FIT Alberta Collaboration Part I of II_Labour market information and ICT_may 2013

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FOCUS IT/FOCUS TI
Innovative Teaching, Real Learning

www.focusit.ca/www.ictc-ctic.ca
Table of Content
 Educational
Challenges
 Canada’s Future
 Who is ICTC
 Why ICTC Works
 Labour Market Stats
 Alberta Trends
 Technology Trends
 Educational Trends

Educational Crisis
Disengagement crisis among learners from
traditional learning & teaching modules
“The majority of students in the upper grades are
not intellectually engaged in the classroom.”
Source: C21 Canada. “C21 Presents: Shifting Minds. A 21st century vision of public education for Canada.” May 2012.

Canada’s Future
Reinvigorating the Canadian educational system
impacts economic, social, environmental and
financial aspirations of Canadians
Multi-literate, creative and innovative
people are the drivers of the 21st Century
Source: C21 Canada. “C21 Presents: Shifting Minds. A 21st century vision of public education for Canada.” May 2012.

The Situation
 By 2016, Canada will need more
than 106,000 ICT workers
 Systemic shortage of soft skills
 Mismatch between capabilities
 Youth are not choosing ICT as a
career
 Not seen as fun, viable or profitable
 Unaware of the opportunities
available in ICT
 Canadian graduates lack the
right blend of skills to compete in
the digital economy
 21st Century Skills

What is ICT?
http://www.tutor2u.net/business/ict/intro_what_is_ict.htm
 A constantly evolving term:
 “All the uses of digital technology that
already exist to help
individuals, businesses and
organisations use information.”
 “ICT covers any product that will
store, retrieve, manipulate, transmi
t or receive information electronically
in a digital form.”
 Information Communications Technology

21st Century Skills
What are They:
 Solve real problems
 Engage with knowledge that matters
 Be respected
 See how subjects are interconnected
 Learn from and with each other and people in
their community
 Connect with experts and expertise
 Have more opportunities for dialogue and
conversation
How to Learn Them:
 Applied, project-based and interdisciplinary
learning
 Collaborative learning
 Inquiry and investigation
 Technology for learning
 Demonstration of competence
 Personalized learning
 Information access, analysis, synthesis and
the generation of new ideas

 The cost of a Bad Hire:
 Of new hires 46% fail within 18 months
 Another 45% are only fair to marginal performers
 That means that 81% of new hires are a disappointment
 Associated costs are anywhere between 20% to 200%
 Factors contributing to the cost of a bad hire:
 Less productivity, lost time, cost to recruit and train, employee morale, and negative impact on
client solutions
Source: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/bad-hires-stats-costs-avoidance-poor-excuses-and-other-thoughts
How This Affects Business

Who is ICTC
 The Information and Communication
Technology Council (ICTC):
 Dedicated to ensuring Canada’s
ICT sector is made up of a
prepared, diverse and highly
educated workforce
 Centre of expertise in ICT
research and labour market
intelligence, policy
development, and program
management
 Network of industry, education &
government:
 Develop Canada’s future skilled
and innovative talent
 Empower industries to maintain
a competitive advantage in a
global market

Talent Programs
 Women in IT
 Youth Initiatives
 Focus on IT
 Career Focus
 Standards
 I-ADVANCETM
 Career Transitions
 Bridge Training for
Internationally Educated
Professionals
 Aboriginal Inclusion

Why ICTC Works

Changing ICT Needs
Declining Needs:
 General Application Skills
 ICT Technical Capabilities
Growing Needs:
 ICT, Soft-skills & 21st Century Skills
 Hybrid ICT & Technical Skills

Why FIT?
Top Ten in-demand ICT Jobs in Alberta:
1. Informatics / Business Systems Analysts
2. Electronics engineers
3. Software / GUI Developers
4. Electronics Technicians
5. Information Systems Managers
6. Technical Support Analysts
7. Multimedia/Graphic Designers/Illustrators
8. Computer / Network Systems Engineers
9. e-Commerce Managers
10. Web / Network Support Technicians/Administrators

ICT Job Outlook

Alberta Trends
“Education and technology are two of the greatest
social equalizers. Education helps people improve
their economic opportunities, while technology
provides access to education.”*
*Source: Cisco
**Source: ICTC
 Over half of the new jobs created in Alberta are
expected to be for:**
 Informatics analysts
 business systems analysts
 electronics engineers
 software developers
 GUI developers
 Nearly a quarter of the new jobs created in Alberta
are expected to be for:**
 electronics technicians
 information systems managers
 technical support analysts

Technology Trends
 Alberta is Canada’s fourth largest digital economy
employer:
 107,000 (10%) workers are employed in
Alberta’s digital economy
 27,000 (25%) of Alberta’s digital economy
workers are women
 22,000 (27%) ICT workers in Alberta are landed
immigrants
Source: ICTC.
 Alberta has a very strong and robust energy sector
and multiple clusters of emerging technologies such as
mobile apps development.
 Employment level in ICT Sector has increased by
17,000 (19%) in Q4
 Jobless rate decreased as a result from 3.2% in
Q3 to 2.5% in Q4.

ICT Sector GDP
 Alberta’s ICT sector increased by $9 million compared to the third
quarter, contributing $6.27 billion to Alberta’s GDP
 ICT sector accounted for nearly 4% of Alberta’s total output

Alberta ICT Output
 Alberta is Canada’s fourth largest ICT producer and produced 10% of
the total Canadian ICT output in 2012 Q4, while Ontario (47%) is
Canada’s ICT leader.

Employment Levels

Educational Trends
 Over the last 10 years, Alberta has addressed
three core areas of technology in education:
 Infrastructure (hardware and software),
 Curriculum and resources
 Professional learning
Source: Alberta Education School Technology Sector “iPads: What are we learning?” October 3, 2011
http://education.alberta.ca/media/6684652/ipad%20report%20-%20final%20version%202012-03-20.pdf
 “Increasingly, educational leaders, stakeholders and
the general public are recognizing technology could
be better utilized to improve and enhance learning
experiences for students.”
 Alberta teachers using iPads in the classroom
highlighted the top 3 benefits:
 To support students with unique learning
needs;
 To meet the needs of every student every
day in keeping with Universal Design for
Learning (UDL) principles; and
 To increase student engagement.

Educational Pitfalls
 “Dropping out of school appears to be the
outcome of a number of factors which are
specific and unique to each student.”
 There is no typical profile of a high
school dropout
 Top factors influencing likelihood of student
dropout
 Lack of Home support
 Personal factors
 School and achievement related factors
 Lack of engagement
 Socio – Economic factors
 Approximately 20% of students re-enter the
education system after they have dropped out
 Dropout rates in Canada and Alberta have been improving as have high
school completion rates; but dropout rates in Alberta, along with the
other Prairie Provinces, are higher than the Canadian average
Source: Alberta School Boards Association “Improving High School Completion.” June 2010
http://www.asba.ab.ca/files/pdf/high_school_completion_report.pdf

Male Dropout Rates
 Males have higher dropout rates and lower completion rates than females
 The gender gap in dropout rates is widening
 Risk factors for leaving high school extend beyond academic reasons
 Some gender-specific intervention strategies need to be considered
 17-year-old males who had dropped out cited school-related reasons for
their early departure (i.e. being bored or not interested in school, having
problems with school work and with teachers, etc.) as well as wanting or
having to work

Aboriginal Dropout Rates
 Double the proportion of young Aboriginal Canadians
on-reserve (22.4%) have completed an apprenticeship
in a skilled trade, compared to 11.5 per cent of non-
Aboriginal Canadians;
 Aboriginal students have higher dropout rates and
lower completion rates than the non-Aboriginal
population -more than double the dropout rate
 Four out of five Aboriginal students attend the
public school system (approx. 6% of Alberta’s
total student population)
 Only 12% of Aboriginal Canadians complete university
degrees in public school system
 Only 5% of Aboriginal young adults on reserve
complete a university education

Completion Framework
 Alberta Education officially released its
High School Completion Framework with
five strategies aimed at improving high
school completion:
 Personalized Learning
 Successful transitions
 Collaborative partnerships
 Positive connections
 Tracking progress

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