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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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WorkKeys Identifies Skill Gaps

• By comparing the job profile and individual assessment results, skills gaps can be identified

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KeyTrain Helps to Fill Skill Gaps

• KeyTrain provides self-paced curriculum to help individuals fill their skill gaps

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• 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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Locating Information Requirement – Process Operator

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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.

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