Virginia’s Community Colleges: Workforce Development

1. Randall StamperAssistant Vice Chancellor, Grants and Federal Workforce ProgramsJames AndréDirector, Grants and Federal Workforce Programs Virginia’s Community Colleges: Workforce Development

2. Topics • Workforce System in Virginia • Virginia’s Community Colleges Overview • Specific Programs and Resources • What is the Market Looking for Now • Contacts • Connecting and Next Steps

3. Workforce System in Virginia • Funding and Outcomes • VCCS – State Code Responsibilities • WIOA – Title I: Adult, Youth, Dislocated Workers • VEC, DARS, VDOE – The Rest of WIOA • Integration, Disconnects, and Room for Improvement • Working Together

4. Virginia’s Community Colleges Overview • Postsecondary Workforce Responsibility • Degrees, Certificates, Diplomas, etc. • Industry Credentials/Workforce Credential Grant/FastForward • Career Coaching • Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative/Great Expectations • G3 • Bringing it All Together

5. Specific Programs and Resources • FastForward • Career Coaching • Special Projects • RSVP/TANF/SNAP-ET Grant • Youth Initiative • Future Initiatives • ALICE Population • JOBS Act • Direct Enrollment • Advising/Coaching Study and Expansion

6. Program Spotlights • FastForward • G3 – Governor’s Workforce Initiative • Special Projects: IET Programs • Career Coaching

7. New Economy Workforce Credential Grant § 23-38.10:15. New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; purpose.The New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program is established for the purpose of (i) creating and sustaining a demand-driven supply of credentialed workers for high-demand occupations in the Commonwealth by addressing and closing the gap between the skills needed by workers in the Commonwealth and the skills of the available workforce in the Commonwealth; (ii) expanding the affordability of workforce training and credentialing; and (iii) increasing the interest of current and future Virginia workers in technician, technologist, and trade-level positions to fill the available and emerging jobsin the Commonwealth that require less than a bachelor's degree but more than a high school diploma.

8. How it Works Requirements • Cap of $3,000 per credential • Permits student to use financial aid to cover their portion (the first third) • Requires domicile • Student must satisfactorily pass the course within a window of time or will be responsible to repay 2nd ‘third’ to the college (promissory note) • A validated credential (passing the exam) must be achieved within a prescribed time period

9. Who are the Students? • 20% receive SNAP/TANF Benefits • 66% Male • 36 years old • Average pre-training income: $22,000 • Most enrollments – CDL, CNA, Trades, Manufacturing • Class completion rates remain very high • Credentialing rates around 65%

10. Performance Outcomes To Date • Over 12,000 Credentials from FastForward Programs • 95% Training Completions • 98% in the Top 12 Virginia Occupations • 65% Credential Attainments • Student Survey – 90% employer healthcare; 75% paid sick leave; 85% paid vacation • 25-50% Wage Increases

11. G3 • Get Trained, Get a Job, Give Back • Planning Stages now • “Flipped Curriculum” • Credentialing in Stages • “The Big Ask” • Across curricula, across industries, across colleges

12. Special Projects: IET Programs • RSVP/TANF Grant • Currently at Reynolds/John Tyler, Thomas Nelson, Mountain Empire, and Piedmont Community Colleges • Another round begins July 1 • SNAP ET • Virginia Highlands, Patrick Henry, Danville, Piedmont, Southside Virginia, Thomas Nelson, and Tidewater Community Colleges • Young Adult Initiative: WIOA • Patrick Henry, Southside Virginia, Reynolds/John Tyler, and Thomas Nelson Community Colleges

13. IET Model • Training leading to an in-demand credential • Contextualized basics skills instruction • Career coaching • Soft skills and work readiness • Digital literacy and Career Readiness Certificates • Work-based learning • Capstone projects • Employment support • Accelerated, integrated, and employer driven

16. Career Coaching Programs • FastForward Coaches • College Success Coach Initiative • Great Expectations • Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative • Virginia Financial Success Network • High School Career Coaches

17. Core Components of Career Coaching • Career Assessment (knowledge of self) • Exploration of careers (knowledge of careers, includes LMI) • Academic and career planning • Soft skills and work readiness • Employability and job seeking skills • Case management

18. Aligning Coaching Services

19. Virginia Career Coach Certification Program 40 hours – face-to-face and online modules 12 competencies of career development professionals – NCDA Capstone projects and quizzes Professionalization of VCCS coaches Articulation to Facilitating Career Development training and Global Career Development Facilitator certification Expansion to workforce partner agencies

20. What is the Market Now? • Recent Data • Business Needs from Statewide Tour • Connections to College Workforce Divisions • Approved FastForward Program Data

21. What is the Market Now? • 2015-2016 – 175,000 “middle skills” jobs sat open for a month or more. • That equals 36 million hours of lost productivity, $1 billion in lost wages, and $54 million in lost state income taxes. • 1.5 million jobs that require more than a diploma but less than a 4-year degree would need to be filled in Virginia in just the next few years. • Contributing factors include: decreasing unemployment; 30-40 years of bachelors or bust; return of manufacturing; expansion of construction and infrastructure projects since recession; local healthcare demands.

22. What is the Market Now? • 1-2-7 workforce ratio – We struggle with the sevens. • Technical and soft skills • Building a credentials coalition – Governor, House, Senate, Chamber, Business Council, etc. • Regional Demands Vary – Chief Workforce Officers/LMI • See the FastForward Approved List – it reflects demand

23. Contacts • Coaches • Chief Workforce Officers • Program Directors • One Stop/WDB Directors and Managers

24. Connecting and Next Steps

25. Questions?