Colorado Workforce Development Council

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Colorado Workforce Development Council

• March 21-22, 2013

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Sector Partnerships Career Pathways
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• Sector Strategies Coming of Age
• EDUCATION, WORKFORCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• Education Career Pathways
• Workforce Development Sector Strategies
• Economic Development Industry Clusters

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Partnership Synergies Reverberate Back
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Sectors Steering Committee

• Update
• Jay Hardy, Chair

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A look at Sector Partnerships after the Sectors
Summit

• Exploring Region 1, Jessie Ruiz
• Emerging Region 2, George Newman
• Expanding Region 3, Judy Emery

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Career Pathways

• Engaging Education Partners

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Career Pathway Definitions

• Career pathway system or approach a coordinated
  approach across a myriad of otherwise
  disconnected education and training
  programs/institutions that focuses on the
  individuals' need for education and training that
  corresponds to strong career paths in a
  high-demand industry or occupation.
• Career pathway well-articulated sequence of
  quality education and training offerings and
  support services that enable individuals to
  advance over time to successively higher levels
  of education and employment in a given industry
  sector and set of occupations.
• Plans of Study

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Career Pathways Systems Development

• In April 2012, the U.S. Departments of Education,
  Labor, and Health and Human Services issued a
  joint commitment to
• promote the use of career pathways approaches as
  a promising strategy to help adults acquire
  marketable skills and industry recognized
  credentials through better alignment of
  education, training and employment, and human and
  social services among public agencies and with
  employers.

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SIX KEY ELEMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENTOF CAREER
PATHWAYS SYSTEMS
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Career Pathways and Programs of Study - Unaligned
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A COMPREHENSIVE CAREER PATHWAYS SYSTEMWITH THE
INTEGRATION OF PROGRAMS OF STUDY
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Goal for Career Pathways Technical Assistance

• The development of a prototype for Career
  Pathways Systems at the local level. To build a
  local Career Pathways template that would allow
  us to replicate the framework in other regions
  and industries
• Braid funding streams to effectively support
  Career Pathways
• Establishing shared or common performance
  measurements to evaluate the programs put in
  place

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Roles of Partners
Partners Roles in Developing Pathways
Workforce Agencies Provide labor market information Engage employers Recruit and make referrals Assist with job search and placement Provide funding for training Provide skills assessments
Educational Institutions Design programs Develop curricula Create links between credit and non-credit Assist with financial aid Provide support services Adult basic education
Human Service Agencies Provide support services Recruit and make referrals
Economic Development Provide labor market information Engage employers
Employers Help to develop industry relevant curricula Provide training facilities and equipment Provide internships/job shadowing Provide employment

• Source U.S. Department of Labor, Career
  Pathways Toolkit