Western Region Employer Conference Governor McDonnell's Jobs and Opportunity Agenda Jobs and Opportunity Virginia's Pathway to Prosperity!

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Western Region Employer Conference Governor
McDonnell's Jobs and Opportunity AgendaJobs
and OpportunityVirginia's Pathway to Prosperity!
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VCCS Workforce Development Services (WDS)We are
about what the colleges can do to help local
employers

• align education/services to serve economic and
  community development
• prepare the emerging workforce
• offer portable skills and credentials to the
  incumbent and displaced workforce
• provide students with greater access to career
  options
• workforce development courses, training and
  programs for community access
• serve employers through flexible and customized
  training
• Last year, more than 254,000 people benefitted
  from workforce programs and services across the
  Commonwealth.

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VCCS WDS FootprintCommunity College Workforce
Development Services Locator
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Partnerships and Collaboration

• Partner and collaborate to
• provide a skilled worker pool for employment
• address needs for present/future growth, offer
  job security and economic promise 
• Partners include
• Virginia Employment Commission
• Virginia Economic Development partnership
• Virginia Department of Business Assistance
• Local Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs)
• Numerous other businesses and non-profits

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VCCS and the Workforce Investment Act

• VCCS (system office) is the state grant recipient
• Workforce Investment Boards
• great partners and resource
• administer the program
• provide significant training funds
• contact your local WIB (http//www.vccs.edu/Defaul
  t.aspx?tabid708)

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Business and Industry

• Workforce instructional programs are provided to
  effectively prepare a workforce for
• existing and expanding businesses and industries
• new companies attracted to Virginia
• companies in new and emerging industries
• The colleges work with local businesses to keep
  Virginias businesses productive by providing
• assessment, training, and evaluation for the
  current workforce
• cost effective computer, business, and tech
  skills training to over 6,000 employers annually

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Business and Industry

• Statewide offerings include
• Virginia Independent Automobile Dealer Operator
• Contractor Business Licensing Requirements 
• Tradesmen Continuing Education 
• Medication Aide Training
• Architects, Professional Engineers, Land
  Surveyors, Landscape
• Architects Continuing Education
• Tax Preparer

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Career Pathways

• Career Pathways are connected education and
  training programs and support services. They
  essentially bridge business and education for the
  21st century workforce.
• The VCCS is a leader in the development of career
  pathways in the Commonwealth.

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Career Pathway Efforts

• Serve the unemployed, underemployed, incumbent
  workforces
• Serve varied and diverse populations - public
  school students to incumbent or displaced workers
• Provide education/training focused on skills
  development for a changing economy
• Provide access to credentials that count in the
  workplace certifications, licensures, degrees,
  certificates
• Provide experience-based learning opportunities

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Career Pathways

• The VCCS colleges offer multiple career pathway
  programs and services including
• Middle College
• Apprenticeship Related Instruction
• Postsecondary Perkins
• Tech Prep
• Career Coaches
• Career Readiness Certificate
• and more

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Career Pathways Middle College

• Middle College allows individuals without a high
  school degree to increase their income and
  employability by simultaneously pursuing a GED,
  community college education, and a workforce
  certification in a college environment.
• Six programs statewide expanding to 8
• Over 70 of active students have received a GED
• Over 50 of GED completers are enrolled in a
  post-secondary education program
• Nearly 60 of the GED completers earned a Career
  Readiness Certificate

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Career Pathways Apprenticeship Related
Instruction (ARI)

• To provide related instruction designed to supply
  the apprentice with the knowledge of theoretical
  and technical subjects in highly skilled trades
  and occupations. The VCCS coordinates a
  collaborative effort of
• employers
• the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
• secondary education
• technical centers
• local colleges

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Career Pathways Postsecondary Perkins

• Aligns education with state and regional
  workforce needs
• Inform and advise about career and training
  opportunities
• Promote degrees, certificates, diplomas, and
  certifications
• Promote articulation agreements
• Provides experience-based learning designed to
  foster employability skills
• In 2007-08
• 67,671 students enrolled in Perkins supported
  programs
• 17,280 program students earned degrees or
  certificates
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Tech Prep

• Tech Prep in Virginia is a federally-funded grant
  program administered by all 23 community colleges
  on behalf of local consortia comprised of
  secondary and postsecondary education partners,
  local employers, and regional economic and
  workforce development entities. 
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Tech Prep

• Tech Prep develops career pathways or programs of
  study that
• begin in high school
• serve dual-enrolled CTE students
• contain academic and CTE courses at the secondary
  and postsecondary level
• continue through an associate or baccalaureate
  degree, a journeymans license, a postsecondary
  level industry certification, or a state
  licensure
• prepare the emerging workforce for higher
  education and for entry into high wage, high
  demand, or high skill career fields 

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Career Coaches

• Community college employees based in local high
  schools empower students to make informed
  decisions about their career and educational
  plans and to prepare for success in postsecondary
  education and training. 
• During the 2008-2009 school year
• 154 high schools, providing one-on-one or small
  group coaching to over 57,000 students.
• gt28,000 students developed written academic and
  career plans.
• 8 improvement in college enrollment and earning
  a skill for a good paying job

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Career Readiness Certificate (CRC)

• Virginia's CRC is an assessment-based credential
  that gives employers and career seekers a uniform
  measure of key workplace skills.
• measures reading, applied math, and locating
  information
• graded at three levels Gold, Silver and Bronze
• provide a workplace skills certification that
  directly connects to business processes,
  productivity, quality, and profitability
• supported by the Virginia Workforce Council,
  Chamber of Commerce, AFL-CIO, and the Virginia
  Manufacturers Association

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more

• Job Fairs
• Tech Summit
• Regional Advanced Technology Academy
• Viticulture Project
• Alternative Energy
• Electronic Medical Records
• Water and Wastewater Technology
• Truck Driver Training
• LPN and RN training

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Thank You

• Jim Poythress
• Dean, The School of Business, Engineering, and
  Technology Workforce Development Services
• Virginia Western Community College
• Roanoke, VA
• [phone]
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• www.virginiawestern.edu