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1. Career Pathways: New State Advocacy Alliance Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Foundations on the Call United Way of Greater New Haven Surdna Foundation Greater New Orleans Foundation Greater Twin Cities United Way The Saint Paul Foundation CBIA Education Foundation Chicago Foundation for Women Greater New Orleans Foundation National Fund for Workforce Solutions McCormick Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Job Opportunity Investment Network Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Incourage Community Foundation The James Irvine Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Community Foundation of Macon County Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance Partners for a Competitive Workforce Women's Foundation For a Greater Memphis Annie E. Casey Foundation West Central Initiative The Joyce Foundation

2. The Alliance for Quality Career PathwaysVickie Choitz, Project Director, CLASP

   Workforce Matters Webinar February 19, 2013
3. CLASP: Policy Solutions that Work for Low-Income People CLASP develops and advocates for policies that improve the lives of low-income people. Our Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success, launched in 2010, advocates for policies, investments, and political will that help increase the number of income adults and out-of-school youth who earn postsecondary credentials. CLASP managed the Shifting Gears initiative and provided technical assistance to the six partner states. Shifting Gears supported state-level inter-agency teams to build pathways to postsecondary credentials for low-skilled adults in the Midwest. CLASP manages Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
4. Bridge Career Pathway—The Basic Idea (borrowed from the Wisconsin Technical College System and Dept. of Workforce Development) Education Industry With Jobs Skilled Topdarkgreen MedGrnTrap DegreeorDiploma TopMedGrnRect Credentials ? LtGrnRect BottomMedGrnRect LtGreenTrap Low Skill High School or Less For employers: Larger pool of qualified workers Better pipeline to fill skilled jobs from within Higher retention, employee loyalty For workers: Predictable path to job advancement and higher wages More employer support; easier access to education More security
5. In Their Own Words Eric, Student in Minnesota FastTRAC career pathway bridge program:
6. Alliance Career Pathway Model - draft Multiple entry points Family-supporting employment and further educational opportunities Academic Skills and Credentials (Customizable based on labor market needs and target population) Basic Skills Instruction: Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language Short-term certificates Long-term certificates Two-Year Degree Programs and Above Basic Skills Bridge Programs Employability Skills and Work Experience (Customizable based on labor market needs and target population) Basic Career Readiness Employment in jobs that require basic occupational skills Employment in jobs that require intermediate occupational skills Employment in jobs that require high occupational skills and management skills Internships Internships Pre-Apprenticeships Pre-Apprenticeships Apprenticeships Multiple exit points at successively higher levels of education and employment Supportive Services and Navigation Assistance
7. Career Pathway Programs and Systems – Working Definitions CAREER PATHWAYS are comprehensive sequences of education and training - with multiple entry and exit points, and support services and navigation assistance CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAMS are the building blocks of career pathways - with learner centered education, participant assessment, support services, and quality work experiences CAREER PATHWAY SYSTEMS are the partnerships, policies, and cultural changes that support career pathways and programs - at both the local/regional level and the state level. Includes: shared vision, leadership, demand driven employer engagement, alignment of policies, use of data, etc.
8. Career Pathways: History and Emerging Evidence Rooted in longstanding approaches (apprenticeships, career ladders) and expanded to include low-skilled adults and out-of-school youth over time. Backed by early signs of success through welfare-to-work evaluations of programs that combined basic skills instruction with occupational training. Increased awareness though major reports on career pathways in community colleges and sectors by the Workforce Strategy Center, Aspen Institute. Emerging evidence supports core elements of career pathways approach including: Accelerated and more intensive basic skills and developmental education Contextualization of basic skills Provision of supportive services and student success services Stricter attendance requirements See Beyond Basic Skills: State Strategies to Connect Low-Skilled Students to an Employer-Valued Postsecondary Education, CLASP, March 2011
9. Philanthropic Support for Career Pathways Seeded innovations and took to scale promising practices through large-scale, multi-site initiatives supporting career pathways and related strategies: Bridges to Opportunity (Ford Foundation) NGA Pathways to Advancement (Lumina Foundation) Breaking Through (Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, Ford Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Walmart Foundation) Shifting Gears – Joyce Foundation New efforts to scale promising Washington State’s I-BEST career pathway bridge practices through Accelerating Opportunity (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Joyce Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and Open Society Foundations)
10. Recent Federal Support for Career Pathways Grants Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HHS, 2010) Workforce Innovation Fund and TAACCCT (round II) grants (DOL, summer/fall 2012) Advancing Career and Technical Education in State and Local Career Pathway Systems (ED, 2013) Guidance and TA Federal Career Pathways Institute (DOL, ED, HHS, 2010-2011) Joint letter of commitment to promote career pathways (DOL, ED, HHS, April 2012) Evaluation ISIS evaluation of career pathway programs (HHS, launched in late 2007; 10 year initiative) Looking forward Spring 2013: WIF “Pay for Success” model TAACCCT rounds III (April 2013) and IV (?) President supporting a Community College to Career Fund Pathways Back to Work fund? All indications are that the federal government will continue to support and promote career pathways
11. State Support for Career Pathways At least 11 states have significant career pathway efforts aimed at adults or out of school youth. AR, CA, FL, KY, IL, MA, OH, OR, VA, WA, WI At least 13 states have significant career pathway bridge initiatives. IL, IN, KY, KS, LA, MD, MN, NC, OH, OR, VA, WA, WI Hundreds of local, career-focused basic skills bridge programs, according to 2010 Workforce Strategy Center bridge survey. Little uniformity.
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13. SummaryCareer Pathways: The State of the Field Significant experimentation at the local and state level Early promising evidence of student success, credential attainment, and positive labor market outcomes Increasing interest in scaling, yet confusing array of guidance on best practices and policies Urgency to build new programs and systems because of labor market needs and economic imperative for workers = Aneed to develop evidence-based understanding of high quality career pathway systems and programs to move the field forward and ensure quality.
14. The Alliance for Quality Career Pathways Funded by the Joyce Foundation and the James Irvine Foundation The goal of AQCP is to develop a framework that defines high-quality career pathway systems and programs and includes: Quality criteria and indicators A shared set of performance metrics for measuring and managing their success 10 Alliance States: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin National Advisory Group of ~15 national organizations and experts including WSC, JFF, NSC, CORD, CEWD, Working Poor Families Project, Abt Associates, ConnectEd, and CTE and adult education state directors. CLASP is the lead and facilitator
15. The Alliance for Quality Career Pathways (cont.) The Alliance will produce a customizable framework and self-assessment tool that can be used to: Enhance quality of existing career pathway efforts; Fast track and improve new career pathway efforts; and Inform evaluation(s) of career pathway efforts. A beta framework will be launched in Spring 2013; Final work will be completed in 2014 after Alliance states have tested the appropriateness and usefulness of the criteria, indicators, and metrics.
16. Anticipated Uses of the Alliance Framework State and local career pathway partners: Use the Alliance’s shared vision and definitions of career pathways and systems to develop and improve state and local/regional career pathway efforts Include multiple types of career pathways in states and communities under the Alliance’s inclusive “umbrella” vision Use the evidence-based, expert practitioner reviewed criteria and indicators to improve career pathway efforts Use the Alliance’s set of shared performance metrics to measure and manage career pathway success May be able to use the Alliance’s shared metrics for federal performance waivers Foundations can use the framework to provide capacity building and TA to help grantees build quality systems and programs Federal agency staff are interested the framework
17. Thank you! Contact Us: Vickie Choitz, Project Directorvchoitz@clasp.org Visit the Alliance Website: www.clasp.org/careerpathways Sign up to receive a bi-annual newsletter regarding the progress on AQCP and other relevant career pathways news.
18. Elizabeth Creamer Director of Education and Workforce Development Office of the Secretary of Education Workforce Matters Webinar February 19, 2013 Virginia Career Pathways and the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways
19. Governor’s Goals for Workforce Development Expand Virginia’s pipeline of workers for targeted, high tech sectors Increase higher education credentials Bring together, for improved performance and cost efficiencies, education and workforce programs under 4 Secretariats.
20. Career Pathways
21. Virginia’s Career Pathways System
22. State Definition of Career Pathway Series of connected education, training and support services Prepare participants for job placement in targeted occupation(s) as well as for continued education and training Business Driven aligning to work requirements and available jobs Informs participants of career and educational opportunities
23. State Definition of Career Pathway Includes portable, industry recognized credentials Utilizes articulation agreements Provides experience based learning to improve workforce readiness skills Encompasses all Virginians Supports state benchmarks of workforce readiness
24. Career Pathways System Process
25. VA’s Accomplishments Career Pathways System: Governance Structure Executive and Legislative Branches Statewide Support Services—Career Coaches Navigation and Evaluation Tools--VA’s Wizard Career Pathways Virginia Peninsula and Shenandoah Valley Ford Foundation Grant WIA and Wagner-Peyser State Plan
26. Report Card
27. Accomplishments: Programs PluggedIn VA On Ramp Governor’s STEM Academies Troops to Energy and Military 2 Manufacturing Goodwill-Community College Programs Regionally Specific Sector Strategies
28. Thank you! Elizabeth Creamer, Director of Education and Workforce Development Office of the Secretary of Education Elizabeth.Creamer@governor.virginia.gov
29. Career Pathways: New State Advocacy Alliance Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Foundations on the Call United Way of Greater New Haven Surdna Foundation Greater New Orleans Foundation Greater Twin Cities United Way The Saint Paul Foundation CBIA Education Foundation Chicago Foundation for Women Greater New Orleans Foundation National Fund for Workforce Solutions McCormick Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Job Opportunity Investment Network Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Incourage Community Foundation The James Irvine Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Community Foundation of Macon County Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance Partners for a Competitive Workforce Women's Foundation For a Greater Memphis Annie E. Casey Foundation West Central Initiative The Joyce Foundation