OUR VISION - To Create alignment between business and education so - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

OUR VISION - To Create alignment between business and education so that our region’s children achieve their greatest potential and our communities can capitalize on a talented workforce. OUR MISSION - Engage business leaders in education efforts that promote workforce readiness in an increasingly competitive and globalized world. OUR CORE VALUES Student Focused – We are dedicated to measures that improve student achievement Accountability – Responsible for our commitments and responsive to our members and the media Innovation/Choice – Application of creative approaches to develop solutions with a proven ROI Transparency – Results should be available, concise and clear to all constituents ROI – Investments of time, talent and treasure must have measurable outcomes

A Post L Business / Secondary I K-12 Workforce G N Needs E Birth to age 5 D POLICY CREATION / REMOVAL

National Skilled Labor Shortage By 2020, it is estimated that there will be 123M high-wage, high-skilled jobs in the US; only 50M U.S. citizens will be trained to fill those jobs. National Security 75% of 17 to 24-year-olds are unable to join the military. - Criminality (1/10 with conviction) - Low Education (1/4 lack HS Diploma) - Obesity (27% too overweight)

Missouri  1,393,300 Under age 18 / 375,000 age 0-4 • Percent of fourth graders not proficient or grade level …… Reading: 31% …… Math: 40% • Percent of eighth graders not proficient or grade level …… Reading: 23% …… Math: 30% 13% of high school students don’t graduate on time with a diploma Annual expenditure per public school pupil is ~$10,500 Annual spending per prisoner per year: ~$17,500

A Workforce Productivity Issue Gaps in reliable, quality childcare services undercut the efficiency and output of the current workforce:  The average employee misses 8-9 days/year due to child-related absences costing employers $3 billion/year  Breakdowns in child care are associated with parent-employee absenteeism, tardiness, reduced concentration, higher employee turnover

A Workforce Development Issue The future workforce is being undercut by its inability to meet the skill demands of the modern job market  Employers report deficiencies among high school graduates in terms of the written, verbal, critical thinking and applied problem solving skills for entry level jobs  ~93 million adult Americans operate at - or below - the basic levels of functional literacy  The gap is growing: the U.S. economy will add fewer educated workers in the next 20 years, compared to the last 20 years

Advocacy Lessons Learned - Remove the barriers that keep education and business from playing well together! - Engage business leaders as the ambassadors for this message from an economic development lens. - Work WITH the education community to promote access to quality for ALL children. - Adequacy and Equity must be addressed for all children. - Choice/Accountability/Transparency drives quality.

Expands to Columbia, hires Missouri Wins include include full-day advocacy director. Wins include fully Kindergarten, CIF protection, funded Children’s Initiative Fund fewer restrictions on PAT (CIF) in KS; restoration and full Wins include CIF funding in KS; full-funding of K- funding of Early Childhood protection in KS; launch of 12, Pre-K funding triggered and Development, Education and Care RYH4K early childhood more funding for quality in MO. Fund (ECDEC) in MO. initiative in MO. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Wins include CAEDE funding, Wins include protecting the CIF Wins include CIF protection ACE officially forms, and CIF and KEY protection in in KS; funding for at-risk pre-K in KS; end on early childhood sponsors Early KS; Visiting Scholars, full- in state aid calculation and a quality rating system ban & Learning Symposium funding of PK-12 and sunset trigger for statewide ECE approval of Quality in KC. extension and funding for funding in MO. Assurance Report in MO. quality assurance report in MO.

Kate Ferrell Banks Aligned Board Chair / Owner, Ferrell Capital