Education Attainment Division Webinar: Deeper Learning for Economic Competitiveness March 26, 2014 www.acce.org/divisions/ead Twitter: @ACCE_EAD
DEEPER LEARNING FOR ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ACCE Education Attainment Division March 26, 2014 Christopher Shearer Program Officer, Education
U.S. TRAILS IN CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN MATH 1 China: Shanghai 600 2 Singapore 562 3 Hong Kong 555 4 Korea 546 5 Chinese Taipei 543 6 Finland 541 7 Liechtenstein 536 8 Switzerland 534 9 Japan 529 10 Canada 527 11 Netherlands 526 12 China: Macao 525 13 New Zealand 519 14 Belgium 515 15 Australia 514 16 Germany 513 17 Estonia 512 18 Iceland 507 19 Denmark 503 20 Slovenia 501 21 Norway 498 22 France 497 23 Slovak Republic 497 24 Austria 496 25 Poland 495 26 Sweden 494 27 Czech Republic 493 28 United Kingdom 492 29 Hungary 490 30 Luxembourg 489 31 United States 487 Source: PISA exams 2009
ACHIEVEMENT GAPS: Too Big & Too Slow to Close Hemphill, F.C., and Vanneman, A. (2011). Achievement Gaps: How Hispanic and White Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NCES 2011-459). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC
FORTUNE 500 MOST VALUED SKILLS 1970 1999 Writing 1 Computational Skills 2 Reading Skills 3 Oral Communications 4 Listening Skills 5 Personal Career Development 6 Creative Thinking 7 Leadership 8 Goal Setting/Motivation 9 Teamwork 10 Organizational Effectiveness 11 Problem Solving 12 Interpersonal Skills 13
EMPLOYERS DEMANDING NEW SKILLS Are They Really Ready to Work? Employers perspectives on the basic knowledge and applied skills of new entrants to the 21st century U.S. workforce, Partnership for 21 st Century Skills, 2006
JOB SKILLS Complex Communications 10 8 Expert Thinking Percentile Change from 1960 6 4 2 0-2 -4-6 -8-10 Routine Manual Routine Cognitive Non-routine Manual 1960 1970 1980 1990 1998 Source: Murnane& Levy
GOAL To provide students the skills and knowledge they will need to be successfulin 21 st century work and civic life By Official U.S. Navy Imagery http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5170/5372996371_ac7059a726_b.jpg
DEEPER LEARNING THINK critically& solve complex problems COMMUNICATE effectively WORK collaboratively LEARN how to learn DEVELOP academic mindsets through mastery of rigorous academic content
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Dana Egreczky Senior Vice President, Workforce Development President/CEO, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation dana@njchamber.com The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation Established 1996 Mission: to build a highly qualified workforce through innovative collaborations with K-12 education and the workforce training and preparation system. www.njchamberfoundation.org Three areas of focus: K-12 Education (largest effort) Adult Workers with Challenges STEM Workers
Dana Egreczky Senior Vice President, Workforce Development President/CEO, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation dana@njchamber.com All programs/products are developed under five attributes: must be grant-worthy or fee-worthy (corporations provide grants/contributions) (schools purchase over $100,000 of programs/service every year) capacity to integrate business volunteers should have a component in which students compete in teams with some winning/some losing as in the real world where employees need to learn from failure all the time must have the capacity to involve students of all abilities to obtain greatest ROI on development costs must be exportable to other states (NJ Chamber serves national corporations) Sample programs/products follow
Dana Egreczky Senior Vice President, Workforce Development President/CEO, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation dana@njchamber.com Remote Internship Experience replaces vanishing traditional internship programs; improves on old model with more active student engagement (cheaper, too!) student teams conceive, plan, deploy, and evaluate social entrepreneurship project in their schools under management of Chamber staff/business volunteers as project managers project follows a structured ten-meeting/implementation sequence with deadlines and responsibilities; team with best plan/results/report wins after judging by panel of business volunteers not connected to project completing students get letter of recommendation from Chamber exec and adds experience as remote Chamber intern to his/her résumé completing students get The Performance Passport which documents observable soft skills of interest to transition programs for special needs students
Dana Egreczky Senior Vice President, Workforce Development President/CEO, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation dana@njchamber.com Student Workshopititions chamber staff and business volunteers on-site in hosting schools deliver one three day workshop/competition events using one or more of six simulation games and design projects developed by NJCCF students compete in teams while they role-play hiring managers, college-admissions officials, fast food managers learn what employers, colleges expect school staff selects games/activities/focus can include Workforce 101 presentations business/communications etiquette networking interviewing skills/mock interviews résumé writing games sold to schools for use in classrooms; teacher training provided
Dana Egreczky Senior Vice President, Workforce Development President/CEO, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation dana@njchamber.com AlmostRealProducts.com fictitious company; real online job application experience sold to schools/agencies as annual license encouraged to offer product to parents seeking jobs 12 diverse applications; dozens of pre-employment tests in math, English, science; hundreds of interview questions as text-limited essay questions College Career Ready Academy unique residential experience for high-potential students at New Jersey most prestigious colleges www.collegecareerreadyacademy.org
Dana Egreczky Senior Vice President, Workforce Development President/CEO, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation dana@njchamber.com Ready for College and Career? mobile app free download from standard gaming sites presents four surveys that determine academic readiness at the end of grades 8, 9, 10, 11 fifth survey for all determines employability LearnDoEarn Student Achievement System 31 classroom lessons in PowerPoint format for students in grades 6 12 with ancillary materials including wall posters, parent videos, much more free to all at www.learndoearn.org