SEVA PORT

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SEVA PORT
Southeastern Virginia Partnership for Regional
Transformation SEVA-PORT
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What is WIRED?

• In November 2005, the U.S. Department of Labor
  Employment Training Administration announced a
  competition to assist regions in developing
  innovative approaches to economic and workforce
  transformation.
• Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
  Development (WIRED) integrates economic and
  workforce development activities, demonstrating
  that talent development can drive economic
  transformation in regions across the U.S.
• Brings together state, local and federal
  entities academic institutions (including K-12,
  community colleges and universities) business
  and industry, and other partners to address the
  challenges associated with building a globally
  competitive and prepared workforce.

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Third Generation
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What is SEVA-PORT?

• The Southeastern Virginia Partnership for
  Regional Transformation seeks to integrate,
  enhance and build linkages between the emerging
  industry of Modeling and Simulation (MS) and the
  expanding Port-related industries of
  Transportation, Warehousing and Distribution
  (TWD).

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SEVA-PORTs Goals

• Goal 1 Support the current and future workforce
  needs of TWD and MS industries through
  relationship building, training, research and
  development, and entrepreneurship
• Goal 2 Mitigate BRAC and industry downsizing
  impacts by strengthening the talent pipeline for
  TWD / MS occupations
• Goal 3 Enhance relationships between WIRED
  partners and expand collaborative

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SEVA-PORT Partners

• Peninsula Council for Workforce Development
• Hampton Roads Workforce Development Board
  (Opportunity Inc.)
• Crater Regional Workforce Investment Group
• Hampton Public Schools
• New Horizons Regional Education Center
• Petersburg Public Schools
• Pruden Career and Technical Center
• Virginia Beach Public Schools
• John Tyler Community College
• Paul D. Camp Community College
• Tidewater Community College
• Thomas Nelson Community College
• Old Dominion University, Maritime, Ports and
  Logistics Management Institute
• Old Dominion University, Virginia Modeling,
  Analysis and Simulation Center
• College of William and Mary
• Virginia State University
• D.D. Jones Transport
• Northrop Grumman Newport News
• Lockheed Martin

• Virginia Port Authority
• Virginia Maritime Association
• Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance
• Virginia Gateway Region Economic Development
• Greater Peninsula Workforce Development
  Consortium
• Local Elected Officials
• City of Petersburg
• Hampton Roads Partnership
• Crater Regional Partnership
• Crater Regional Planning District Commission
• Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
• Hampton Roads Technology Incubator
• Crater Small Business Development Center
• Hampton Roads Research Partnership
• Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce
• Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
• Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
• Future Hampton Roads

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WIRED Road Map of the Region

• Asset Mapping
• Baseline of the regions current workforce,
  education and training capacity, pipeline of new
  workers
• Forecast the demand for skilled labor that
  underpins the Port and TWD industries
• Estimate the need for MS in the TWD industry,
  training available to meet demand, potential
  pipeline to meet this budding industry

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WIREDExpanding the Talent Pipeline

• Secondary Education
• Create a comprehensive MS senior-level
  curriculum and disseminate to regional public
  school system
• Teacher training opportunities equip
  instructors with curriculum and tools to educate
  students in MS fields
• Technology Summer Camps in cooperation with
  TCC, TNCC and NSU. 4 week session for students
  ages 16-18 that exposes students to Simulation
  Gaming, Computer Aided Design, Webpage Design,
  and Programming Networking

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WIREDExpanding the Talent Pipeline

• Community Colleges
• Curriculum development at TCC, TNCC, PDCCC, JTCC,
  SCC. Develop associates degree and certificate
  programs in MS and Logistics, and expand Truck
  Driving programs
• Outfitting and expanding lab capacity purchase
  state-of-the-art software and hardware
• Recruitment Outreach aimed at encouraging
  students and others to pursue careers in MS and
  TWD industries

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WIRED Expanding the Talent Pipeline

• One Stop Training Programs
• Provide students, dislocated workers and others
  with comprehensive assessments and information on
  MS and TWD programs
• Encourage enrollment in certificate and degree
  programs related to TWD MS career fields
• Provide tuition assistance to 300 individuals in
  SEVA-PORT related programs

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WIRED Responding to Industry Needs

• Convene TWD and MS Industries Panel
• Collaborate with the Hampton Roads Research
  Partnership to leverage EDA grants
• Best Practices Assessment for TWD industries,
  integrate MS technologies into TWD, and
  facilitate employee access to training in these
  new technologies

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WIRED Responding to Industry Needs

• Entrepreneurship Small Business Development
• Outreach and identification of entrepreneurs and
  new business in the MS and TWD industries
• Provide business management counseling, training
  programs and seminars, marketing and public
  relations assistance

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WIREDGROW, INTEGRATE TRANSFORM

• A continuum of initiatives to GROW Modeling and
  Simulation technologies, INTEGRATE these
  technologies into TWD industries in response to
  the needs of the Port expansion, and TRANSFORM
  the regional economy.

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