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Policy Driven Credential

Measurement

Career Pathways InitiativeApril 27, 2011

Eric Seleznow, National Skills Coalition

www.nationalskillscoalition.org

A New Workforce Vision Leads to New Workforce Policy


What is Skills2Compete Maryland?

Skills2Compete Maryland (S2C) is a new skills vision designed to:

• Increase post-secondary success• Strengthen the skills of Maryland’s

workforce• Grow the middle class


Why Skills2Compete-Maryland?

• Gov. O’Malley’s first term priorities: Security, Sustainability and Skills

• MD = high education, high skills labor market

• Middle-skills data drove discussion (America's Forgotten Middle-Skills Report)

• To increase training outcomes

• To unify workforce programs under one theme


Substantial Demand for Middle Skills Job Openings in Maryland Between 2006 and 2016

Source: Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation


How did S2C-MD get started?

• Governor's WIB leads the way – approves a formal board motion to establish S2C Campaign

• Education of governor’s staff• Governor accepts motion with one

amendment – must have a quantitative goal, measure

progress and provide accountability for progress

• State-Stat Unit and Delivery Unit provides measurement structure


Goals

• Increase Maryland’s economic competitiveness

• Produce more skilled workers to meet the growth of middle- and high-skill jobs

• Grow the middle class by providing more opportunities to gain skills, increase earnings and advance in the workplace


Governor's Goal for S2C-MD

Increase the Outcomes of the Workforce Training System by 20 percent by 2012.


Moving the Needle on Postsecondary Success• All oars rowing in the same direction for a

singular outcome under S2C • State agencies – DLLR, GWIB, DHR,

MHEC, DoD, MSDE, MDVA, DPSCS, P-20, etc. to focus and track their achievement

• Other partners under the S2C umbrella include 12 LWIBs, 16 community colleges, private career schools, and CBO’s


S2C-MD is a State Led Effort to:

• Set a system wide goal (Gov)• Collect cross agency data (GWIB)• Measure progress (State-stat)• Agency accountability (State-stat)


GWIB Led Cross Agency Coordination• Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED)• Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)• Department of Human Resources (DHR)• Department of Juvenile Services (DJS)• Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR)• Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

(DPSCS)• Maryland Department of Aging (MDoA)• Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)• Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)• Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS/MSDE)• Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs• Representation of the statewide P-20 Education Council• Maryland Assn of Community Colleges (16 Community

Colleges)• Representative of the WIB Association (12 local WIBs)


Cross Agency Council

DLLRDept. of Labor,Licensing, and

Regulation

MDVAMarylandDepartment

ofVeteransAffairs

MSDEMarylandStateDepartmentofEducation

CCCommunity

Colleges

LWIBSLocalWorkforce

InvestmentBoards

BusinessesTraining andUpskilling

DPSCSDept. ofPublicSafety &Correctional Services

DHCDDept. of HousingandCommunityDevelopment

PCSPrivateCareer

Schools

DHRDepartment of

HumanResources

ApprenticeshipUnion andNon-Union

MDODMarylandDepartment

of Disabilities


What can they measure?

• Community Colleges– Associate Degrees– Lower Division Certificates (30 hrs. certificate

based)– Workforce and Continuing Ed (leading to a license

or credential)• Apprenticeships• Private Career Schools• WIA Occupational & Incumbent Worker

Training• CTE & Adult Ed matriculating to post secondary• Voc. Rehab, Vets, TANF, Corrections


Keys to Success

• Strong executive leadership - Governor, Lieut. Governor

• Secretary level cabinet participation and support

• On going cross agency coordination by GWIB

• On-going measurement and accountability by State-stat


What was learned?

• Understood the "workforce training system” as a whole.

• Ability to set a goal for this disconnected array of workforce training programs & move it forward

• Need for better data elements • Credential data elusive - more work

needed• Credential identification/ licensing -

version 2.0


Results

• 2009 Baseline – 257,315 engaged in training leading to a credential (Actual output)

• 2012 Goal — 308,778 (Projected Output)

• Progress reported quarterly or yearly...takes time to show progress


Many Partners, One Vision

DLLRDept. of Labor,Licensing, and

Regulation

MDVAMarylandDepartment

ofVeteransAffairs

MSDEMarylandStateDepartmentofEducation

CCCommunity

Colleges

LWIBSLocalWorkforce

InvestmentBoards

BusinessesTraining andUpskilling

DPSCSDept. ofPublicSafety &Correctional Services

DHCDDept. of HousingandCommunityDevelopment

PCSPrivateCareer

Schools

DHRDepartment of

HumanResources

ApprenticeshipUnion andNon-Union

MDODMarylandDepartment

of Disabilities

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Outreach and Marketing


A Framework for State Policy


Contact

Eric SeleznowState Policy DirectorNational Skills CoalitionP: 202.223.8991, ext. [email protected]

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Documents

middleskills reportto

skills2compete maryland

new skills vision

maryland department

middle skills job openings

high education

s2c umbrella

national skills coalitionwww