Employing Sector Strategies to Advance Regional Pathways in Arizona

CathleenBartonAaronBall

CFA Overview

CFA’s Mission Help Arizona define and shape its future through an action-oriented agenda that focuses on issues critical to the state.

• “TheArizonaWeWant”• Gallup• SpeakOutArizona• EducationProgressMeter• Achieve60AZ

• “TheEducationWeNeed”• MoveOnWhenReady• BeattheOdds• WalmartFoundationRetailInitiative• ArizonaPathwaystoProsperity

CFA Overview

CFA’s Areas of Work

Pathways Foundational Work

• Governor’sHighSchoolGraduationRateTaskForce• RigorandRelevance• Equitableaccesstoqualityeducation

• SchoolChoice• Charter• PrivateSchoolTaxCredits• OpenEnrollment

• RegionalJointTechnicalEducationDistricts• ALLstudents9-12th grade• AdditionalfundingforCTEattheschoollevel

Structures Supporting Pathways

• Aerospace/Defense• InformationTechnologies• Healthcare• Bioscience

Arizona’s Sector Focus

Statewide Industries

• Providessomeconsistencyinaconstantlychangingenvironment

• EliminatessomeoftheconfusionfromLMIorCensusdata

• CreatepathwaysthatALLpeoplecanaccessnotjusthighschoolstudents

• Implementa“meta-major”approachtoidentifyandembedcoreindustryfoundationalskills

Arizona’s Sector Focus

Why a Sector Approach?

APTP Overview

• TwoRegions• Phoenix- 4million,58SchoolDistricts,369Charters• Tucson- 1million,18SchoolDistricts,94Charters

• FourInitialSectors• Energy• InformationTechnologies• AdvancedManufacturing• Health/Bioscience

• Funding• Governor’sOffice- $300,000• JPMorgan- $100,000• ArizonaCommunityFoundation- $25,000

• Staffing• 1Full-time• 1Part-timeconsultant• SharedAdministrativeAssistance

Characteristics of APTP

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FutureRegionalAdvisories

TucsonWorkingGroup

StateWorkingGroup

PhoenixWorkingGroup

AMPUWTSA

AZCLNVSUW

PathwaysPartnersSALC MCESA

APTP Governance StructureAPTP Overview

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APTP Partners• SectorLeaders

• SouthernArizonaManufacturingPartnership*• ArizonaNursesAssociation• ArizonaManufacturingPartnership• ArizonaEnergyConsortium• ArizonaTechnologyCouncil*• GreaterPhoenixChamberofCommerce*

• BusinessOrganizations• GreaterPhoenixEconomicCouncil*• SouthernArizonaLeadershipCouncil• ArizonaChamberofCommerceandIndustry*• ArizonaTechnologyCouncil*• GreaterPhoenixChamberofCommerce*• SunCorridorInc

• Government• ArizonaDepartmentofEducation*• Governor’sOffice*• DepartmentofEconomicSecurity*• PimaCountyWorkforceDevelopment*• MaricopaCountyWorkforceDevelopment*• MaricopaEducationServiceAgency

APTP Partners

• CommunityBasedOrganizations• ChicanosPor LaCausa• UnitedWay(Tucson*andPhoenix)• ArizonaServe (Americorp)*• ScienceFoundationArizona*• InnovateEducate*• Markle Foundation

• Education• PimaCommunityCollege*• MaricopaCommunityCollegeDistrict*• UniversityofArizona*• ArizonaStateUniversity*• 11InitialK12Agencies*

APTP Partners

ArizonaTechnologyCouncil• 800technologycompanies• ConvenedITWorkforceNeedsSummits• FutureEffortswithAPTP

• Employer ConveningEvents• “After5Mixer”• LunchandLearn• Roundtable

APTP Partners

SouthernArizonaManufacturingPartners

• ConvenedbytheCountyOneStop• 30ManufacturingCompanies• 2highschools• 1communitycollege• 11th- 14th PathwaytoMachinist

APTP Partners

GreaterPhoenixChamberofCommerce• UtilizingUSChamber“TalentPipelineManagement”• IndustryCouncils

• InformationTechnologies• Construction• AdvancedBusinessServices• Healthcare

• Identifyingthecareersandassociatedskills/credentials• FutureEffortswithAPTP

• ConveneemployerstosupportWBLandCareerLiteracy• ConnectAPTPtootherlocalChamber’sofCommerce

APTP Partners

GreaterPhoenixEconomicCouncil• EndtoEndOnlineCareerAwarenessandEducationTrainingPlatform

• ContentforStudentsandJobSeekers• ResourceforEducators• ResourceforEmployers

ChicanosPor LaCausa• 2yearGrantfromNICE• PlanningforLinkingandLeveragingCyberSecurityInitiativesacrossthestate

• MechanismforplanningITpathwaysexpansionintoadditionalregions

Phases of Work

Planning • Business and industry identify

careers and associated skills/credentials

• Sector lead organizations

Development• Community College Course Mapping • High School Program of Study• WBL Continuum

Implementation•Dual Enrollment•WBL•Career Literacy/Guidance•Work Ready Competencies•Stackable Credentials

PathwaystoProsperityNetworkSupport

Guiding Principles

GuidingPrinciples•APTPdoesnotseekoutindividualemployers(forthemostpart)

• Identifythosethatareconveningemployers

• Focusonbuildingmomentumforalignmentofinitiatives

•Minimizeredundancyandmaximizeemployerengagement

Looking Ahead

NextSteps• CurriculumReviewsandCourseMapping• Fall2017Pilots• Planningforworkinadditionalregions

Challenges and Considerations

Questions• Howdoweclarifyrolesandresponsibilitiesoforganizationsandtheassociatedlevelsofcommitment?

• Howdowecatalogthevariousorganizationsandinitiatives?

• Howdowecommunicatethealignmentofinitiatives?• Whatcommunicationstructuresbetweenorganizationsareneeded?

• Wouldwebenefitfromanotherroundofdeeperassetmapping?