class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide .title[ # _ ] .author[ ### CTE In Wyoming ] .date[ ### University of Wyoming Dean’s Office ] --- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### What I will Cover - Job Postings Wyoming's Education System - Public School Districts - (Briefly) Community Colleges and University of Wyoming - (Briefly) Private Sector <div class="footer" style="position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%; text-align: left; padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; background-color: #f8f8f8; border-top: 1px solid #e7e7e7;"> Prepared by Mark Perkins, Ph.D. </div> --- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### Using a data science software tool called R, we scraped this data and consolidated it into the following dashboards: - [Wyoming K12 Job Openings](https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/WYK12/) - [Wyoming Community Job Openings](https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/WY_HE_Career/) <div class="footer" style="position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%; text-align: left; padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; background-color: #f8f8f8; border-top: 1px solid #e7e7e7;"> Prepared by Mark Perkins, Ph.D. </div> --- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### Wyoming K-12 Teacher Jobs by Category as of Late July
<div class="footer" style="position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%; text-align: left; padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; background-color: #f8f8f8; border-top: 1px solid #e7e7e7;"> Prepared by Mark Perkins, Ph.D. </div> --- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### Wy Higher Education Faculty Positions as of Late July
--- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### Even though teaching jobs are limited in CTE in Wyoming, overall FTE dropped by 100 in Wyoming despite increased enrollments
<div class="footer" style="position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%; text-align: left; padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; background-color: #f8f8f8; border-top: 1px solid #e7e7e7;"> Prepared by Mark Perkins, Ph.D. </div> --- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### Takeaways from the job postings data - Nearly 50% of faculty needed in Wyoming's higher education system are CTE related. - It appears that there is less demand for CTE teachers in K12 at this time - There is much more to that story - There has been a decrease in 100 FTE in CTE teachers over the past 25 years - Approximately 250 CTE teachers are primed to retire in the next 10 years - CTE Enrollments continue to increase each year - It appears that CTE positions have been filled with temporary or non-CTE credentialed teachers - We have a detailed report coming out in September - We will report on those results <div class="footer" style="position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%; text-align: left; padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; background-color: #f8f8f8; border-top: 1px solid #e7e7e7;"> Prepared by Mark Perkins, Ph.D. </div> --- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### Estimated distribution of WY CTE K12 teacher ages
--- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### CTE Job Related Demand in WY - Lightcast, courtesy of Governor Gordon's office, provided us with some jobs data - Artificial Intelligence classified these jobs into CTE and non-CTE related categories. - R was able to integrate large language modeling and classify job postings into different categories - This required several iterations to train the model - **Total Job Postings**: 5,695 - **CTE-Related Job Postings**: 2,907 <div class="footer" style="position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%; text-align: left; padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; background-color: #f8f8f8; border-top: 1px solid #e7e7e7;"> Prepared by Mark Perkins, Ph.D. </div> --- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### The growth of UW CTE teacher licensure
--- background-image: url("https://marksresearch.shinyapps.io/PictureSite/_w_572f12eb/background.png") background-size:910px 700px ### The Symbiotic Relationship between CTE and Higher Education
--- class: inverse, middle, right # Questions? ### [Here is a link to the PDF of this Presentation:](https://uwy-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/mperki17_uwyo_edu/Er43SIPkPzJIvul9mG_hhkYBSX7aR-czvk69HHNkimJjCQ?e=qRF7QP)