Teach What Matters

Calibrate

A Major Problem

If curriculum doesn’t connectto the world of work,

Student loan debt now tops $1.4 trillion

neither will students.

7+ million jobs go unfilled each year in the U.S.

Educators

96%

Business Leaders

33%

Are graduates ready for the workplace?

out of9 10say ”Yes”

out of3 10agree

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Alignment Data Challenges

Resume Curriculum Job Postings

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Focus on experience Focus on knowledge Focus on ”skills”

“Skills” Need a Taxonomy

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298The word “skills” is used commonly to refer to knowledge areas, tools, technologies, and soft and hard skills, processes. The lack of a shared taxonomy for organizing skills-related data impedes downstream matching, analysis, and alignment work.

Limitations of traditional approaches

Limitations• Expensive• Time consuming • Difficult to organize• Hard to stay up to date• Where is this information stored?• Who manages it?

Methodologies• Job analysis (DACUM, Surveys…)• Industry Advisors• Industry certifications/standards• Job postings

Job Posting

Limitations:• Not a comprehensive list of required skills• Industry & company-specific jargon• Difficult to translate into curriculum

Strengths:• Estimating job demand• Finding employers who are hiring• Salary insights

Job Postings Are Ads

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Curriculum

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MoreEmployableGraduatesConnecting educators and employers through a shared skills language.

Calibrate’s Approach

Target JobsPay Well • Sufficient Demand

Opportunity to Advance Stability • Growth

01Validate Skills

Subject Matter ExpertsRepresentative • Sufficient Detail

Prioritized Needs

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Align CurriculumEnd in Mind• Right Sized

Knowledge • Skills • AbilitiesQuality Instruction

03Stay Updated

Continual feedbackon needs & program quality

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1. Target relevant occupations2. Validate skill requirements3. Align curriculum4. Staying up to date

Employability Steps

Clarify Skills with Job Profiles

1. Work Activities: hard skills2. Workplace Essentials: soft skills3. Knowledges: principles, facts, bodies of content4. Tools & Technologies: equipment, software,

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Customizable Profiles Consisting of:

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EmployerSkill

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Curriculum

Validated Job Profile

Validate Profiles with your employers

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Objective alignment decisions

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Reviewers are segmented

• Experts – People who actually do the job or directly supervise those who do.

• Contributors – Other industry representatives and subject matter experts.

• Educators – Faculty, researchers, and others with relevant subject matter knowledge

Close Skill Gaps

Calibrate generates a detailed-gap analysis to help align curriculum with employer validated needs

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• Skills represented in Job Profiles are also represented in Awards and Courses

• Calibrate identifies gaps in your curriculum by flagging skills that have been validated but are not included in your courses or awards

Business & Industry

• Clarify skill requirements• Communicate demand signals• Improve candidate quality

Award Alignment Report

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AdministratorsCurriculum• Identify marketable skills• Update existing courses• Develop new curriculum• Optimize employer engagement

Calibrate Report Uses:

• Compliance reporting• Quality assurance• Award management• Build regional pipelines

Continuous Alignment

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Job Profiles, Living Documents

• Real-time, any-time updates directly from industry partners and subject matter experts

• New skill suggestions from Calibrate based on user interactions with skills data

• Incorporate new skills into job profiles and conduct quick assessments with industry partners when needed

Knowledges

SkillsHard Skills

Soft Skills

Tools &Technologies

Built on a Shared Skills Language

The SkillsEngine Skills Library includes of 1,000’s of curated work activity statements linked to soft skills, knowledges, and tools/technologies. This data serves as a starting point to informprofile development and is updated through ongoing curation, machine-learning, and user interactions.

1. Work Activities: hard skills2. Workplace Essentials: soft skills3. Knowledges: principles, facts, bodies of content4. Tools & Technologies: equipment, software, tools…

Calibrate Skill Elements:

Work Activities

• Describes how major units of time are organized on the job• Observable and produces results susceptible to being measured• Breadth facilitates analysis of transferable skills and career progressions• Consistent syntax and jargon free so they are easily understandable

Detailed Work Activity Syntax:

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Workplace Essentials (soft skills)

Electrical Engineers:

• Adaptability• Appreciation of Diversity• Attention to Detail• Creativity• Conflict Management• Customer Service• Critical Thinking• Decision-making• Dedication• Information Gathering• Initiative

• Following Directions• Leadership• Intellectual Risk-taking• Integrity• Multi-tasking• Oral Communication• Organization• Numerical and Arithmetic

Application• Perseverance• Pride in Work

• Problem-solving• Teamwork• Professionalism• Stress Management• Resource Allocation• Technology and Tool Usage• Work Ethic• Thoughtful Reflection• Time Management• Written Communication

Specific behaviors and characteristics that demonstrate general strengths and describe the most important social and behavioral characteristics

Knowledge Domains

Electrical Engineers:

• Administration and Management• Biology• Building and Construction• Chemistry• Clerical• Communications and Media• Computers and Electronics• Customer and Personal Service• Design• Economics and Accounting• Education and Training

• Engineering and Technology• English Language• Fine Arts• Food Production• Foreign Language• Geography• History and Archeology• Law and Government• Mathematics• Mechanical• Medicine and Dentistry

• Personnel and Human Resources• Philosophy and Theology• Physics• Production and Processing• Psychology• Public Safety and Security• Sales and Marketing• Telecommunications• Therapy and Counseling• Transportation• Sociology and Anthropology

Principles, bodies of content and facts generally applied within academic domains

Coming Soon: Tools & Technologies

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Machines, equipment, tools, software, and information technology workers may use for optimal functioning in a high performance workplace.

Start with Calibrate Blueprints

More than 1,100 templates

• Expertly curated• Updated over time• New Blueprints in development

Create Your Own Job Profiles

Calibrate Blueprint Your Job Profile

• Customizable Job Profiles • Template Blueprints• Clarify necessary Hard Skills• Identify critical Soft Skills• Map core Knowledges• Collaborate with peers• Curriculum Gap Analysis

Summary

Calibrate 1.0 Target JobsPay Well • Sufficient Demand

Opportunity to Advance Stability • Growth

01Validate Skills

Subject Matter ExpertsRepresentative • Sufficient Detail

Prioritized Needs

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Align CurriculumBackwards Design • Right Sized

Knowledge • Skills • AbilitiesQuality Instruction

03Stay Updated

Continual feedbackon needs & program quality

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What’s next for Calibrate?

• Additional Job Profile Customizations• Industry Job Profile Validation• Custom Job Demand Surveys• Employer Quality Feedback

Things We Have Planned

We build tools to help educators identify & validate the skills employers want from the students they’re hiring — resulting inmore employable graduates.

Teach What Matters.

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SkillsEngine

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