Presentations on Careers, Skills, Literacy & Tutoring

Offered by
Edward E. Gordon

More & Better: Preparing More Student for Better Careers & Professional Opportunities

The Future of Jobs & Careers

Rebuilding the Jobs Pipeline

Adult Workplace Skills & Literacy

The Key Role of Literacy in U.S. Competitiveness

The Tutoring Revolution: What Works & Why

Peer Tutoring: Mobilizing Student Creativity

Presented by an inspiring professional speaker, author, researcher, and career skills expert who...

• Researches the future – His extensive professional research challenges audiences to think about ways to prepare more students and adults for the careers of tomorrow.
• Delivers powerful messages that offer audience a definite reality check, supported by ideas for by ideas for improving career preparation and reaching higher educational attainments.

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"More & Better: Preparing More Students for Better Careers & Professional Opportunities"

"What are we preparing our students to do as adults?" This is a major question confronting teachers, administrators, and school boards. Local education-to-employment systems are often out-of-sync with the rapidly changing career and professional demands of U.S. and regional economies. Ed Gordon shares with educators the latest information on the future of jobs over the next decade. He gives case studies from the United States and around the world on how schools are meeting this challenge. Educational institutions are forming business-education partnerships through regional partnership networks. This helps build broader alliances that can offer financial support, career information for students and parents, and revise curricula to better meet individual student aptitudes and interests. (His book: Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline)

"The Future of Jobs & Careers: What Students & Parents Need to Know"

"What do you want to do when you grow up?" This question is a perennial one for students and is a major preoccupation of parents. The current education-to-employment system often fails to properly prepare students for good paying occupations. How can the next generation be better prepared for emerging 21st-century career areas? Ed Gordon describes U.S. community-based programs that start in elementary schools to provide students and parents with information on the range of jobs and careers in their local area and the education curricula required for them. He also explores how secondary and higher education can provide a wider variety of career programs geared to individual aptitudes and interests. (His book: Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline)

"Rebuilding the Jobs Pipeline: Mobilizing Education-Business Partnerships for Change"

Across the United States businesses and local communities are establishing broader networks of  community partnerships to spearhead local economic growth and employment. In this program Ed Gordon will show how successful regional partnerships were organized and what they have in common. He will provide several model case studies and analyze how they can be adapted to meet local economic needs and the education community's aspirations. Gordon offers audiences an optimistic message based on years of research and international consulting experience. He shows how these "Gateways to the Future" are already helping educators better prepare more students to move from high school graduation to a variety of postsecondary career options that lead to better-paying jobs. (His book: Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline)

"Adult Workplace Skills & Literacy: Best Practices for Better Outcomes"

Many low-skill and semi-skilled jobs have vanished from the U.S. economy. More young adults need to develop higher-level literacy skills for careers in growth areas attuned to a 21st-century technology-based economy. Ed Gordon explores what we have learned over the past 20 years to better teach the skills now needed for better-paying jobs. He offers case studies from around the world on how to build regional business-education partnerships that can more effectively link adult workplace skill programs to career and occupational training. Regional skill centers can often link incumbent workers' skill and technical training to their current employment or prepare them for future career advancement. (His book: Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline)

"The Key Role of Literacy in U.S. Competitiveness"

Advanced technological innovations and globalization have eliminated many fairly high-paying, low-skill jobs around the globe. Technology has raised America's standard of living and increased worker productivity. But to sustain this, ever larger numbers of Americans need to attain 12th-grade reading and mathematics proficiency levels, and have a good general education as well as specialized career technical skills. Seventy-five percent of U.S. jobs will soon fall into this category, but only 25 percent of America's current workforce fits comfortably into this formula. In this presentation, Dr . Gordon explores how community groups, businesses, and educators can address this critical skills shortfall. Will enough American see the need to raise personal literacy significantly in order to preserve democracy and keep the U.S. competitive in the global workplace? Much of the future of our republic may hinge on the answer! (His books: Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline and Literacy in America: Historic Journey and Contemporary Solutions)

"The Tutoring Revolution: What Works and Why"

NAEP scores show that the proficiency gaps among American students have not narrowed significantly over the past 20 years. Tutoring programs have largely failed to help the students who need them the most. Based on a critical examination of tutoring practices over the past 30 years, Ed Gordon explores the following questions: What do know about tutoring? How can it be made more effective? Why does tutoring work better for only some students? When does tutoring produce the best results? This program will present a summary of tutoring best practices and the key components that support high-quality tutoring. (His book: The Tutoring Revolution: Applying Research for Best Practices, Policy Implications, and Student Achievement)

"Peer Tutoring: Mobilizing Student Creativity"

Drawing on over 30 years of research Ed Gordon shares his discoveries on ways to make peer tutoring a very powerful means for increasing student achievement. He outlines how to plan, train, and manage high-quality peer tutoring programs and provides case studies from elementary, secondary, college, or community volunteer programs (customized for the audience being addressed). He also illustrates how to win support from parents, teachers, administrators, and the students themselves in beginning and sustaining successful peer-tutoring programs. (His book: Peer Tutoring: A Teacher's Resource Guide)

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Here's what people say about his programs

 "Your presentation was a testament to your professionalism and great gift as an orator."

Greg Kenny, Program Coordinator
Palm Springs Air Museum

"Pragmatic, dynamic, exceptional!"

Daniel E. Bassill, President
Tutor-Mentor Connection

"Ed Gordon is a visionary!

Marlore D. Derby
Delaware Association of Adult and Continuing Education

"Great Speaker - great ideas!"
"Very inspirational and thought provoking!"
"Perhaps the best keynote address I've attended."

 

"Everyone felt your warmth and sincere interest in adult education.

 

"Thank you for offering such a motivating and interesting keynote address. You have the right formula for working with business and industry."

Linda Ray Tracy, Specialist
North Carolina Community College Systems

"Your remarkable presentation provided hope and motivation. We enjoyed every second of the experience."

Bob Zettler, Vice President
North Central College, Ohio

"Your opening presentation provided the energy and enthusiasm to enable attendees to begin the conference on a high note. We in Kansas feel fortunate that you are willing to give us your time and expertise."

Carolyn Olson
Associate Director for Technical Education
Kansas Board of Regents

"Your presentation was wonderful."

Elizabeth Isler, Associate Vice President
North Carolina Community College System

"Your outstanding programs are exciting, informative, and extremely well received by our visitors."

Sharon Maguire, President/Museum Director
Palm Springs Air Museum

"Your presentation was well prepared, well delivered, and stimulating. What else could we ask for?"

Jean Varnum
University of Maine

"I have received many positive comments regarding your energetic and informative keynote, and your candid emphasis on literacy as the most important issue facing our nation today. "

Patricia L. Rickard, Executive Director
CASAS

"The attendees were very impressed with your presentation....are still commenting about your excellent and enthusiastic presentation style."

Jane A. Kerlagon
St Louis, Missouri Public Schools

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