Pennsylvania Innovation Driven by Collaboration

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Pennsylvania Innovation Driven by Collaboration

• Presented by the Pennsylvania Workforce
  Investment Board and the South Central
  Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board

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JOB READY PA

• A complete overhaul of the Commonwealth's
  workforce development system
• Dual focus on businesses and jobseekers
• Makes the most of available resources, helps
  workers acquire good-paying jobs and establishes
  a workforce development culture that's efficient
  and responsive to worker and employer training
  needs

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Successful Partnerships

• Are Industry Led
• Engage Multiple Partners
• Private Industry All Sizes
• Education
• Organized Labor
• Regional Economic Development Partners
• Department Of Public Welfare
• Department Of Community Economic Development
• Local Workforce Investment Boards
• Department Of Labor Industry
• PA CareerLinks (One Stops)
• Elected Officials

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Successful Partnerships

• Aggregate Resources
• Establish Curriculum Guidelines
• Engage In Regional Alliances
• Develop Career Pathways/Ladders
• Share Best Practices
• Develop Sustainability Plans
• Evaluate Processes
• Strive for High Performance Proficiency

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State Implementations

• Regional meetings with LWIBs, IP organizers,
  educational providers, etc.
• Sector specific meetings
• PA Industry Partnership Academy
• PA Center for Health Careers
• Encourage cross - industry, cross - region
  alliances
• Technical assistance

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A General Overview of PAs Incumbent Worker
Training Programs Each program targets a
different need of employers and has a unique set
of guidelines and eligibility criteria.

•  Industry Partnership Worker Training - Funded
  by the PA Department of Labor Industry.
• Aggregated, high skill training that is not
  covered under the Guaranteed Free Training
  program (WEDnetPA).
• Addresses the training needs of multiple
  employers within an Industry Partnership and
  enhances the competitiveness of its member
  companies.
• Customized Job Training (CJT) - Funded by the PA
  Department of Community and Economic Development
• Customized, higher level or advanced training
  that is not covered under the Guaranteed Free
  Training program - Workforce Economic
  Development of Pennsylvania (WEDnetPA)

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A General Overview of PAs Incumbent Worker
Training Programs
Guaranteed Free Training Funded by the PA
Department of Community and Economic
Development  Basic Skills Business Operations,
Communication Teamwork, Computer Operations,
Manufacturing Fundamentals, Quality Assurance,
etc.  IT Skills Database Development, Computer
Programming, Website Design, Network
Administration, Information Security,
E-Commerce/Business, Advanced Applied
Manufacturing Technology (CAD, CAM, CNC, PLC),
etc. Pennsylvania Workforce Improvement Network
(PA WIN) - Funded by the PA Department of
Education, Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy
Education (ABLE)   Foundation Skills Basic
Employability Skills (interpersonal skills,
self-management, teamwork, etc.) Basic
Workplace Skills (reading, writing, listening,
observing, etc.) Basic Workplace Knowledge
(organizational structure, health safety
concepts, etc.)   English as a Second Language
(ESL)
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Successes Realized

• Worker Pipeline youth engagement, adult
  development
• Career Awareness
• Career Pathways/Advancement
• HR Practice Changes
• Business Competitiveness

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Partnerships are the Key to Success
Organizationally, Professionally Personally

• Employee Retention
• Personal/Professional Gains
• Industry Credentialing
• Articulation Agreements
• Interagency Cooperation
• An Educated Workforce is a Competitive Workforce

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Regional Career Education Partnerships for
Youth(RCEPs)

• Connecting Todays Youth to Careers of Tomorrow

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A Statewide Initiative

• The PA Department of Labor Industry
• And
• The PA Workforce Investment Board
• In support of
• The PA Department of Educations
• High School Reform Agenda
• (Project 720)

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RCEPs

• Promote career preparation for students
• Partner with Project 720 high schools to address
  key career-related elements of the reform agenda
• Work with the Commonwealth on broad strategies
  that encourage employers to support PAs vision
  for high school reform

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RCEPs are Intermediaries

• Convene key leaders and stakeholders
• Connect community partners and resources
• Measure and evaluate impacts of efforts
• Sustain efforts that strengthen ongoing
  connections

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Specifically, RCEPs

• Establish work-based pathways
• Assist schools with implementing Academic
  Standards for Career Education and Work
• Develop comprehensive, flexible processes for
  establishing positive working relationships
• Develop in-school career preparation programs
  aligned with PAs career clusters and high
  priority occupations including STEM

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Results

• In two years
• 110,000 students
• 3,200 employers
• 3,000 paid and unpaid internships
• 1,300 educators in the workplace
• 1,800 students in dual enrollments
• 4,400 students enrolled in postsecondary
  education

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• PA Youth in Transition
• (PAYT)
• Re-engaging Dropouts and Youth
• Aging out of Foster Care

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A Statewide Collaboration

• PA Departments of
• Labor Industry
• Education
• Public Welfare

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Purpose of PAYT

• Establish community partnerships to examine the
  issues around improving education options and
  life outcomes for the large and growing number of
  dropouts and youth aging out of foster care

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PAYT

• Reconnect these most vulnerable youth to high
  quality educational options earning a high school
  diploma or GED leading to postsecondary education
  credentials and successful careers

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Nine PAYT Pilots

• Based on the Funders Group Model that addresses
  Four Key Elements
• Collection and Use of Data
• High Quality Education Options
• Policy Barriers
• Strengthening Community Partnership

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Support and Evaluation

• Technical Assistance from Philadelphia Youth
  Network (PYN)
• Evaluation of Individual Projects
• Identify successful approaches to create models
  for replication across the Commonwealth
• Evaluation of Statewide Initiative

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South Central PA Workforce Investment Area

• Eight Counties
• Policy Development
• Fiscal Oversight
• Largest Worker Population
• 16 Industry Partnerships, RCEP, Project 720, Job
  Training Fund Equipment Grants, Nursing Shortage
  Activities, etc.

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Building a Skilled Workforce

• Active Board Engagement
• Demand-Driven
• Data-Driven
• Sustainability

• High Performance
• Integration-Collaboration
• Communication/Awareness

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Industry PartnershipsGrowth Development by
Sub-Cluster

• PY2007-2008

• PY2004-2006

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Industry PartnershipsGrowth Development by
Region/Topic

• PY2007-2008

• PY2004-2006

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Industry Partnership Themes

• Administrative
• Role of the Coordinator
• Governance Structure
• Uniform Standards
• Regionalism
• Labor-Management
• Awareness
• Sustainability
• Leveraging Resources

• Program
• Shifting Paradigms - Relevancy
• Training
• Career Pathways
• Pipeline
• Soft Skill Development
• Diversity
• Technology
• Globalization
• Enhancing Business Models

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Industry Partnerships SCWIB Role Transformation
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Preparing Youth for Tomorrow Workforce
Development Integration

• Educate Dispel the Myths
• Transformation
• Demand-Driven
• Data Driven
• Collaboration
• Awareness

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Preparing Youth for TomorrowEducation
Workforce Collaboration

• Key Stakeholders
• Industry Partnerships, RCEP, K-12, VoTech/CTCs,
  US DoL, LWIB, Youth Council, State, etc.
• Career Development Pathways
• http//www.pacareerstandards.com/
• Outcomes
• State Local Resource Alignment, Marketing, Best
  Practice Sharing
• Integration Communication - Collaboration
• Careers Awareness Week

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South Central Workforce Investment
Board(SCWIB)Healthcare Steering Committee
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Structure

• Structure under SCWIB since 2004
• Acute Care, Long Term Care, Home Health
• Industry Driven- Education providers participate
  without voting.

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Planning

• Strategic Plan instrumental to success
• 3 Initiatives
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Education Capacity

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Recruitment

• Health Careers Awareness Week
• State Nurse Initiative Grants
• Allied Health
• Minority Recruitment

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Retention

• Incumbent Worker Training
• Nurse Residency Training
• Supply Data and Research
• Older Workers Project

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Education Capacity

• Faculty Capacity
• Clinical Capacity

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Contact Information