Essential Question Why Career and Technical Education? 1
Vocational Education vs. Career & Technical Education Vocational Education Then For Some Students For a Few Jobs Career and Technical Education Now For All Students For All Careers 3 to 5 Program Areas 15+ Clusters a multitude of Pathways In Lieu of Academics High School Focused Aligns and Supports Academics High School and College Partnerships 2
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21st Century Skills 20 th Century 21 st Century # of Jobs 1 2 Jobs 10 15 Jobs Job Skill Learning Model Mastery of One Field Subject MaCer Mastery Flexibility And Adaptability Integra:on of 21 st Century Skills into Subject MaCer Mastery 4
Jersey City Public Schools Identifies three clear goals: 1. Significantly decrease the number of high school students who fail to graduate. 2. Increase the number of Certificates Degree pathways over the next 3-5 years. 3. Ensure fidelity and Perkins funding for pathway programs. 5
New Jersey Identifies Needs Create an educated skilled workforce for New Jersey that is globally competitive. New Jersey has identified growing career clusters that need highly qualified labor: Green Jobs, Healthcare/Life Sciences, Finance, Remote Work, Information Technology, Construction, manufacturing, Utilities/ Infrastructure, Tourism & Hospitality, Transportation & Logistics, Emerging Industries & Skills 6
Cluster Approach to Addressing Educational Redesign Strategy to organize instruction and student experiences around career themes (Focus on an industry cluster of related occupations) Incorporates existing school reform strategies (career academies, career pathways, small learning communities, Tech Prep) Connects to business and higher education 7
A Small Learning Community Must: Incorporate & align secondary and postsecondary education elements Include the opportunity for obtaining postsecondary credit (Dual Enrollment) Lead to an industry-recognized certificate, credential at the postsecondary level or an associates or higher degree. 8
Challenges for JCPS Scheduling: switch from block to 8 period day/loss of 20 extra credits NJDOE credit requirements Freshman and Sophomore students are receiving 10 credits in ELA and MA Lack of exposure to careers in middle school Lack of entrance criteria 9
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics Transportation, Distribution & Logistics Getting from point A to point B in New Jersey is a challenge, but a whole lot of people keep trying. What you may not realize, though, is that the transportation industry is about more than vehicles with wheels. It also has to do with logistics, which involves warehouse storage and the movement of consumer goods, like stereos and MP3 players, to and from the manufacturers and the stores. As the number of residents using mass transit, like trains and buses, grows (as is expected), so too will the job opportunities in transportation. What s more, the ships are coming in. Changes at New Jersey s shipping ports, mainly in Newark/ Elizabeth and Camden, will mean lots of new jobs, both hightech and low-tech. 10
IMPACT In 2009, transportation, logistics and distribution (TLD) employed 364,429 workers in New Jersey. The cluster employed 11.9 percent of the state's private sector workers, a higher percentage than for the nation (8.9%). TLD contributed 48.6 billion dollars to the state's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009. In 2009, employers in the state's TLD industry cluster paid a total of $22.9 billion in wages. 11
Life Sciences/Health Care HealthCare: Preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs such as counseling and mental health services, family and community services, personal care, and consumer services. Life Sciences: Career pathways that develop and market medical devices, vaccines, and medical treatments that are not only fighting illnesses and diseases but also saving lives. The industry is currently finding it difficult to recruit qualified scientists as well as experiencing problems filling positions in product management and regulatory affairs. 12
IMPACT From 1990 through 2010, the health care sector in New Jersey has added 154,000 new jobs, while all other industries combined had a net gain of only 54,600. Health care is the only industry that has added jobs in the state every year from 1990 through 2010 while increasing its share of jobholding from 7.5 percent in 1990 to 11.3 percent in 2010. The outlook for New Jersey's health care employment is bright. From 2008 through 2018, it is projected that more than 56,000 jobs will be added, an annual increase of 1.3 percent. Health care establishment employers paid more than $21 billion in total wages in 2009, or about 12.2 percent of all wages paid in New Jersey. 13
Emerging Industries: STEM Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering) including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services. - 14
IMPACT 269,000 STEM-related jobs will need to be filled in New Jersey by 2018. $74,958 is the average annual compensation of STEM occupations from 2005-2008. U.S. Department of Labor predicts that jobs requiring science, engineering and technology training will increase 34% between 2008 and 2018. Nationally, 8.5 million STEM jobs are forecasted through 2018. 15
Emerging Industries: Agriculture/ Green Construction Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources. Architecture & Construction Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment. 16
IMPACT In New Jersey in 2009, the Green economy employed 200,521 workers in three major areas: green energy production/renewable energy (24.5% of employment), energy efficiency green building/construction/design (68.0%), and environmental. 17
Advanced Manufacturing Manufacturing Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering. Certain jobs have great potential, particularly those involving science and technology and those that specialize in the creation of unique or hard-to-ship products. If you enjoy making sophisticated gadgets, for instance, you may have a career in the manufacturing sector. 18
IMPACT The advanced manufacturing industry contributed over $17 billion to New Jersey's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009, or about 3.6 percent of all state output. In 2009, there were more than 127,000 people employed in industries classified as advanced manufacturing in New Jersey. This represents about 48 percent of all manufacturing employment in New Jersey. Chemical manufacturing employed over 57,000 in 2009, 21.0 percent of all manufacturing workers in the state. New Jersey also hosts over seven percent of all chemical manufacturing employment in the United States. The state's advanced manufacturing industry establishments paid a total of more than $11.6 billion in wages in 2009, or roughly 6.8 percent of New Jersey's total wages. 19
MOVING FORWARD IN JERSEY CITY Ferris High School: Global Logistics*, Microsoft IT Academy Dickinson High School: Project Lead the Way/BioMedical* & Robokind Java Programming with LSC* Lincoln High School: NJLEEP (Legal Studies), Bobbie Brown Make-Up Artistry (MSU) Snyder High School: Challenger Program (County College of Morris) 20
MOVING FORWARD IN JERSEY CITY NJ Green Program: Sustainable Design, Sustainable Construction, and Sustainable Energy: NJSBA* Marketing: Career and Technical Education Partnership* Health Care: Rutgers University* Early Childhood: Camden Community College 21
Establish Extended Learning Career & Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs): NJSHPE, FEA, etc. Work Based Learning (WBL) Experiences Job Shadowing Career Preparation Internships 22
Develop Core Curriculum Connections Involve students, parents, counselors, community, and industry Link Pathways to core curriculum 23
Implementation Goals Span All Grades Elementary Career Awareness Middle Career Exploration High Career Concentration PS Career Preparation Lifelong Career Advancement 24
FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF NJ CAN NJCAN High School version provides comprehensive career information for students developing and updating educational plans. Using NJCAN in high school supports lifelong career planning and promotes career self-reliance. NJCAN includes tools: self-assessment, exploration, research, goal setting, and decisionmaking. 25
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We need more of our students to consider college and post-high school training as viable options after graduation and JCPS wants them to be fully prepared for those opportunities. 29