Welcome to Workforce3 One
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training
Administration
Webinar Date: November 4, 2014
Presented by:
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Where are you?
Enter your location in the Chat window – lower left of screen
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Moderator
Moderator:
Diane Walton
Title:
Project Lead
Organization: Employment and Training
Administration (San Francisco)
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Polling Question
Where are you on the sector spectrum?
1. Ready to start
2. Novice
3. Practicing
4. Using it all the time
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Here’s what you can expect
to get out of this webinar!
1. Learn more about ETA’s Sector
Strategies TA project
2. Learn more about opportunities ahead
in building sector strategies.
3. Hear best practices and lessons
learned from practitioners at the state
level about effective sector strategies
policies and partnerships.
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Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Background on Sector Strategies
3. WIOA and Sector Partnerships
4. Best Practices: Commonwealth of Kentucky
5. Sector Strategies TA Project/Upcoming Events
6. Q&A
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Presenters
Presenter:
Les Range
Title:
Regional Administrator –
Region 3 (Atlanta)
Organization: Employment and Training
Administration
Presenter:
Beth Brinly
Title:
Commissioner
Organization: Department of Workforce
Investment, Commonwealth of
Kentucky
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Presenters
Presenter:
Josh Benton
Title:
Executive Director, Workforce
Development
Organization: Cabinet for Economic
Development, Commonwealth of
Kentucky
Presenter:
Larry Ferguson
Title:
Vice Chancellor of Economic
Development and Workforce
Solutions
Organization: Kentucky Community and
Technical College System
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ETA Sector Strategies TA Initiative
• Goal – to increase the number of states and
regions actively engaged in sector strategies work
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Who’s your customer?
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Sector Strategies Deliver Results
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Sector Partnerships
Presenter:
Les Range
Title:
Regional Administrator –
Region 3 (Atlanta)
Organization: Employment and Training
Administration
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Polling Question
What does WIOA stand for?
1. Workforce Implementation Options Act
2. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
3. Workforce Implementation Opportunity Act
4. Western Indiana Optical Association
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DOL Goals, WIOA, and
Sector Strategies Opportunities
• Achieve the President’s Vision for Job-Driven
Workforce Development
• WIOA = better
services for
employers, job
seekers, and
workers
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What’s different with sector strategies –
overall
• Not another new program. . .
Not an “add on” . . .
• A new way of doing business
• New culture and strategies at
the state local, and regional
level
• Better use of data for
decision making
• Innovative use of training
tools
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Evidence
• Participants in New York City’s
Sector-Focused Career Centers had
far better outcomes than people
similar to them did in the city’s
regular career centers: 53%
earnings increases, or $5,800 per
participant; 82 percent earnings
increases for participants in in
industry-related hard skill training, or
$9,071 per participant. Participants
benefit from the sector approach
regardless of their characteristics at
enrollment or prior work history
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Evidence
• 84% of employers that
participated in
Pennsylvania’s sector
initiatives (“Industry
Partnerships”) and
responded to a survey
reported significant
increases in productivity
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Evidence
• Random assignment
evaluation of 1,014
individuals showed that
sector initiative
participants earned 18.3
percent—about $4,500—
more than members of the
control group over the 24month study period, and
almost 30 percent more in
the 2nd year (after the end
of training).
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WIOA Connection to Sector Strategies
• Strategic role of boards;
• Required regions;
• Strong LMI; and
• Training resources
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Strategic Role of Boards
WIOA contributes to economic growth and business
expansion by ensuring the workforce system is job-driven
– matching employers with skilled individuals.
• State/local boards are responsible
for activities to meet workforce
needs of local and regional
employers.
• State/local boards will promote use
of industry and sector partnerships
to address workforce needs of
multiple employers within an
industry.
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Strategic Role of Boards
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Local areas can use funds for proven work-based
strategies, including incumbent worker training,
Registered Apprenticeship, transitional jobs, on-thejob training, and customized training.
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There are increased reimbursement rates for
employers for on-the-job and customized training.
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Required Regions
WIOA promotes alignment of
workforce development programs
with regional economic development
strategies to meet the needs of local and regional
employers.
• States are required to identify regions within their state.
• Local areas in regions will have coordinated planning and
service delivery strategies.
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Strong Labor Market Information
• WIOA Increases Access to
and Utilization of Robust
Data
• Data sources, such as LMI
fully support the data driven
decision making at that is
required in developing sector
strategies
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Training Resources
Local areas can use funds for proven work
based methods that support sector partnerships
• ITAs;
• Incumbent worker training;
• Customized training;
• OJT; and
• Registered Apprenticeship
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Alignment of Workforce, Education,
and Economic Development
• Sector strategies have broad
federal support
• Departments such as Labor,
Education, Energy, Transportation,
Commerce, and EPA
• WIOA brings HHS into the equation
as an important additional partner
• HUD and Agriculture could be
included in the Combined Plan, and
are potentially new partners for
sector strategies.
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Sector strategies support the
Job-Driven Training Checklist
• ENGAGING EMPLOYERS: Work up-front with
employers to determine local or regional hiring
needs and design training programs that are responsive to
those needs.
• EARN AND LEARN: Offer work-based learning opportunities
with employers – including on-the-job training, internships and
pre-apprenticeships and Registered Apprenticeships – as
training paths to employment
• SMART CHOICES: Make better use of data to drive
accountability, inform what programs are offered and what is
taught, and offer user-friendly information for job seekers to
choose programs and pathways that work for them and are
likely to result in jobs
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Sector strategies support the
Job-Driven Training Checklist
• MEASUREMENT MATTERS: Measure and
evaluate employment and earnings outcomes
• STEPPING STONES: Promote a seamless progression from
one educational stepping stone to another, and across workbased training and education, so individuals’ efforts result in
progress
• OPENING DOORS: Break down barriers to accessing jobdriven training and hiring for any American who is willing and
able to work, including access to job supports and relevant
guidance.
• REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS: Create regional collaborations
among American Job Centers, education institutions, labor, and
non-profits
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The Kentucky Experience
Presenter:
Beth Brinly
Title:
Commissioner
Organization: Department of Workforce
Investment, Commonwealth
of Kentucky
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The Kentucky Experience
Presenter:
Josh Benton
Title:
Executive Director, Workforce
Development
Organization: Cabinet for Economic
Development, Commonwealth
of Kentucky
Presenter:
Larry Ferguson
Title:
Vice Chancellor of Economic
Development and Workforce
Solutions
Organization: Kentucky Community and
Technical College System
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Drivers of Sector Work
Opportunities
Strategies
• Economic downturn
• Skills gap
• Need to diversify KY
economy
• Innovative work in
other states
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Initial Goals
• Economic opportunity for citizens and
businesses
• Strategic alignment among education,
workforce and economic development
• Employer-led state and regional sector
strategies
• A world-class talent pipeline
• Return on investment
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The Sweet Spot
Education
Sector
Strategies/
Career
Economic Pathways Workforce
Development
Development
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Strategic and Operational Components
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Role of Economic Development
• Business attraction/retention/expansion, including marketing of
the workforce solutions/“concierge service” brand
• Convener for economic data analysis
and sector prioritization
• Collaboratively convene Industry
Partnership Team
• Conduct worker attraction/recruitment
• Set policies to align Bluegrass State Skills Corporation grants to
sector/occupational priorities in each regional economy
• Provide continuous statistical (and anecdotal) information on
business attraction, retention, and expansion, as it relates to
regional human resource needs
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Role of Workforce Development
• Develop and continuously update quantitative
talent supply pipeline data for each target
sector
• Act as “broker” who connects all of the pieces
in the talent pipeline at the operational level
• Seek and approve private and non-profit
training providers for focus
industries/occupations
• Assist in competency model development
and validation for each sector
• Provide “labor exchange” support –
candidate screening, assessment, job
matching, etc.
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Role of the Community College System
• Seek/develop curriculum asset maps
• Lead competency model development and validation for sectors
• Program and curriculum design/development and validation through
industry-staffed Advisory Boards
• Lead adoption and integration of industry recognized credentials
• Conduct skill assessment (e.g., WorkKeys)
• Develop curriculum sharing agreements between institutions
• Set policy to align KCTCS TRAINS grants
to sector/occupational priorities and
maintain maximum flexibility
• Provide continuous information on availability
and results of various instructional programs
(industry-specific and otherwise)
• Articulate to K-12 systems
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Role of Business
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Assess and share training needs and skill gaps
– Provide real-time data on a regular basis
– Validate findings and recommendations of other partners
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Determine priorities for action
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Lead and promote the value of sector partnerships
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Communicate the issues of business contraction and expansion that impact the
training, support, and education needs of workers
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Guide the creation of career pathways to ensure alignment with industry needs and
opportunity for pathway participants
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Help educational and training institutions to align their curriculum and specific
programs toward unique and specific industry demand
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Offer work-based learning opportunities created jointly with education and workforce
partners
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Partner Alignment
1 – Customer Service
2 – Streamlined
Resources
3 – Unified Marketing &
Performance
Measuring
4 - Workforce Pipeline
Development
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Sector Criteria
In order to capture multiple viewpoints of historical and projected industry
performance, Kentucky gathered, developed, or calculated metrics to
describe the following industry characteristics:
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Historical growth
2.
Future growth projection
3.
Industry concentration (location quotient)
4.
Industry competitive effects (shift-share analysis)
5.
Export orientation
6.
Job multiplier effects
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Earning multiplier effects
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Industry average wage
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Excess demand
10. Workforce compatibility
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Sector Strategy Success Factors
Employer
driven
Partners’
support
Business
services
alignment
Regional
consensus
Real-time
data
Educationtraining
alignment
World Class
Sector
Strategies
High quality/
Sustainable
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Polling Question
Who needs Technical Assistance on what?
(Choose all that apply)
1. Real-time data
2. Regional consensus
3. Employer driven
4. Partners’ support
5. Education-training alignment
6. Business services alignment
7. High-quality/sustainable
8. All of the above
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Making Them Real
Sector strategies are
the “what”
Career pathways are the “how”
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KCTCS Pipeline Development
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Embedding Sector Strategies
• KCTCS TRAINS
• Industry Partnerships
• Bluegrass State Skills
• High Impact WIBs
• Work Ready Communities
• Workforce Academy
• Kentucky Skills Network BSTs
• Kentucky Career Center Certification
• Accelerating Opportunity KY
• Eligible Training Provider List
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Deliverables To Date
STATE
REGIONAL
• Sector Institute
• Kentucky FAME
• Industry Partnership Grants
• Northern Kentucky
– Industry Partnerships
– Career Center Services
• Toolkit
• Bluegrass Health Care Consortium
– World Class Framework and Course
• Learning and discussion tools
– Self-Assessment/ Implementation Guide
• Strategic planning tools
– Decision Making Tool
Taking action!
www.kysectorstrategies.com
• Unified Business Services Report
• Aluminum Corridor Strategy
• SOAR Report
• Code Louisville
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Shared Results
• Increases in the number of
companies and individuals served.
• A better mechanism to stay in tune with the needs
of our business and industry partners in regards to
workforce and economic development.
• Organizational and cultural change that creates a
shared vision, mission and operational efficiency
and effectiveness in meeting our customers
needs.
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Significant Benefits for Everyone
Economic
growth and
prosperity
Region
Employers
Innovative industry
sectors driven by a
skilled workforce
Workers
Highly skilled workers
with meaningful career
opportunities
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ETA Sector Strategies TA Initiative
TA will be organized around the following “elements” of
building effective sector partnerships:
• Using data to ID sectors and skills
• Partnership building
• Aligning education and
training programs to sectors
• Building career pathways within a sector framework
• Measuring sector ROI and sustaining it through $
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ETA Sector Strategies TA Initiative: Get Involved
• TA visits to 12 sites
• Participate in Peer Mentoring
• Participate in our Regional
Convenings and online events!
More info on upcoming events
will be disseminated in our monthly email newsletter,
coming your way soon!
• Share promising practices and exemplary models for
our Sector Strategies Guide
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Save the Date… Upcoming Events
Supporting Sector Strategies: Atlanta Convening
November 18-19, 2014 | Hyatt Regency Atlanta | Atlanta, GA
Register Now! http://www.cvent.com/d/q4q59m
Supporting Sector Strategies: San Francisco Convening
January 8-9, 2015 | Oakland City Center Marriott| Oakland, CA
Information & Registration Coming Soon!
Supporting Sector Strategies: Boston Convening
April 14-15, 2015 | Volpe National Transportation Systems
Center | Cambridge, MA
Information & Registration Coming Soon!
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Please enter your questions in the Chat Room!
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Speakers’ Contact Information
Speaker:
Diane Walton
Title:
Project Lead
Organization: U. S. Department of Labor/ETA
(San Francisco)
Email:
[email protected]
Telephone:
415-625-7924
Speaker:
Title:
Organization:
Telephone:
Les Range
Regional Administrator
US Department of Labor/ETA (Atlanta)
404-302-5300
Speaker:
Beth Brinly
Title:
Commissioner
Organization: Department of Workforce Investment,
Kentucky
Email:
[email protected]
Telephone:
502-564-0372
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Thank You!
Find resources for workforce system success at:
www.workforce3one.org
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