1. The Indiana Education and
workforce Innovation
Network
A Lilly Endowment funded partnership between the Center of Excellence
in Leadership of Learning (CELL) and the Indiana Education Roundtable

2. CELL
• 10 year old not-for-profit center at the University of
Indianapolis, in large part funded by Lilly
Endowment
• Current Initiatives:
• New Tech High and Middle Schools
• Early College High Schools
• The TAP System of Teacher and Student Advancement
• Core to College
• Project-based Learning
• Indiana Education and Workforce Innovation Network

3. Partnership for Indiana’s
Future
• Project of the Indiana Education Roundtable
• Parallel work with CELL initiative
• Work on a regional basis to establish
Business/Education partnerships for the purpose of
educational transformation for economic growth
• Research to identify areas of disconnect between K-
12, post-secondary, and workforce needs to
indentify the skills gap throughout Indiana

4. The Disconnect
• Workforce Industry Needs
• 2018 – 60% of future jobs will require college degree or
occupational certificate
• Misalignment of education and economic growth
opportunities
• 50% of college graduates in the last 5 years are
underemployed or unemployed
• Disconnected K-12 and Post-Secondary programs
• Remediation
• Dual Credit
• CTE

5. The Disconnect
Workforce Needs
Post-Secondary
Degrees & Certificates
K-12 – Post-
Secondary

6. EWin
• $1.6 Million Dollar Project
• Lilly Endowment
• Indiana Education Roundtable
• Joyce Foundation
• Two Networks
• Statewide
• Regional
• Work on a regional basis

7. Indiana DWD
Economic Growth
Regions
There are many ways to divide the
state for this project. We have
chosen the DWD map because it
offers certain advantages, including
the WIBs.

8. Goals
• The Lilly Endowment proposal contained three
goals:
1. Strengthen Career and Technical Education
• Models of CTE
• STEM curricula/certificates
2. Strengthen Academic Foundations
• Elimination of math remediation at the post-secondary
level
3. Accelerate Academic Progress
• Enhance dual credit programs and transferability

9. Developing Regional
Partnerships
• Regional Grants- Request for Proposals
• Establish regional partnership
• K-12
• Post-Secondary
• Industry/Workforce Leadership
• Economic Development Leadership
• Focus on creating or reinforcing CTE programs aligned
to economic growth opportunities
• Create partnerships between K-12 and Post-
Secondary partners to expand dual credit offerings and
eliminate math remediation

10. Advisory Committee
• Brian Bosworth, • Lucy Houchin, TPMA • Roy Vanderford,
Future Works Workforce Innovations
• Marilyn Metzler,
• Dan Clark, IER IACTED • Trish Whitcomb-Sipes,
Senior Policy Advisor
• Claudia Cummings, • Tom Miller, TPMA to Glenda Ritz
Conexus
• John Newby, Ivy Tech • Linda Woloshansky,
• Carol D’Amico, PLTW Workforce Innovations
• Glenda Ritz, State
• Gina DelSanto, CHE Superintendent-elect • Shawn Wright-Brown,
JEL Caeer Center
• Jaclyn Down, DWD • Marilee Springer,
Policy Advisor to • Janet Boyle, CELL
• Matt Fleck, Fleck Ed. Governor-elect Pence
• David Dresslar, CELL
• John Hoops, Future • Mary Ann Sullivan,
Works CELL • Todd Hurst, CELL

11. Statewide Meeting
• January 25, 2012 – Hyatt Regency Indianapolis
• Governor-elect Mike Pence – Invited
• State Superintendent-elect Glenda Ritz – Invited
• Regional, Statewide, and National Speakers
• Goals:
• Explain the work
• Connect the people
• Launch the RFP

12. Q&A
http://cell.uindy.edu
David Dresslar
Executive Director
Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning
ddresslar@uindy.edu
Todd Hurst
Director of Education and Workforce Innovation
Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning
hurstt@uindy.edu