IBM education and training challenges and Perkins CTE Reform

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US Education and Training Challengesfor IBMNed McCulloch, IBM Global Skills Issue Manager

May 28, 2013


Goals for Skills Development and Education Practice

–Improved Supply of Work Ready Graduates

–Support for Incumbent Workforce Training

–Lift Education using Technology


IBM’s Challenge on Staffing and SkillsAvailability of the Right Skills is a major challenge to sustainability and growth

Positions are always open - 1769 in August 2013 – For local openings go to ibm-us.jobs

Skills Shortage Exists in:– Technical degrees

•Skills in short supply & constant need of refresh

– Management Expertise

– Business skills / professionalism

– Soft skills (collaboration, teaming, customer relations)

Increased focus on local hiring to improve retention rates


Sample Openings in United StatesSoftware Developer

United States Software Developer

Austin, TX Business Analyst - Kenexa - Location is DFW area

United States Recruiter II - Kenexa - Lincoln, NE

United States MSS Deployment Engineer

United States Sales Reporting Warehouse Application Lead

Bethesda, MD Software Developer

Austin, TX Testing Manager

Seattle, WA Recruitment Operations Manager - Kenexa

United States Software Developer

Austin, TX Client Sourcing Consultant

United States Sales Support Internship

San Francisco, CA Sr. Java DeveloperBaton Rouge, LA


IBM Work on Skills in the Community from “Cradle to Career”

IBM’s Corporate Citizenship portfolio spans early childhood and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education, along with early college programs and a focus on teacher professional development

– P-TECH 9-14 model: Provides students with an Associate in Applied Science degree that will lead to a career in the IT industry or ongoing education in a postsecondary institution

– Mentoring: Providing thousands of young people with access to adult role models, with a focus on academics

– Teachers TryScience: Strengthens teacher instruction in project-based learning by providing high quality STEM lessons integrated with pedagogical supports, including actual video examples of teacher instruction

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A new grades 9-14 school model focused on STEM

Our Mission:

– Enable students to master the skills and knowledge that they need to graduate with an associate degree

– Secure an entry-level position in the highly competitive IT industry or to continue and complete study in a higher education institution.

P-TECH provides students with a school-college-career continuum that helps them understand the direct links between what they are

learning today and the workplace.

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Early Results

P-TECH

Attendance:94% year-to-date attendance rate

NYC High School Standards:80% of the legacy cohort is meeting

or exceeding state standards in English and math.

College Readiness:50% of the legacy cohort has met

college-ready benchmarks in both English and math

College Credit Completion:74 students are enrolled in at least

one of nine college courses, including Programming and Calculus

Sarah E. Goode

Attendance and Achievement:98% of Freshmen on Track, Highest in Southwest Network

96% Attendance Rate, Highest in Southwest Network

College Readiness:Predictive assessments show Goode students exceeding yearly goal on EXPLORE Exam, Best MOY Growth in Southwest Network

Next Year:Over 700 applications submitted for next year's incoming class


Skills Development with the IBM Workforce

Major investments to build the deep technical skills of our staff.

$500-$600 million of Training for IBM Employees each year.

Over 1 million training hours for US IBM employees in 2012; 330,000 Courses Completed.

Combination of Web and Classroom training.

– Project Management is most common course

– Other on Technical content, Process Improvement, Soft Skills


Incumbent Workforce Training at IBM

Learning@IBM

Corporate Universities

Social Media–Intranet–Connections–Wikis–Blogs–Media Library–Video Games

Kick Off Meetings and informal training sessions


IBM’s Work with Higher Education

University Relations– Award Programs

• Open Collaborative Research• Faculty• Shared University Research• Ph.D. Fellowship

– Centers for Advance Studies– IBM Research

Academic Initiative– Training materials, curriculum guides, software, hardware and cloud

capabilities.– IBM offerings are available to Universities at no charge.– We help train faculty in the use of our course materials.


IBM Working with State of Louisiana and Lousiana State University on Curriculum Redesign, Outreach, and Experiential Learning Programs

Opportunity Description Outcomes Timing

Curriculum

Curriculum Development

Aligned Academic Initiative

Majors Identified

Immediate Tactical actions

Math Major (Female rich environments)

Other eg., Business

Continual Source of – IBM enabled/aware – Increase in

ENG/CS Grads– Female Applicants

New hires requiring minimal training

Start Aug 2013

OutreachReach out to High Schools and Higher Education Facilities

Attract greater volumes

Encourage more females early

Start Fall 2013

Programs

Internships: provide on-the-job training for university graduates (year 4)

Scholarships for Females

Computer Science Minor

Greater take up of jobs

Faster time to productivity

Start Jul 2014


IBM Education Technology focuses on outcomes: How do you improve teaching effectiveness and, thereby, student outcomes?

Business outcomes

• Student achievement scores improved

• Expanded evaluation and instructional tools for teachers and administrators

Transformational stages

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Single View of Student Information

Single View of Student Information

MaturityMaturity

Manage dataManage data

Analyze patternsAnalyze patterns

Optimize outcomesOptimize outcomes

Instructional InterventionInstructional Intervention

• Actionable recommendations and insights for teachers to help at-risk students

• More personalized learning environments for students

Education Performance Analysis

Education Performance Analysis

Personal Learning EnvironmentPersonal Learning Environment

Mobile LearningMobile Learning


We integrate information and apply advanced analytics to improve student achievement and teacher performance.

Student and Teacher

Data Systems

Student and Teacher

Data Systems

Education Performance Management

Education Performance Management

Decision Management

Decision Management

Intervention ManagementIntervention Management

Mobility and

Collaboration

Mobility and

Collaboration

Single view of the student across the system

Single view of the student across the system

Coordinating the learning services and professionals

Coordinating the learning services and professionals

Insights for teachers, parents, & administrators

Insights for teachers, parents, & administrators

Predictive analytics to identify at-risk students

Predictive analytics to identify at-risk students

Easy access to the learning a student needs

Easy access to the learning a student needs


Legislative Challenges

Access to skilled workforce

– Improve supply of workforce ready graduates through reauthorization of the Perkins Career and Technical Training (CTE) Program

-- Fund H1B Training Grants and STEM education Immigration Legislation.

– Support WIA Reform for incumbent workforce training

-- Fund High School Redesign Program ($300 million request)

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