Board Meeting

6:30 – 8:30

Board Dinner

Registration

8:00 – 8:30

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45

Welcome

8:45 – 10:00

Keynote: “Careers and Preventing a Workforce Meltdown”
Edward E. Gordon. President, Imperial Consulting, Author of The 2010 Meltdown
It’s not your father’s (or mother’s) workforce anymore. The imminent wave of baby-boomer retirements will create opportunities for youth with the technical and other skills needed for 21st century jobs. A wide range of occupations will experience shortages of qualified workers from the traditional crafts to technical jobs in medicine, IT, and many areas of industry. Ed Gordon explores how some local communities in the United States are forming alliances of community organizations, educators, and businesses to disseminate information on high-demand jobs in local areas and equip the next generation of younger workers with the skills required for such careers.

“Careers and Preventing a Workforce Meltdown” - PDF (468k)

Handout PPT (350k)

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10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 11:15

Session #1: “Research Perspectives on the Career Information Gathering Behavior of High School and College Students”
Paul A. Gore, Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Utah
This presentation will include results from several ongoing research studies on the career exploratory and information gathering behavior of high school and college students.

PPT (1.3 M

11:15 – 12:15

Session #2: “O*NET Guide for CIDS”
Steve Rosenow, Manager, National Crosswalk Service Center
Eleanor Dietrich, Directions in Work
The National Crosswalk Service Center has prepared a “one-stop” O*NET resource guide that will help CIDS staff understand the content for the occupations in O*NET, where to get the data, how to select O*NET information for a CIDS, and how to keep it up to date. The presentation will walk through these categories and address other questions that O*NET users may have.

Steve Rosenow, Manager
National Crosswalk Service Center
515-242-5034

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12:15 – 1:45

Awards Luncheon (Provided)

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1:45 – 2:45

Session #3: “ACSCI Standards: Who Needs Standards in a Post-industrial World?”
Scott Gillie (moderator), Executive Director, Encouragement Services, Inc.
Cheryl Buhl, Director, Oregon CIS
Lori Eakins, Consultant, ACT Discover
Mary Amtower, Virginia Career View
A panel of four ACSCI members will describe their experiences in applying ACSCI Standards to their career products. Panelists will focus on the role of standards in driving product development and fostering improvements to products and services. In addition, panelists will describe how involvement in standards relates to marketing efforts, product acceptance, and consumer satisfaction.

2:45 – 3:00

Break

3:00 –4:15

ACSCI Business Session

6:00 – 8:00

Reception

New Board Breakfast and Meeting

8:00 – 8:30

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 10:15

Session #4: “A Profit and Non-Profit Partnership to Help the Student”
Robin Pettinato, Government Sales Director, Peterson’s, a Nelnet Company
Frank Costanzo, VP of Sales, Peterson’s
Overview and online demos on partnerships between Peterson’s and CIS/CIDs to offer academic test-preparation in their states.

10:15 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11:30

Session #5: “Preparing Middle Level Students for 2014”
LeeAnn Roth, Director, Nebraska Career Information System
Learn about the cognitive characteristics of early adolescents and about preparing developmentally appropriate career education.  The session will include audience involvement in an exploration activity.

11:30 – 12:15

Luncheon (provided)

12:30 – 2:00

Session #6: “CIDS and Real Games – New Options”
Phil Jarvis, Vice President, National Life/Work Center
The career exploration programs in The Real Game Series (TRGS) are the most popular experiential career programs in the world. New options are available immediately to create direct partnership links between TRGS and any state CIDS. This will result in CIDS information being sought by students and teachers in classrooms, helping even more students to plan and manage their careers. It will also generate substantial new revenues for the CIDS operator.  The Real Game – Next Generation is on the horizon, with web-based components now being launched across the United Kingdom. This may be an excellent time to explore new CIDS-Real Games linkage options. The presenter authored a popular CIDS and coordinates Real Games internationally.

PPT (2 meg)

Videos of reactions from users of the Real Game Series.

PDF doc. with larger views of front and back copies of TRG California flyer.

2:00 – 4:00

Session #7: “Real Transferable Skills Analyses – Is It Now Possible?”
David J. Thomsen, PhD, ASA, CCP, Managing Director PAQ Services Inc., Founding Director Economic Research Institute, Inc.
ERI & PAQ Services are/have updated the DWA database of skills (DOL’s O*NET) using input from field job analyses (PAQ Services questionnaire/job analysts’ continued collection), SalaryExpert’s collection of eDOT skills and sco’s, SalariesReview’s patented online surveys, and users of ERI’s Occupational Assessor software.