are partnerships of employers within one industry that bring government, education, training, economic development, labor, and community organizations together to focus on the workforce needs of an industry within a regional labor market.”

State Sector Strategies:Coming of Age

“Using findings from the labor market analysis, teams choose industry sectors within which articulated career pathways can be built.”

Determine Target Industry (pg. 8)

• Asset Mapping results should be documented and utilized to determine the target industry.

• The strategic planning process will focus solely on the targeted industry.

Pathways to Prosperity Process

• Asset Mappingo Identify Key Stakeholders (interview, SWOT analysis)o Use Labor Market Datao Determine target industry to focus

• Strategic Planningo Define Committee Members and their Roleso Conduct a series of planning meetings that focus on four key

areas of work (levers):• Career Pathways• Employer Engagement• Career Information and Advising Systems• Intermediaries

Strategic Planning Committee (pg. 8)

• Strategic Planning Committee members may or may not have participated in the interview process

o 40% representing target industryo 30% representing education (LEA and post-secondary)o 30% representing intermediaries (Workforce

Development Boards, Economic Development, Chamber of Commerce, etc.)

• Strategic Planning Committee Invitation Sample Letter (pg. 10)

• Strategic Planning Committee Members template for documentation (pg. 11)

Pathways to Prosperity Process

• Asset Mappingo Identify Key Stakeholders (interview, SWOT analysis)o Use Labor Market Datao Determine target industry to focus

• Strategic Planningo Define Committee Members and their Roleso Conduct a series of planning meetings that focus on four key

areas of work (levers):• Career Pathways• Employer Engagement• Career Information and Advising Systems• Intermediaries

Planning the Meetings (pg. 13)Four, 90 minute lunch meetings suggested:

• Meeting 1-Purpose and Objective (provide foundational information from Asset Mapping)

• Meeting 2-Committee work (predetermined committee members and chairperson)

• Meeting 3-Committee work completed

• Meeting 4-Complete strategic plan provided to the group with discussion. Final assessment (pg. 22).

Pathways to Prosperity Process

• Asset Mappingo Identify Key Stakeholders (interview, SWOT analysis)o Use Labor Market Datao Determine target industry to focus

• Strategic Planningo Define Committee Members and their Roleso Conduct a series of planning meetings that focus on four key

areas of work (levers):• Career Pathways (pg. 15)• Employer Engagement (pg. 15)• Career Information and Advising Systems (pg. 15)• Intermediaries (pg. 15)

Committee Work Activity (pg. 16)

Meetings 2 and 3:

• Predetermined groups/chairperson

• Provide poster size printout of each of the four lever templates (pgs. 17, 18, 19, 21)

• Provide detailed instructions to complete the template

• Report Out

Template here

Final Strategic PlanWill include:

o Key stakeholder informationo Asset Mapping Resultso Targeted Industryo Proposal to implement Career Pathway aligned with target

industryo Proposal to implement Employer Engagement strategieso Proposal to implement Career Information and Advising

strategieso Proposal to implement Intermediary engagement

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• The process works to ensure the CTE program (defined by industry target) and activities align with the needs of business/industry and post-secondary education.

• The idea is to consider this process annually focusing on another regional industry target for continuous alignment.

Pathways to Prosperity Process

Resources Career and College Readiness-Career Readiness Partner Council

http://www.careerreadynow.org/docs/CRPC_4pager.pdf

Overview of Pathways to Prosperity report, the reactions of a panel of education and business leaders, and special remarks from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (Video)

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2011/02/pathways-to-prosperity-meeting-the-challenge-of-preparing-young-americans-for-the-21st-century/

Pathways to Prosperity Report:http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2011/02/pathways-to-prosperity-meeting-the-challenge-of-preparing-young-americans-for-the-21st-century/

Career Pathways Toolkit: http://www.workforceinfodb.org/PDF/CareerPathwaysToolkit2011.pdf

State Sector Strategies-Coming of Age:http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/assets/reports-/state_sector_strategies_coming_of_age.pdf

Work-Based Learning Opportunities for High School Students:http://www.nrccte.org/sites/default/files/publication-files/nrccte_work-based_learning.pdf

Career and Technical Education-Five Ways that Pay:http://www.cewd.org/Documents/CTE.FiveWays.FullReport.pdf

Diploma Endorsements• May SBOE Meeting – Approved• Item - GCS 1• Available for students graduating 2014-

15• S14 – Also addresses CTE license issues

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