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Employers tell us…. Lower-income workers do not have the prerequisite basic skills to meaningfully participate in or benefit from training opportunities for current job openings. Our response. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Employers tell us…

Lower-income workers do not have the prerequisite basic skills to meaningfully participate in or benefit from training opportunities for current job openings.

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Our response

Provide stackable education and training for in-demand jobs and career pathways with a focus on contextualized basic skills and workplace readiness, connections to technical training, and hands-on experience.

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Stackable Educati on and Training

Personal Effectiveness Skills

Academic Skills

Workplace Readiness Skills

Industry Technical Skills

Occupational Skills

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How does WSCMH help Job Seekers?

Skill LevelENERGY/UTILITIES HEALTH CARE MANUFACTURING

OCCUPATIONAL

Gas/Utility Training

In-patient Medical Coding Pilot

INDUSTRY TECHNICAL

WORKPLACE READINESS

Academic Skills Enhancement for Energy-Related

CareersACADEMIC

PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

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How does WSCMH help Incumbent Workers?

Skill Level ENERGY/UTILITIES HEALTH CARE MANUFACTURING

OCCUPATIONAL Prof. Development Workshop

ADVANCE Training Grant Program

INDUSTRY TECHNICAL

ACADEMIC

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How does WSCMH help Incumbent Workers?

Skill Level ENERGY/UTILITIES HEALTH CARE MANUFACTURING

OCCUPATIONALTechnical Training

FundCareer

Advancement InitiativeINDUSTRY

TECHNICAL

ACADEMIC Academic Skills Refresher

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Adapti ng an eff ecti ve practi ce

10 out of 20 job seekers that participated in contextualized basic skill training in energy/utilities secured employment

4 out of 10 incumbent workers that received manufacturing training increased their wages an average of 4.1%

9 job seekers that participated in the new manufacturing program secured employment

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Adapti ng an eff ecti ve practi ce PeeDee Workforce Investment Board (SC): Recognized

by US DOL and local employers for its innovative ways in getting potential employees work-ready

Peninsula Workforce Development Center (VA): Created a pipeline program to effectively screen potential candidates and assess the skills relative to jobs with local companies

Southeast Development Group (TN): Implemented a cross-industry, cross-occupational portable skills model which expanded to assist with tri-state economic development

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• Interactive, online system– Targeted, self-paced

instruction– Pre- and post-assessments– Occupational job profiles

database

• Basic skills curriculum– Applied mathematics skills– Reading for information– Locating information

KeyTrain

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Getti ng people READi for work

Integrated online learning – Facilitated group– Monitored individual

Integration into CTWorks– Support services– Technical training and employment

Readiness Education and Academic Development Initiative

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READi Goals Expand upon the demonstrated effectiveness of stackable

education and training Identify new career navigation methods that correlate to

the likelihood of attaining job-needed skills, credentials, or degrees

Serve lower-income/unemployed adults– Serve 100 individuals in a facilitated group

• 75% of all completers will increase their scores by at least one level in each of the following: applied mathematics, reading for information, and locating information

– Serve 100 individuals with independent learning• 75% of all completers will increase their scores by at least one level in

each of the following: applied mathematics, reading for information, and locating information

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READi Sustainability

Enhance the public workforce system Increase employer value Reallocate WSCMH resources– Core competencies beyond basic skills– Barriers to career advancement such as

transportation, child care