Grow Your Own: A Grow Your Own: A Workforce PipelineWorkforce PipelineCentral Virginia Community CollegeCentral Virginia Community College

Stan ShounStan Shoun434-832-7610 434-832-7610

shouns@cvcc.vccs.edushouns@cvcc.vccs.edu

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Planning and Re-engineering of the

Workforce Pipeline.The Crossover Point

Students favor the social sciences

Decreasing Workforce Growth will Increase Global Competition for

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Source: Deloitte Research/UN Population Division (http://esa.un.org/unpp/) It’s 2008: “Do You Know Where Your Talent Is?” Why Acquisition and Retention Strategies Don’t Work, p.6

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Option 1-Clone ThemOption 1-Clone Them

Source: Based in part on “Meeting the Challenges of Tomorrow's Workplace,” CEO Magazine, 2005

Four generations are being asked to coexist

Today’s Workforce… Today’s Workforce… A Melting Pot of GenerationsA Melting Pot of Generations

Traditionalist Boomer Generation X Generation Y

Born 1928-1945 Born 1946-1965 Born 1965-80 Born 1980-2000

ConformityStabilityUpward mobilitySecurityEconomic success

Personal and social expression

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wellnessYouth

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Street-smartsFriendshipCynicism

Hope about futureCollaborationSocial activismTolerance for

diversityFamily centricity

Option 2-Import ThemOption 2-Import Them

Old Way: Workers followed jobs

New Way: Jobs follow workers

US STEM Talent Pool Compared

Option 3- Grow Your OwnOption 3- Grow Your Own

Characteristics of “Grow Your Own”Characteristics of “Grow Your Own”

Must be system Must be system orientated orientated Engagement of all Engagement of all parties (4 circles of parties (4 circles of influence)influence) Education Education

SecondarySecondaryPost-secondaryPost-secondary

Research & Research & DevelopmentDevelopment

WIB/Government WIB/Government Business & industry Business & industry

Must be strategic, Must be strategic, universal and universal and completely integratedcompletely integratedRequires institutional Requires institutional paradigm shifts paradigm shifts Must include the Must include the “disenfranchised”“disenfranchised”

Unemployed/underemployedUnemployed/underemployedDisabled/handicappedDisabled/handicappedPrison populationPrison population

Focus on “how” not Focus on “how” not “what”“what”

“ “Grow your OwnGrow your Own”” Educational Continuum

Bachelors Degree

University of Virginia

Bachelors Degree

University of Virginia

Lego League Summer Camps -Youth -TeacherSTEM Reading Program

Lego League Summer Camps -Youth -TeacherSTEM Reading Program

Middle School

Middle School

Community College

Community College

4-year University

4-year University

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Dual Enrollment

Summer Internship

Technology Fair

Dual Enrollment

Summer Internship

Technology Fair

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R & D

Graduate Education

R & D

Graduate Education

I N D U S T R Y PARTICIPATION

AAS/AS Degrees Industry Curriculum Work-based LearningW.I.B/Youth WorksWorkKeys/ CRCApprentice

AAS/AS Degrees Industry Curriculum Work-based LearningW.I.B/Youth WorksWorkKeys/ CRCApprentice

“local talent for local companies”

Middle School ActivitiesMiddle School Activities•NSF Science modules•Summer Academies•Lego League•Professional development•STEM reading program

High School Activities High School Activities

•FIRST Robotics•CTE/Dual Enrollment•Internships/co-op •NEED Conference •Professional development•NSF Science modules•Work Keys Assessments •Career presentations/fairs/marketing

Post - secondary ActivitiesPost - secondary Activities AAS Degree

• Work based learning• Industry curriculum• Competency based

Engineering Program• AS Degree• Company Sponsorship

College for Living (plus) Youth Works/W.I.B. Early College CAER Computational fluid dynamics Cognitive radio technology Non –destructive measuring Welding process improvement

Results Results (3 Years) (3 Years)

1,456 high school students have received dual enrollment credit in at least one course in the nuclear support technologies curriculum 1,185 middle and high school students have participated in STEM modules related to the nuclear energy industryOverall increase of dual enrollment of 40.4% (headcount)Over 350 middle and high school students participated in summer career camps and internshipsSponsor 26 Lego robotics middle school teams and host a new district tournament. Also sponsored a regional FIRST robotics team. Enrolled 41 students (two schools districts) in Early College:Transfer. Anticipate that 24 will complete their associates degree AY 08/09 (senior year). 525 high school students have had their technical skills assessed and compared directly to those required by the nuclear power industryIn AY07/08 approximately 40 high school students ( three school districts ) will participate in a nuclear technologies programsOver 200 students have applied to the engineering pipeline with 29 of those been from the technician training program. Seventy two of the students have company “sponsorship”Received the National Careers Pathways Network’s Hull-Parnell Partnership Award (2007) Support from 3 DoL grants and 2 NSF grants

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