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b. 2. H. How Such Programs Will Prepare Career and Technical Education Students, Including Special Populations, Academically and Technically for Opportunities in Postsecondary Education or Entry into High-skill, High-wage, or High-demand Occupations in Current or Emerging Occupations, and How Participating Students Will Be Made Aware of Such Opportunities;
Current Narrative:
Postsecondary: Minnesota has long focused on developing and sustaining programs that prepare individuals for high-skill, high-wage jobs including:
- Using Perkins Leadership Funds to promote the development of new programs in colleges, either on their own or collaboratively, in high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations.
- Providing resources among consortium for Career Pathway Continuous Improvement Projects (CPIP), which are meant to stimulate the development of new academic programs, partnerships, or improve current programs, practices and programs. Proposals must address one or more of the following:
o Aligning and supporting CTE system with local, regional, and/or state wide economic initiatives for high skill, high wage, high demand occupations
o Developing Minnesota’s talent pipelines for economic growth and workforce development
o Developing and providing work based learning experiences including addressing special populations
o Engagement of business and industry partners
o Analyzing and updating current CTE programs of study and Rigorous Programs of Study
§ course sequence
§ guidance counseling/academic advisement/transition support
§ teaching and learning strategies
§ technical skills assessments/Industry Recognized Credentials
Labor Market Analysis is partially provided by the MN Department of Employment and Economic Development. The tasks include:
- Link employment and labor demand information to existing postsecondary engagement, attainment and transition data.
- Produce information, reports and documents on current and projected employment levels, wage rates for individual colleges and universities within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and other labor market trends that will inform the development, maintenance, and changes to academic programming.
- Provide statewide and regional labor market analyses for technical skill assessment projects and for the development of programs of study and adult career pathways. Provide the critical link to the research and statistical information unit in the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), allowing both agencies to share data electronically and use those data in specific projects within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and DEED.
In addition, the System Office of MnSCU supports the Real Time Talent project, a collaboration among higher education, private sector, government and non-profit organizations, which provides access to real-time job posting data through Wanted Analytics. This web-based research tool pulls data from hundreds of online job posting sites, analyzes, and presents up-to-date information in a subscription services. The use of this data helps job seekers and also institutions in planning strategies to meet workforce development needs.
Secondary:
- Using the Minnesota Career Information System (MCIS) to provide information for schools, students and their parents on employment trends and opportunities and educational programs that will help students prepare for, and enter, these occupations. Most Minnesota school districts subscribe to MCIS which gives students and parents access to the system from home via the Internet, though much of the data is also provided by MCIS to ISEEK which is freely available to all Minnesota citizens.