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Investing in Denver’s Workforce & Economic Future

Presentation Highlights

• Denver Scholarship Foundation introduction
• The demand for Career and Technical Education
• Strategy and results
• Leveraging partnerships
• Edward Hernandez, GCC
• Student stories
• Q&A

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Colorado ranks in the

TOP 5

for the number of degree holders per capita

ONE in FOUR current Colorado 9th graders will go

• n to earn a degree.

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1Denver Business Journal, 2/27/14 Brainpower boost in Colorado comes from out-

• f-state workers

We are not graduating enough college and technical school students to meet future needs.

The Colorado Paradox

The Colorado Paradox: lots of well-educated Coloradans; few of them born in

• Colorado. Local education policy leaders call it the "Colorado Paradox”.

What is the demand for different degree types?

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33% 57% 10%

Labor Market Demands 2018

4 year degree 2 year associate's degre or certificate No degree

20% 20% 60%

Labor Market Demands 1960

4 year degree 2 year Associate's degree or certificate No degree

*Report issued by the Pathways to Prosperity Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2010.

Opportunities to increase CTE enrollment

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Technical College 1% Community College 11% Traditional 4- year university 88%

Challenges that students face

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Understanding all college

• ptions

Certificate and AAS stigma Difficult enrollment process

CTE centered marketing

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Career posters

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Career and Technical Education exposure

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• Barbering
• Nursing
• Cosmetology

Career Cafe

• Interior Design
• Automotive
• Advanced manufacturing
• Health Sciences

Field trips

• Emily Griffith Technical College
• Pickens Technical College
• Community College of Denver

Red Carpet Days

Career Exposure events

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CTE College visits

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Accomplishments at Montbello

2015-2016 academic year 45 students participated in CTE college visits 41 students enrolled in CTE programs

142 applications to technical & community colleges

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Accomplishments at John F. Kennedy High School 2016/2017

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Career Exposure: 121 students have been exposed to CTE pathways at JFK Applications: 73 students at JFK have applied to a certificate or associates program

32 26 9 6 Certificate Associate Degree Both certificate and AAS Apprenticeship

Program expansion

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CTE program

2016/2017

JFK

2017/2018

JFK ALHS South East GW MLK TJ Manual

Leveraging Partnerships

• Community College of Denver
• Red Rocks Community College
• Community College of Aurora
• Emily Griffith Technical College
• Business and Industry partners

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Industry Partnership Model

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Targeted industries

• STEM fields
• Healthcare
• Skilled trades

Business Partners

Career Exposure

• pportunities,

Internships, jobs, Scholarship sponsor

• r donor

Denver Scholarship Foundation

Scholarship dollars Diverse, talented, local workforce Promote opportunities to students and scholars

Colleges

Accredited certificate and associate degrees Services outlined in MOU agreement Scholarship match

Student Stories

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