What is ITEOE? ITEOE stands for Information Technology Employer Oriented Education. Which means through the use of Information Technology, pursue Employer Oriented Education. ITEOE is a new Innovative education model because of different methods used to acquire better results. ITEOE is the innovative creation of Dr. Cedric D. Rayford, who specializes in Information Science with a PhD or Doctorate in Information Technology. Dr. Rayford first implemented Employer Oriented Education Model strategy in November, 1989 within his own IT Company. In 2006, Dr. Rayford decided to officially design, develop and implement a new innovative Employer Oriented Education model called Information Technology Employer Oriented Education Model or ITEOE and completely developed an Employer Oriented Education curricula. Nationwide scientific research was conducted in the Republic of the Philippines targeting their best Universities designated as Center of Excellence and Center of Development by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as it pertained to IT and/or Computer Science (CS). A complete copy of national scientific research can be acquired via ProQuest (http://dissexpress.umi.com/dxweb/search.html) or by contacting this office. ITEOE is an education development training guide and program provided by a recognized institution or independent training Agency whose primary purpose is to prepare, educate and demonstrate thru real world needed activity to their prospective students or clients in various fields of study, how to function primarily as an Employer and secondary as an Employee. ITEOE has several objectives and methodologies involved, but the key point we should express upfront is 1. ITEOE is primarily proposed as a value-added Curriculum, because ITEOE do not want to completely change your existing curricula for your various degree programs, but should "add value" and complement your existing degree programs to produce the desired results for the challenging times we are confronted with today. 2. ITEOE works with students\clients from their first year until they graduate with the primary objective in mind, they will Setup, Operate, establish clients worldwide and Run their own business before they graduate from school (Result Oriented). 3. ITEOE utilizes a method to identify a student personality profile and another method to identify a student interest, we pollenate these two together to arrive at a service or product the student fundamentally enjoys. It is critical to establish a service or product the student enjoys, because when you enjoy what you are doing, it is not like work at all!. The 4th and last point is, ITEOE Development Training Guide/Program is a step by step already prepared Curriculum waiting to be implemented and customized to fit your institution or organization needs. Our students and children are the future leaders and should not be going to school with the primary purpose to get a "job", but instead, should be going to school to be producers of jobs, Employers and Entrepreneurs!. According to Yen (2012) Associated Press, within the U.S. stated "1 in 2 graduates are jobless or underemployed". C. Gallo (2011) forbes.com, "70 Percent of Your Employees Hate Their Jobs" and Gallup survey show that 71 percent of workers are "not engaged" or "actively disengaged" from their work. Unemployment is on the rise worldwide, most economies are struggling, education institutions are struggling to keep pace and ITEOE is the solution. To prepare someone or something is to put in "proper condition or readiness". In order to put someone or something in proper condition or readiness for ITEOE or Entrepreneurship, it cannot be solely accomplished with Entrepreneur subjects taught in theory. If your teachers taught you programming in theory only with PowerPoint slides etc... Would you be "prepared or ready" once you graduate to start programming for a company? of course not. ITEOE is the hands on, actual, result oriented component need worldwide today. Part of the National Scientific research conducted in the Republic of the Philippines revealed 82% of students during there educational experience have never participated in a real project of officially setting up and practicing operating a business for themselves and 78.4% would rather be an "Employer" Business owner as opposed to "Employee" worker. Even thou, 74.8% of students associate going to school for the purpose of getting a "Job"; These numbers suggest, students need and want to be prepared for ITEOE or Employer Oriented Education. So, join us in this worldwide movement of implementing ITEOE and providing support where ever it is needed.
Methods of Implementation
The Implementation of ITEOE Education Model will be customized to your specific organization structure and framework for proper implementation. This process typically begins with an "Letter of Interest and Intent to Implement ITEOE" Education Model to the perspective Government, Educational Institution or Organization Level. Once a written response is received expressing clear interest and intent on the implementation of ITEOE education model on a Government, Educational Institution or Organization level, a date will be established to discuss the framework in which we can establish a contract agreement proposal for implementation. Depending on the level initiated (Government, Educational Institution or Organization Group) ITEOE education model customization may vary. ITEOE Development Training Guide/Program is broken down in to 4 or 8 Modules spread out over 2 school years/4 semesters, with the remaining time left until graduation utilized perfecting and growing the students business prior to graduation under the ITEOE Education Model. Implementation time frame can be customized. Funding for the implementation of ITEOE Education Model can solely come from the level (Government, Educational Institution or Organization Group) instigating the implementation of ITEOE or a combination of them all including Non-Profit grant support.