1. PATHWAYS TENNESSEE 2016 STATE SUMMIT
Goal: to make clear the background, purpose, goals, and strategies of Pathways TN in clear and consistent language for all audiences.
September 23, 2016 Millennium Maxwell House Hotel

2. Today’s Agenda
8:25 – 9:00 | Overview 9:00 – 11:15 | Vertical Alignment Presentation & Team Time 11:15 – 11:45 | LWFD Presentation 11:45 – 12:30| Lunch 12:30 – 1:00 | ECD Presentation 1:30 – 1:45 | Tennessee Summer Research 2:00 – 3:15 | Team Time
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3. Objectives
No matter your current starting line for Pathways Tennessee, the goals are to:
Better understand the many components within a grades 7-14/16 career pathway
Build awareness of inter-agency resources that can support your regional pathways initiative
Establish clear next steps towards long-term regional pathways strategies necessary for success
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4. Pathways Tennessee Overview
Goal: to make clear the background, purpose, goals, and strategies of Pathways TN in clear and consistent language for all audiences.
September 23, 2016 Millennium Maxwell House Hotel

5. Overview Agenda Pathways TN History Pathways Framework
Highlights of Summer Research
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6. A Brief History of Pathways TN
Tennessee was one of the first states to join the Pathways to Prosperity Network in 2012
We began with two regional areas: The Upper Cumberland and the Southeast
The goal is to have formalized teams across the entire state by the end of 2017
Completed asset mapping of each region of Tennessee as of June 2016
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7. Pathways to Prosperity
12 State Network
Arizona
California
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
Wisconsin
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8. The Issues
Too many remaining high school dropouts. College completion rates falling behind internationally.
Millions of young adults now arriving in mid-20s without a postsecondary degree and/or a route to a viable job.
Most young people from all backgrounds have only the vaguest of notions about how to choose a career or the skills and knowledge required to succeed in them.
Large disconnect between the skills Tennesseans have and what is required at work, resulting in many good jobs left begging for talent.
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9. The Challenge
Success in the new economy requires more than a high school diploma, it demands a postsecondary credential and relevant workplace skills.
The most common pathway to a career—a high school diploma and a four-year college degree—is not effective for all.
If we fail to expand the ways we prepare youth for postsecondary education and the workforce, their quality of life will suffer, our society will lose out on their potential contributions, and the costs to our economy will be severe.
The Pathways to Prosperity Report in a nutshell outlines a couple of the following issues and a couple recommendations for change::
Too many young people are unemployed or underemployed while there are good jobs in high‐growth fields that continue to go unfilled.
Further, most students, including the college bound, need help matching their own career goals to potential careers and skills needed by the labor market
To help all our young people thrive in the continually changing economy, we need to:
better connect our K‐12 and higher education systems to the labor market
infuse hands-on learning, career preparation and planning, and early career opportunities into the education program
Align education opportunities with workforce and labor market demands
Increase career advising and transition supports at all levels
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10. The Vehicle for Change: Pathways Tennessee
Mission
To provide Tennessee students in grades 7-14/16 access to rigorous academic/career pathways, which are interlinked with local, regional, and state economic/labor market needs and trends in order to develop and promote a workforce that is educated and skilled in their chosen fields.
Education and employment are inextricably linked--businesses and education providers must work together to ensure that our workforce is adequately prepared for employment in high-demand fields. Partnerships are also important in ensuring that training efforts are not duplicated across sectors and align across distinct districts/counties in the region.
Image Credit: Corporate Voices for Working Families
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11. Success Is: highly educated, highly employable Tennesseans with abundant career opportunities.
Focus on High-demand skills and jobs
Asset Map supply and demand of training and educational offerings in regions
Increase awareness and availability of programs and wrap-around services
Include career relevant experiences to build soft skills in programs
Review and update program offerings to meet workforce development needs
Initiative Outcomes
Increase postsecondary credential attainment in sectors with high growth/high need
Accelerate employment earning livable wages
Decrease skills gap
Regionally Driven
Honest and frank discussion – “We have been doing this” “we tried this before” “we don’t have money to do this” Data does not agree.
Both business leaders and educators have the same ultimate goal—to create a workforce of educated, employable workers with economically relevant skills.
Now it is time for their efforts to align to meet that goal and Pathways TN can help them get there. The first step is creating a climate that supports this partnership- long term.
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12. Pathways Tennessee Workforce Investment Board Postsecondary Partners
Economic Development Groups
Pathways Tennessee
Workforce Investment Board
State & Local Government
K-12 School Systems
Industry Partners
Postsecondary Partners
IT BEGINS WITH PARTNERSHIPS
Change is not going to happen without everyone at the table and sharing a common vision: To provide relevant, seamless, and hands-on education for all citizens to gain the knowledge and skills for employment in a high demand, high skill field.
Discuss the issues
Identify commonalities between stakeholders
Create a unified regional plan
Implement
Review, make changes, repeat
Pathways TN is about changing culture and aligning priorities

13. Pathways TN Counties
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14. Regional Focus Areas Across TN
Upper Cumberland: AM/HS
Southeast: AM/IT
Southwest: AM/IT
Northwest: AM/HS
Rutherford: AM/IT/HS
Northeast AM/HS (not final)
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15. What is a Pathway?
7-14/16 (begins in middle school and spans across high school through postsecondary)
Includes work-based learning, early college credit, career guidance, and industry-valued credentials
Representative of high growth sectors with jobs that pay at least 90% of the regions median wage
Vertical alignment team time focused on building a regional career pathway
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16. Pathways Tennessee Framework
6. Qualified workforce has regional/state relevance
1. Active industry involvement in student learning, starting in early grades
2. Strong integration of student supports, interventions, and counseling
4. Transition seamlessly from secondary to postsecondary
Middle School
Career Exploration
High School
Selected Program of Study
Community College (A.A./A.S)
University or College (B.A/B.S.)
Technology College (Industry Certification)
Career
Opportunities
3. “Bank” postsecondary credits and/or industry certifications in high school
5. Have multiple entry and exit points for grades 13-16
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17. What We Are Pathways Tennessee is not a funding source.
Serves as an umbrella for education and workforce initiatives to connect Tennessee across a common framework.
Allows local creativity and a way to structure services for a common vision.
Today, our state partners from ECD and LWFD will share some possible services/resources from their departments and local offices.
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18. Rutherford Pathway Example
6. Qualified workforce has regional/state relevance
1. Active industry involvement in student learning, starting in early grades
2. Strong integration of student supports, interventions, and counseling
4. Transition seamlessly from secondary to postsecondary
Middle School
Focused career fairs and in class speakers
Oakland High School
Mechatronics POS
5922-Principles of Manufacturing
5925-Digital Electronics
4063-Mechatronics I (dual enrollment)
4063-Mechatronics II (dual enrollment)
SIEMENS LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION
Industrial Technologist ($61,000)
Motlow State
AAS, Mechatronics Technology
MTSU
BS, Mechatronics Engineering
Mechatronics Engineer ($85,000)
3. “Bank” postsecondary credits and/or industry certifications in high school
5. Have multiple entry and exit points for grades 13-16
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19. Increase postsecondary credential attainment in sectors with high growth/high need
Highly educated, highly employable Tennesseans with abundant career opportunities.
Decrease in skills gap
What is out goal? Highly educated, highly employable Tennesseans with abundant career opportunities.
What are our anticipated outcomes?
Increase in postsecondary credential attainment in sectors with high growth/high need
Decrease in skills gap
Accelerated employment with livable wages
Accelerate employment with livable wages
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20. Nick Hansen | Director Nick. Hansen@tn
Nick Hansen | Director Ellen Bohle | Program Manager