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Courses to Employment: Sector Based Community College/Nonprofit Partnerships

Courses to Employment: Sector Based Community College/Nonprofit Partnerships. Maryland Sector Academy June 25, 2009. What’s a Sector Strategy?. A systems approach to workforce development –typically on behalf of low-income individuals – that:

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Courses to Employment: Sector Based Community College/Nonprofit Partnerships

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  1. Courses to Employment: Sector Based Community College/Nonprofit Partnerships Maryland Sector Academy June 25, 2009

  2. What’s a Sector Strategy? A systems approach to workforce development –typically on behalf of low-income individuals – that: • Targets a specific industry or cluster of occupations; • Intervenes through a credible organization, or set of organizations; • Supports workers in improving their range of employment-related skills;and • Creates lasting changes in the labor market system that are positive for workers and employers.

  3. Why focus on low-income adults? Only 35 percent of the 2020 labor force and 65 percent of the 2030 labor force will come from today’s high school system (estimate based on BLS projections) 43 percent of adults ages 25-64 have completed no education beyond high school (estimate derived from 2004 CPS) 24 of the 30 occupations projected to grow fastest between 2004 and 2014 require post-secondary education (BLS)

  4. Capacities Needed • Strong focus on a defined industry sector and/or set of related occupations to identify employment opportunity and develop appropriate education services • High quality education & training that both meets industry-identified skill needs and is appropriate and accessible to underserved adults

  5. Capacities Needed (cont.) • Support services (academic & non-academic) that meet special needs of underserved adults to learn successfully and progress to jobs that pay self-sufficiency wages • Shared vision about the need to develop new ways of operating & ability to communicate this effectively to support innovation and institutional changes, as needed

  6. WSI’s Work Past Projects: • Sector Strategies for Low-Income Workers: Lessons from the Field (2007) • Jobs and the Urban Poor (1995) Current projects of interest: • Sector Skills Academy • Construction “pre-apprenticeship” census • Business Value Assessment • And…

  7. Courses to Employment • Based on premise that, with rare exception, neither colleges nor non-profits have the resources needed to serve low-income, minority, and under represented adult learners effectively—especially over the long-term. • Inspired by the outcomes and possibilities we’ve seen in collaborative work

  8. Courses to Employment • Learning demonstration involving six community college-non-profit program collaborations 2008-2010 • Participants were selected competitively—from 89 applications • Substantial learning & research agenda • Funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

  9. What Questions is CTE Exploring? • What specific services are provided? By which institution? Why? Which ones seem most important? • Outcomesfor participants? Compared to? • Engagement and role of business in the initiative? • Factors of successful collaboration? Policies, funding, governing and capacity issues? • What does collaborative service delivery cost? How is it financed?

  10. CTE Partnerships • Austin: Capitol IDEA & Austin Community College • Seattle: Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County & Shoreline Community College • Chicago: Instituto del Progreso Latino & Wright College’s Humboldt Park Vocational Education Center • Flint, MI: Greater Flint Health Coalition & Mott Community College • Los Angeles: Community Career Development, Inc., Los Angeles Valley College, East Los Angeles College & Los Angeles City College • Fairfax, VA: Northern Virginia Family Service and Northern Virginia Community College

  11. Key Strategies • Make college coursework more accessible to adult learners • Integrate basic education into skills training • Provide tutoring and academic support • Provide case management and support services • Reduce finance barriers to education • Assist graduates in navigating and advancing within higher education and their chosen industry

  12. Community College – Non-profit Partnership Schematic Education Strategies Industry Strategy Supportive Services College Innovation & Scale Community & sector agencies

  13. What are we learning so far? • These partnerships coordinate a wide range of services and supports, making the blending of funding streams a necessity and a challenge. • The community-based partners tend to help the adult learner navigate some of the ”traps” encountered entering post-secondary education. • Partnerships grapple with opportunities and inherent tensions around growth and scale.

  14. To Learn More The Aspen Institute One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 736-1071 E-mail: wsi@aspeninst.org http://www.aspenwsi.org

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