Strategic Planning Process -- Conducting an Environmental Scan

Resources and Websites to Help with Environmental Scanning

Looking for resources to help with your consortia's environmental scan? Here are a few that may point you in the right direction. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Demographic Factors

• Atlas of Illinois Poverty
• 2004 Report on Illinois Poverty
• US Census Bureau State & County Quick Facts
• US Census Bureau Poverty Estimates

Economic Factors

• Illinois Department of Employment Security
  • Illinois Unemployment Rate by Local Workforce Area
  • Illinois Unemployment Rate by County
• Illinois Economic Indicators
• Illinois Economy at a Glance
  

Education Factors

• Alliance for Excellent Education
  
  • Graduation Fact Sheet
  • The Impact of Education on: Health & Well-Being
  • The Impact of Education on: The Economy
  • The Impact of Education on: Personal Income & Employment
  • The Impact of Education on: Poverty & Homelessness
• Career Pathways Strategic Improvement Coalition (CPSIC)
• High School Reform Initiatives
  • Career Pathways
  • High Schools That Work
  • MDRC Research on Career Academies
  • Small School Learning Initiatives
  • State Strategies to Redesign High Schools (Armstrong, 2005)
• Illinois State of Board of Education: 2004 Annual Report
• Illinois State Report Card
• Illinois Higher Education Annual Report 2004
• Illinois ACT Scores by County
• Measuring Up
  • Illinois Measuring Up 2004 Report Card
• National Governors Association
• National Educational Association
  • Teacher Shortage Issues
• Teacher Development in CTE
  • Vocational Teacher Education (Lynch, 1988)
    

Industry/Workforce Factors

• Workforce 2020 (Judy, D'Amico, & Geipel, 1997)
  This book represents ideas about what lies ahead and what Americans--collectively and individually, in large and small firms, in federal agencies and in small-town development commissions--should do to prepare for the journey to Workforce 2020.
• Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
  • Illinois Occupational Outlook
  • Improving Workforce Development in Illinois
• Illinois Workforce Data
• US Department of Labor
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • Illinois Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
  • The 21st Century at Work (Karoly & Panis, 2004)
    

Socio-Cultural Factors

• Multi-dimensional Concept of Poverty (Thorbecke, 2005)
• English Language Learning
  • Immigrant Education Program
  • Education, Illinois Immigrant Policy Project (Fix & Velasco, 2001)
• Students with disabilities
  

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