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Today, nearly one-third of all construction craftsmen are over the age of 50—and the average age is increasing every year. Something must be done to attract younger people to the construction trades. Alabama, and the nation as a whole, will otherwise face severe problems in any effort to build and maintain our infrastructure.
The Alabama AFL-CIO, the Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama, Alabama Associated General Contractors, Inc., the American Subcontractors Association, the Alabama Construction Trade Unions, the Alabama College System, the Alabama Road Builders Association, the Alabama Construction Users Roundtable, the Alabama Department of Education and business owners have formed a alliance with WIN to address the problem.
33 service agencies, 112 schools, and over 42,000 students
“We are poised and ready to meet the future where it matters most, in the classrooms where our students are preparing for their life after high school.
And with WIN Learning’s personalized career readiness system in place, we can now offer our students a way to see the connection between what’s happening in the classrooms and in their impending futures.
We feel confident that when they can see the relevance between the two, we will see greater commitment to classroom activities, increased motivation to stay in school, and true readiness for success following graduation.”
33 service agencies, 112 schools, and over 42,000 students
Whether it’s college, trade school, military or the workplace, WIN provides students with the tools to be career and college ready.
3.2 million jobs in the U.S. remain unfilled because of lack of skilled workers. 40% of businesses have positions open for 6 months or longer, because they can’t find suitable applicants.
To be competitive in the global market, America must have a skilled, well-educated workforce. This simple fact is a common goal for policymakers, educators and businesses across the country.
Yet, too often, the educational process does not consider employers’ needs—an irony not lost on us at WIN. We strongly believe that if education is to secure and improve students’ prospects for the future, it must relate to the real world.
To ensure that it does, we’ve created an Educonomy—A system where data drives insight, enabling government agencies, local and national employers and educators to collaborate and deliberate on informed policy decisions. And share information that can be used to motivate and direct students.
Through this perspective shift, we no longer just see a student, we see a lifetime of opportunities and successes. And we give them the information, education, training and skills necessary to succeed in their career pathway.
It’s education as seen through the real world. And it makes a real difference.
At WIN, we make it our business to stay up-to-date on the latest research and implementations. We continually enhance our materials to ensure our courseware and its ecosystem is as efficient and effective as possible.
We work in partnership with educators, universities, business and industry along with leading organizations on the topic of college and career initiatives. Collectively, we are bringing about the latest educational research.
Two opposing trends are facing us today: First, unemployment levels average roughly 9% nationwide. And, second, there are millions of unfilled jobs. The reality is, we as educators are not preparing students for the workforce—either right from high school or after post-secondary education and training. Our youth are graduating high schools and colleges without the [...]
Our educational systems are not producing qualified applicants for available jobs in our workforce. Although current levels of employment average 9% nationwide (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2011), several million jobs go unfilled, across all industries, because individuals applying for these jobs simply lack the skills required for the available positions. Among those most [...]
