Tech Prep FoundationTech Prep Foundation

Student Support Student Support ActivitiesActivitiesModule 10:Module 10:

Preparatory Services/Career Preparatory Services/Career Guidance/Special Guidance/Special

PopulationsPopulations

Elementary YearsElementary Years

A good career development system at the elementary level should:

• Build basic skills• Increase career awareness• Help students see themselves as

part of the future job force.

Middle GradesMiddle Grades

For the middle grades:• Help students to see connections

between education and future jobs• Build fundamental skill and workplace

skills• Assess personal aptitudes, abilities and

interests• Integrate career awareness into

classroom and other learning activities

Middle School ActivitiesMiddle School Activities

• Guest speakers• Courses• Career fairs• Job shadowing• Career simulation• Career portfolios• Career interest

inventories

• Career software • Videos• Research projects• Interdisciplinary

units• Field trips• Mentorships• Incorporate into

core classes

High School & BeyondHigh School & Beyond

• Strategies to Promote Adolescent Career Maturity/DirectionGetting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future, Ken Gray The choice of a tentative career direction

is made by 10th Grade. In 11th & 12th Grades, students participate

in activities to verify/reject these choices All students graduate with postsecondary

plans with a probability of success

“Postsecondary success hinges on two factors: academic skills and commitment that comes from career direction.”

Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future; Kenneth Gray, Penn State University

Counselor’s Role in Tech Counselor’s Role in Tech PrepPrep

• K-5: Promoting self- and career Awareness

• Grades 6-8: Encouraging career exploration

• Grades 9-12: Assisting students in career exploration/preparation

Counselor’s Role in Tech Counselor’s Role in Tech Prep (cont.)Prep (cont.)

• As a Leader: Dissemination & Explanation of

Information Administration

• As a Facilitator• Advising Parents• Contributing to Tech Prep Curricula• Participating in Tech Prep Partnerships

Goal 1: Goal 1: Promoting a Tentative Promoting a Tentative Career Direction while in 10Career Direction while in 10thth gradegrade

• Individual Career Plans• Career Pathways/Career Majors• Career Academies

Goal 2: Goal 2: Verifying Tentative Verifying Tentative Career DirectionsCareer Directions

• Part-time work, summer work experiences

• Community based internships; co-op• Volunteerism• School-based enterprises• Job Shadowing• Internships• Tech Prep Youth Apprenticeships

Goal 3: Goal 3: Developing a Developing a Postsecondary PlanPostsecondary Plan

• Counselor System• Faculty Advisor System• Career Mentor• Career Portfolio

Career Development & Career Development & (progressive) WBL(progressive) WBL

• Elementary & Middle Schools• Exploration Activity (career fair,

etc)• Job Shadowing• Internships (co-op, extended

campus, etc)• Tech Prep Youth Apprenticeships

Connections to the Labor Connections to the Labor MarketMarket

• Offer occupational labor market info local state national

• Careers specific jobs advantages/disadvantages potential growth

Supply & DemandSupply & Demand“Projections of Ed Stats to 2007” “Projections of Ed Stats to 2007”

43%734,3001,268,000Bachelors

90%43,000450,000Masters

3%46,00047,900Doctorate

27%58,20079,300*First-professional

% Underemployed

DemandSupply Degree

Labor Market InformationLabor Market Information

• Look at both the occupational outlook AND the number of individuals credentialed

• Labor market advantage- very specific skill set• Technical skills will be in high demand• Oversupply of university graduates will continue• Highest paying = managerial/professional;

competition will be fierce; • 2nd & 3rd highest paying = craft/precision and

mfg/specialized repair; demand exceeds supply

Special PopulationsSpecial Populations

• …”Individuals with disabilities, economically disadvantaged (including foster children), individuals preparing for non-traditional employment, single parents (including single pregnant women), displaced homemakers and those with other barriers to educational achievement, including limited English proficiency…Perkins III

Tech Prep Equity Activities for Tech Prep Equity Activities for Required ElementsRequired Elements

Equity issues should be considered for each of the elements required under Perkins III.

SEE NOTES

Illinois Non-Traditional Illinois Non-Traditional ProgramsPrograms

• List is available of programs offered at Illinois secondary & postsecondary institutions at www.coe.ilstu.edu/icps/ntprog1.asp

• Jobs where women are 25% or less of total workforce = non-traditional for women

• Jobs where women are at or above 75% = non-traditional for men

Americans with Disabilities Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA)ACT (ADA)

• Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability

• Covers work based learning programs

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission administers this act

Special Education CategoriesSpecial Education Categories

• Autism• Deaf/Blindness• Emotional

Disturbance• Hearing

Impairments• Mental Retardation• Multiple Disabilities• Orthopedic

Impairment

• Other Health Impairment

• Specific Learning Disorder

• Speech or Language Impairment

• Traumatic Brain Injury

• Visual Impairment

Equity Activities for Career & Equity Activities for Career & Technical EducationTechnical Education

Schools can undertake specific activities to help students gain equal access to achievement in Career and Technical Education

SEE NOTES

Blocks to equityBlocks to equity

• Ethnocentrism• Discrimination• Stereotyping• Cultural blindness• Cultural imposition