My Strategic Compass, Strategic Compass, & WIN Reports

1. My Strategic Compass, Strategic Compass, & WIN Reports Dr. Kathy D’Antoni May, 2012

2. Individual Career & College Readiness Report for 8th Grade Student OR CTE entry student preparing for ACT Work Keys/WIN training • Individual Career Readiness Report for Adult Workforce Displaced Worker transitioning to new career • Labor Market Analysis for Form 4 to add a new program (TREVOR?) Examples of Reports

3. Joe Student attends John Adams Middle School. His innovative Math teacher is using My Strategic Compass to integrate career exploration with interpreting graphs and data. Joe takes the Skills and Work Importance assessments and enters his ACT Plan Interest and Work Keys scores in My Strategic Compass. Electrician is identified as his highest match. He clicks on the “Individual Career & College Readiness Plan” to create a customized report to analyze his skills with the Electrician skills. 8th Grade Student in Kanawha County

4. Joe clicks on the “individual Career & College Readiness Plan” and enters: Name Location School ACT Work Keys levels from WIN or actual assessment scores Selects a target occupation Clicks “Submit” This 25+ page report is generated and can be saved. To analyze another occupation, he would do these same steps. WV My Strategic Compass

6. Joe’s Customized Individual Career & College Readiness Report • My Current Skills graphs his interest, knowledge, work importance and ACT Work Key results compared to those needed by Electricians and provides a list of occupations matching his assessments in ranking order. • My Target Occupation describes the Electrician occupation in detail. • My Career Pathway identifies the education/training pathway for the Architecture and Construction pathway. • My Education Options details the education and institutions in Kanawha County that provide electrician training.

7. Jane Doe is a 2004 CTE graduate in the Welding program. She has been working as a welder traveling in five states. The company downsized and she lost her job. She visits the Cabell County CTC ABE program for guidance on transitioning to a new career. After completing the Individual Career & College Readiness Plan in My Strategic Compass, she matches with the health cluster and decides to explore the Licensed Practical Nursing occupation. Adult Workforce Displaced Worker

9. Jane answers these 5 questions

10. Jane’s Customized Career Readiness Report • Occupational Profile shows low # of openings in her current job in the 75 mile labor market shed for Cabell County • Capabilities Profile shows Knowledge, Skills, and ACT Work Key CRC levels for her current job – Welding • Current Career Compatability shows other Welding related occupations to consider • Alternative Career Compatability shows other Manufacturing cluster occupations to consider by education levels • Career Transition Plan graphs comparison of welder and LPN ability, knowledge, skills, ACT Work Keys CRC • Education & Training identifies schools in 75 mile labor market shed for Cabell County

11. The bottom of page 12 explains the Ability differences between Welders and LPN’s: • Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses have many more Ability requirements than Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Oral Comprehension, Problem Sensitivity, Written Comprehension, Inductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, Written Expression have a large gap that • may need to be improved before you can successfully transition. • The bottom of page 13 explains the KNOWLEDGE, page 14 SKILLS, and page 15 ACT Work Keys CRC differences between Welders and LPN’s

12. Mr. Progressive, CTE Administrator, wants to analyze the overall labor market for West Virginia to determine what CTE concentrations should be offered. CTE Administrator Labor Market Analysis

13. Thank you!