Peter Ockerbloom, Senior Vice President Client Management Penn Foster, presents the future of career technical education with online and hybrid learning models.

1. IWNC NATIONAL LEADERSHIP FORUM
THE FUTURE OF CTE:
ONLINE & HYBRID EDUCATION
Peter Ockerbloom
Sr. Vice President, Client Management, Penn
Foster
September 18, 2013

2. Massive Challenge:
SKILLS GAP
Yet, employers still cannot find enough qualified workers to fill middle-skilled jobs
More than 12 million remain
unemployed
Nearly 4 million jobs go unfilled
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/30325/a-risk-managementbased-look-at-the-infosec-skills-gap/
Bureau of Labor Statistics

3. Finical burden
3
$150B
PRIVATE
LOANS
$864B
GOVERMEN
T LOANS
67%
UNDER AGE
OF 40
33%
OVER AGE
40
Private For-Profit:
$32,700 per graduate
(96% have loans)
Community College:
$10,000 per graduate
(13% take out loans)
Public Non-Profit:
$20,000 per graduate
(48% take out loans)
Private Non-Profit:
$24,600 per graduate
(57% take out loans)
4%
OVER $100k
Avg
$26k
“30% of borrowers over 90 days behind and at risk of default”*
13%
Over 50k
Amount Age Balances Institution
Massive Challenge:
STUDENT DEBT
* not including loan deferment or forbearance, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2013

4. 4
A ROOT CAUSE:
CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) IS
BROKEN
 NO COMMON DEFINITION
 EXPENSIVE
 NOT CONNECTED TO EMPLOYERS
NEEDS

5. CTE BY THE NUMBERS
4-8%
Federal
(Perkins)
$13B
Total Spend
48M
# of K-12
Students in
US
1.8%
“vocational”
$13,728
“vocational”
Cost Per
Student
$10,56
0
20-
40%
higher
State Department of Education
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2446/State-Departments-Education-VOCATIONAL-EDUCATION.html

6. OPPORTUNITIES FOR CTE
Employ project-based learning to personalize the student
experience
Embrace digital learning
Change the perception of middle-skilled
careers
Stimulate innovation
Promote uniformity
Reward competency, not
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6

7. 7
A PATH FORWARD:
ONLINE AND HYBRID
LEARNING
PEW/Elon University Study, July 2012
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Future-of-Higher-Education.aspx
By 2020 there will be mass adoption of
teleconferencing and distance learning to leverage
expert resources … a transition to ‘hybrid’
classes that combines online learning components with
less-frequent on-campus, in-person class meetings.”
“

8. WHY HYBRID LEARNING
 LESS EXPENSIVE:
TRADITION
AL
$10,560K student/year
BLENDED $8.K student/year (+/- 15%) 15.7%
SAVINGS
ONLINE $6.6K student/year (+/-
20%)
39.4%
SAVINGSJan 2012 Fordham Foundation Report

9. WHY HYBRID LEARNING
 A MODEL THAT WORKS
(EVEN FOR MOST AT-RISK STUDENTS)
• Partner with 40 Job Corps locations across the US
• Career Pathway Electives aligned with Job Corps 11 industry
clusters
• Graduated 11,028 Job Corps students to date
• 104% Performance Rating

10. WE OFFER MULTIPLE PATHWAYS FOR
CTE

11. 11
The original correspondence school, deeply rooted in the need to train Americans
in the technical skills required to find jobs in their local area.
PENN FOSTER: CAREER TRAINING
HERITAGE
Circa1890

12. PENN FOSTER TODAY:
LEADER IN CAREER FOCUSED ONLINE AND HYBRID
EDUCATION
http://www.wallpapers-room.com/3686/filter/random/industrial/2/
Regionally and
nationally accredited;
Tier 1 approved
Experience:
400+ high school &
charter school
partnerships including
40+ Job Corps.
Experience:
Training partner to
over 1000
corporations
Low Cost High School
Diploma $599;
Career Certificates
70% less than market
average.
Largest and oldest
school for career
preparedness with
annual enrollments of
150K+
Turnkey and
customized to
meet your
needs.
1 2 3
4 5 6
Regionally and
nationally accredited;
Tier 1 approved
Experience:
400+ secondary and
post-secondary
partnerships including 45
Job Corps.
Focus:
high-growth industrial
occupations: electrician,
welder and HVAC
technician & industries:
utilities, manufacturing
and construction
Affordable Debt-
Free Career Diplomas
>$1000
College Degrees
$79/credit
Largest and oldest
school for career
preparedness with
annual enrollments of
150K+
Experience:
Training partner to over
1000 corporations
1 2 3
4 5 6

13. peter.ockerbloom@pennfoster.edu
http://www.etftrends.com/2010/06/5-etfs-watch-amid-rising-industrial-output/
THANK YOU

14. 3,000 modules of stackable content across 6 main areas

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