1. The National Council for Workforce Education October 12, 2016
Enhancing job readiness at the educational level through stackable credentials
Presented By:
Mr. Blake Konczal, Executive Director Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board
Dr. Tim Woods, Dean of Workforce Development & CTC
Fresno City College
The National Council for Workforce Education
October 12, 2016

2. Goals, Accountability, and Change
Developing sustainable programs that meet industry needs
Traditional measures and paradigms
Community Colleges and Workforce Development Boards
Changes in performance measures
Student Success Score Card (scorecard.cccco.edu)
Perkins
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) performance indicators

3. WIOA Metrics Adult Measures Youth Measures Entered employment rate
Employment retention rate
Six months average earnings
Average earnings change in six months
Youth Measures
Attainment of a degree or certificate
Literacy and numeracy gains
Placement in employment or education

4. Workforce Initiatives
Strong Workforce
Union Pre-Apprenticeships
Slingshot
America’s Promise

5. Doing What Matters – Strong Workforce

6. Strong Workforce Metrics
Doing What Matters
WIOA
Enrollments
Completion
Transfer
Employment Rates
Employment – Field of Study
Earnings
Median Change in Earnings
Proportion of Students Who Attained Living Wages

7. We Learn the Hard Way
Fly
Run
Walk
Crawl

8. Results: 98% completion rate, 88% placement rate!
Power Pathway
Collaborative workforce development model between the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board, PG&E, and local community colleges which created a qualified and sustainable pipeline of candidates for PG&E
Necessity of rigorous screening process to ensure best fit for PG&E and prospective student
WDBs provided four levels of screening:
Trainee grant eligibility – USDOL WIA
Trainee capacity to receive funding – Community College Standards
Trainee capacity to join union – Union admission standards
Trainee capacity to be hired – PG&E screening
Results: 98% completion rate, 88% placement rate!

9. Multi-craft, Pre-Apprentice Training
Multi-craft, Pre-Apprentice Construction Training
Common Core among trades: CPR/First Aid, OSHA-10, Forklift Certification, construction math
Soft Skills
Physical Training
Same four levels of screening:
Trainee grant eligibility – USDOL WIA
Trainee aptitude to receive training– Community College Standards
Trainee capacity to join union – Union admission standards
Trainee capacity to be hired – Contractor screening
Over the course of five years, training has expanded from one county (Fresno) to all eight San Joaquin Valley Counties.

10. San Joaquin Valley Counties

11. New Ideas in California
Slingshot Initiative
Collaborative effort between the San Joaquin Valley WDBs, California community colleges, California State Universities, organized labor, and employers to develop and streamline training curriculum and ensure hiring requirements are readily available
Emphasis on jobs in the Manufacturing Sector

12. Valley Community Colleges & State Universities
Building the Pipeline
Valley Industry Sectors
Valley Community Colleges & State Universities
Valley Workforce
Boards
Valley Sector Pathways

13. Slingshot Survey
A survey was conducted to learn more about the relationships between local industry and colleges as well as academic programs available to students

14. Key Findings
91% of responders offer manufacturing sector workforce training programs
The four main focuses cited by respondents were:
Manufacturing and Industry Technology
Industrial Systems Technology and Maintenance
Electronics and Electric Technology
Agriculture Technology and Sciences, General
All respondents believe there should be some sharing of existing curriculum between districts and colleges
All respondents endorse a regionalized assessment portal
85% believe the creation of Common Course descriptors for CTE is a viable pursuit/purpose

15. America’s Promise
Improve quality, content, and approaches to skills development by engaging business to enhance existing programs and develop new ones
Provide no cost training to unemployed workers bringing them into the pipelines of middle- to high-skills jobs
Provide upskill training to incumbent workers
Regional partnership between eight counties:
Workforce Development Boards
Community Colleges and California State Universities
Economic Development Agencies, Community-Based Organizations, and San Joaquin Valley Manufacturing Alliance
Unions
Employers and Industry Representatives

16. Challenges Long versus short-term education
Disconnect between information taught and targeted skill development demanded by employers
Shifting labor market demand conditions
Differing performance and accountability measures
Certificate and Degree Completion
Financial Aid and other regulatory requirements
Job Placement (unemployed and incumbent)

17. Challenges General and open education versus closed cohort models
Apportionment-based versus
Categorically-funded Contract Ed
Cohort size
Sustainability
System alignment/translation
Educational rules and regulations
Wagner-Peyser and WIOA
Replication
Nomenclature
Curriculum development and launch

18. Stakeholder Involvement
Students
Educational goals
Industry
Key employers
Trade Associations and Industry Clusters
Labor Unions
Workforce
Workforce Development Boards
Educational Development Corporations
Equal Opportunity Commissions
Education
Faculty
Administration
Curriculum Analysts
Curriculum Committees
Regional CTE Consortiums

19. Two Models
Closed and cohorted
Open and apportioned

20. Closed and Cohorted

21. Closed and Cohorted

22. Closed and Cohorted

23. Open and Apportioned

24. Open and Apportioned

25. Aligning Curriculum to Targeted Skills

26. Questions?

27. Contact Information
Mr. Blake Konczal, Executive Director
Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board (559)
Dr. Tim Woods, Dean of Workforce Dev. & CTC
Fresno City College
(559)