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SKILLS FOR SURVIVAL IN THE NEW WORKFORCEsm
Performance Results –Compelling Data Documenting Learning Outcomes
Changes in Workforce Skills Needs Across Fifty Years
1955 2005
UnskilledUnskilled
60%60%
SkilledSkilled
20%20%
ProfessionalProfessional
20%20%
SkilledSkilled
68%68%
ProfessionalProfessional
20%20%
UnskilledUnskilled
12%12%
Challenges for Secondary Education Across Fifty Years
1955 2005
SkilledSkilled
20%20%
ProfessionalProfessional
20%20%
SkilledSkilled
68%68%
ProfessionalProfessional
20%20%
Prepare 40% for college or skilled careers
Prepare 88% for college or skilled careers
• According to former U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley, the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.
We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.
- Karl Fisch
•Sixty five percent of the kids in preschool today will work in jobs that don't yet exist.
- Jim Carroll
Do we want Trained Employees, or Trainable Employees?
• WorkKeys is a complementary measurement:– ACT measures academic skills as expressed in college environment– WorkKeys measures academic skills as expressed in work
environment
• WorkKeys relates to jobs and career clusters– Scores can be related to the requirements of specific jobs or careers– Provides the context for students to understand the relevance basic
academic skills to their own image of their future
• ACT research indicates that required academic readiness for college and workforce is now similar
Providing a Common Language for Measuring Foundational Skills
WorkKeys – a Seamless System
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Job Profiling:Job Profiling:Determines the level of skill necessary to
learn a job
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Skill AssessmentsSkill Assessments:Measures an individual’sskill level
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Education / Training:Education / Training:Efficiently closes
skill gaps
WorkKeys® Skill Areas
• Reading for Information*• Applied Mathematics*• Locating Information*• Applied Technology• Teamwork• Observation• Listening • Writing• Business Writing
** 85% of ALL occupations utilize
these skills
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Writing / Bus Writing
Listening Observation Teamwork
WorkKeys Skills LevelsWorkKeys Skills Levels
WorkKeys Identifies Skill Gaps
• By comparing the job profile and individual assessment results, skills gaps can be identified
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Individual Results
Job Profile
KeyTrain Helps to Fill Skill Gaps
• KeyTrain provides self-paced curriculum to help individuals fill their skill gaps
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KeyTrain
• Profile – benchmarking a job or occupation
• WorkKeys - assessment
• KeyTrain – remediation of skills gaps
• Career Readiness Certificate (CRC)
– A portable, nationwide credential signifying attainment of employable levels in the three most common workplace skills:
• Applied Math• Reading for Information• Locating Information
Commonly-Used Terms
• Skill Areas of Most Career Readiness Certificates – Reading for Information– Applied Mathematics– Locating Information
• Bronze – Minimum of Level 3 in all Skill Areas – Qualified for 30% of Jobs
• Silver – Minimum of Level 4– Qualified for 65% of Jobs
• Gold – Minimum of Level 5 – Qualified for 90% of Jobs
• http://www.careerreadinesscertificate.org/
• Portable credential for basic workplace skills
• Business: Easy way to measure skills
• Individuals: Easy way to demonstrate skills
• Economic Development: Document the quality of workforce
• Education, Workforce Development, Training Organizations, and Business: Speak a common language
Benefits of a CRC
• Based on ACT’s database of job profiles, we can estimate the types of jobs requiring various levels of CRC skills
• Data shows clearly that higher basic workplace skills leads to higher-paying jobs.
Economic Value of the CRC Skills
Level % of Jobs Min Levels Gold 90% 5 - 5 - 5 Silver 65% 4 - 4 - 4 Bronze 35% 3 - 3 - 3
Pay Ranges $23,000 - 141,000 14,000 - 74,000 14,000 - 37,000
Median Pay $49,000 34,000 26,000
Statewide CRC Efforts
Revised
Statewide in process
Current Statewide CRC
Regional CRC usage
WorkKeys Test Performance of U.S. Examinees-Reading for Information
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The Good News:
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The Bad News:
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WorkKeys Test Performance of U.S. Examinees-Applied Mathematics
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The Bad News:
27% are ≤ Level 3
Locating Information Requirement – Process Operator
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WorkKeys Test Performance of U.S. Examinees-Locating Information (5/03-4/05)
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There is a considerable need for tools to help improve basic workplace skills….
KeyTrain: The Complete System
WorkKeysSkills
Curriculum Pre-WorkKeysCurriculum
CareerReadiness
Skills
LearningManagement
System
ProfilesDatabase
Career Clusters
Multiple Delivery Formats
Web-Based
Client-Server
CD-ROM
SpanishLanguage
Workbooks ACT Centers
KeyTrain Skill Areas
• Reading for Information• Applied Mathematics• Locating Information• Applied Technology• Listening• Writing• Teamwork• Observation• Business Writing• Pre-WorkKeys Courses
Intuitive, robust learning management system
Effective, engagingInstructional design
• Cluster-specific assessment and instructional material
• Path is chosen by student• All 16 US DOL Clusters• Sample jobs for each cluster
CAREER CLUSTERS
US DOL Career Clusters Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Architecture & Construction Arts, A/V Technology & Communications Business, Management & Administration Education & Training Finance Government & Public Administration Health Science Hospitality & Tourism Human Services Information Technology Law, Public Safety & Security Manufacturing Marketing, Sales & Service Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
CAREER CLUSTERS
CAREER INFORMATION
• Interest Inventories – available online• ACT Occupational Database• Create Local Profile Database• Using these for career guidance
KeyTrain Career Skills
• KeyTrain Career Skills is an interactive set of 200 lessons
• Field-tested curriculum• Skills identified by employers as those most
needed by employees to be successful• Short true/false quiz at the end of each lesson• Major topic areas:
– Work Habits, Communication Skills, Workplace Effectiveness, Business Etiquette, The Job Search
KeyTrain Career Skills
Job Profiles Database
Nursing Aides, Orderlies and Attendants
Title/DOT Number AM AT L LI OB RI TW WR
31.1012.00 Number of Jobs
355674014 Number of Jobs
075364010 Number of Jobs
079374014 Number of Jobs
075167010 Number of Jobs
29-1111.00 Number of Jobs
Nurse, Assistant
Nurse, General Duty
Nurse, Licensed Practical
Nurse, Supervisor
Nurse, Registered
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Occupational Profiles in Nursing
KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
For information on the results that KeyTrain achieves with various organizations,
please call Thinking Media at 877-842-6205 or email [email protected].
KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
ACT-Compliant Curriculum
• KeyTrain / Thinking Media is an ACT “Level I Publisher” and “Preferred Provider” of WorkKeys curriculum
• KeyTrain has been reviewed and found to meet ACT’s standards for WorkKeys skills instruction – the first curriculum that met standards in all skill areas.
ACT™ and WorkKeys® are trademarks of ACT, Inc. Thinking Media is not owned or controlled by ACT, Inc.; however, ACT, Inc. has reviewed these training materials and has determined that they meet ACT, Inc.’s standards for WorkKeys training curriculum.
WorkKeys is a trademark of ACT, Inc.
KeyTrain is a registered trademark of Thinking Media.
Copyright 2007 by Thinking Media. All rights reserved.