1. Institute for Community Inclusion
Are We Prepared for the Wave of Retirements?: Professional Development to Sustain Community Integrated Employment
Karen Flippo
Sheila Fesko
Institute for Community Inclusion
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2. Need for professional development
Agenda
Need for professional development
Changing demographics
Changing accreditation and certification requirements
Training options
Just in time options
Leadership certificate program
Need for professional development
Aging workforce –who are the new leaders
Keeping good people in the field –but giving them the skills to take on new responsibilities
Take a place and pray approach when we promote just like we do in bad job development

3. Leadership Needs in Rehabilitation
50% of state VR counselors in New England will retire in the next 5 years
10,000 people in the US turn 65 every day.
How many people in the room can identify someone that served as a mentor to them
Was it a formal relationship
Was it someone in your place of work or outside. Do you still work with that person/ have you maintained the relationship
Have your mentors change over times

4. Who are the senior people in your state/agency?
When are they likely to retire?
Are there people who are prepared/trained to replace them?
How will you staff up junior staff when people move up?

5. What do senior people moving into leadership need to know?
What are you doing to develop the staff you have?
What are you doing to prepare and retain your junior staff?

6. 2017 CESP Exams Scheduled to Date
54% of States are offering exams

7. Levels of Training Need
Introduction to Field
Professionalization of Field
Business relationships
Customized Employment Skills
Development of Future Leaders

8. Professional Development Plan included in Performance Evaluation?

9. Just in time learning

10. College of Employment Services
Online training content
Assign lessons based on learners need
Content built on APSE competencies
ACRE Supplement

11. CES video

12. Curriculum Retention Rates
North Carolina pilot –turnover rate dropped from 42% to 8% in demo sites
Rochester NY—retention went from 66% to 94%. Savings from retaining staff $175,000

13. Leadership Certificate Program
Executive and Mid-Level Leadership Development

14. Leadership Succession
Developing a new generation of leadership for disability services
Adapted from established leadership and management certificate programs

15. Leadership and Management
Tailored for IDD executive and mid level leadership
Designed with input from DD provider community

16. Course Topics

17. Course Topics
Self understanding: self assessment
Develop clarity of personal values, purpose and vision
Develop and execute a personal strategy
   

19. What We Learned
Managers were not trained to take on leadership positions
Applied learning design allowed for knowledge & skill acquisition

20. Attention needed to build capacity at all levels of the organization
Employment organizations require highly qualified service and management staff