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 1
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”. ONE in FOUR current Colorado 9 th graders will go on to earn a degree. Colorado ranks in the TOP 5 for the number of degree We are not graduating enough college holders per capita and technical school students to meet future needs. 1 Denver Business Journal, 2/27/14 Brainpower boost in Colorado comes from out- of-state workers 2
What is the demand for different degree types? Labor Market Demands Labor Market Demands 1960 2018 4 year degree 4 year degree 10% 20% 33% 2 year associate's 2 year degre or 60% 20% Associate's certificate degree or 57% No degree certificate No degree * Report issued by the Pathways to Prosperity Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2010. 3
Opportunities to increase CTE enrollment Technical Community College College 1% 11% Traditional 4- year university 88% 4
Challenges that students face Understanding Certificate and all college AAS stigma options Difficult enrollment process 5
CTE centered marketing 6
Career posters 7
Career and Technical Education exposure Career • Barbering • Nursing Cafe • Cosmetology • Interior Design Field trips • Automotive • Advanced manufacturing • Health Sciences Red Carpet • Emily Griffith Technical College • Pickens Technical College Days • Community College of Denver 8
Career Exposure events 9
CTE College visits 10
Accomplishments at Montbello 45 students participated in CTE college visits 2015-2016 academic year 41 students 142 applications to enrolled in CTE technical & community colleges programs 11
Accomplishments at John F. Kennedy High School 2016/2017 6 9 Career Exposure: 121 students have been exposed to CTE pathways at JFK 32 Applications: 73 students at JFK have applied to a certificate or associates program 26 Certificate Associate Degree Both certificate and AAS Apprenticeship 12
Program expansion CTE program 2016/2017 2017/2018 JFK JFK ALHS South East GW MLK TJ Manual 13
Leveraging Partnerships Community College of Denver • Red Rocks Community College • Community College of Aurora • Emily Griffith Technical College • Business and Industry partners • 14
Industry Partnership Model Colleges Business Partners Accredited certificate Career Exposure and associate degrees opportunities, Services outlined in MOU Targeted industries Internships, jobs, agreement Scholarship sponsor Scholarship match or donor • STEM fields • Healthcare Denver Scholarship Foundation Scholarship dollars • Skilled trades Diverse, talented, local workforce Promote opportunities to students and scholars 15
Student Stories 16
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