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Bridge to Work: Ensuring Students Have Digital Skills to Navigate Any Career

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, 120BC

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Presenters

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Senior Program Manager SkillRise
ASCD + ISTE
Caroline McKinnon has worked for over 20 years with refugees, immigrants and survivors of torture and trafficking. She built and implemented programs to provide equitable, free education and work skills services for low income workers in the US, Africa, Europe, South America and the Middle East. She is the Senior Program Manager, Adult Education and SkillRise at ISTE, and a passionate advocate for equity and belonging in curriculums, workplaces and digital training.
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Director of Research
Brandon Olszewski (Ph.D.), ISTE’s Director of Research, is passionate about making research practical. He leads many of the organization’s evaluation and research efforts, as well as projects that focus on educational technology, product usability and design, the learning sciences, and adult learning. With over 15 years’ experience in program evaluation and research, Brandon has managed the implementation and evaluation of innovative projects funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, state departments of education, and private foundations. He has published on topics including educational technology, sociology, special education, workforce development, and social science methodology and psychometrics.

Session description

Educators need to ensure that high school students are equipped to compete for entry-level jobs in the modern economy, regardless of whether they choose to continue their education after high school. Join this session to learn about Skillrise's Bridge to Work pathway that addresses a critical need in the workforce development ecosystem by providing high school students with the digital skills necessary to succeed in tomorrow's job market.

Purpose & objective

Objectives: At the end of the session participants will be familiar with the Profile of a Lifelong Learner and how it can be used to complement CTE programs for students 16+. They will be able to define the importance of digital skills within career navigation and identify which discreet skills are important for the future workforce.

This session will present tangible takeaways that will help educators revisit their own CTE programming with the lens of digital pathways for all.

This addresses the need for digital skills across CTE programs and career navigation, and provides a framework for educators to incorporate the skills of today for the work of tomorrow.

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Outline

Starting with an Equity walk/activity to understand pathways, privilege and inequality in traditional forms: this will be an audience participation activity of about 10 minutes, plus a few key takeaway thoughts.
Review of statistics and EU models of student workforce training - presentation, 10 minutes.
Jamboard - advantages and disadvantages of training.. Plus by products such as accessibility, equity. - brainstorming peer-to-peer activity.
Presentation of SkillRise work and how it can complement existing programs or guide how they are framed. 20 minutes.
Q&A ten minutes

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Supporting research

www.skillrise.org

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Session specifications

Topic:
Innovative learning environments
Grade level:
9-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teacher education/higher ed faculty
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
google.com/jamboard
Subject area:
Career and technical education, ELL
ISTE Standards:
For Coaches:
Change Agent
  • Facilitate equitable use of digital learning tools and content that meet the needs of each learner.
  • Cultivate a supportive coaching culture that encourages educators and leaders to achieve a shared vision and individual goals.