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Pathway to Skill Development: Enhancing Workforce Opportunities

Navigate the pathway to skills, better jobs, and earnings through workforce system improvements. Connect low-skilled workers to education and training for career advancement. Access grants, financial aid, and apprenticeships for upward mobility.

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Pathway to Skill Development: Enhancing Workforce Opportunities

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  1. Workforce System Improvements CWI Meeting June 10, 2008

  2. DVR, MSSC, Apprenticeship, Opp Grants, Financial Aid, Pell Grants, loans Opportunity Grants, DVR, WAT, Financial Aid, WIA, TAA, Incumbent Wrkr Trng, Apprenticeship $37,400+/yr $24,960 – $37,400/yr WIA, W-2, DVR, Youth App, Skills Jump Start, Opp Grants • MSSC/other industry cert • Journey Card • Occupational License • Bachelors + $18,720 – $24,960/yr • Associate Degree • Apprenticeship • Industry credentials $18,720/yr • H.S. Diploma • GED • HSED • YA Certificate • Pre-Apprenticeship • No work credentials UP THE PATHWAY TO SKILLS, BETTER JOBS AND EARNINGS K – 12 Tech / College K-12 Econ Disadv Low Skilled Dis Workers TANF

  3. Wisconsin Workers Ages 26 and Over, by Education, (COWS, 2008) High School Drop Out 5% Four-year College Degree High School or more, 29% Grad, 35% Associate Degree, 15% Some College (no degree), 16%

  4. Workers Ages 26 and Over ACS, 2006

  5. Current Low Skilled Workforce Needing Training & Skills (500,000 citizens) “Farm Team” • Low wage adults stuck in low-paying jobs or unemployed • Female dominated • Limited skills, education & training • Often no transportation or license • Often no/limited work history • Often AODA • Criminal record (primarily adult males) • Ill-prepared youth • DPI study: MPS-31% proficient in reading; 18% proficient in math; 32.5% poor • Dislocated workers • generally male, low or out-of-date skills, high school ed only, middle age • needs: Some ESL, basic ed/remediation, skills upgrade & job search training, income support

  6. DWD’s Focus: Low-Skilled Job Seeker DevelopmentRegional Career & Skills Centers will: • Assess (common assessments & measurements, K-12 through workplace) • Value of supporting a universal tool, such as WorkKeys? • Advise (unified career information based on employer/industry soft skills and training needs & labor market used by multiple systems: DPI, WTCS, DWD) • Train (to level needed) • Advance (career pathway progression especially through technical colleges)

  7. Workforce System-Bridge to Success ABE, GED, HSED, Assessment, career advise, soft-skills training Skills training and certifications » career and family-supporting job Low-skill, low-income worker

  8. Connecting Education & Workforce Development to Help Workers Connect “farm team” to state resources: • Wisconsin Technical College System: • 16 districts • University of Wisconsin System: • 13 four-year & 13 two-year campuses & UW-Extension • Private colleges & universities • 20 private schools serve 54,000 students • Private Training School Programs • 122 private post-secondary schools (EAB)

  9. Tackling this Problem on Many Fronts • CWI Executive Committee Budget Recommendations • Virtual Job Center Design and Feedback Forums • NGA Sector Policy Academy • RISE • WIRED

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