AEEC deliverables framework
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AEEC Statement
The Arizona Education Economic Commission (AEEC) fervently supports and champions an industry-led, market-driven approach. The diagram provided illustrates how education, tailored to the needs of various industries, can forge valuable and comprehensible professional career pathways for young Arizonans. This approach not only meets the critical needs of key industries but also cultivates motivated and employable graduates from technical education programs, who are well-prepared to embark on their professional careers or pursue further education
Deliverables
- Create a Portfolio of in-demand jobs
- Obtain information on current shortages of the workforce
- Established a common language of understanding among job offerings, occupations, career pathways, and CTE Programs
- Obtain a list of businesses, including those that are contracting with government institutions located in each CTED district.
Deliverables
- Review CTE Program Standards by the Representatives of Businesses / Industry Groups (focus on those addressing in-demand jobs
- Identify needs regarding technical laboratories and specialized equipment to ensure enough resources
- Assess the adequacy of available certificates and credentials within CTE Programs (focus on in-demand jobs)
- Ensure that the CTE programs curriculum always addresses the needs of the market regarding in-demand jobs.
Deliverables
- Available information on how many students cannot register for the CTE Programs and which specific programs are affected due to capacity limitations.
- Address limitations in learning space.
- Address the shortage of CTE instructors.
- Address issues with transportation.
- Address issues with limitations of interest in a broad range of CTE Programs in rural districts where access to various industries is limited.
- Develop interventions that will increase interest among Middle School and High School students in CTE Programs that provide education within in-demand jobs and industries.
- Organize an Awareness Campaign to change the narration of technical education and inform about possible professional career pathways.
- Develop informative campaigns for in-demand industries and jobs that will include knowledge-sharing components about specific jobs and associated professional career pathways.
- Improve the employability of graduates from CTE Programs and Community Colleges.
Deliverables
- Create and launch Professional Career Onboarding by all in-demand industries.
Deliverables
- Secure written commitments from employers to hire a specified volume of graduates from CTE Programs and Community Colleges.
- Secure written commitments from employers to hire a specified volume of graduates from CTE Programs and Community Colleges in remote jobs (when relevant).
Deliverables
- Implemented monitoring and maintenance tools: orchestrating the efficacy of implemented interventions, assessing their economic impact, and ensuring constant progress and improvement.
- Adequate data collection.