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Sandi Hastings
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Overview of regional transformation in Quad States
Strategic roles of Youth Councils and collaboration
Capacity building for Youth Councils and stakeholder networks
Next steps and wrap-up
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1998 WIA established new collaboration & performance measures
Reauthorization to enhance relationships
Emphasis on regional collaboration
U.S. DOL positions adult basic education & community colleges as key stakeholders that aid workforce customers’ success in the new economy
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Increase flexibility, agility, transparency
Bridge ―silos‖ to build partnerships
Marshall all available resources
Build workers’ skills for growth sectors
Use economic stimulus to prepare for recovery and growth
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Invest in closing the skill gap to ensure all workers have access to education and training…without leaving behind those individuals who can benefit the most from skills training.
Add 5 million community college graduates by 2020.
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Most occupations that pay a family-sustaining wage will be filled by workers with postsecondary education or training beyond high school. Yet half of the American workforce has not had any postsecondary education or training. Among these workers, the goal of a marketable credential is furthest out of reach for the 25 million who did not even finish high school.
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Ages 18-64 – 75 million Americans – 60% of workforce ---in labor market without postsecondary education
Includes range of individuals with no HS degree and low literacy and English skills
Need to work and learn simultaneously
Want skills & credentials that employers will recognize and compensate
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Science and technology are creating innovation-enabled 21st century job opportunities for working Americans in
frontline jobs such as biomedical and energy efficiency technicians, social media communications assistants, new materials production workers and advanced manufacturing factory floor laborers.
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Working learners need federal programs that support:
Flexibility—education programs that adapt to work and life responsibilities and incremental career and educational advancement.
Credentials—courses of study that lead to credentials valued by employers.
Career Guidance—professional assistance to define career paths and select available providers.
• Resources—financial assistance that is easy-to-use and understand.
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Over 71% job openings in next 10 years require postsecondary credentials-associate’s degrees, vocational certificates and credentials.
Need one year of postsecondary education to get someone to skill levels that support a job with family sustaining wages.
President Obama asks each American to commit to one more year of education.
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Provide workers access to postsecondary education & training
Establish multiple pathways to postsecondary education & training – especially for low skilled
Spur greater degrees of innovation & collaboration between key stakeholders at all levels
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Since 1991, we have fallen from third to sixth place among developed countries for percent of our population with an associate’s degree or above.
For the United States to retake the global lead for the proportion of its adults with a postsecondary credential it will need to enroll, at a minimum, 10 million individuals who would be considered working learners.
Without the enhanced skills of these individuals,
the United States will lack the productivity boost to move us through economic recovery to growth.
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Growth of middle skills jobs and credentialing
Shift to serving working learners
Shift from job placement services to relationship services to engage new hires in ongoing educational support/career guidance
Shift to career pathways for boosting wages with career guidance and lifelong education
Increase in emphasis on career development/guidance
Blend work and learning
Need to integrate occupational and developmental education
Career pathways to align basic education, occupational training, and higher education for smooth transitions across programs and institutions
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Increase Pell grants Increase all types of skills training Increase integration of ABE and Workforce education & training Community College Innovation Centers – alternate educational
pathways for working learners Eliminate sequence of service to help working learners move
directly into training Change WIA performance measures to add postsecondary
education attainment Shift training dollars to basic skill development (ARRA) Revise ITAs to tighten the connection between ABE, occupation
skills training and credit bearing course work Improve training link to portable postsecondary credential Improve linkages to community colleges for worker learner
postsecondary credentials Align Title I and Title II performance measures
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1.What is the purpose of the Quad-State collaboration?
2.Why do we want to work together – shared outcomes?
3.How can we best advance our shared purpose?
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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/06/working_learners.html
www.nationalskillscoalition.com
America’s Perfect Storm http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c9
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Stay Informed with these US DOL Links:
www.opendol.ideascale.com/
www.Facebook.com/Departmentoflaborwww.youtube.com/usdepartmentoflaborwww.twitter.com/usdol
www.Data.govwww.recovery.govwww.dol.gov/recovery
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Sandi Hastings
Sandra Hastings Associates
Contact Information:
Phone: 860-643-0624
www.sandrahastingsassociates.com
Follow my blog http://sandrahastings.wordpress.com/
Become one of my LinkedIn connections and introduce me to yourfriends - http://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrahastings
Join My Mailing List!
Attend my social media webinars to obtain detailed
service delivery strategies.