Education and Workforce Council

April 9, 2012

Meeting Calendar
Four Meetings in the year 1st Week of the Month 2nd Week of the Month 3rd Week Of the Month 4th Week of the Month Council Meetings Jan., April, August, November Committee Meetings Steering Committee Executive Board Board Meeting Meeting Meeting Thursday Meeting Thursday

Goals
2012 Chamber Priorities: Water, Transportation, Membership, Workforce The Chambers Mission: To be an advocate for all of our members and the business community in building and sustaining a diverse and prosperous economy.

Education and Workforce Council Purpose: The success of the future lies in the youth of today. The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce leads the business community and educators in partnerships that reform public education, expand access to higher education and develop a 21st century workforce to successfully compete in the global economy.

Education Committee

Workforce Committee

Overview of Workforce and Education

Education (Supply)

Workforce (Demand)

SUPPLY CHAIN ANALOGY

AUTO INDUSTRY
Tier 3 Tier 2 Tier 1 Customer

End Consumer
Vehicles that meet buyer's expectations

RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS

PARTS AND COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS

Major Components

TOYOTA (TMMTX)

VEHICLE BUYER

Safe Quality Demand Cost

EDUCATION
Tier 3

Tier 2

Tier 1

Customer

End Consumer

ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS

HIGH SCHOOLS

COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY

STUDENTS (WORKFORCE)

INDUSTRY

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
W O R K F O R C E
High School or GED

Customer

End Consumer

COMMUNITY

EDUCATION

2 Yr College , Vocation, or Certifications

INDUSTRY

ECONOMY

95% Latino English 2nd Language

88% Financially Disadvantaged High Drop out Rate

Elementary

Energy 4 Year Degree

Buy better homes

Middle School High School College or Vocational Cert. University

Manufacturing
More $$ to spend

Bio Science Lack of Role High Teen Pregnancy Rate IT Aerospace More jobs

Improve the Community

Develop Communities

Education and Workforce Council

Mission: Advocate for all our members and the business community in building and sustaingng a diverse and prosperous economy.

Education and Workforce Council

Council Purpose: The success of the future lies in the youth of today. The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce leads the business community and educators in partnerships that reform public education, expand access to higher education and develop a 21st century workforce to successfully compete in the global economy.
Reform Public Education Expand Access to higher education Develop a 21st. Century Workforce

>Identify policies that to be influnced for a 21st workforce.

> Identfiy areas and influence education > Vet the identified 5 or 6 career to provide more access to education demand industries and top jobs for pathways or training toward the 5 or 6 relevancy, accuracy. demand careers. Continuation of Great Jobs SA. > Align with the long-term, mid-term and > Identify the workforce gap numbers short-term solutions for the demand careers > Identify the barriers to filling the workforce gaps based on technical skills and/or non-technical skills > Develop the long-term, mid-term, and short-term solutions to filling gaps

Workforce Committee Strategies

> Identify interim charges for the > Expand Great Jobs SA in additional > Work with Workforce Committee to 83rd legislature that need to be school districts and other community develop long-term solutions. targeted and influenced. organizations or programs that fit target audience. Education Committee > Identify and clearly define the > Work to align education programs and Strategies statistics that our Council will use curriculum to meeting workforce gaps by to talk about the drop-out, identifying best practices in education. completion, and/or graduation rate.

Workforce Committee
Goals:
o Take the identified five demand career areas and tighten up the data Type of skills needed Number of jobs available o Articulate the need to multiple groups Identify other audiences that need to hear the facts Continue the Great Jobs SA initiative for middle and high school students. o Influence various policies, programs, etc.

Great Jobs SA Overview

City Councilman Rey Saldana Pathways to Great Jobs in San Antonio Friday, November 18, 2011 at 1:30pm South West High School 11914 Dragon Lane San Antonio, TX 78252 Room: Auditorium 1:30pm Richard Perez, President and CEO of The Chamber 1:35pm Councilman Rey Saldana 1:45pm Toyota Representative 1:51pm Toyota Student Interns 1:56pm Councilman Rey Saldana 2:00pm Program ends The Message: There are Great Jobs in San Antonio Our community needs YOU to be prepared to take these jobs.

http://youtu.be/hBO0cTZVi6U

Education Committee
Work with education providers to address immediate and short term skill/competency gaps identified by Workforce Committee Identify and clearly define the statistic(s) that our Council will use to talk about drop-out, completion, and/or graduation rate. Influence existing programs and policies to support short and long term workforce gaps in the education industry.

Next Committee Meetings

2012 Committee Meetings:
May 2, 2012 Workforce Committee 3pm to 4pm Education Committee from 4pm to 5pm June 6, 2012 - Workforce Committee 3pm to 4pm Education Committee from 4pm to 5pm July 11, 2012 - Workforce Committee 3pm to 4pm Education Committee from 4pm to 5pm September 5, 2012 - Workforce Committee 3pm to 4pm Education Committee from 4pm to 5pm October 3,2012 - Workforce Committee 3pm to 4pm Education Committee from 4pm to 5pm December 5, 2012 - Workforce Committee 3pm to 4pm Education Committee from 4pm to 5pm
* All Committee meetings are at our North Side location on 410 and Blanco. The Council meeting move around locations.

2012 Council Meetings

August 1, 2012 at 8:30am
o Location: TBA

November 7, 2012 at 8:30am

o Location: TBA