Certified Work Ready Communities: Updated goals, measurements & 7 newly certified counties

1. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Certified Work Ready Communities: Updated goals, measurements & 7 newly certified counties Kate Russell Chief Financial Officer May 9th 2012 Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

2. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Counties still working towards Certified Work Ready Community Status BanksButtsCarrollCharltonClarkeClaytonCobbColumbiaCowetaDawsonDeKalbFayetteForsythFultonHallLumpkinMorganMuscogeePeachRichmondUnion Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

3. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 New Performance Measurements Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

4. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • Three Performance Measures for CWRC • High School Absentee Rates • Baseline measures obtained from DOE/GOSA • Postsecondary attendance rates • Provided by USG & TCSG • Provided for the end of the first semester after high school graduation • High School Graduation Rate • Provided by DOE/GOSA • Reported twice annually Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

5. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • Graduation Rate Requirements: • Improve 1% annually since signing Work Ready letter of intent • OR • Meet & maintain 80% graduation rate • Note: GOWD still uses the previous high school graduation rate formula Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

6. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • Attendance Rate Requirements: • Improve .25% annually since signing Work Ready letter of intent • OR • Meet & maintain 95% attendance rate Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

7. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • Post-Secondary Attendance Requirements: • Average of 40% post-secondary attendance (to USG & TCSG institutions) • Over the last three school years • Average of 35% post-secondary attendance if metro county • (Clayton, DeKalb, Cobb, Fulton) • Over the last three school years • GOWD offered waiver if any 2 of 3 years were at 40% or more • Example: Sample County had a 45% post-secondary attendance rate in 2010, a 49% attendance rate in 2011, but a 34% attendance rate in 2009. This county would be given a waiver. Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

8. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • Newly Certified Work Ready Communities • Butts • Clarke • Cobb • Dawson • Forsyth • Peach • Union Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

9. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • Summary of Measurements Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

10. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • What’s Next for New Certified Work Ready Communities? • $7,000 Innovation Grants will be made available to all new CWRC counties • Will focus on at-risk & out-of-school youth • GOWD will award up to 7* grants • Detailed emails will be sent out to team leaders shortly • Innovation Grant applications should be available in early June • Application must meet minimum criteria to be considered eligible for grant award Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

11. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • Appeals Process • GOWD will consider appeals IF: • You only failed to meet post-secondary attendance measures • How to appeal: • Must take 30% (rounded up) of all public high schools within county (3 or less, must use 1, if 4 – 6, must use 2) • Must demonstrate with documentation at least 50% post-secondary attendance for past two years (45% in metro counties) • Documentation must be submitted in writing to GOWD Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

12. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • What’s Next for Pending Certified Work Ready Communities? • Will still have opportunity to achieve CWRC status • Will not have opportunity to apply for Innovation Grants • Will still get road signs • GOWD will not be able to make a decision until the 2012 school year data is released • Our anticipated announcement date is December 2012 Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

13. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • What’s Next for Pending Certified Work Ready Communities? Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

14. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • CWRC Expirations • Given GOWD’s available budget, certification of counties as “Work Ready” will not have an expiration date. • If this is to change at any time in the future, GOWD will make every effort to contact the team leaders for all counties at the time of their certification. Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore

15. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Two Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 1104 West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 • Questions? Governor Nathan Deal Executive Director Tricia Pridemore