RISE Regional Industry Skills Education

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RISERegional Industry Skills Education

• Wisconsins Career Pathways Initiative toPut
  Low-Skill and Low-Wage Workers
• On the Road to Family-Supporting Jobs
• Funded by the Joyce Foundation
• A partnership between DWD and WTCS

Presentation to WIA Roundtable May 30, 2007
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Three Elements of RISE

• Pathways Model Design
• Postsecondary occupational pathways
• Basic Skills bridges
• State-level policy/systems change
• Regional innovation/implementation

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The case for changeChallenges for businesses

• Demographics
• Labor shortages
• Increasing skill needs

Challenges for workers

• New skill demands
• Need to continue education
• Achieving job/career security
• Crossing the wage tipping point

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Wisconsins Sweet Spot
Median Wages and Education Level, 2005
Modified by WTCS from Center on Wisconsin
Strategy, The State of Working Wisconsin 2006
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A Path to the Middle Class

• Entry-level jobs that prepare workers for and
  connect them to future opportunities
• Reliable and easy-to-understand methods of
  building skills and accessing decent-paying jobs
• Routine advancement through incremental moves

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The Basic Idea
Industry With Jobs
Education
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Low Skill
High School or Less

• For employers
• Larger pool of qualified workers
• Better pipeline to fill skilled jobs from within
• Higher retention, employee loyalty

• For workers
• Predictable path to job advancement and higher
  wages
• More employer support easier access to
  education
• More security

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Where Do We Build Pathways?

• Industries of importance to local economies
• Industries that need an increased supply of
  skilled workers
• Industries that offer a realistic chance of
  advancement for workers

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Tale of 2 Sectors
Center on Wisconsin Strategy, UW-Madison
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Career PathwaysA Schematic
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How will RISE Proceed?Learning Doing Learning

• Regional meetings
• Policy scan
• Evaluate policies
• Engage business and
• other stakeholders
• Phase in regional
• implementation
• Measure impact
• Finalize new pathway framework
• Final recommendations
• for system change

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RISE Partners

• Core Partners
• Joyce Foundation
• DWD and Workforce Boards
• WTCS and Technical College Districts
• Additional Stakeholder Partners
• Business, industry and labor
• Local economic development entities
• Other state agencies
• Dept. Public Instruction UW System
• Others as we learn

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Other Related Efforts

• GROW (Growing Regional Opportunities in
  Wisconsin) and connection to DOL WIRED
• Regional Healthcare Alliances
• Manufacturing Skills Standards Certification
  (MSSC)
• Emerging Industry Skills Partnerships biotech,
  biofuels, adv. manufacturing
• And for youth - Youth Apprenticeship, Project
  Lead the Way