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