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Steering Committee Meeting
AgendaAgenda
Initiative Overview
Common themes across plans
Sector Plans
Implementation Structure
Next Steps
GOALSkills@Work is a statewide campaign to engage employers,
educators, community and workforce organizations in developing solutions to increase adult credential attainment
in demand occupations.
THREE BROAD STRATEGIESEngage key stakeholders in creating sector-based regional
plans for recruiting, training, retaining and advancing employees to skilled jobs.
Align strategy, resources and policy.
Develop a statewide goal and shared metrics across systems to measure increased credential attainment.
Sector Initiatives Sector Initiatives
Sector initiatives are industry-specific, regional partnerships that address
employers' needs for skilled workers and workers' needs for good jobs.
Skills@Work Sectors: Healthcare (Older Adult Services) Information Technology Manufacturing
Cross Sector Barriers/ChallengesCross Sector Barriers/Challenges
1. Lack of Skilled Workers Need to adapt to changing industry needs
2. Lack of workplace skills (soft skills) Prepare people for range of
workplace needs
3. Inaccurate perception of industry Increase awareness
Healthcare
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Cross Sector Cross Sector StrategiesStrategies1. Lack of Skilled Workers Evaluate and enhance higher education and other
training program curriculum to meet evolving
occupational needs
Increase stackable, industry-recognized credential attainment for credit
Create/scale experiential learning (internships, on-the-job training, apprenticeships)
2. Lack of workplace skills (soft skills)
Expand career pathway models that include workplace education
Create/Scale experiential learning opportunities (internships, on- the-job training, apprenticeships)
Assess employer’s interest in a credential that demonstrates acquisition of workplace knowledge and skills (Mfg and IT)
Cross Sector Cross Sector StrategiesStrategies
3. Inaccurate perception of industry Enhance Image/Increase Awareness
Attract high school students into sector
Provide financial assistance
Increase screening/assessment tools for incoming students and employees
Cross Sector Cross Sector StrategiesStrategies
Healthcare Challenges/Barriers Healthcare Challenges/Barriers ThemesThemes
High Turnover/Low Retention Wages and benefits are not competitive with acute care
settings Opportunities for enhancing image of industry (older adult
services) Need more workers with skills, knowledge and abilities specific
to working with older adults
Current training programs not meeting needs
Not responsive to industry (older adult services) needs Employees aren’t aware of skills specific to older adults Need for contextualized remedial education
Healthcare Strategy ThemesHealthcare Strategy ThemesAlignment of training for older adult services
◦Improve education to focus on adult care competencies
◦Expand on-the-job training and paid internships
Increase employment and improve retention for specific occupations w/in older adult services◦Address wage and benefit disparities◦Enhance the image of opportunities◦Build out innovative educational: employer
partnerships focused on transition into employment
IT Challenges/Barriers ThemesIT Challenges/Barriers Themes
Maintaining relevant curriculum in context of rapidly changing environment
Lack of awareness of IT opportunities and pathways
Lack of access to necessary real-time data analytics
IT Strategy ThemesIT Strategy ThemesCollaboration
◦ One stop shop for all IT jobs, internships and job seekers
◦ Coordinated information and communication across business, education and government agencies
Credential attainment ◦ Increase credential attainment
◦ Promote career pathways
Relevance◦ Expand on-the-job training and paid internships
◦ Update higher ed. curriculum to meet industry demand
Manufacturing Challenges/Barriers Manufacturing Challenges/Barriers ThemesThemes
Negative image of manufacturing industry
Relevance of training to industry need ◦ Need to adapt to changing demographics
◦ Need to redesign training programs to align with industry needs
◦ Lack capacity
◦ Desired core competencies and agreed upon credentials across industry unclear
◦ Remedial education needs
Manufacturing Strategy ThemesManufacturing Strategy Themes
Industry awareness ◦Increase understanding and awareness of industry
and career opportunities◦ Increase awareness of necessary aptitudes for
manufacturing careers and educational/training programs
Relevance
◦Identify recognized upon industry defined core competencies and credentials
◦Align education with industry needs
MnSCU System MnSCU System Alignment with Skills@Work Alignment with Skills@Work
MnSCU Focused Strategies:
Advance Competitiveness of MN Workforce Internships and apprenticeships Leveraged Equipment Program Faculty-Driven Educational Innovations
Increase Access and Affordability Provide access to the state grant program for part-time students
Accelerate completion Increase student retention and completion Expand PSEO and concurrent enrollment (get students into the manufacturing industry)
Produce Graduates w/ Required Technical & Foundational Skills
Increase Student Enrollment
AccelerateCompletion
Itasca Project Itasca Project Higher Education Task Force’sHigher Education Task Force’sAlignment with Skills@WorkAlignment with Skills@Work
Align training, education and supports with workforce skill needs
Develop a sustainable method for identifying and responding to employers’ skill needs
Develop and clear credentialed pathways for building and demonstrating competencies
Create and expand ways to inform and engage current and prospective students in high-demand career pathways
Implementation Implementation StrategyStrategy
Industry Skill Panel Plans
Sector Initiatives: Sector Initiatives: Key CharacteristicsKey Characteristics
Adapted from presentation by Insight: Center for Community Economic Development and National Network of Sector Partners
Systemic ChangesSystemic Changes
Sector Initiative Research and DesignSector Initiative Research and Design
Identify Needs and
Opportunities
What are possible
sectors andindustries to
target?
Conduct FocusGroups
Do you have a viable industry
for a sector project?
Identify Strategies
What are your points of
leverage and influence?
Project Design
What kind of program fits
target industryand population?
Implement theSector Project
Are your strategies
the right ones?
Implementation StructureImplementation Structure
Facilitation Entity Provides staff support for Alliance and
process for decision making, communications, project formation, evaluation and reporting
Business
Composition of Industry Skills Composition of Industry Skills Action AllianceAction Alliance
Higher Education
Other Training and Support
Entities
Workforce Centers
Adult Basic Education
Community-Based
Organizations
K-12
Role of Industry Skills Action Role of Industry Skills Action AllianceAlliance
Blueprint for closing skills gap
Project collaboration
Resource efficiencies
Regular analysis of training needs
Agent of accountability
Facilitate funding
Role of Facilitation EntityRole of Facilitation Entity
Competencies of Facilitation Competencies of Facilitation EntityEntity
Industry expertise
Experience developing and driving community initiatives in partnership with employers and education and training entities
Role of Lead Implementation Role of Lead Implementation OrganizationsOrganizations(Per Strategy)(Per Strategy)
Convene key stakeholders
Create and execute project plans
Measure success
Policy
Role of Greater Twin Cities United Role of Greater Twin Cities United Way and Governor’s Workforce Way and Governor’s Workforce Develop CouncilDevelop Council
Start-Up Funding
Report Card