Innovative Education Management proposes developing Individual Learning Plans for every student to better prepare them for today's competitive job market. These plans would be created by students, parents, and educators to reflect each student's strengths and interests, and would be evaluated throughout their education. The goal is to produce graduates with critical thinking skills and the necessary skills to succeed in today's workforce. This approach aims to address employers' concerns that many graduates lack basic skills and schools' over-emphasis on standardized testing over skill development.

1. Innovative Education ManagementEddy Ceballos

2. We believe in honoring individual education choices; therefore we commit to providing an innovative public education environment for students, their parents and teachers by empowering them to collaboratively create learning opportunities which will develop responsible and contributing members of society. Mission

3. We are all accountable for the outcome of public education. Working together we can make a difference.We are developing educated students who have become aware of their ability and necessity to become productive citizens.We foster new ideas in all levels of the learning organization.Values

4. Employability Report Card ProjectEmployers say that they are faced with a plethora of graduates who are just not prepared to compete in today’s job market. Employers find themselves in a precarious position of hiring somebody they are not sure they can develop.Schools are currently focused on getting students to pass standardized tests rather than developing critical thinking skills.Through Individual Learning Plans we asses a student’s needs, formulate educational goals, and generate a plan to ensure success in a particular field. Individual Learning Plans are developed by the student, along with their parents and educators based on the student’s strengths and likes.

5. InputsResources needed for Employability Project include:Funding to disseminate information about employers’ needs and benefits of ILP.

6. Education experts to train and foster sustained cultural change within school districts.

7. Funding to identify areas that require additional study.ProcessThe first step is to involve parents in their child’s education. They are by far the most influential party when it comes to communicating with the students, educators, and legislators. Educational institutions are presented with benefits of ILP and are encouraged to acquiesce to the program.

8. Together with contribution from school administrators and teachers, an Individual Learning Plan is developed by students and their parents that reflect the students strengths and interests.Throughout the student’s education, an ILP is evaluated for effectiveness and relevance. It is assessed by all those involved and changes or updates are considered as necessary.

9. OutputsIndividual Learning Plans for every student. Educated and involved parents willing to do what is necessary to make a difference in their child’s education.Educators who are trained and supported to foster a culture of teaching for a substantive knowledge of coursework.Legislators aware of communities' and employers’ needs.

10. OutcomesWith a properly carried out ILP, we can produce a competent and adept workforce .

11. These students will have a predisposition for critical thinking.

12. Graduates with necessary skills are likely to succeed in a very competitive workplace.Why?It has been estimated that as little as 15% of graduates entering the workforce have a substantive knowledge of basic skills necessary to participate in a competitive job market.

13. As the labor force has transformed from brawn to brain during the last three decades, educational institutes have been unable to adequately keep up with these changes. The result are graduates that are not adept in their surroundings.