Careers Summit May 31, 2019 NICOLA LEMMER Assistant Deputy Minister Education Programs Division
2 B.C. Education System Today K – 12 EDUCATION SECTOR WORKFORCE Public: 1,578 schools 60 districts 95,000 Employees 43 — average age of 569,000 students Educators Teachers, Principals, Education Assistants, other supports 60% of workforce Independent: 367 schools 401 Ministry employees are educators & 86,000 students administrators First Nations: 129 schools PROVINCIAL INVESTMENTS ~8,000 students Off-Shore: 45 schools $6.6 11,650 students $2.7 Billion seismic Billion annually upgrades and school (+$1 Billion increase in 2 years) 2,300 homeschooled children construction
3 Diversity in B.C. STUDENTS 6 Distinct ✓ 72,000 Indigenous Geographical Regions ✓ 73,000 special needs ✓ 75,000 English/French language learners Multicultural ✓ 6,300 c hildren and youth in care 139 Communities with only one school SCHOOL SIZES Urbanization DISTRICT SIZES Ranging from ~ 67% of BC's Ranging from 5 to 2,056 population lives in the 154 to 73,639 students Lo wer M ainland or students Greater Victoria Region
4 B.C. Student Education Outcomes: The Educated Citizen B.C. Students Achieve Exceptional Education Outcomes Intellectual Development International Assessments (PISA) • Completion (Graduation) Rates • Human and Social Development Engagement and Inclusion • Career Development Transition Rate to post-secondary • education
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8 Human and Social Development Student Learning Survey in British Columbia 2017/18 • 83% of students felt that they respect people who are different from them • 68% of students felt welcome at their school • 68% of students believed that at least three adults care about them at their school
9 Future Orientation • Students entering kindergarten this year will graduate in 2030 and retire around 2075. • They will need to be persistent in pursuing their education, embrace the use of technology and further develop essential skills targeted at meeting their potential. • Students will need to be prepared for graduation with practical expectations informed by employers and post-secondary institutions.
10 Demographics In B.C., we know fewer young people are entering the workforce and more older workers are exiting
11 Young People Starting Work vs. Job Openings Labour Market Outlook Projected Job Openings by Education Requirements 2018 Source: BC 2018 Labour Market Outlook
12 Labour Market Outlook 2018 Projected Job Openings by Industry
13 Labour Market Outlook 2018 Projected Job Openings by Occupation Group
Completion Rate (%) 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 Completion Rates (Grade 8 + 6 years) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 All Students 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Aboriginal 2017 2018 14
15 Transition to Post-Secondary TOTAL: 76.1%
16 Student Learning Survey Are you satisfied that school is… Student Learning Survey Grade 10 % preparing you for a job in the future ? Grade12 % % 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Many Times/Agree; or All of the Time/Strongly Agree
17 Student Learning Survey Are you satisfied that school is… Grade 10 % preparing you for post-secondary education? Grade12 % 70 % 60 50 40 30 20 10 Many Times/Agree; or All of the Time/Strongly Agree
18 Curriculum Modernization Modernization of whole system All grades and all subject areas • Shift to competency based • curriculum around ‘big ideas’ Know/Do/Understand Model • All provincial assessments •
19 New B.C. Graduation Program 1. B.C. is focused on student success with world leading outcomes. 2. Graduation matters. Students who graduate from high school experience better life outcomes and reduced dependency on government supports. 3. Modernizing our graduation program will enable all students to succeed. 4. B.C. government has accountability for ensuring confidence in our education system.
20 Graduation Requirements What’s not changing What is changing Better prepare students with High and measurable literacies and competencies the standards future requires ✓ Current 80 credits (20 courses) ✓ Updating curriculum in all subjects and to graduate: courses • 52 required credits (13 courses) ✓ Adding three mandatory assessments: • 28 elective credits (7 courses) Numeracy in Grade 10 and Literacy in Grades ✓ Reporting policy 10 and 12 • letter grades and percentages Better prepare students for transition to post-secondary and careers ✓ Adding two new required Career Education Courses (8 credits) ✓ Developing new Career s Strategy
21 Career Learning Career Courses Apprenticeship Training Career - Life Connections (CLC) includes Youth Work in Trades, • • 30 hours of work experience; Career - Youth Train in Trades Life Education (CLE); Capstone Post-Secondary Courses Explore Sampler Program for Credit Skills Exploration 10 – 12 includes Funded if they are part of the • • modules such as Electronics & school- aged student’s planned Robotics, Design & Drafting, programs of study leading to Metalwork graduation Explore Trades Sampler Work Experience Electives Better track WEX to understand WEX 12 A/B = 120 hours per • • student choice and LMI linkages course (4 credits each)
22 Careers Strategy Skills • Students acquire transferable Goal Vision skills for successful transition to post-secondary education and the workplace , and for Prepare all Each student throughout their careers students with is prepared Competencies Skills, to maximize Competencies their potential • Students can think creatively, communicate effectively , and are and Attitudes and attain personally and socially to attain their career competent their career objectives objectives Attitudes • Students demonstrate workplace habits through effective working relationships and teamwork 22
23 Careers Strategy What can government, schools, post-secondary institutions, employers , and others do, individually and collectively, to help prepare students with the skills, competencies, and attitudes they need to attain their career objectives?
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