Winning in the Global Market An Action Plan to Transform Oregons Workforce Education and Training Sy

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Winning in the Global MarketAn Action Plan to
Transform Oregons Workforce Education and
Training System
Competitive Companies, Productive People,
Innovative Ideas
Oregon Progress Board, April 27, 2006
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The Case for Change

• Globalization
• Advancing Technology
• Shifting Attitudes about Work
• Shrinking Living Wage Jobs
• Demographic Shifts

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Governors Charge

• Build a more unified robust workforce education
  and training system to respond to changing needs
• Develop an action plan and focus resources so
  Oregon can compete in the global economy

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Oregons Strong Foundation

• History of workforce innovation
• Progress Board/ Benchmarking
• Current workforce cluster initiatives
• Progress to unify education enterprise
• Increased HS grad requirements
• More and part-time financial aid
• Dual enrollment
• Common transfer module
• Governors current worker training grants
• WorkSource Oregon/ iMatchSkills
• Career Pathways

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Oregons Competitive Challenges

• Lack of integrated statewide strategy for
  education, economic development and workforce
• Lack of diversification in states economy
• Low educational attainment
• Low education and training investments
• High unemployment
• Declining income

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• If Oregon will need over 600,000 workers to fill
  openings created by economic growth and
  retirements by 2014, can we meet the challenge?

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We Have a PlanWe Need Your Help

• Goal 1 Ensure all Oregon employers have a
  competitive workforce advantage to compete in the
  global marketplace through a highly skilled
  workforce and expand the number of living wage
  jobs available to skilled Oregonians.
• Goal 2 Prepare a flexible, innovative workforce
  that has the skills employers want and is able to
  continuously adapt to technology changes. That
  means education and training that helps emerging,
  transitional and current workers.
• Goal 3 Build an agile, demand-driven workforce
  education and training system that is
  outcome-based, customer-focused, accessible,
  flexible, adequately funded and grounded in
  public-private partnerships.

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Supports Oregon Shines goal of quality jobs for
all OregoniansThis is the human development
part of the states economic strategy
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Issues, gaps, overlaps

• Governor will announce this action plan in summer
  2006
• How will existing plans be integrated into Oregon
  Shines III so we are not duplicating?
• over 500 people involved in this action plan
  development
• Strong workforce board ownership of plan and
  desire to implement not do more planning
• Collaboration on using common measures and
  measuring plan progress is needed

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Other partners

• Local and regional workforce boards Oregon
  Workforce Partnership
• Local and regional economic development entities
• Oregon Economic Development Association
• Labor unions
• Business associations, cluster networks, employer
  consortia

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Thank you. Lita Colligan Governors Office of
Education and Workforce Policy Lita.colligan_at_stat
e.or.us www.worksourceoregon.org