A training package for the Heartland 411 Youth Summit

1. Sandi Hastings
Sandra Hastings Associates
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2. Sandra Hastings, Ph.D.
Sandra Hastings Associates
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3.  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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4. 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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5.  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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6.  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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7.  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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8.  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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9.  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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10.  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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11.  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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12.  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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13.  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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14.  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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15.  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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16. 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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17.  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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=47bbb61678390110VgnVCM10000022f95190R
CRD&vgnextchannel=4d84be3a864f4010VgnVC
M10000022f95190RCRD
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18.  Stay Informed with these US DOL Links:
 www.opendol.ideascale.com/
 www.Facebook.com/Departmentoflabor
www.youtube.com/usdepartmentoflabor
www.twitter.com/usdol
 www.Data.gov
www.recovery.gov
www.dol.gov/recovery
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19. Sandi Hastings
Sandra Hastings Associates
Contact Information:
Phone: 860-643-0624
www.sandrahastingsassociates.com
Hastings.Sandra@gmail.com
Join My Mailing List!
Attend my social media webinars to obtain detailed
service delivery strategies.
Follow my blog http://sandrahastings.wordpress.com/
Become one of my LinkedIn connections and introduce me to your
friends - http://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrahastings
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