Ensuring Our Future Through Workforce Development Education

Ensuring Our Future Through Workforce Development

Education is more important than ever • 50% of economic growth since WWII is due to technological innovation • Only 15% of our jobs are classified as “unskilled” • Global competition for the best-educated and most creative workers • Workforce shortages due to fewer visas being issued and baby boomer retirements

Workers Supporting Retirement System

3 Points • The business community must be engaged • Data must drive everything • The System must change

Engaging Business leaders want to know facts

College Student Pipeline 2004 Of every 100 entering high school freshmen source: the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, 2006

Comparison of 2 High Schools ACT % ACT Takers takers English Math Reading (18) (22) (21) Science (24) Did Not Meet All 4 Austin East 106 70. 9 28 7 18 3 103 Farragut 432 90. 6 394 276 335 224 208

2008 ACT RAW NUMBERS Students meeting all 4 benchmarks: 796 (or 32%) Students who did not meet all 4: 1678 ACT Takers % ACT takers English (18) Math (22) Reading (21) Science (24) Did Not Meet All 4 Austin East 106 70. 9 28 7 18 3 103 Bearden 370 84. 7 314 191 253 143 227 Carter 112 64. 7 81 39 62 29 83 Central 185 72. 1 136 71 106 59 126 Farragut 432 90. 6 394 276 335 224 208 Fulton 91 73. 2 49 10 31 9 82 Gibbs 104 69. 5 80 34 57 23 81 Halls 165 72. 5 139 76 102 55 110 Karns 300 80. 6 251 142 199 95 205 Powell 191 77. 4 140 75 106 40 151 South Doyle 171 77. 1 122 43 89 30 141 West 247 74. 9 186 103 138 86 161 Knox 2, 474 75. 7% 1920 1. 067 1, 496 796 1, 678 264 84. 42% 234 185 211 148 116 Oak Ridge

Ready for work? • Work. Keys is an assessment that measures basic workplace skills needed for 21 st century jobs. • Certificates at 3 targeted skill levels are issued: • Bronze Level (Level 3) - This individual possesses core employability skills for approximately 30% of profiled jobs. • Silver Level (Level 4) - This individual possesses core employability skills for approximately 65% of profiled jobs. • Gold Level (Level 5) - This individual possesses core employability skills for approximately 90% of profiled jobs. • Key. Train is a remediation tool to used to improve those basic skills.

Tennessee Board of Regents Students Requiring Remedial Courses • TBR Universities (MTSU, Austin Peay, etc. ) – Total first-time freshmen – 10, 741 – Total enrolled in Developmental Studies – 4, 287 (39. 9%) • TBR Community Colleges (Pellissippi, Walters State, etc. ) – Total first-time freshmen – 14, 218 – Total enrolled in Developmental Studies – 10, 503 (73. 9%) • TBR Total – First-time freshmen – 24, 959 – Enrolled in Developmental Studies – 14, 790 (59. 3%)

Degrees of Remediation Percentage of students who graduate within 8 years

8 th Grade Achievement on State Assessment vs. NAEP Standard (2005) Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress. Analysis of data downloaded from www. nces. ed. gov/nationsreportcard/nde/ and 2004 -2005 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) Achievement Test results from 2005 Tennessee Report Card at www. k-12. state. tn. us/rptcrd 05/rptcrd. htm.

GIVE THEM Facts Choices SHOW THEM YOU THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT

What do you need? More money? Where? How will it be spent?

A Data-Driven Solution Meetings with school administration ↓ Project planning and definition ↓ UT MBA program Community sponsorship ↓ School Board approval ↓ Leadership buy-in ↓ Execution

The Current Situation STUDENT Analysis is difficult or impossible. DISPARATE SYSTEMS RECORDS HUMAN RESOURCES Why? OF INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTIONS CURRICULUM AND MASTER TRANSPORTATION FILE DATA FINANCIAL OLTP

Transaction Databases POST PROJECT – IDEAL SITUATION STUDENT Data Warehouse or Multiple Data Marts HUMAN RESOURCES FACILITIES Decision Support Software EXTRACT TRANSFORM LOAD Q&A TRANSPORTATION Meta data FINANCIAL OLAP

color-coded Tetra. Data DASHGraphical, monitor & display indicators key data at-a-glance…

School Reform

U. S. Education System: Small Gains at Ever-Higher Cost

System Change • Advancement based on mastery • Recruit and attract top 1/3 of teachers • Standards, assessments, and curriculum for 21 st century • Enable adults to upgrade skill training • Universal early-ed

YOU CAN • Ask questions and get facts • Engage the business community and use their expertise

Mike Edwards (865) 246 -2648 medwards@knoxvillechamber. com