Working Together for Vermonts Educational and Economic Future - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Working Together for Vermont’s Educational and Economic Future Raising Aspirations: A Vermont Perspective

Game Plan • The Road to 70x2025vt • The Economic and Civic Imperatives • Who We Are and What We Do • Small Group Exercise  Learning from each other • What’s Working? • Join the partnership! t

The Road to 70x2025 70 % by Increase the economic and civic 2025 vitality of Vermont through education attainment. By 2025, 70 percent of working age Vermonters will have a postsecondary degree or credential of value. t

Why 70x2025? t

The Economic Imperative 55% 66% 70% 47% Percentage of Vermont Percentage of Georgetown CEW Vermont’s Educational CEOs who predict it will Projection for percentage Vermont CEOs who Attainment Goal of jobs by 2020 that will be more difficult in 5 find if difficult to fill require postsecondary years to meet hiring current job openings education / training needs t

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A Divided Recovery t

The Civic Imperative 43% 37% 30% 16% Full-time working Single mothers living in First generation males First generation Vermonters not making poverty attained a degree within females attained a enough to cover basic four years degree within four expenses years t

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Where are we today? 70% 1-5% 50% 47% Estimated percentage of Current percentage of Estimated percentage of Vermonters who have Vermonters who Vermonters who have The number we are earned a non-degree possess a college earned a degree or non- working toward credential (apprenticeship, degree degree credential certificate, industry recognized credential) t

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Enter 70x2025vt t

A Collective Impact t

Our Approach • Connect & facilitate collaboration among the existing and future efforts of the five main sectors: employers, postsecondary education/training, PK-12, civic/philanthropic orgs & policymakers. A partnership between • Identify & fill the gaps where current leaders in education, efforts need a boost. business, nonprofits, • Change the conversation by making the philanthropy and case for postsecondary education/training. government. Erase stigmas. t

Objectives Align state policy with 70x2025 goal 70x2025vt: Change the Identify and narrative: eliminate barriers Increasing the recognizing to postsecondary Economic and Civic postsecondary access and success Vitality of Vermont education/training for youth and Through Educational as a shared value adults Attainment Strengthen pathways between education and employment t

Focus Areas Communications and Outreach Adults Data & Analysis Continuers (youth) Employer/Ed Pathways Credentials of Value Policy t

The Team Council of private and nonprofit sector executives and state leaders representing employers, pre-K-12, higher education, civic groups, and policymakers. Members will set direction, provide resources, and act as a public advocate on behalf of 70x2025vt. Working Groups of our best thinkers and doers from the above sectors. Working Groups will be charged with seeing through a project/initiative from start to finish. Influencers who are key movers and shakers we tap to build additional bandwidth and grassroots support. Partner organizations are charged with finding opportunities to promote the 70x2025vt’s goals within and outside their organizations and local communities. Funders include the Lumina Foundation, the McClure Foundations, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, and VSAC t

70x2025vt Council Members Bob Allen President, Green Mountain College Corporation Becca Balint Vice Chair, Senate Education Mary Moran Superintendent, Rutland City Committee Public Schools Liz Bankowski President and CEO, Windham Laurie Patton President, Middlebury College Foundation Aly Richards Chief Executive Officer, Permanent Liz Gamache Former Mayor, City of St. Albans Fund Scott Giles President and CEO, VSAC Michael Schirling Secretary, ACCD Heather Bouchey Acting Secretary, Agency of David Sharpe Chair, House Education Committee Education Dan Smith President and CEO, Vermont Eileen Illuzzi Director, North Country Community Foundation Career Center Bill Stritzler Owner and Managing Director, Joyce Judy President of CCV Smugglers' Notch Resort Pixie Loomis Executive Director, Vermont Adult Scott Thomas Dean of College of Education & Learning Social Services, UVM Kate McGowan Interim Director, Marlboro College Lisa Ventriss President, Vermont Center for New Leadership Business Roundtable Mary Alice McKenzie Former Executive Director, Al Wakefield Chief Executive Officer, Wakefield Burlington Boys & Girls Club Global Rob Miller Chief Executive Officer, VSECU Paul Millman President, Chroma Technology t

Brainstorm Time t

Group Exercise Brainstorm current initiatives related to the 70x2025 goal t

Group Exercise What’s missing from this list? What should we be doing more of? (be creative!) t

Group Exercise What could you do tomorrow? What could 70x2025vt do to support you? t

Sign-up to join the team! Roxanne Vought Tom Cheney 802-542-2234 802-542-2217 vought@vsac.org cheney@vsac.org