Presented by Jane Oates of Working Nation to the New Jersey Council of County Vocational Technical Schools Summer 2019 Meeting.

1. Preparing Students for the Rapidly
Changing World of Work
NJCCVTS Summer Meeting
July 25, 2019
JaneOates@WorkingNation.com

2. Technology is Changing All Jobs…
● 25% of US jobs (36 million jobs) will face high exposure
to automation in the next 3 years (Brookings Institute)
● Every job will be impacted by technology
● Routine, predictable physical and cognitive tasks are
the most vulnerable to complete automation
● Competencies vs. Degrees

3. ..At Unprecedented Speed
• Between June, 2016 and June, 2018 the number of job
postings with Artificial Intelligence or ‘Machine Learning”
increased by 100% (Indeed)
• In 2018 87% of all data had been created in the last two
years ( National Academy of Sciences)
• “The pace of change has never been this fast and it will
never be this slow again..”
President Trudeau, WEF 2018

4. What’s Driving the Changes ?
● Globalization
● Technology across sectors
● Adoption of AI
● Disconnected Education
● Shedding and Creation of new jobs
● A talent shortage

5. Where are the New Jobs?
• Cybersecurity
• Healthcare
• Artificial Intelligence
• Software Developer
• Cloud and Machine Learning
• Java Developer /Python Developer (front end, full stack)
• Data Analytics

6. Entrepreneurial
Skills
21st Century Student Skills
• To be College and Career ready all students need
Academic
Skills
Technical
Skills
Personal
Skills
Employability
Skills

7. The New Education
Industry led and driven
Competency-Based
Uses technology as a tool to intensify and accelerate learning
Driven by project based learning
Experiential learning opportunities
Accelerate time to degree
Stackable credentials

8. Humanics
Critical Thinking
Systems Thinking
(understand-navigate-work effectively in complex
systems)
Entrepreneurship
Cultural Agility
Joseph Aoun, Robot Proof, 2017

9. The New Normal
Academics Technical Skills High School Life
Students Career and Technical Academy Parents
Industry County Colleges Colleges and Universities

10. What are the right measures ?
• Pathways to post-secondary
• Relevant credentials
• Dual enrollment
• Depth of employer partnerships
• Mentoring
• Work-based learning

11. What’s next
● Digitalization
● More Career Exploration
● Increased concurrent earning opportunities
● More opportunities for CTE teachers
● Team teaching with business
● Competitions run by industry
● More information, more data, more data analytics….

12. Thank you.
• JaneOates@WorkingNation.com
• WorkingNation.com