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course introduced him to the basic skills necessary for success in any job, including resumé preparation, interview skills, conflict resolution and professional work habits. The course also gave Fields the opportunity to evaluate his core career interests, skills and values to ensure their alignment with a career in energy. “Through the Get Into Energy program, I’ve learned a lot about myself,” explains Fields. “I’ve discovered my goal, and I won’t allow anything to keep me from that.” In 2000, EMCC began a partnership with Arizona’s major energy employers to develop a program to provide students in the 11th grade and up with a seamless pathway into skilled, well-paying energy careers. EMCC, twice named among the nation’s top-ranked community colleges by the Aspen Institute, is proud of its progressive energy program, and rightly so; many say it is on its way to becoming a national model. “As the energy industry’s objectives have become more defined, [EMCC] has been at the table developing curricula to meet their changing needs for both secondary and postsecondary students— their future workforce,” says EMCC’s Vice President of Occupational Education Clay Goodman.

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Energy Career Readiness
In 2008, the Arizona State Board of Education approved Education & Career Action Plans (ECAPs) as a requirement for students in grades 9 through 12. An ECAP reflects a student’s plan of coursework, career aspirations and extended learning opportunities in order to develop individual academic and career goals. The mandate prompted
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EMCC to look for ways to assist high school students in narrowing down potential future careers and coming up with a strategy for planning its career and technical education (CTE) curriculum around students’ ECAPs. Goodman says EMCC found a solution in an online education and career planning system by Kuder, Inc. that includes a four-year education plan built specifically for the ECAP. EMCC provides its local feeder schools with free access to this system, which helps students identify programs of study that match their

career interests through a series of career assessments, and build their ECAPs accordingly (Chart 1). The system includes a database that gives administrators the ability to view aggregate data on students’ tentative career interests (Chart 2). The system, called Kuder® Navigator, helps middle school and high school students explore job and training options. “It gives EMCC insights that help us plan our CTE programs. It also lets us keep a close eye on the numbers of students whose assessment results point to energyrelated careers,” explains Goodman.
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