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21ST CENTURY SKILL DEVELOPMENT:
COLLEGES ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO THE ECONOMY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Presented to the South East Asia Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Conference Leadership and Management in Higher Education: Challenges, Opportunities and Ways Forward Patricia Bowron Executive Director, International & Regional Development College of the Rockies, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
THE ROLE OF COLLEGES IN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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50 70 77
Share of BC Jobs by Education
Without PSE With PSE
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76.7 – 78.4%
Average 2010/11 to
2014/15 rate of high
school completion in
region.
BC average is 82.9%
THE BIG PICTURE
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Colleges and Institutes Canada
BC Colleges
College of the Rockies
126 Member institutions across the country
10 Member institutions
across the province
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Campuses across our
region
BC COLLEGES
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Focused on…
• Skilled Workforce Preparing a highly skilled workforce to help BC's employers
• Strong Community Building strong and vibrant communities throughout British Columbia
• Competitive Advantage Enhancing BC's competitive advantage in knowledge and skills
• ROI Providing an excellent return on investment for BC taxpayers
BC’s EDUCATION SYSTEM
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BACHELOR (4 YEARS)
CERTIFICATE/ DIPLOMA/ ASSOCIATE DEGREE (1 - 2 YEARS)
APPRENTICESHIP VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL TRAINING (1 TO 4 YEARS)
SECONDARY (Gr.9-12)
POST DIPLOMA/DEGREE (1 – 2 YEARS) C
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College of the Rockies (COTR) creates value in many ways.
The College’s program offerings support a range of industry
sectors in the COTR Region and supplies employers with the
skilled workers they need to make their businesses more
productive.
The expenditures of COTR, along with the spending of its
employees and its students, further support the local
economy through the output and employment generated
by local businesses.
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EMSI (2013)
DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT
OF COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES
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COLLEGE OVERVIEW
• $34 million annual operating budget
• 850 employees (nearly 300 FTE)
• Over 10,000 students (2344 FTE)
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$206.7 million
Total added regional income created by College operations.
Health Professions Fire Services Trades
Arts and Sciences Child, Youth, Family Business
COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES
LINKAGE TO INDUSTRY
Forestry
Driver Training
Tourism Health
CREATING A SKILLED
WORKFORCE
FOR STRONGER
COMMUNITIES
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TOURISM & HOSPITALITY
Half of total projected job
openings are in Sales,
Services, Administration &
Management
BC Labour Market Outlook 2025
Including:
- Supervisors in food
service, hosts/hostesses,
bartenders, food and
beverage servers
- Accommodation
- Travel, tourism
- Chefs / cooks
- Retail salespersons
- Maîtres d'hôtel
- Travel counsellors
- Ticket agents
- Front desk clerks
- Tour and travel guides
- Outdoor sport and
recreation guides
- Casino operations
Tourism and Hospitality
Tourism and Recreation Management
– Maximum flexibility for employment in tourism, hospitality
and recreation
– Provides certificate, diploma and laddering options into
the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree or other provincial programs and industry certifications
– Community based projects provide specific experiential
learning opportunities
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Cranbrook Community Forest
Society applied research project
on forest usage for planning future
usage opportunities and
challenges
“The students did a great job and
actually expanded the project beyond our original request. We
now have a good sense on how
we might engage better with our
members and users into the future and have also identified some
important concerns that they
have. This will provide the Board
with ideas for future planning.”
Todd Hebert
CCFS Board Member
Tourism and Hospitality
Mountain Adventure Skills and
Adventure Tourism Business Operations
– Certificate and diploma programs provide entrepreneurial
competencies plus outdoor four-season adventure skills
– Hands-on learning at its best in the rugged Rocky
Mountains of Canada and experiential learning provided
through numerous industry practicum opportunities
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• Australia’s “Best Job in the World” winner, living on Kangaroo Island in
South Australia swimming with great white sharks, snorkeling with sea
lions, hanging out with kangaroos and helping to conserve the pristine
natural environment of the island
• Now adventure tour guide and successful global entrepreneur, writer
and photographer travelglobalthinklocal.com
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ATBO alumnus Greg Snell
Tourism and Hospitality
Mountain Hospitality
– Short intensive program to meet workforce needs in the
region
– Targets underemployed workers, seasonal workers and low
skilled of disadvantaged workers
– Provides industry certifications, computer, job search,
communications and teamwork skills
– One week hands on work placement
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75 – 90% Employment Success Rate
Driving and Equipment Operation
Significant demand in trades, transportation and related occupations
123,000 job openings / 13 % of total jobs
• Well-known for training for haul trucks, heavy equipment and commercial vehicles
• Extensive expertise in the recurrent safety training of drivers
• Strong industry partnerships
• State of the art mobile simulation
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“The instructors were extremely
knowledgeable and offered real-
world experience along with their
teaching…Within 3 weeks of
graduating from the program, I had
my first interview with a large BC
mining company, and was
hired…This is a whole new direction
in life for me and I am looking
forward to growing and advancing
with my new employer.” Barb
Nursing and Health
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Partnership
25,360 openings projected through to 2025
– Significant strategic partnership with the University of
Victoria to offer the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
– Students in the BSN program have the opportunity for significant industry based experience through practica,
preceptorships and experiential learning opportunities
– Students undertake research into evidence-based health
information to share with the public and use interactive
and multimedia approaches to share health messages
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Nursing and Health
Health Care Assistant
19,220 job openings projected to 2025
– The College is providing just-in-time training opportunities
by rotating this program to various communities
– Graduates are prepared to work in many settings including home support, assisted living, residential care, complex care, special care units, other home and community care settings and acute care
– Students have access to ongoing practicum opportunities and move easily into employment from this experiential learning
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Creative Approaches to link to the
Workforce 1. Institutional partnerships to enhance
teaching and learning
2. Articulation and transfer options
3. Flexible delivery and program rotation
4. Simulation and practicum options
5. Hands-on and experience-based learning
6. Creative industry partnerships
REAL LIFE. REAL LEARNING.
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• COLLEGES PLAY A KEY ROLE
SUPPORTING ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
• DIRECT ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION
• AND
• CREATION OF A SKILLED WORKFORCE
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COLLEGES ARE INEXTRICABLY
LINKED TO THE ECONOMY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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