Business and Education: Partners in Preparing Our Next

Generation Workforce:

Ice Breaker

Ford PAS – Partership for Advanced Studies

“Ford PAS is the ‘broom’ that is sweeping out the cobwebs in our educational environment. Through it, we see that our ancient mode of instruction does not prepare our students for tomorrow’s work force. We know that we MUST change: Our focus must be on facilitating collaboration and relationships.”

~ Mathematics Instructor Nashville, Tennessee

Ford PAS contact:Janet Padilla- jpadil18@ford.comwww.fordpas.org

Career Pathways InitiativeCareer Pathways Initiative

Faculty Externship Faculty Externship

Pilot ProgramSummer 2008

Funded by the Desert Region Tech Prep Collaborative

Coachella Valley Economic Partnership

CVEP

Non-profit Business membership organization founded in 1994

Purpose: Diversify and expand the economy of the Coachella Valley through business attraction, expansion, and retention while maintaining the region’s exceptional quality of life.

Members: 130 private business, 9 city and tribal governments, Riverside County

CVEP

Career Pathways Initiative

First integrated economic development and educational initiative in the county

Partnering business community, elected leaders, and educators to develop career pathways along three industry clusters targeted for growth in the valley

Engages students elementary through graduate school

Targeted industry clusters:• Healthcare• Arts Media and Entertainment• Energy and Clean Technology

Outcomes

Industry Engaged• 100+ businesses actively participate

on three separate industry councils:• Healthcare• Arts Media & Entertainment• Energy/Utilities/Clean

Technology/Architecture (ACE)

• Program grants from industry partners include SCE, So Cal Gas, IID Energy, Gannett, Verizon

• Active partners on externships, internships, classroom special projects, curriculum development, program implementation

CVEP Healthcare Industry Council

Formed in 2005

• Core purpose: to alleviate the healthcare workforce shortage in the Coachella Valley by improving opportunities for disadvantaged youth to pursue and successfully complete health related educational pathways in the region’s K-12 and post secondary institutions.

6 Health Academies/Pathways in Coachella Valley

Career Explorations Field Trips – more than 1000 students served

Professional Development• Ford PAS Mini-Foundations Institute – October 2007• Ford PAS “Wows and Wonders” Follow-Up Day- March 2008• “Energizing and Inspiring a High Performance Workforce” – May 2008• Faculty Externship Program/Allied Health – June/July 2008

Outcomes

Statewide Resource• Solicited by College Access

Foundation to pioneer structure for first place-based initiative in CA• $1.3 million award• Potentially $10 Million over 10

years in scholarship support for valley students

• Leadership voice in CA Multiple Pathways dialog • James Irvine Foundation research

Nationally Recognized Best Practice• Ford Motor Company Fund Next

Generation Learning Community

Career Explorations

Students’ direct link to industry

4th year – •1,000 students experienced tours 2005-2008•425 during 2008-2009 school year •50 teachers, counselors gained exposure to health careers •Launched through Desert Healthcare District grant •Now Palm Springs Unified is funding through grants – institutionalization!

Outcomes

Regional Leadership• Assisting to replicate CPI

intermediary structure in three other parts of Riverside County

• Piloting faculty externship program designed to be replicated in Riverside/San Bernardino counties

Career Explorations

Faculty Externships:

11 educators 43 business partners 600 hours invested in externship.

Those 11 educators interact with 140 students each day = 1,540 students benefit from externship every day

Professional Development Analysis

According to McREL’s 2005 Professional Development Analysis –

“Overall, the data suggests that deep changes in teacher instruction, take considerable time. Often, this may entail initial participation in a summer training institute, and then a follow-up throughout the school year…to encourage teacher reflection and to facilitate instructional change.”

(Renner and Lauer, 2005, p.6)

Term originated in 1945

Experiential, practical, hands-on learning

Shorter, less extensive than internships; as such no academic credit

Teachers: transfer to another working world

Business: relationship-building; help shape curriculum; recruiting

“Externship” Defined

Externship Experience

“Experience is not what happens to a man.

It is what a man does with what happens

to him.”

Aldous Huxley

Survey Process: Educator Questions

Potential & relevant industry sites

Expectations and desired learning outcomes

A program structure to best meet their needs

Needs and gaps in their programs that CVEP can help solve

Trends/ requirements/skills for the next generation workforce

California Teaching Standards alignment with best practices

Survey Process – Educator Responses

“Exposure for kids, hands-on activities for teachers, guest speakers and demonstrations”

“I have been out of the field for nearly 20 years, and I would like to communicate to my students the innovations and changes that have occurred over the last two decades.”

“There aren’t really any Cal. State Standards for an EMT high school program, so I have aligned the curriculum to the Dep’t of Transportation Standards of 1994”

What Does Education Need from Industry?

Preparing educators: curriculum input

Industry trends: relevant education/training

Academies: seamless transitions

Job shadow/interview re: practice overview

Time commitment: structure that fits

Our Industry Partners

Desert Regional Medical Center Desert Orthopedic Center Eisenhower Medical Center Contour Dermatology/Surgery John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital Desert Medical Imaging Angel View Foundation The Betty Ford Center – addictions Atria Hacienda Senior Living Coachella Valley Water District Mirage Oral Surgery Center Riverside County Public Health Desert Dunes Animal Hospital Dr. Renae Del’ Aqua – Spa Dentistry Dr. Bachir Younes (Infectious Diseases) Indio Nursing and Rehab – Legacy Healthcare Cardinal Health (Medical Devices)

Thank you Industry Partners!

INDIO NURSING AND REHABILITATION

CENTER

John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital

Externship Activities

Job shadow in healthcare settings Meet with healthcare business leaders and professionals Observe business processes/practices/structure Learn about the latest technology and its impact on

healthcare Update about opportunities and demand in current and future

health careers; relevance of this career cluster Understand the education and training requirements needed

to attain specific careers-pathway options Dialogue with industry partners on education’s role in

preparing students for health careers: mentoring; internship opportunities

Create lesson plans with input from industry

Other Models Studied

University of California Berkeley

Stanislaus Partners in Education

The Minnesota Hospital Association

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System

Orange Coast College

College of the Desert:• Faculty and Counselor Work Experience Project

Ford PAS Module 4 Worksite Visit Model

Timeline

April 1 Industry Sites Confirmed/ Host dates set

May 9 Selection of Participants

June 15- July 15 **Industry Site Visits

June 19 Hospital Business Session

Sept. 17 Debrief Session

October 9 Health Industry Council Presentation

Educators Representing…

•All three K-12 districts

•Coachella Valley Unified School District

•Desert Sands Unified School District

•Palm Springs Unified School District

•Riverside County Office of Education

•College of the Desert

Externship – General Hospital Session

Teacher as Student

A growing network to support student success!

17 New industry partners

43 Guest Speakers

28 Mentors via email and face to face meetings

Hands-on experience; increased technical knowledge

Educator Evaluations/Paperwork

Updated health career knowledge/industry standards

New Integrated lesson plans

Lesson Plan Topics

Water Conservation

Rights

Explore Various Medical Fields –

Unit Study

The Disease of Addiction

Explore and Study

Diagnostic RadiologicalProcedures

Analysis of Mental Illnesses

Safeguards forPersonal Safety

And Health

Create InterviewProcess for NewEmployee in your

Department

Time and Impact:

11 Participants, 29 hours avg. = 319 Hours Invested

43 Industry Hosts, 7 hours avg. = 301 Industry Hours

Avg. Number of Careers explored at each site: 10

Impact: 11 educators, 140 students each = 1,540 students

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We each contribute to the whole…

What have you LEARNED?

Educators:

• What have you learned from this experience?

• What will/have you passed on to your students?

Industry Hosts:

• What have you learned?

• What might you pass on to your colleagues about this program?

• What might you do differently in business as a result of this experience?

Evaluations/Comments

Educators:

“My kids need to be more assertive.”

“In the lab, what they ‘used to do’ vs. now ,with computer technology; we need to add a medical informatics class to our curriculum”

“Technology still cannot replace people.”

“It was inspiring to see the passion for profession with most personnel.”

“I learned a lot more about the things you don’t get hired for, but that you get fired for.”

“I learned so much about the emerging occupations in this field.”

“I learned how HALT can apply in all of life. I can incorporate this. –hungry, angry, lonely, tired.

“I learned that Career & Tech. Ed. Is the future.”

Evaluations/Comments

Industry:

“I had no idea that there were programs like this available to students in our community.”

“ I wish I had had teachers as committed as the ones I have encountered with this program.”

“It is a great thing to have an opportunity to let teachers know what skills we need and are looking for when we interview.”

“I am happy to speak in the classroom or to be a mentor for any student anytime.”

“I enjoy sharing my passion about my profession all the time. Students need to know about that before they enter into health professions.”

“Just tell us what you need, when you need it, and we will accommodate to the best of our ability.”

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