Faculty/Counselor Externships: A Model that “Works”
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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- [email protected]
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
Sandy’s Students
Sandy’s ExternshipExperience
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Occupational Therapist
Radiology TechCentral Supply
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Medical
Billing
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23 MedicalBilling &Coding
46 Dental
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65Medical
AssistingClinical
33 First
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4Radiology
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31MedicalFront Office
4Sterile
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30Nurse
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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.”
Get to Know Your Community
Extend Your Mentorship!
Class of ’08-Externs