CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION A Great Starting Point for Any Career JERRY MILLER Dean III, CTE EVE NIGHSWONGER Director, Workforce Development OSCAR GUAJARDO.

CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION

A Great Starting Point for Any Career

JERRY MILLERDean III, CTEEVE NIGHSWONGERDirector, Workforce DevelopmentOSCAR GUAJARDOCTE Coordinator & Outreach

What is CTE?

Courses/Programs preparing STUDENTS for employment in current/emerging JOBS

TECHNICAL

CAREERS

FACTS about

TECHNICAL CAREERS

“WHITE COLLAR”

“Profession”“Career”

“BLUE COLLAR”

“Trade”“Vocational”“Occupational”

CTETechnicalCareer

COMPARABLE OPTION FOR STUDENTS

4-YEAR EDUCATION

TECHNICALCAREER

TECHNICAL CAREERS ARE A GREAT OPTION FOR

ALL

ESPECIALLY:

GRADUATING HS STUDENTS DISCONNECTED UNDERREPRESENTED 1st GENERATION COLLEGE

STUDENTS

CTE

JOBS $SOFT

SKILLS

CAREERLADDER

AA/AS

UNIVERSITY

JOBS

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Center for Labor Market Studies.

65% OF ALL JOBS IN THE USA ARE CTE.

4.7mil New CTEworkers needed by 2018 in the USA

“Economists Say Millennials Should Consider Careers In Trades (CTE)”

Source: NPR, February 2, 2015

$

Salary.com, Indeed.com – Santa Rosa

YOU CAN ACHIEVE GOOD STANDARD OF LIVING WITH A TECHNICAL CAREER.

$43, 377 $43, 972

HS TeacherBA/BS (4 years)Credential (1-2 years)

Diesel Mechanic≈ 2 years43.5 Units

$43, 377 $43K-$48K

Dental Hygienist≈ 2 years44.0 Units

MFT InternBA + MA (6 years)+ ≈4000 hours

VS

27% of TECHNICAL DEGREES pay MORE THAN Bachelor’s Degrees

31% of ASSOCIATE DEGREES pay MORE THAN Bachelor’s Degrees

7 out of 10 employers would still HIRE a candidate even

WITHOUT a BA/BS

SOFTSKILLS

JOBLADDER

STUDENTS SHOULD BE INCREASING THEIR SKILLS

SOFT SKILLS – Specific English/Math/ESL (Placement

Test) Work Experience – SRJC Concurrent Enrollment – HS

students Credit by Exam – HS students COUNS 62 (Intro to Career

Development) COUNS 53 (College Survival) COUNS 355 (College Prep Skills)

4-YEARCOLLEGE

Source: Report - Why Are Recent College Graduates Underemployed?

MANY UNIVERSITY GRADUATES ARE UNDEREMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED (and living with their parents)

TECHNOLOGY

ENGINEERING MATH

EM

ATI

CS

SCIENCE

College Graduates Jobs Requiring BA/BS02468

101214161820

2010-2020 Projection

STEMSource: US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Center for Labor Market Studies.

HIGH DEMAND FOR 4-YEAR COLLEGE IN:

TECHNOLOGY

ENGINEERING MATH

EM

ATIC

S

SCIENCE

1.2 MILLION JOBS OPENING BY 2018

CTE CAREERS ARE A GREAT OPTION.

TECHNICALCAREERS

JOBS $SOFT

SKILLS

WORKEXPERIENCEAA/AS

UNIVERSITY

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