ACTE VISION 2014 - Boomers to Zoomers: Managing and Educating Multiple Generations in the Work Force

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BOOMERS
to ZOOMERS
[
Insights and Inspiration for
Leading 5 Generations at Work
and in School

First, a little
Generational humor

Boomers to
Zoomers
OVERVIEW

:Quick Review of 5 Generations
:About those Zoomers…
:Insights & Tools
:Final Challenge and Thoughts
OVERVIEW

:CUSTOMER: Anyone who can
say NO that needs to say YES
:ZOOMERS are…
– Current Students
– Parents of Your Youngest Students
– Your Next Teachers
– Major Priority for High Ed &
Employers & Armed Forces
WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
THIS?

:Boomers are the first generation
not to replace themselves
:Looming economic, leadership
and employment vacuum
:Boomers are about to become
“dependents” as 78 million retire
HISTORIC “BUBBLE”
UNDERWAY

:Boomers are living longer
(requiring more folks to support
them—and having already
made their contributions)
:Boomers are likely to retire with
LESS than their Greatest
Generation parents (and are
expecting more!)
UNDERWAY

:Our education system is dropping
about 1 out of 4 students from
high school graduation
:5,000 per day dropout per day | 1
every 26 seconds—over 300,000
per year.
:Economic impact per drop out is
$68,000 in lost tax revenue
UNDERWAY

:Of those who
graduate HS, 66%
went to college (45%
or so of this total age
group)
:Of those who went to
college, 46% fail to
graduate
“BUBBLE”

And, then there is
always this…
GENERATIONAL
IRRITATION

“The children now…
…love luxury, they have bad
manners, contempt for
authority; they allow
disrespect for elders and
love chatter in place of
exercise. Children now are
tyrants.”
WHO SAID THIS?

SOCRATES 469 BC – 399 BC

EACH GENERATION QUESTIONS
THE READINESS OF THE NEXT

So, what’s going on?

Boomers Didn’t Replace Themselves
First time in history 5 Generations will occupy
the same workforce and in such large numbers
Knowledge transfer (vacuum) between Boomers
and Zoomers especially
Can’t look everything up on Google

1922-1943 1944-1965 1965-1980 1981-1995 1995-2014
Age: 91-70 Age: 69-48 Age: 47-33 Age: 32-18 Age: 0-17
• Greatest
Generation
• Veterans
• Silent
Generation
• Traditionalists
• Baby
Boomers
• Generation X • Generation Y
5 GENERATIONS
• Generation
Why
• Millennials
• Generation
Next
• Echo
Boomers
• Zoomers
• Generation Z
• Generation
Text
• Linksters

:Entertainment
:Celebrities
:Economical
:Historical
:News
:Technological
:Legal
:Political
GENERATIONAL MARKERS

GREATEST GENERATION
Greatest Generation

SURPRISE
GREATEST GENERATION
KEY WORD

BOOMERS
Boomers

CROWDED
BOOMER GENERATION
KEY WORD

GENERATION X
Gen X

INDEPENDENT
GENERATION X
KEY WORD

GENERATION Y / MILLENNIALS
Gen Y

CONNECTE
D
GENERATION Y KEY WORD

ZOOMERS

NOW!
GENERATION Z (ZOOMER) KEY
WORD

1922-1943 1944-1965 1965-1980 1981-1995 1995-2013
Age: 91-70 Age: 69-48 Age: 47-33 Age: 32-18 Age: 0-17
• Greatest
Generation
• Veterans
• Silent
Generation
• Traditionalists
• Baby
Boomers
• Generation X • Generation Y
• Generation
Why
• Millennials
• Generation
Next
• Echo
Boomers
UNDERSTANDING THE 5
GENERATIONS
• Zoomers
• Generation Z
• Generation
Text
• Linksters
SURPRISED CROWDED INDEPENDENT CONNECTED NOW!

About those
ZOOMERS

Where will everything end up?
What do I value? How am I unique?
Who am I?
How do I fit in?
Also: When do we eat? Where
can I get power? Do I look good
in this? What are we doing this
weekend? Let’s take a selfie!
ZOOMER THOUGHTS

:Quarter Life vs. Mid Life Crisis
:Got Time. Mess Around till age 25
and still get 50 years in of work.
:Vocation = Vocare -> God’s calling
[looking for this!]
:Career = Carrera -> Race [e.g. rat
race…not interested in this]
ZOOMER THOUGHTS

:Delaying marriage
:Unsure about retirement. Over
50% believe Social Security will not
be around.
:Career Hoppers. Each job is a
stepping stone to the a better one.
Worker shortage will allow the
hopping around.
ZOOMER THOUGHTS

:Doing the same things as other
generations [but with more
devices!]
:Just on a different time line and
in a different order
:Particularly: Parenting vs
Marriage
ZOOMER THOUGHTS

ZOOMER UNEMPLOYMENT
REMAINS HIGH.

:Zoomers are frustrated.
:Perceptions:
– Classes are boring.
– School is delaying their future.
– Can’t get a job with what there are
learning.
– Not sure college is the answer.
– Unprepared for job when they get
one.
– Everyone talks ABOUT them but not
WITH them.
ZOOMER THOUGHTS

“SHOW ME SOMETHING I CAN’T FIND ON GOOGLE OR
EXPERIENCE IN A VIDEO GAME.” – DUSTIN CHIANG, CTE/DECA STUDENT

:Employers want to contribute and
have a voice in education.
:Employers are getting stuffed on
the Common Core Standards.
:Employers spend $10 billion per
year on training.
:56% of Employers say they will
soon face a shortage of qualified
executive talent.
:Employers spent $12 billion on
leadership development during
the Great Recession.
OTHER BOOMER TO ZOOMER
FACTORS

:“Ummm…yeah…I going to
need you to…”
“WE WAIT TOO LONG TO TRAIN
OUR LEADERS.” – JACK ZENGER, HBR

:It takes a while to build a
leader.
:Survey of 17,000 global leaders
found:
– Average age of first leadership
training was 42
– 10 years after they started
supervising
– 20 years after they started
experiencing leadership
FACTORS

:Rising cost of overseas
employment combined with
shipping costs means:
:More profitable for industry to
“onshore” than “offshore”
production
:Technical jobs coming back
FACTORS

TOOLS &
INSIGHTS

:What works in public education
:Lessons from High Tech High
School that can inspire our work in
CTE [and CTSOs]
:Resource Credit: Anytime
Anywhere Learning Foundation,
Bruce Dixon, Founder and
President
ONE APPROACH TO EDUCATING
ZOOMERS

EDUTOPIA: WHAT WORKS IN
PUBLIC EDUCATION

:What was your
:A HA!
INSIGHTS AND TOOLS

:“CTE Renaissance in Education”
means:
:Don’t MISS THIS MOMENT!
:You are the voice, PR, and
leadership of CTE like NEVER
before!
:Lead the discussion about
authentic instruction!
INSIGHTS AND TOOLS

:Control Your Press. “All education is
career technical education.”
:Promote Your CTE Results
professionally [branding!]
:Get training in public speaking,
marketing, and media [or get
support accordingly]
:You’re the chief story teller!
INSIGHTS AND TOOLS

:Realize Longer Career Span +
Change to “Contracted”
workers for Zoomers means:
:Entrepreneurship Education
Pivotal [CEO of YOU, Inc.]
:Personal Finance Education is
Pivotal
INSIGHTS AND TOOLS

:Flipped Families for Zoomers
[Babies first then Marriage] means:
:Family still remains the cornerstone
of successful society. It’s just going
to look a lot different.
:Support for Family and Consumer
Science Education is Critical
INSIGHTS AND TOOLS

:“Math is kind of dull.” – Stanford
bound CTE Student
:Zoomers of all achievement levels
and ambitions are looking for
something exciting and engaging
beyond what they find in
traditional academics.
:Students want CTE + CTSO
experiences—something beyond
the grade and usual class.
INSIGHTS AND TOOLS

The most powerful
and under utilized
tool: CTSOs

CTSOs:
EDUCATION’S SWISS ARMY KNIFE

There’s no “SILVER BULLET” in
education besides a great teacher

But there is a Swiss Army Knife!

AMERICA’S CTSOs

CUTTING
EDGE
Teacher
SHARP
Students
Classrooms with a
Creative TWIST
WHAT CTSOs do for CTE

:With 10,000 retirees per day for
next 19 years, we’re going to need
a lot more leaders.
:Every 25 seconds a student drops
out. 5,000 per day.
:Every 17 seconds a student joins
a CTSO.
:To fill the coming workforce,
leadership and employment GAP
we need 1 student per second
joining a CTSO
URGENT NEED FOR CTSOS

WHAT CTSOs CAN DO

:MAKING AN IMPACT
:With more than 2 million
student members combined,
these 11 nationally recognized
CTSO organizations have a
definite impact on student’s
overall college and career
readiness.
CTSO STATS

:MAKING AN IMPACT
:Students who participate in
CTSOs demonstrate higher
levels of academic engagement
and motivation, civic
engagement, career self-efficacy
and employability skills than
other students.
CTSO STATS

:MAKING AN IMPACT
:According to the National
Research Center for Career and
Technical Education,
participating in leadership and
professional development
activities in a CTSO raises
students’ educational
aspirations.
CTSO STATS

:MAKING AN IMPACT
:Students who participate in
school organizations in 10th
grade have higher grade point
averages and are more likely to
be enrolled in college at 21 than
other students.
CTSO STATS

:It’s not about GOING to school
:It’s what students are GETTING
out of school
:CTSOs are your strategic
engager for Zoomers
:CTSOs are a CTE metric for
Boomers
RIGOR. RELEVANCE. TODAY.

Private
Pupil
Public
Parent
CTSOS: BOOMER TO ZOOMER
MEETING PLACE

:ME: “Why did you join FBLA?”
:IMMIGRANT STUDENT FROM
PERU: “My parents made me. They
said it’s where the American Dream
was at.”
:Jeff Jordan was named SBA Small
Business Person of the Year. He then
went on to fail at small business.
: His company just secured a $200 million contract. He’s
now HUGE business.
DREAM FACTORY

:“Please bring HOSA to North
Bend. These kids need hope. I
see what it has done for my own
daughter in Florida.” – Kenneth
Luna, U.S. Public Health Service
& Dad
:We can’t bring it, until the
teacher realizes they need it and
administrators EXPECT it.
HOPE + MEANING

:ME: “Why did you become a SkillsUSA
Advisor?”
:SkillsUSA Advisor: “My principal made
me.”
:ME: “Would you still do it if your
principal didn’t make you?”
:SkillsUSA Advisor: “Are you kidding?
It’s why I’m still teaching and the
reason I come to work everyday. I get
to do SkillsUSA.”
TEACHER RETENTION

:ME: “Hello Dr. Barfield.”
:CTSO ALUMNUS: “I need your help
again.”
:ME: “How can I help?”
:CTSO Alumnus: “Duke Medical School
found out about my CTSO background.
They want me to head up leadership
development for the heart surgery team.”
: NOTE: Each of his hands are insured for $1 million.
DELAYED GRATIFICATION

:“When I see “CTSO” experience on
a resume I put that resume in a
different pile—the ones we’re
going to interview.” - HR Director
:U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
reports 70% of jobs come from
networking.
:Build a better network, build
better career prospects. CTSOs
deliver this.
BUILD A QUALITY NETWORK

:“My kids had no idea what to
expect. When they left that
conference they were fired up!
Behavior, tardies, attitude,
school work and excuses all
improved. They knew I wouldn’t
take them to FCCLA nationals if
they messed around in or out of
school.” – FCCLA Adviser
MORE CARROT. LESS STICK.

:“I can’t run fast. I can’t jump. I
can’t dunk. I’ve never won
anything in my life. Until now. I
love SkillsUSA!”
:SkillsUSA Member, Sabin Skills
Center
:CTSOs give education more
incentive and recognition tools to
drive education excellence.
WINNING IN EDUCATION

RECOGNITION. GOOD PRESS!

:CTSO National Officers with
Secretary Duncan in DC
RECOGNITION

RECOGNITION

:“The kids want into the CTSO
so they take the CTE courses
that allow them to do it and
succeed at it.”
:CTE Administrators in Georgia
and Arizona
ENROLLMENT DRIVER

:ME: “How do we have a DECA
chapter at The Harker School?
They are a private school with
no CTE courses.”
:CA DECA: “Not anymore. They
recruited a teacher from
industry, started a Business &
Entrepreneurship Department,
and built it all around DECA.”
BUILD A CTE PROGRAM

:“I’m an advocate for getting as
many CTSOs on campus as you
can. They have hundreds of
thousands in scholarships and
post-secondary / collegiate
partnerships. They promote
college and career and it makes
my job easier.”
:Counselor who gets it
COUNSELOR SUPPORT

:“I used to have funding issues
for my CTE courses. So, I
brought my administrator to the
FBLA State and National
Conference. I don’t have
support issues any more.”
:Adrian Harden, Centennial High
School FBLA
ADMINISTRATOR SUPPORT

:“COMPLAINTS” FROM CTSO
ADVISORS AT A RECENT
TRAINING CONFERENCE:
:“I can’t get these kids to stop
asking for more. They want
more resources so they can
study for those dang
competitions. They are pushing
me. And, I love it.”
STUDENTS DRIVING EDUCATION

:Trends come and go. CTSOs
are “Education Standards” when
all others fail.
:Programs and competitions
created by education+industry
:Flexible. Adapt. They work.
STANDARDS THAT WORK

D Visualization and Animation / Action Skills / Advertising Design / Architectural Drafting / Audio/Radio Production / Automated
Manufacturing Technology / Automotive Refinishing Technology / Automotive Service Technology / Aviation Maintenance
Technology / Basic Health Care Skills / Broadcast News Production / Building Maintenance / Cabinetmaking / Carpentry / Career
Pathways Showcase / Chapter Business Procedure / Chapter Display / CNC Milling / CNC Turning / Collision Repair Technology /
Commercial Baking /Community Service / Computer Maintenance Technology / Computer Programming / Cosmetology / Crime
Scene Investigation / Criminal Justice / Culinary Arts / Customer Service / Dental Assisting / Diesel Equipment Technology /
Electrical Construction Wiring / Electronics Technology / Employment Application Process / Engineering Technology /
Entrepreneurship / Esthetics / Extemporaneous Speaking / Firefighting / First Aid/CPR / Food and Beverage Service / Graphic
Communications / Health Knowledge Bowl / Health Occupations Professional Portfolio / HVACR (Heating, Ventilation, Air
Conditioning & Refrigeration) / Industrial Motor Control / Internetworking / Job Interview / Job Skill Demonstration A / Job Skill
Demonstration Open / Major Appliance and Refrigeration Technology /Marine Service Technology / Masonry
Mechatronics / Medical Assisting / Medical Math / Medical Terminology / Mobile Electronics Installation Demo / Mobile Robotics
Technology / Motorcycle Service Technology Ceremonies Precision Machining 300+ / Outstanding Chapter / Technology / Prepared Ways / Nail Care / Nurse Assisting to /Occupational Use Health and Your
Safety / Opening and Closing
Photography / Pin Design / Plumbing Power Equipment Technology / Practical Nursing /
Speech / Preschool Teaching Assistant /Principles of Technology / Promotional Bulletin
Board/ Quiz Bowl Related Technical Math / Residential Systems Installation and Maintenance / Robotics and Automation
Technology Screen Printing Technology / Sheet Metal / Sustainability Solutions Demo / T-shirt Design / TeamWorks / Technical
Computer CTSO Applications / Technical Drafting Swiss / Telecommunications Cabling Army / Television (Video) Production Development / Web Design / Welding / Welding Fabrication American Enterprise Project / Business Knife
/ Video Product
Communication / Business
Ethics / Business Plan / Business Procedures / Computer Applications Electronic Career Portfolio / Emerging Business Issues /
Entrepreneurship / Future Business Leader / Global Business / Introduction to Business / Introduction to Business Communication Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures / Job Interview / Management Decision Making / Parliamentary Procedure / Sports
Management / Virtual Business Challenge / Word Processing I / Word Processing II / Accounting / Banking & Financial Systems /
Business Calculations Business Financial Plan / Business Math Economics / Personal Finance / Spreadsheet Applications / Health
Care Administration / Hospitality Management / Computer Game & Simulation Programming / Computer Problem Solving
Cyber Security / Database Design & Applications / Desktop Application Programming / Desktop Publishing / Digital Design &
Promotion / Digital Video Production / E-Business / Help Desk / Introduction to Technology Concepts / Management Information
Systems / Network Design / Networking Concepts / Technology Concepts / Web Site Design / Business Presentation / Client Service
Community Service Project / Impromptu Speaking / Local Chapter Annual Business Report / Marketing Partnership with Business
Project / Public Speaking II / Business Law / Food Innovations / Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation / Illustrated Talk / Interior
Design / Interpersonal Communications / Job Interview / Leadership / Life Event Planning / National Programs in Action
Kid Hungry National Outreach Project / Nutrition and Wellness / Recycle and Redesign / Teach and Train / CPR / Agribusiness

:Career & Academic Related
Competitive Events
:Leadership Development
:Recognition Programs
:Partnership Programs
:Service Programs
:Conferences
:Campaigns/Initiatives/Challenges
:Teacher Professional
Development & Resources
CLUB VS. CTSO

CTE MATH: CTE+CTSO=!!!!!!!

BOOMERS
to ZOOMERS
Presented by
Danielle Tolentino Tuason
TRI Leadership Resources
Email: danielle@teamtri.com
Twitter: @TeamTRI_DTT

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