What Happens in Vegas DOESN’T Stay in Vegas:

Best Bridge Building Tips and Ideas (Part I)

April 17, 2009Dr. Jennifer Wild

Today we will…

• Examine why Health and Wellness staff should care about the New Vision

• Review Job Corps’ New Vision, mission and national goals

• View the New Vision DVD• Discuss what Health and Wellness can do to

support the New Vision• Explore progress to date

A new world for Job Corps

Why should we know about the New Vision?

• To be in sync with JC’s goals

• To be included as part of the Job Corps team to meet the New Vision goals

• To support the

new direction

(Mental Health,

TEAP, Disability, etc.)

How can staff feel a part of the New Vision?

• We can ensure students are healthy and thus employable

• We can help students with special barriers so they can achieve the goals of the New Vision

• We can ensure students with special needs are given equal consideration within the New Vision

• We can teach students and staff the appropriate use of health and wellness services

You may want to know…

• How and why the New Vision was developed

• Does the New Vision change the original mission of Job Corps and the population it serves?

• How the New Vision impacts admission into Job Corps especially for student who may have challenges?

What is the Vision?Job Corps serves the Nation’s at-promise, disenfranchised youth as an integrated, agile, demand-driven workforce and education training system. Job Corps is an employment bridge to high-growth, high demand industries that offers career paths and life-long learning skills for its graduates responding to 21st century workforce challenges.

What is the Vision?

• The vision is an “ideal” state

• We are transforming where we are to where we want to be

• The transformation will occur in “phases” incrementally and over time

• The vision is supported by national goals

• Achieving these goals will ensure that the vision becomes a reality

Where We Have Been and Where Are We Going

Setting a New Direction: 2004 – Fall 2006

Current New Vision: Fall 2006 – 2007 Phase I: Designing the Transformation

Future New Vision: 2008 – 2009 Phase II: Putting Systems into Place

Research & Concept Development to Support

Direction Setting & Decision Making

Strategic Planning to Develop Internal Plans &

Set Goals

National Certification Initiative

Revise/Align Automotive & First Set of National CTT

Programs

Career Success Standards

Develop, Pilot & Rollout via National Trainings

eLearning Support

TA and support, TABE 9/10-

STS Plans/Pilots & LMS Requirements

Various Initiatives

Existing Projects; Research & Plan for Possible New Efforts

Rigor Relevance

Relationships Results

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New Vision, Mission, Goals

Standards Development

Applied Academic & Basic Academic Standards to Support Revised

National CTT/TARs

National Certification Initiative

38 National CTT/TARs Revised/Aligned with Industry

Standards & Certifications

CSS Implementation

eLearning TABE 9/10-STS Pilots

& Rollout; LMS Procured

Various Initiatives

Re-align Existing; Plan/Develop New

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New Vision Implementation

Plan, Communications,

Solicit Input

Change Creates

Credentialed Students

Industry Wants to Hire

What is Changing

Standards &

Structure

Why Change

Industry Demands It

NVIPT

Standards & Certification Clustering Technology (Programmatic Support) Regional Labs Professional Development Performance Measures Policy

Policy

Where are we now?

• Standards and Certifications

• Clustering

• Technology

• Regional Labs

• Professional Development

• Performance Measures

• Policy

Standards & Certifications

• Establishing a Standards-Based Education and Training System to provide:– Rigorous training that meets industry

standards and employer expectations– Training that ensures Job Corps students can

succeed in the 21st Century economy

Core elements• Targeted training in 11 of the 14 high-

growth industries identified by DOL

Core elements (cont.)

• Revising existing CTT programs• Obtaining program certification from industry

certification bodies• Developing new CTT programs for emerging

industries and occupations• Identifying and developing the academic

standards students must master to complete CTT programs and pass certification exams

• Developing standards-based curricula

Core elements (cont.)

• Partnered with McREL for the development of academic standards and instructional supports

– English/Language Arts• Reading• Writing • Listening • Speaking

– Mathematics– Science– Critical Thinking

Auto

Hospitality Complete

IT

Healthcare Complete

Finance & Business

Construction Complete

Advanced Manufacturing

Homeland Security

Transportation June/July ’09

Retail Sales/Services

Renewable Resources/

EnergyNovember/December ‘09

Academic standards schedule

Training Pathways

Therapeutic Services

Health Informatics

Clinical Medical AssistantCertified Phlebotomy TechnicianCertified EKG TechnicianCertified Clinical Medical Assistant

Medical Administration (Prerequisite to continued training)Certified Medical Administrative Assistant

DiagnosticServices

Dental AssistantCertified Dental Assistant

Health Care TechnicianCertified Nurses AssistantHome Health Aide

Insurance Claims ProcessorCertified Billing & Coding Specialist

Medical TranscriptionistCertified Medical Transcriptionist

Health Unit CoordinatorCertified Health Unit Coordinator

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Licensed Practical/Vocational NurseState License

OpticianryNat’l Opticianry Competency Exam Certification

Pharmacy TechnicianCertified Pharmacy Technician

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Key benefits

• Meet the needs of industry and the employer community for well-trained and credentialed workers

• Maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of program design and delivery

• Maximize the placements and earnings of students

Take notes on…

Two or three things you see in the DVD that are very different from the Job Corps we know today

A picture is worth a thousand words...just watch

How can Health and Wellness support the national goals?

Exercise Example

Goal 3:

Students are ready to enter Job Corps and committed to finishing the program.

New Website Information

http://access.jobcorps.org if inside of JC Network or

https://access.jobcorps.org if outside of JC network

helpdesk@jobcorps.org or by phone at (800) 598-5008, option 5

Q & A

If you don’t know where you are going, you will never get there……