1. Developing and Strengthening Workforce System Partnerships
April 25, 2018

2. Moderator
Sara Hastings Division of Youth Services U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

3. What is your biggest pain point or challenge with education-workforce partnerships?

4. Introductions Adelina Garcia Laura Purutyan Dan Riley
Senior Program Manager, Pathways to Prosperity, JFF
Laura Purutyan
STEM Career Specialist, Partnerships for a Skilled Workforce, Inc.
Dan Riley
Director of STEM Early College High School, Marlborough Public Schools

5. YCC MODEL: GRADES 9-14 INTEGRATED COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHWAYS

6. OUR GOAL: SYSTEMS OF 9-14+ PATHWAYS

7. Marlborough’s WBL Model
9th grade: Self-awareness by assessment and guidance workshops. Career awareness through site visits, hands-on exploration with industry and small group research with industry videos.
10th grade: Career coaching and continued workshops. Resume building and interviewing.
11th grade: Work based learning experiences- unpaid and paid.
12th grade: Jobs and internships with local employers.

8. MAPP WORKFORCE SYSTEM ROLES
Convene strategic planning, program development, and implementation
Manage logistics of employer-based career awareness, exposure, and exploration
Design worksite supervisor training curriculum
Lead local sustainability planning
Cultivate employer partnerships and coordinate their engagement
Connect program graduates with education, training, and employment opportunities

9. WIB Value-Add
Cultivate, maintain, and strategically leverage relationships with employers
Ease the burden on the school and district
Ease the burden on employers
Craft a common vision
Leverage financial and human resources to build talent pipeline

10. Marlborough’s Education- Workforce Partnership
STEM Career Specialist
Steering Committee
YCC grant as the organizing mechanism

11. Partnership Challenges
Integration of career readiness
Alignment with leadership and teachers
Getting buy-in for career readiness curriculum

12. Changes as a Result of the Partnership
Postsecondary readiness plan for kids
Early college aligned with career-based learning trajectory
Opportunity to earn credentials

13. Sustainability Plan
STEM Career Specialist role established infrastructure among school, WIB, and employers
Clarify commitment and point people responsible to continue career readiness programs and employer engagement
Increased buy-in from employers
Teachers and guidance working together to integrate career readiness

14. Lessons Learned Strong partnership is key to WBL implementation
Design data-driven solutions that meet the needs of employers and students
Piloting and testing is critical
Start as early in grade level as possible

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