SETTING THE STAGE APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTHCARE · APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN...
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JOHN DUNN ERIC SELEZNOW
Assistant Secretary for Apprenticeship and Worker Training, California Labor and Workforce
Development Agency
Senior Advisor, JFF
APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTHCARESETTING THE STAGE
P R E S E N T E D B Y
SETTING THE STAGE FOR HIGH-QUALITY WORK-BASED LEARNINGBuilding the California Healthcare Workforce
Eric Seleznow, Senior Advisor, JFF
Center for Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning
October 30, 2018
THANK YOUFOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT
Hi, I’m
ERIC SELEZNOW
Eric M. Seleznow is a senior advisor and directs JFF's Center for Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning. He works to further the organization’s goals of advancing innovative workforce policy and programs. Mr. Seleznow is contributing to the organization’s work on apprenticeship, reentry, and sector strategies.
Senior Advisor
The American labor market is broken. Our rapidly changing economy demands skilled and adaptable workers, but many people lack the education and training employers require. JFF is transforming the workforce and education systems to accelerate economic advancement for all.
JFF designs innovative solutions, scales proven programs, and influences industry action and policymaking to drive the most transformative impact.
CENTER FOR APPRENTICESHIP & WORK-BASED LEARNINGCenter4Apprenticeship.jff.org
FEDERAL INVESTMENTS
• American Apprenticeship Initiative
• State Accelerator grants
• State Expansion grants
• Contracts to Intermediaries
• $150m current DOL FOA
• $160m proposed for 2019
Since 2015, the Federal Government has invested $503m to fund:
WORK-BASED LEARNING STRATEGIES• On-the-Job Training (OJT)• Customized Training• Incumbent Worker Training• Work Experiences and Internships• Transitional Jobs
TYPES OF
• Registered Apprenticeship• Non Registered Apprenticeships• Industry Recognized Apprenticeships (new)• Pre-Apprenticeship
WORK-BASED LEARNING
1. Support entry and advancement in a career track
2. Provide meaningful job tasks that build career skills and knowledge
3. Offer compensation
4. Identify target skills and how gains will be validated
5. Reward skill development
6. Support college entry, persistence, and completion
7. Provide comprehensive student supports
7 PRINCIPLES OF
WORK-BASED LEARNING?WHAT IS
Exposes participants to the world
of work
Strengthens academic learning
Exposes participants to a career
field
Enhances professional
skills
Provides a temporary or permanent
job
APPRENTICESHIP: QUALITY, RIGOR, STANDARDS• Paid employment with wage increases commensurate with skill gains• Structured on-the-job learning supervised by a qualified mentor, and typically a
year or more• Related training and instruction that complements on-the-job learning• Ongoing assessment of skills development• Culminating in a recognized postsecondary credential
BENEFITS TO PARTICIPANTS
BENEFITS OF WORK-BASED LEARNING
• Develop professional and career-track skills
• Gain real-work work experience
• Earn postsecondary credentials that match employer expectations and needs
BENEFITS TO EMPLOYERS
BENEFITS OF WORK-BASED LEARNING
• Employees have the information and skills needed to make informed job
and long-term career choices
• Reduced turnover – excellent
retention
• Greater productivity
• Lower costs
WORK-BASED COURSES
Key features:
• Integrates the classroom and workplace by formalizing instruction that happens during work• Reflects the unique production needs of a company because teaching happens on the job• Fulfills program requirements for a community college certificate or degree• See www.jff.org/workbasedcourses
An innovative way to bring college to the production line by using the job as a learning lab
V I S I T U S T O D A Y A T J F F. O R G
THANK YOU!Center4Apprenticeship.jff.org
Hi, I’m
JOHN DUNNAssistant Secretary for Apprenticeship and Worker Training,
California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
SETTING THE STAGE: CALIFORNIA
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
CA Future Health
Workforce
LWDA
DAS
CWDB
DCAETP
CCCCO
ROCP
APRIL 2018’S WORKFORCE EXCELLENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR HEALTHCARE SYMPOSIUM
v The building trades ensure adequate workforce pipelines by maintaining a ration of one apprentice for every two journeyworkers turning sixty-one on a given year.
v Whether such a system could take hold in health is yet to be determined.
v Statutory, regulatory, and cultural obstacles must be surmounted.
SPECIFIC CHALLENGES
Licensure
Fragmented Funding Process
Program Inflexibility
Paucity of Instructors
Additional Rural Obstacles
Cultural Resistance
NEXT STEPS
DAS work to eliminate statutory & regulatory barriers
Rebrand apprenticeship
Expand multi-employer partnerships & form regional consortia
AB 2105 legislative report
Future Health Workforce Commission's strategic plan