Download or read book The Value of Career and Technical Education in Addressing College and Career Readiness and the Ill Prepared Workforce written by Kamina Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are we truly preparing high school students to be college and career ready? In this time when the graduation average has shown a significant increase, why are more students lacking the basic skills to be successful in the workforce than ever before? The problem studied in this book is that schools are not providing the necessary entry-level skills desired by industry, or that lead to successful employment in the 21st century. Furthermore, this study examined new entry-level employees to the workforce and the perception of employers, as to the skill level needed to be successful in 21st century industry. Today's economy demands a better educated workforce than ever before, and jobs in this new economy require more complex knowledge and skills than the jobs of the past. Research from the Center for Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University debunks the often-cited myth that the economy lacks jobs for young people to fill, finding instead that industries across the economy have created a wealth of new jobs that require workers with appropriate education and training (American Institutes for Research, 2013). The center also projects that nearly two thirds of jobs created in the United States by the year 2018 will require some form of postsecondary education (Carnevale et al., 2010).

Download or read book Career and Technical Education written by Cynthia A. Bily and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editor Cynthia A. Bily has compiled sixteen compelling essays that explore the issues surrounding career and technical education. Readers will evaluate several issues, including whether low-income and minority students are being squeezed out of higher education and whether the government should increase support for community colleges. Essay sources include the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, Barack Obama, and Dana Goldstein.

Download or read book Preparing Today s Students for Tomorrow s Jobs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Student Perceptions of Career and Technical Education Programs and College Readiness in California Illinois and Texas written by Carrmila Faye Young and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As K-12 systems throughout the country work to create Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs that will provide students with post-secondary skills and competencies to succeed in the workforce, many CTE students may be inadvertently denied the opportunity to also become college ready upon graduation. Focusing on high school CTE coursework deemed to be less academically rigorous, can limit the college readiness rates for CTE concentrators both in admittance and success thereafter. Utilizing Dewey and Prosser’s historical perspectives related to vocational education, current college and career readiness research, and nascent literature on college and career ready indicators, the purpose of this explanatory qualitative case study was to try to understand how adult aged students who graduated from the CTE course of study perceived their preparation for college and career readiness. This study had a sample size of three subjects per state (California, Illinois, and Texas) for a total of nine adult participants who graduated from high school and concentrated in CTE by completing two or more courses in a career or technical education pathway. Using surveys and interviews, the design of this study captured vivid details through the words and actions of the participants to explore and explain the relationship between aspects of their scholastic experiences and their perceived readiness. The findings revealed that that where participants went to school, the quality of the CTE program, and expertise of the adults involved made the greatest differences in participant perceptions of readiness-- superseding all other factors including geography, race, age, and gender. The findings from this study may have significant academic, social, and systemic implications as the belief that college and career readiness are one in the same prevails when driven by quantitative data points. The voices from the field are telling us otherwise.

Download or read book The History and Growth of Career and Technical Education in America written by Howard R. D. Gordon and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid changes in the workplace, including progress in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, make the contribution of career and technical education more significant than ever. In the fifth edition of his foundational text, Dr. Gordon is joined by new coauthor Deanna Schultz. Continued focus on the history, philosophy, structure, and evolution of career and technical education highlights in-depth coverage on emerging trends relevant to all areas of the field. The pedagogical structure of the text presents abundant information in an accessible format. The authors’ introduction to the origins of and early leadership in CTE lays the groundwork for later discussions of representation of women and underrepresented minorities in the discipline, as well as the implications of a multigenerational workforce and global community on the way educational programs are designed for career readiness. In addition to comprehensive updates, this edition features a section exploring work-based learning, information on current legislation, and a new chapter on community and technical colleges.

Download or read book Investing in America s Future written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Work Requires of Schools written by Fritz Leiber and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concludes that all American high school students must develop a new set of competencies and foundation skills; that qualities of high performance that characterize the most competitive companies must become the standard for the majority of all companies; and American schools must be transformed into high-performance organizations in their own right. Describes the skills and personal qualities that workers need in order to be competent, and the productive use of resources, interpersonal skills, information, systems and technology by effective workers. Illustrated.

Download or read book Building America s Skilled Technical Workforce written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-06-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skilled technical occupationsâ€"defined as occupations that require a high level of knowledge in a technical domain but do not require a bachelor's degree for entryâ€"are a key component of the U.S. economy. In response to globalization and advances in science and technology, American firms are demanding workers with greater proficiency in literacy and numeracy, as well as strong interpersonal, technical, and problem-solving skills. However, employer surveys and industry and government reports have raised concerns that the nation may not have an adequate supply of skilled technical workers to achieve its competitiveness and economic growth objectives. In response to the broader need for policy information and advice, Building America's Skilled Technical Workforce examines the coverage, effectiveness, flexibility, and coordination of the policies and various programs that prepare Americans for skilled technical jobs. This report provides action-oriented recommendations for improving the American system of technical education, training, and certification.

Download or read book Technical College Graduate Perceptions of College and Career Readiness written by Dale M. Hanson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States workplace requires increased levels of postsecondary education to support workforce development for an economy driven by technology, automation and global competition. By 2018, 63% of new jobs created will require postsecondary education (Carnevale, Smith, & Strohl, 2010). Currently, one in four graduates earns a bachelor's degree in six years, and one in three earns an associate degree within three years (NCHEMS, 2012). To fill existing knowledge and skills gap, high school staff must encourage and prepare college/career ready students to enter postsecondary education. The purpose of this study was to describe the construct of college and career readiness from a perspective of technical college graduates. This study examined whether or not technical college graduates believed their personal high school experiences effectively prepared them for academic success and career focus upon entering technical college. College and career readiness is defined as desirable characteristics including knowledge, skills, abilities, academic outcomes, and personal resources possessed by graduating high school seniors that enable success in postsecondary and career pursuits (AYPF, 2009). This study described the impact of high school experiences such as academic and personal relationships with high school staff, personal disposition toward school, and value of dual enrollment coursework related to student perceptions of college and career readiness. This mixed method, convergent parallel design study, simultaneously collected quantitative and qualitative data. The population (N = 36) consisted of May 2012 technical college graduates who were alumni of a Midwestern Pre K-12 school district. Quantitative data were collected through document review and a student survey on perceptions of college and career readiness. A focus group, consisting of five technical college graduates selected from survey participants, provided insight into personal perceptions on college/career readiness. The findings suggested academic achievement by itself is not enough to qualify a student as college/career ready for postsecondary education. Participants identified support through positive staff relationships, but suggested further improvement by acquiring increased knowledge of multiple postsecondary pathways to student success. Finally, this study revealed dual enrollment courses were undervalued by students, and suggested ways to improve and promote dual enrollment programs.

Download or read book Beyond the Skills Gap written by Matthew T. Hora and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can educators ensure that young people who attain a postsecondary credential are adequately prepared for the future? Matthew T. Hora and his colleagues explain that the answer is not simply that students need more specialized technical training to meet narrowly defined employment opportunities. Beyond the Skills Gap challenges this conception of the “skills gap,” highlighting instead the value of broader twenty-first-century skills in postsecondary education. They advocate for a system in which employers share responsibility along with the education sector to serve the collective needs of the economy, society, and students. Drawing on interviews with educators in two- and four-year institutions and employers in the manufacturing and biotechnology sectors, the authors demonstrate the critical importance of habits of mind such as problem solving, teamwork, and communication. They go on to show how faculty and program administrators can create active learning experiences that develop students’ skills across a range of domains. The book includes in-depth descriptions of eight educators whose classrooms exemplify the effort to blend technical learning with the cultivation of twenty-first-century habits of mind. The study, set in Wisconsin, takes place against the backdrop of heated political debates over the role of public higher education. This thoughtful and nuanced account, enriched by keen observations of postsecondary instructional practice, promises to contribute new insights to the rich literature on workforce development and to provide valuable guidance for postsecondary faculty and administrators.

Download or read book Building America s Skilled Technical Workforce written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skilled technical occupationsâ€"defined as occupations that require a high level of knowledge in a technical domain but do not require a bachelor's degree for entryâ€"are a key component of the U.S. economy. In response to globalization and advances in science and technology, American firms are demanding workers with greater proficiency in literacy and numeracy, as well as strong interpersonal, technical, and problem-solving skills. However, employer surveys and industry and government reports have raised concerns that the nation may not have an adequate supply of skilled technical workers to achieve its competitiveness and economic growth objectives. In response to the broader need for policy information and advice, Building America's Skilled Technical Workforce examines the coverage, effectiveness, flexibility, and coordination of the policies and various programs that prepare Americans for skilled technical jobs. This report provides action-oriented recommendations for improving the American system of technical education, training, and certification.

Download or read book Career Opportunities written by Nancy Shulock and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national college completion agenda is in full swing but the role of "community" colleges in that agenda is under-appreciated. With a large share of projected job openings requiring college education of less than a bachelor's degree and offering family-supporting wages, the nation's community colleges can make a huge contribution toward a competitive national workforce. Community colleges offer a broad array of career-oriented certificates and associate degrees through what is generally called "career technical education" or CTE. Policymakers across the country are hoping to rely heavily on community college CTE programs to recharge their economies. To fulfill this hope, community colleges must tailor their offerings to address labor market needs and must design programs to be accessible and valuable to students with different levels of preparation and at different stages of their careers. Recent high school graduates, under-employed and unemployed adults, incumbent workers looking for career advancement, and college graduates seeking retraining all can benefit from CTE programs that offer clear pathways from shorter-term, entry-level to longer-term, higher-level credentials in their chosen fields. In California, the CTE mission is not realizing its tremendous potential, as the authors explained in their 2011 report "The Road Less Traveled." Students are not widely encouraged to pursue CTE programs and those who do make far more progress in completing course work than they do in acquiring credentials in their fields. This report is the first in a four-part project aimed ultimately at identifying ways that state and system policy can best support California's community colleges in operating CTE programs that meet the needs of their students and regions. Here the authors provide an overview of the complex structure and funding arrangements for the CTE mission and the closely related economic and workforce development (EWD) mission. CTE primarily serves "students" through credit-based programs; EWD primarily serves "employers" by addressing the education and training needs of industries of economic importance to the state and its regions. Their primary interest is in the capacity of community college CTE to deliver education and training that leads to credentials of value to students and employers and contributes to a competitive state workforce. The authors include EWD in their study because of its potential to help shape a workforce-relevant CTE mission. An examination of the full extent of the EWD mission and its role in state workforce development is outside the scope of this project. Appended are: (1) Research Methods and Resources; (2) State Agency Programs With Connection to Community College Workforce and Training Mission; and (3) Principal Community College Workforce and Training Programs. (Contains 7 figures and 29 notes.) [For related reports, see "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Policy Brief" (ED534075) and "Career Opportunities: Career Technical Education and the College Completion Agenda. Part II: Inventory and Analysis of CTE Programs in the California Community Colleges" (ED534074).].

Download or read book Ed466 939 the Role of Career and Technical Education written by Marie Cohen and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of career and technical education (CTE) was explored through a review of the research on CTE. Research on the following topics was examined: the high school dropout problem; high school graduates' transition to work; unprepared college students; the importance of noncollege careers; things employers really want; CTE's promise; the history of CTE; current CTE programs; public attitudes toward CTE; and CTE in other countries. Research findings regarding the effectiveness of CTE were discussed along with the limitations of research based on national student surveys and studies of self- contained CTE programs. It was concluded that the "college for all" myth is shortchanging those young people who are either uninterested in or unsuited for college and that CTE has the potential to create a better future for these young people. Perpetuating the college-for-all myth, schools are de- emphasizing employers' needs, reducing vocational education, and retiring teachers who have employer contacts. The federal government can reverse these trends, but it must first acquire a stronger influence over CTE programs at the local level. It can accomplish this by sponsoring high-quality research, disseminating the results, developing curriculum and other materials to be used by schools nationwide, and providing technical assistance. (Contains 111 references and 230 footnotes.).

Download or read book Invisible Value of Career and Technical Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent calls for increased accountability in higher education, and the rising demand for workers with middle skills, have combined to raise public awareness of the critical role of community colleges in educating the workforce. The accountability measures used by the institutions in answering this call, completion and retention rates, may not be appropriate for community colleges, particularly for the career and technical education (CTE) programs that focus on workforce development (Hagedorn, 2012; Jenkins, 2011; Mullin, 2012; West, et al., 2012; Yorke & Longden, 2004). Compounding that inappropriateness is the belief, held by many postsecondary CTE faculty and leaders, that students in those programs leave, without earning the related certificate or degree, because they have become employed using the skills gained through participation in the program. Those employment outcomes may be the very success being sought by the students. This divergence between the institutional and student definitions of success is described in the existing literature on student success: retention and completion are the measures implemented by institutions (Yorke & Longden, 2004); while persistence and achievement are the measures from the students' perspective (Mortenson, 2012; Tinto, 2012a). Working in a constructivist framework, this study used guided narrative interviews with former CTE students, from one California community college, to gain understanding about their employment outcomes, program attributes that contributed to their success, and the relevance of the available certificates. The sample of students was drawn from the population responding to the CTE Employment Outcomes Pilot Study (The RP Group, 2012) survey administered at the college. The findings from the study, in alignment with existing student success literature, revealed five program attributes that contributed to the students' construction of their own success - impassioned faculty, engaged classmates, applied learning, connections between the classroom and business world, and the relevance of coursework to the world of work. Using these themes, this study proposes a theoretical model, Student Success Construction Theory, for framing the ways in which postsecondary CTE students construct success. The model includes three elements critical to the students' success: (a) career ignition, (b) self-efficacy, and (c) education networks.

Download or read book Vocational Education and Training in the Age of Digitization written by Eveline Wuttke and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mit der zunehmenden Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt ist ein beschleunigter Strukturwandel verbunden, der veränderte Qualifikationsprofile und damit neue Herausforderungen für die berufliche Aus- und Weiterbildung mit sich bringt. Betriebe, berufliche Schulen und andere Bildungsinstitutionen müssen darauf in angemessener Weise reagieren. Der Band nimmt die vielfältigen Anforderungen an Lehrende, Lernende und Bildungsinstitutionen der beruflichen Aus- und Weiterbildung in den Blick und stellt aktuelle Ergebnisse zum Lernen im digitalen Zeitalter zur Verfügung.

Download or read book How Career and Technical Education Can Help Students Be College and Career Ready written by Betsy Brand and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If educators and policymakers are to make good on the national commitment to graduate more students from high school prepared to face postsecondary challenges, schools must continue to improve career technical education (CTE), ensuring that students have access to high-quality pathways to success. This brief provides an overview of the evolution of CTE in the U.S., reviews what CTE looks like in practice, and highlights issues CTE faces in the field that must be overcome for it to become an impactful and wide-reaching strategy for preparing students for postsecondary success. It also discusses the importance of these programs for allowing students the opportunities to acquire the competencies required in today's workplace, and to learn about different careers by experiencing work and workplaces.

Download or read book Career and College Readiness Counseling in P 12 Schools written by Jennifer R. Curry, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the First Edition: "Serves as an excellent foundational text...I am very thankful that the authors wrote this text. [It] is written for school counselors by school counselor educators!" -Gene Eakin, PhD, School Counseling Program Lead, Oregon State University "The school counseling focus makes it unique... This is...a great improvement to other texts I’ve used and I plan to continue using it." -Dr. Carolyn Berger, Chair, Department of Counseling, Nova Southeastern University Fully updated to serve the needs of school counselors in training, this remains the only text to present a comprehensive, developmental, and practical approach to preparing school counselors to conceptualize the career development and college-readiness needs of P-12 students. The second edition reflects the ASCA’s new Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success, which focuses on college and career-readiness standards for all students, 2016 CACREP Standards, and the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act. The text is uniquely grounded in developmental, ecosystemic, and career theories as a basis for career interventions. Considering the range of psychosocial, cognitive, and academic development spanning P-12 students, the authors review relevant developmental and career theories as a foundation for the design of sequential and developmentally appropriate career and college-readiness curricula and interventions. The text provides school counselors and educators concrete examples of how to select, implement, and evaluate the outcomes of interventions grounded in various career counseling theories and addresses career development and college readiness needs by grade level. Also included is expanded information on diversity; reflections and advice from actual school counselors; updated statistics, references, and appendices; and an updated Instructor’s Manual, test bank, and PowerPoint slides. New to the Second Edition: Features a “Building a College-Going Culture” section that expands coverage on college readiness counseling Reflects updated legislation and policy information including ASCA’s new Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success, 2016 CACREP Standards, Every Students Succeeds Act, and the Reach Higher Initiative Completely new chapter on college and career decision making "Voices from the Field" highlighting experiences from actual school counselors Enhanced instructor resources including Instructor’s Guide, test bank, and PowerPoint slides Key Features: The only comprehensive text devoted to career and college counseling for school counselors; written by former school counselors Disseminates current data and research focusing on college readiness needs of diverse populations Includes interventions grounded in theory and connected to national standards