building a healthy workforce system
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HealthyWorkforceEcosystem
CAEL’s Mission
To ensure meaningful learning,credentials and work for every adult.
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IntermediaryFunctions,
InstitutionalSupport, Career
Advising,Regional & City
Strategies
CorporateServices
Workforce &EconomicDevelopment
Higher EducationServices
Policy
CAEL Divisions
Aligning workforce and educationwith economic development
Collaboration among regionalstakeholders
Leveraging the value of learningand the learning ecosystem to
support and spur economic growth
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CAEL’s Workforce and Economic Development Focus
GoodEconomy
GoodJobs
SkilledPeople
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•Linking Learning and Work
•Linking Learning and Work
Illinois was….
•Linking Learning and Work
Illinois is…
The more you know…..
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Know yourCommunityKnow yourCommunity Learners Needs
Know yourEconomy
Know yourEconomy Jobs Skills
Know yourPartners
Know yourPartners Intelligence Influence
Know yourRole
Know yourRole Value Advocacy
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A Straight Path to Success is Rare These Days
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The Winding Path toContemporary
Student Success
What We All Want
New andBetter Jobs
ProsperousCommunities
Access toResources
SkilledWorkforce
SatisfiedBusinesses
IncreasedQuality of
Life
Do we have theright deliveryinfrastructure?
Are we teachingthe right things?
Is the learningvalued by current
or potentialemployers?
Can our programsand content reachthe right mix of
learners?
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Key Questions: What Do We Need To Know?
Which economicsectors aregrowing?
How can wetransitiondeclining
industries intogrowth areas?
How do ourgraduates align
with growthsectors?
What is keeping usfrom attractingnew employers?
Economic Developers Ask:
Workforce Professionals and Educators Ask:
What could go wrong?• We create jobs, but not the opportunity
to prepare for them• We teach to yesterday’s opportunities,
or no opportunity in particular• We create learning opportunities that
people don’t know about, for careersthat they don’t know exist
• We fail to tap our full talent base• We over-supply high profile areas,
ignoring other opportunities
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So what do we do?
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CAEL Workforce and EconomicDevelopment
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Intro /BaselineInventory
SupplyDemandAnalysis
StrategyCreation
Tactics andImplementation
Sustainability
• Synthesizing Economic Data– Long-term projections– Real-time Labor Market Intelligence (LMI)– Employer stakeholder input
• Using Intelligence– Program development– Promotion/awareness– Calibrating enrollment effort to match
opportunity
Supply/Demand Analysis:Guide workers and learners towards the mostviable, valuable jobs in their communities
Exercise
• What is good intel?
• Where can we get it?
• Who can make good use of it?
• How best can we use it?
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Industry Targeting
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Growth and Worker Shortages
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Understanding LearningOptions• Program Content• Validating Skills and Knowledge• Knowing / Doing• Context• Soft / Hard Skills• Employer/Industry Specific vis
Broadly Applicable
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• HAMMERNAIL
CommunityCollege
PublicUniversity
PrivateUniversity
For ProfitInstitution
Apprenticeship
K-12 System
WorkforceInvestment
BoardOnline
Learning
Employers
Career andTechnicalEducatoin
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Roster of Players
Educational Asset Inventory – Kansas City Example
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Exercise• What do you have to work with?• What is their sweet spot?
– Disciplines– Levels– Learners
• Shared Accountability, Decision Making
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Career Awareness
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• Career Awareness
Demystifying Opportunity
•Linking Learning and Work
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• Job Abundance• Advancement• Wage• Stability
Exercise: Opportunity “Need to Know”
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Engaging a Broader Talent Base
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• Working Adults• Veterans• Underserved Communities
WHY ARE WE TALKINGABOUT ADULTS?
92%Adults with
Some Collegeand No Degree
36,011,451
8%High School
Graduates for2013-20143,037,040
•Source for High School Graduates:National Center for EducationStatistics 2013-2014
•Source for Adults with some collegeand no degree: Lumina Foundation AStronger Nation Report, 2016.
• Time• Money• Relevance• Fear
Working Learners:Roadblocks and Opportunities
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• Tuition assistance• Prior Learning• Transferable Skills• Fear
AdultLearningFocused
Institution
•Linking Learning and Work
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Creating a Skilled andResilient Workforce• Redeploying skills in new ways• College credit for non-college
learning• Alternative credentialing• Advising
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What does it add up to?
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Exercise: What We’ve Learned….
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• Comprehensive – Strategy into Action• Energy AND Synergy• Multi-Institution and Stakeholder• Talent/Education as key focus of
Economic Development Strategy• Connecting low income and minority
communities to broader growthagenda (inclusive development)
Regional Alignment Strategy
Industry Analysis and Alignment Process
Analysis Outputs
Supply vs.Demand Skill
Needs
Skill GapsOver &Under
Alignment
ProgramAreas
ProgramOutput
ProgramOutcomes
AlignmentRecommendations
ProgramModifications
Identification ofSkills and Training
NeedsCareer PathwayDevelopment
Inputs
Building the Strategy
Content Communication Collaboration Capacity
Waysto
EngageCommunityPartners?
RegionalStrategy?
Target SectorIdentification
Data Needs
CareerInformation
EconomicRelevance of
Programs?
LeadershipPositioning?
Creating the Right Planfor You
A New Community Compact forLearning
EconomicDeveloper
Education andWorkforce
Development
EmployersWorkforce
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• Customer Service Model & ROI• Stronger Industry Alignment & Flexibility
• Final 20% During Onboarding• Support for Continuing
Education• Consumer Investor Mentality
• Awareness of CareerPathways
• ROI Consumer Model• Value Lifelong
Learning
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A Straight Path to Success is Rare These Days
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The Winding Path toSuccess
