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November 12, 2015

Promoting Pathways to Economic Success:

Promising Policies and Practice

Promoting Pathways to Economic Success:

Promising Policies and Practice

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Panel Presentation Agenda:

Arizona Pathways to Prosperity - Amanda Burke, Ed.D., Senior Director

for Education, Center for the Future of Arizona

Data Driven Sector Partnerships in Practice - Rosalyn Boxer, Vice

President Workforce Development, Arizona Commerce Authority

Design and Delivery of Career Pathways in Response to Industry

Demand - Randy Kimmens, Ed.D., Associate Vice Chancellor Workforce

Development, Maricopa County Community College District

Discussion

Amanda Burke Senior Director, Education

Center for the Future of Arizona

Promoting Pathways to Economic Success:

Promising Policies and Practice

Center for the Future of Arizona

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Mission

Help Arizona define and shape its future

through an action-oriented agenda that focuses

on issues critical to the state.

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The Need for Pathways Work in Arizona

of young adults ages 25 to 34 hold at least an associate’s

degree compared to 42.3% nationally 35%

82%

68%

76% do not believe the next generation will have a higher

standard of living than we have today

Strengthening Arizona’s Future

of the national average per capita income

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Pathways to Prosperity brings

together business and education

to create regional systems of

career pathways that link work

and learning, and support

Arizona’s workforce and

economic development needs.

Arizona Pathways to Prosperity

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Goal

Ensure that many more young people in

Arizona complete high school and earn a

postsecondary credential with labor

market value in their community.

Arizona Pathways to Prosperity

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Four Starting Points:

Industries for Pathways Development

Tucson

• Advanced Manufacturing

• Health/Bioscience

Phoenix

• Energy

• Information Technologies

Sources: 9Burning Glass, August 2015 12 Greater Phoenix Economic Council, 2015

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Sector Considerations:

• High-growth and/or high-demand sector of the

economy that provides entry-level points to rewarding

careers.

• Labor market data indicates a number of job openings.

• Evidence that the sector supports career advancement

and the strong possibility of earning a livable wage.

• Meets regional workforce needs and builds on sector

strategy work already underway.

Industries for Pathways Development

Building Pathways to Careers

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Career pathways will span

grades 9-14+ and provide

young people with the skills

and credentials that can

enable them to get started in a

high-demand, high-growth

field.

Postsecondary Pathways

System Outcomes:

Financially sustainable, aligned

and integrated 9-14(+) career

pathway systems

Increased number of skilled young

professionals with credentials of value to the labor market

State and regional

economies develop talent pipelines in

key industry sectors

Career and Technical Ed.

Advanced Skilled

Jobs

Intern-ships, WBL

Low

Skilled Jobs

Semi-Skilled

Jobs

Middle Skilled

Jobs

Rigorous Academics

Acceleration & College/Career Readiness through Dual Enrollment, Integrated Instruction, and WBL

Stackable Credentials AA/AAS

BA/BS

Secondary Pathways

GRADES 9-14 INTEGRATED PATHWAYS 9-14+ Integrated Pathways

Next Steps for Pathways to Prosperity

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• Create a state-wide functional advisory group and

regional workgroups for Phoenix and Tucson.

• Secure formal partners in business and education.

• Collaborate with existing sector strategy partnerships to

ensure pathways are aligned with industry need.

• Strengthen and/or develop 9-14+ career pathways –

begin implementation as early as this academic year.

Rosalyn Boxer Vice President Workforce Development

Arizona Commerce Authority

Promoting Pathways to Economic Success:

Promising Policies and Practice

Critical workforce and economic drivers for the state:

• Information Technology workforce

• Entrepreneurial technology start-ups

• Emerging IT companies

• Larger corporations

• Public sector companies that have significant IT workforce needs.

AZ IT Sector Partnership Focus:

Attract, develop and retain a vibrant IT workforce

that can be a sustained driver of economic

development

• Promote Industry-led

workforce transition

program for soon-to-

be-graduates

• Better aligned high

school & college

curricula w/realities of

today’s IT Workspace

• Identify employers skill

needs near term (1-2

years) and longer term

(3-5 years)

Education & New

Graduates Stream

• Improve support structures,

networking, and professional

development options

• Identify the utilization of

competency based hiring

• Encourage mentoring program

for all levels of IT talent

• Identify “hot” skills critical to IT

companies

Retain & Strengthen

Stream

• Make Arizona “the Next IT

Frontier.”

• Build a storytelling

campaign that resonates in

the community.

Branding & Visibility

Focus Area 1: Filling the Near Term Workforce Needs of Industry

• Increase industry & career

awareness.

• Create a mentoring

program for all levels of IT

talent

• Execute pilot “bootcamp”

for teachers/counselors &

community advocates

Education & New

Graduates Stream

• Improve support structures,

networking opportunities, for

targeted populations

• Provide knowledge of

opportunities at regular

major Arizona IT events

Retain & Strengthen

Stream

• Create an image that

resonates, and engages

diverse populations

• Build a storytelling

campaign.

Branding & Visibility

Focus Area 2: Overcome the Barriers for Low-Wage Workers to Advance

into Target Sectors

• Develop innovative “high

school to hire” career

pathways.

• Pair mentors and

mentees from different

companies

• Understand internal

company pathways from

certificate and 2- to-4

year+ degrees

• Develop pilots for Spring

2016 internships

Education & New

Graduates Stream

• Improve the support

structures.

• Networking opportunities &

diverse professional

development options.

Retain & Strengthen

Stream

• Create an image that

resonates with companies

& individuals

• Build a storytelling

campaign using personal

success stories in

Arizona

Branding & Visibility

Focus Area 3: Effective, Employer Validated Career Pathways

• Create an industry-led

workforce program for

soon-to-be graduates.

• Align high school &

college curricula

w/realities of today’s IT

Workspace

• Establish a formal

partnership between

business & education

Education & New

Graduates Stream

• Create a mentoring

program for all levels of IT

talent

• Networking opportunities

& professional

development options.

Retain & Strengthen

Stream

• Create an image that

resonates, engage in

community events

• Build a storytelling

campaign around

personal stories, why

they were successful in

Arizona.

Branding &

Visibility

Focus Area 4: Design & Implement (with employers) Work-Based

Learning Models

Randy Kimmens Associate Vice Chancellor for

Workforce Development

Maricopa Community Colleges

Promoting Pathways to Economic Success:

Promising Policies and Practice

ONE Maricopa: 10 Colleges…One World-Class System

MISSION Open access,

meeting the lifelong

learning needs of

our diverse students

and communities

In FY 2014–15, we served

203,000 credit students

27,000 non-credit / special interest students

through our

973 degree and

certificate programs

resulting in

27,000 degrees

and certificates awarded =

• Employer Relations

• Workforce Research LMI

• Consolidate Advisory Committees/Convene Workforce Development Leadership Sessions: – Manufacturing – IT/CIS – Allied Health – Advanced Business Services

• Employment Data

How MCCCD Identifies Workforce Needs

Building Arizona’s Workforce

In 2015, MCCCD conferred these occupational awards (AAS and CCL):

Source: MCCCD Institutional Research Database

3,279 Health professions

2,691 Public Safety

2,393 Business, management and marketing

1,343 Computer and information sciences

513 Aircraft and automotive maintenance

320 Construction

12,521 Total occupational degrees and certificates awarded

Competency-Based Stackable Credentials Mesa Community College – Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Institute

Programs of Study is a comprehensive approach to fully aligning all course instruction, academic and CTE, secondary and postsecondary, to ensure student success as they progress through the program without duplication of instruction or need for remediation. MCCCD Programs of Study are built upon CTE program-specific dual enrollment.

AZ CTE Programs of Study

http://www.azed.gov/career-technical-education/files/2014/05/program-of-study-development-and-implementation-guide-revised-april-2014.pdf

Discussion

Promoting Pathways to Economic Success:

Promising Policies and Practice

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