Hi all,
The Workforce One newsletter recently highlighted several of their most often viewed resources. Have you participated in and/or viewed any of these webinars and/or publications? Which have you found most beneficial to your work?
Gail Cope, LINCS Program Management Group
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WIOA 101: ( https://www.workforce3one.org/view/3001432333369774359 ) A series of short webcasts highlighting key provisions in Titles I and III of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
The 100,000 Jobs Mission (https://www.workforce3one.org/view/3001409851246050435/info): The 100,000 Jobs Mission is a coalition of private sector companies committed to hiring U.S. military veterans and military spouses.
The Promise of High-Quality Career and Technical Education: Improving Outcomes for Students, Firms, and the Economy ( https://www.workforce3one.org/view/4011414331989491492/info ) A College Board and Georgetown Law Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy report that examines the labor market environment confronting young people today and discuss the characteristics of career and technical education (CTE) programs that address those challenges.
Encore Entrepreneurs: (https://www.workforce3one.org/view/3001414955679116167/info ) AARP teamed up with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to help Americans over age 50 get the real-world, actionable information they need to start and grow small businesses.
Early College High School Initiative: (https://www.workforce3one.org/view/3001414955581221915/info) The Early College High School Initiative focuses on young people for whom the transition into postsecondary education is now problematic - low-income young people, first-generation college goers, English language learners, and students of color. The report was prepared by Jobs for the Future.
Farther, Faster: Six Promising Programs Show How Career Pathway Bridges Help Basic Skills Students: ( https://www.workforce3one.org/view/4011414955342256625/info ) A CLASP brief highlighting six promising programs that show how career pathway bridges help lower-skilled students move farther and faster along college and career paths through dual enrollment in linked basic skills and occupational certificate courses.
Promoting College and Career Readiness: Bridge Programs for Low-Skill Adults: ( https://www.workforce3one.org/view/4011414955256531830/info ) A Community College Virtual Symposium brief describes recent approaches to bridge programs and explores promising practices that contextualize and/or integrate instruction and strengthen student support and transition services to improve students’ rates of postsecondary transition and completion.
Experiments for Better Service Design: ( https://www.workforce3one.org/view/1001418430118943198/info ) This "Experiment Toolkit: ( https://www.workforce3one.org/view/2001418430344260219/info ) includes step-by-step instructions for designing, planning and running an experiment using the design thinking process and provides examples of past experiments run inside American Job Centers.
CTE Launchboard: ( https://www.workforce3one.org/view/3001424849969483452/info ) This statewide data system supported by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and hosted by Cal-PASS Plus, provides data to California community colleges and their feeder K-12 school districts on the effectiveness of CTE (career and technical education) programs.