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Northern Virginia WIB New Member Orientation

Northern Virginia WIB New Member Orientation. An Introduction . ORIENTATION AGENDA. Overview of WIB Vision, Mission, Goals (Strategic Plan) Overview of WIB Structure and Committees Overview of WIA

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Northern Virginia WIB New Member Orientation

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  1. Northern Virginia WIBNew Member Orientation An Introduction

  2. ORIENTATION AGENDA • Overview of WIB Vision, Mission, Goals (Strategic Plan) • Overview of WIB Structure and Committees • Overview of WIA • Discussion – What are your individual interests in becoming part of the WIB and how can we help you pursue them? New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  3. Strategic Planning Process • The WIB conducts strategic planning yearly. Each Committee uses the strategic plan to drive their work • Each strategic planning cycle starts with a Community Forum – this summit is meant to kick off the environmental analysis required for strategic planning. Here we listen to the community – with an emphasis on the business community – to ascertain needs. New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  4. Strategic Planning Process • The Executive Committee and the full WIB conduct a retreat to complete a full SWOT analysis which includes an examination of the external environment, the organizational environment, and the regulatory environment New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  5. Northern Virginia WIB VISION • A community where every business can attract and retain highly skilled workers and every worker gains the skills they need to become employable. • Crafted at the first retreat in September 2000 New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  6. Northern Virginia WIB Mission • A system that is demand side led, meeting businesses' demand for a highly skilled workforce and assists businesses in sustaining economic growth. The system offers world-class (quality) preparations to every Northern Virginia resident throughout his or her lifetime. New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  7. CUSTOMERS • Businesses • Jobseekers (emerging, transitional, and incumbent) New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  8. Northern Virginia WIB Goals • Goal 1: Guarantee that the area’s workforce has opportunities to improve skills and wages through a system of employment services and lifelong learning opportunities. • Goal 2: Increase the labor supply for high demand industries, both current and future, in cooperation with state and local economic development strategies through workforce development • Goal 3:Decrease the skills gap between industries’ skill needs and the potential workforce by creating a mechanism for clearly defining industry based skills standards, communicating them to educational providers, both public and private, and integrating the skill standards into curriculum. New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  9. Goals • Goal 4:Serve as an efficient nexus between the education community, businesses, and the defined workforce by increasing their knowledge of the entire workforce development system. • Goal 5:Work effectively with economic development organizations to assist in creating employment opportunities, continuing to enhance the image of the region, and insuring that all the areas workers have access to these opportunities. • Goal 6: Integrate services and insures access to all citizens and businesses. New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  10. Focus Areas for 2002 Based on the information generated at the Forum 2001, the WIB identified three priority action items for 2002. They are: • Build strategic alliances and partnerships and leverage those alliances for integration of the systems services, policies, and strategies. • Status as of 9.02 – The WIB has initiated formal agreements with Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and with the Northern Virginia Technology Council. A VA WIB Chairs Association was formed and is led by the NVA WIB. • Seek to increase the financial investment in the WIB to develop innovative systems and strategies to provide and improve workforce serves to businesses. • Status as of 9.02 – Over 4 million in additional funds has been developed. • Create an incorporated entity for the WIB. This will assist in the creation of an identity for the WIB and therefore for workforce investment as a priority area for the community. • Status as of 9.02 – Completed New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  11. Focus Areas for 2003 The Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board set several strategic priorities for 2003. • DEVELOP A SECTOR STRATEGY TO POLICY AND PROGRAM • Develop an industry sector approach to business services. The Program Planning and Development Committee will identify several industries with which to begin this approach over the next twelve months. • Develop Industry Consortia for the selected industries to advise the NVWIB on the industries’ current workforce needs and the predicted future trends within the industries. • Continue to link the work of the WIB’s Business Center to growth industries in the area • GATHER LABOR MARKET INTELLEGINCE • Continue to research regional requirements for an automated labor market information system for the Northern Virginia area. New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  12. Focus Areas for 2003 • ENSURE VALUE ADDED SERVICES • Conduct an examination of the NVWIB’s current products and services (e.g., training, information, skilled workers) from an industry perspective, identify what value the product brings to the business customer/industry, identify key features of the product that the customer would value, and design or redesign based on the expectations of the industry customer. • PROMOTE CAREERS WITHIN THE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES TO THE EMERGING WORKFORCE • Develop a Youth Employment Center that will focus on helping youth get jobs and explore careers within selected industries. • DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVENESS TO THE BUSINESS CUSTOMER • Develop a set of metrics that can measure return on investment to demonstrate performance to the business customer New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  13. WIB STRUCTURE • Five Standing Committees – Refer to Committee Guide • Executive Committee – all officers and Committee Chairs • Finance Committee • Program Planning Committee • Quality Assurance Committee – Certification Subteam for certification of Centers is housed here • Youth Council – comprised of voting and non voting WIB members New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  14. Workforce Organizational StructureWIB as Policy Body with 5o1c3 as Operating Arm LEOs New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  15. WIB Policy setting Provide direction to committee work Oversight of WIA Fundraising – make visits as deployed by staff; identify opportunities SkillSource Group, Inc Implement WIB policies Staff Committees Conduct oversight responsibilities, e.g., monitoring Fundraising – write proposals; create opportunities Administration of WIA grant FUNCTIONS New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  16. OVERVIEW OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT (WIA) • Purpose of the Workforce Investment System: Designed to Impact: • Access • Skills development • Poor quality jobs • Job creation • Retention/wage progression New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  17. THREE KEY THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT WIA – ONE: Key Principles The Workforce Investment Act is currently based on seven key principles: • streamlined services through a one-stop delivery system • empowering individuals to make informed choices • universal access • increased accountability • a strategic role for local boards and the private sector • state and local flexibility • improved youth programs. New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  18. TWO: WIB RESPONSIBILITES General Responsibilities of WIB in Partnership with Local Elected Officials (LEO’s): • Develop and enter into a MOU with one-stop partners • Certify one-stop operators • Conduct oversight to the one-stop delivery system in the local area • Create consumer reports New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  19. THREE: BUSINESS RESULTS The current Law specifies performance outcomes for youth and adults based on: • Placement • Retention • Earnings • Skill Attainment • Credentialing New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  20. USDOL PRINCIPLES FOR REAUTHORIZATION • The law is due to expire in 2004 if Congress does not reauthorize it. • DOL has six general principles: • Customer Focused Service Integration • Greater Responsiveness to Employers • Increase State Flexibility • Improve Program Performance • Individualized Opportunities for Training • Improve Youth Programs New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  21. Other Key Facts About WIA • There is a State Workforce Investment Board appointed by the Governor that sets statewide policy • Local WIB is appointed by the local elected officials and certified by the State Board • The Local Elected Officials in this area have appointed a chief local elected official (CLEO) that sits on the WIB and acts on their behalf when necessary New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  22. Other Facts • WIBs are certified every 2 years • Can be decertified for: • Failure to meet performance measures for 2 consecutive years • Fraud or Abuse • Failure to carry out the functions of the board New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  23. Northern Virginia WIBs Four Core Businesses • Provision of workforce services to businesses and jobseekers through full service and affiliate one-stop centers – through core services, intensive services and training and through our Business Center(s) • Certification for Organizational Quality – providing a license to display the SkillSource Logo to both funded and non-funded organizations • Certification of Worker Skills – through the Northern Virginia Core Competencies for a Workforce Professional New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  24. Core Businesses • Fostering Partnerships and Community Awareness • The WIA requires 17 individual program partners • There are also voluntary partners in the system – those organizations who choose to partner with the one-stop delivery system and are not required by law to do so. New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  25. SUPPORT MATERIAL IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS • STRATEGIC PLAN • RECENT COMMUNITY FORUM REPORT • NEW WIB MEMBER GUIDE ON STANDING COMMITTEE STRUCTURE • COMMITTEE SELECTION FORM • RECENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND WIB MINUTES New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

  26. Material in Notebook • QUALITY STANDARDS FOR SKILLSOURCE CERTIFICATIONS • TWO PAGE DESCRIPTION of WIA • COPY OF THE WIB BYLAWS • WIB MEMBER ROSTER • Important WEB sites including how to access the law if interested. New Member Orientation Prepared by Strumpf Associates

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