职业准备2030
In order to serve the economic needs of our region and the life-long employability of our students, we need to increase the number of students engaging in high-quality career and technical education (CTE) and work-based learning opportunities. West Michigan is competing with other peer metropolitan areas across the country for economic development.
- CTE students graduate at a higher rate than non-CTE students.
- CTE students enroll in college at the same rate as other students.
- 更多的 than 75% of employers from in-demand industries report hiring an employee because of knowledge and skills gained through CTE.
- CTE students are high-wage earners and earn more than $2 million over their lifetimes, on average.
我们的目标 & 策略
We want to double the number of students participating in 职业生涯 and Technical Education (CTE) in uedbet官网ISD by 2030. 为此,我们将:
Our three strategic industries of focus:
先进制造
- 15.9% of West Michigan job today are in manufacturing
- $52.9 billion in sales generated by manufacturing in West Michigan
- The Right Place Manufacturers Council has 35 members committed to advanced manufacturing.
*West Michigan CSA Lightcast 2022
健康科学
- 10-year job growth rate of 19%
- 60,522 Health 科学 jobs
- 433 health science establishments and 50 medical device manufacturers
- $2 billion in investments in the past 20 years
*Lightcast & State of Michigan Bureau of Labor Market Information
技术
- 3,200 tech workers to be hired in next five years
- 78% say tech is "highly important" to strategy
- 72% say they'll be increasing tech hiring in the next five years
- 69% say they'll be increasing their tech training budgets
* Regional Tech Survey Results
我们是谁
联合主席
Ron Gorman, 负责人 uedbet官网ISD
兰迪·泰伦,总裁 & The Right Place首席执行官
Chris Bardeggia, Vice President, Steelcase
重要的链接
员工发展
uedbet官网ISD's 员工发展 team is bringing together students and employers to build a skilled and diverse workforce that is necessary for a healthy economy. We look to build relationships between education and business to help students learn career skills and for employers to hire the talent that they need.
职业生涯 & 学院准备
The more exposure students have to future career opportunities and the world of work, the more likely they are to choose a career that’s right for them – where they’ll be happy and successful. It’s our job to help students get that exposure.