Community College: The Communitys Workforce Development Systems Integrator

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Community College The Communitys Workforce
Development Systems Integrator
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Introductions

• Name, College, Position
• Word Association

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• Collaboration

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Preview

• Why community colleges should take the lead in
  coordinating integrating workforce development
  efforts

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Lets talk about building collaboratives

• Everything we know we learned the hard way

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Lets talk about building collaboratives

• How to get people to the table
• Good idea ? Getting things done
• Once is not enough sustainability

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Case for Collaboration

• Career Ladders Approach
• Provide opportunities for people to advance up
  career ladders one to several rungs at a time
• Low threshold
• High ceiling
• Hand rails

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We cant do it
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We cant do it

• By ourselves

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Our communities

• Rich in resources

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Our communities

• Rich in resources

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Community Colleges are the natural conveners of
collaboratives

• Largest provider of workforce development
• Stable part of our mission
• Well respected by rest of community

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Its to our advantage to take this role

• Supports provided by others can make our students
  more successful
• We can generate more FTES by being the best next
  step on the ladder
• We can receive support from partners who benefit
  when we are successful

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A brief history
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Should CCs take the lead in systems integration?
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How to build successful collaboratives 3 phases

• Getting potential partners to the table
• Organizing the collaborative to get something
  done
• Sustaining the collaborative beyond the current
  grant

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How to engage partners?

• How do you get potential partners to even explore
  collaboration?
• How to get from mortal enemies, to wary traders,
  to committed partners?

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Stories

• PIC gt Coalition for Workforce Preparation
• Employer engagement disasters

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Getting People to the TableLessons Learned

• Relationships essential
• Partners must have compelling reason to
  collaborate. Its a good idea isnt enough.

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Getting Things Done Lessons Learned

• Sunday Breakfast
• Staff
• Essential
• Responsible to the whole not one agency
• Conveners, facilitators, not providers of
  services
• Marketplace approach

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Sustainability

• Annual Process

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Sustainability

• WIB LMI
• Data Sharing
• WIB/TANF Funding for Ladders
• Health Careers Ladder Brochure Production
• Oatmeal

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Sustainability Lessons learned

• Annual process
• Persistence produces alignment of resources
• Invest grant funds in design, building capacity,
  not direct delivery of services
• Sustain the relationships institutionalize
  informal time together

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Community College The Communitys Workforce
Development Systems Integrator
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Community College The Communitys Workforce
Development Systems Integrator
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