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June 7, 2012. LWIA 12 UPDATE. Are The People That We Serve Better Off?. 100 WIA Adults & Youth Served in PY 2009 WIA Funding – 239% ROI For Every $1.00 Invested, LWIA 12 Clients put $2.43 into the Economy Clients Better Off?: 143% Increase in Annual Salaries. Grant Activity.
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Are The People That We Serve Better Off? • 100 WIA Adults & Youth Served in PY 2009 • WIA Funding – 239% ROI • For Every $1.00 Invested, LWIA 12 Clients put $2.43 into the Economy • Clients Better Off?: 143% Increase in Annual Salaries
Grant Activity • Disability Employment Initiative • 192 PWD Served Since 4/11 • 22 Businesses Received a Accessibility Consultation • BRAC 133 Needs Assessment • Roundtable Held 5/2; 20 Attendees • 4k Jobs Transferred to Date, 1k in June, 1k in Sept. • Internal Needs Assessment Performed • External Needs Assessment To Be Conducted • H1B IT & Energy Career Pathway DOL Grants • Hospitality Training Program State Grant
Ethics – relativity, importance for gaining employment • Mike Mackey, Gang Prevention & Intervention Coordinator, Alexandria Court Service Unit • Kris Martini, Arlington Public Schools, Career, Technical and Adult Education • Sherri W. Chapman, M.S. Ed., Coordinator, Career & Technical Education, Alexandria City Public Schools
Alexandria Gang Prevention Community Task Force • 2003: Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force Forms • 2005: Alexandria Gang Prevention Community Task Force • 17 gang motivated incidents in 2007 • 2010: Work on Graduation Rates & JOB READINESS • Work with jobs experts – summer, 2010 – 80% potential employees fail ETHICS test – not hired • 400 – 500 businesses approached to find private sector program positions. Very few respond.
Arlington & Alexandria Career and Technical Education Kris Martini, Director Career, Technical and Adult Education Sherri Chapman, Coordinator Career & Technical Education
Employers Nationwide Value These Skills Sources:Are They Really Ready to Work? www.coopercenter.org/demographics
Sources:Are They Really Ready to Work? www.coopercenter.org/demographics
Sources:Are They Really Ready to Work? www.coopercenter.org/demographics
Workplace Readiness SkillsRemain a Priority for Employers Virginia employers submitted online comments. More than 300 employers rated 21 different skills. Their responses confirm those in national surveys. Source: Critical Workplace Skills, 2010
Workplace Readiness Skills: Personal Qualities and People Skills Competencies Demonstrate positive work ethic. Demonstrate integrity. Demonstrate teamwork skills. Demonstrate self-representation skills. Demonstrate diversity awareness. Demonstrate conflict-resolution skills. Demonstrate creativity and resourcefulness.
Workplace Readiness Skills: Professional Knowledge and Skills Competencies • Demonstrate effective speaking and listening skills. • Demonstrate effective reading and writing skills. • Demonstrate critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. • Demonstrate healthy behaviors and safety skills. • Demonstrate an understanding of workplace organizations, systems, and climates. • Demonstrate lifelong-learning skills. • Demonstrate job-acquisition and advancement skills. • Demonstrate time-, task-, and resource-management skills. • Demonstrate job-specific mathematics skills. • Demonstrate customer-service skills
Workplace Readiness Skills: Technology Knowledge and Skills Competencies Demonstrate proficiency with technologies common to a specific occupation. Demonstrate information technology skills. Demonstrate an understanding of Internet use and security issues. Demonstrate telecommunications skills.
All Aspects of Industry Competencies Examine aspects of planning within an industry/organization. Examine aspects of management within an industry/organization. Examine aspects of financial responsibility within an industry/organization. Examine technical and production skills required of workers within an industry/organization. Examine principles of technology that underlie an industry/organization. Examine labor issues related to an industry/organization. Examine community issues related to an industry/organization. Examine health, safety, and environmental issues related to an industry/organization.
Program Areas • Agriculture • Business & Information Technology • Computer Science • Family and Consumer Sciences • Health and Medical Sciences • Marketing • Military Science • Technology Education • Trade and Industrial
Arlington & Alexandria Career and Technical Education Kris Martini, Director Career, Technical and Adult Education Sherri Chapman, Coordinator Career & Technical Education
2012 WIB Assessment Summary • 22 responses in 2012 (18 in 2011 & 22 in 2010) • Overall, the WIB’s health continues to improve
My Professional Experience and Expertise is Fully Utilized as a Board Member
I Actively Participate in Ad-hoc and Standing Committee Activities
Fellow Board Members are Equally Involved in Participation and Committee Work
WIB Members are Sufficiently Knowledgeable of AEC & JL Programs/Services
Veterans Update • 31,300 Uniformed Position RIFs from 10/2011 – 9/2012 • Virginia’s Veteran Population is 3rd Highest in the US (Newport News and Northern Virginia have the Highest Activity) • 865 Veterans Registered in LWIA 12 Since 10/11 • Employers Needed for TAP • July 17 thru 19 • Aug 7 thru 9 • Sept 18 thru 20