Building Effective Career Pathways A Collaborative Approach to Training Adults.

Building Effective Career Pathways

A Col laborat ive Approach to Training Adults

Career pathways help low-skill adults achieve success in high-demand careers

• Integrated basic skills education and career training

• A connected a series of education and training programs

• Stackable credentials culminating in a postsecondary credential

Career pathways help low-skill adults achieve success in high-demand careers

• Central point of contact for students

• Support services: childcare, transportation

• Intensive career and academic advising

Career pathways meet the needs of employers

• Targeting industries important to local economies

• Identifying and responding to local skills gaps

• Ensuring students find well-paying jobs that offer advancement opportunities

What the research says

• Students in Washington state’s I-BEST program: • earn an average of 14 to 18 more college

credits• are 29 to 35 percent more likely to earn a

postsecondary credential

• Earning two semesters of credit and a postsecondary credential boosts the average income of ABE students by of $8,500.

Building effective career pathways requires meaningful, ongoing collaboration

FundersWIB

EmployersParticipant

s

WIA Provider

Two-Year CollegeAdult

Basic Education

TANF Provider

Community- Based Organizations

State AgencyNavigator

What steps must these partners take to build an effective career pathway?

FundersWIB

EmployersParticipant

s

WIA Provider

Two-Year CollegeAdult

Basic Education

TANF Provider

Community- Based Organizations

State AgencyNavigator

Participants

ABE Funders TANF Provider

State AgencyWIB

Employers Two-Year College

Navigator

WIA Provider CBOs

A Checklist for Partners

Identify Focus Areas

Determine Project Partners

Build/Design Project Components

Identify and Finalize Program ParticipantsProgram RegistrationConduct Course

Placement/Advancement

Post-Placement (Follow-Up)

Participants


State AgencyWIB


Navigator

WIA Provider CBOs







Identifying a focus area

using employer input, labor market

information, and a scan of available resources

Participants


State AgencyWIB


WIA Provider CBOs

Determining project partners

Who should be involved?

How they can contribute to

the project’s success?







Navigator

Participants


State AgencyWIB


WIA Provider CBOs

Building and designing

project components

assessments, curriculum, instructional strategies,

support services, funding, and

work experiences







Navigator

Participants


State AgencyWIB


WIA Provider CBOs

Identifying program participants

using assessments and marketing/outreach

strategies







Navigator

Participants


State AgencyWIB


WIA Provider CBOs

Partners help participants complete

their

Program Registration







Navigator

Participants


State AgencyWIB


WIA Provider CBOs

ABE partners conduct

Bridge Classes

content-specific curriculum

to develop

work and college readiness,

college-level reading and writing skills, and

computer skills







Navigator

Participants


State AgencyWIB


WIA Provider CBOs

Conducting the credit course

integrated instruction, coordinated

support services, and work experiences







Navigator

Participants


State AgencyWIB


WIA Provider CBOs

Providing job placement services

helping students find jobs, advance professionally,

and expand their networks







Navigator

Participants


State AgencyWIB


Navigator

WIA Provider CBOs

Post-Placement

tracking student outcomes and helping

students retain employment or

seek new opportunities.







Questions?

Thank you!

Mary Jo GardnerRamsey County Workforce Investment Board

651.779.5653 [email protected]

www.rcwib.org

Building Effective Career Pathways A Collaborative Approach to Training Adults.

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