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Agenda
1:30-1:50 Introductions
1:50-2:10 Setting the stage, Theory of Action
2:10-2:30 Specific expectations of the NOFO, Logic Model
2:30-3:00 Walking through the toolkit in detail
3:00-3:15 Questions and answers
3:15-3:30 Finding opportunities for alignment in communities
3:30-4:00 Building an FAQ and addressing next steps
Introductions
Name
Organization
What role do you play? How does your work intersect with Opportunity Youth?
What do you hope that this pilot funding opportunity will do/enable for Opportunity Youth?
Objectives
By the end of the pilot period:
1) Department of Commerce will have supported approximately 8-12 regional partnerships in Illinois to develop innovative regionally-based, cross-sector partnership programs. The number of regions will depend on the quality, quantity, and location of applications.
2) The cross-sector partnership programs will have provided multiple best-practice models and outcome results for the development of continued funding support through WIOA Youth funding
3) At least 2 employers in each regional program will have committed to providing future support
4) Youth ambassadors from each program will have met multiple times and have provided program feedback to the Illinois Standing Youth Committee.
Setting the stage: Defining Career Pathways
The term ‘‘career pathway’’ means a combination of rigorous and high-quality education, training, and other services that—
a. Aligns with the skill needs of industries in the economy of the State or regional economy involved
b. Prepares an individual to be successful in any of a full range of secondary or postsecondary education options
c. Includes counseling to support an individual in achieving the individual’s education and career goals
d. Includes, as appropriate education offered concurrently with and in the same context as workforce preparation activities and training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster
e. Organizes education, training, and other services to meet the particular needs of an individual in a manner that accelerates the educational and career advancement of the individual in a manner that accelerate the educational and career advancement of the individual to the extent practicable
f. Enables an individual to attain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, and at least 1 recognized postsecondary credential
g. Helps an individual enter or advance within a specific occupation or occupational cluster
Vision and Theory of Action: Career Pathways
Ownership
CapacitySustainability
Work-Based Learning
Education and Training
Foundational Skills
A career pathway system emphasizes the connections between a learner focused framework and a system focused framework.
Learner focused framework: progression through an education program and into a career
System focused framework: career pathway system development key elements to ensure long-term feasibility and inclusiveness
Vision and Theory of Action: Addressing Youth Needs
Developing a career pathway system appropriate for opportunity youth requires an assessment of two factors: their degree of preparation for work or education and their ability to take advantage of that opportunity
Vision and Theory of Action: Addressing Youth Needs
Identifying obstacles, challenges, loss points, and opportunities allow communities to determine critical needs and the types of support required.
Vision and Theory of Action: Additional elements
oCommunity Ownership: Community co-ownership among partners at the local and regional level helps to build capacity among local actors and builds mechanisms for sustainability
oConsortia Models: Building a consortium helps to consolidate partners who are often servicing similar constituencies and/or connecting with the same partners and employers.
oYouth Ownership: Young people can and should be given the opportunity to speak for their community and their needs
Core components
Program applicants must complete a logic model, the career pathways self assessment tool, and a subsequent action plan.
These tools will be used as part of the pilot program to benchmark progress and highlight milestones
Logic Model Career
Pathways ToolAction Plan
Logic Model
Logic Models help an organization to define:
• What are short and long term goals?
• What are the inputs? What will you invest (staffing, funding, technology, etc.)
• What are the outputs? What we are doing? (activities and interventions)
• External factors? What are some things we cannot control?
• Assumptions? What do we already know (what is the existing knowledge)
Logic Model
Framework for Activity
Process Measures and the Development of Evaluation Tools
Pilot programs will be measured on Process Measures as well as WIOA Youth Performance Measures
Process Measures: Pilot programs will be assessed on a series of process measures which will help to determine what processes are most important for the development of a model which support the goal of this pilot period, which is to develop an approach which supports regions to work collectively using a career pathways model to address Opportunity Youth needs.
Program Activity Process Measure
Participation in
Community of
Practice
Program leads identify 1 lead to act as program emissary on monthly
calls and bi-annual meetings
Program emissary participates regularly in the Community of Practice
monthly calls and bi-annual meetings
Youth Participation
in the Opportunity
Youth Ambassador
Program
Program leads identify 2 opportunity youth to act as program
ambassador
Youth Program Ambassador participate regularly in monthly calls and
bi-annual meetings
Development of a
Continuous
Improvement Plan
Program leads provide a continuous improvement plan by the end of
the 2nd quarter of the grant
Program leads provide regular updates on the continuous
improvement plan during monthly calls
The continuous improvement plan is used to develop an interim
report at the end of 18 months
Assessing activities and developing evaluation tools
Pilot programs will also be assessed on their ability to follow through on activities outlined in their action plan that are directly aligned to the needs identified in the development of Career Pathways Self-Assessment Tool and the outcomes identified in the development of their Logic Model.
The evaluation tool for future programs will be co-created with programs as part of this pilot process.
Career Pathways Tool Kit
Catalyst for Community Organization!
This tool allows for a self-assessment of how your organization’s proposed program meets these core elements and will be used in order to assess progress and continuous improvement in program evaluation during the life of the grant.
This tool identifies basic and advanced program criteria that helps to identify at which stage of development a career pathway program is in currently.
Value judgements will not be made based on the stage of development of a career pathway program. Rather, program applications will be assessed on the development of the tool and action plan in relation to the elements.
This tool will be used in conjunction with technical assistance sessions that will be held throughout the application period and will be used as a continuous improvement resource throughout the life of the grant .
Career Pathways Tool Kit
This tool should be developed with cross-sector partners (as appropriate to the program in question), including:
1. 2 employer partners
2. Local workforce innovation board
3. Local development agency (if different from the IWIB)
4. An area chamber of commerce, CEO roundtable, or similar private association of businesses
5. Participating community college(s) (as appropriate)
6. Participating school district(s) (as appropriate)
7. Participating 4 year University (as appropriate)
8. Participating community-based and/or faith-based organizations
Career Pathways Backbone
Career Pathway
Backbone
Partnerships
Business Engagement
Measuring Results &
Continuous Improvement Methodology
Sustainability
Career Pathway Program Elements
Career Pathway Program
Work-Based Learning
Credentials, Certifications, and
Postsecondary Access
High Demand, High Skill
Individual Plans and Supports
Contexualized Learning and
Workplace Skills
Action Steps/
Tasks
What will be
done?
Responsibility
Who will do it?
Timeline
When will it
begin and when
will it be
completed?
Resources
What resources
are available and
still need to be
obtained?
Partners
Who will be
(need to be
involved) to
carry out this
task/step?
Challenges
What
challenges/
barriers do you
anticipate?
Communication
How will you
communicate
this task/step to
partners?
Accomplishment
/ Outcome
What will this
task/step
accomplish?
Specific Project Requirements (page 10-11)
Applicants are highly encouraged to participate in a consortium If they choose not to participate in a consortium, they must explain
their rationale
Applicants must include a labor market analysis and sound data that illustrates both the needs of business and opportunity youth to find points of connection
Applicants should clearly describe any elements of their projects they consider innovative (with supporting evidence and specific intended outcomes)
Priority Consideration
Priority consideration will be given to regional projects that: Develop innovative programs and strategies that are designed to
meet the talent pipeline needs of business
Identify and/or document partnership with a regional intermediary who will act as the go-between to coordinate the work of the separate partners in the development of the career pathway system
Develop innovative programs that identify activities to improve linkages and alignment between workforce partners
Intermediary
Making the connections between organizations, managing day to day items, and acting as the backbone organization for the initiative.
11:00-11:30 Community Individual Time with the Toolkit
Additional Questions:
1. What are the unique characteristics of your local Opportunity Youth population (disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, gender, background)?
2. What are the challenges that Opportunity Youth in your community face?
3. What do the education and career outcomes look like for Opportunity Youth in your community?
4. Who are the key stakeholders and influential champions who should be at the table when planning a program for Opportunity Youth?
5. How do you plan to engage youth in the development of this career pathway system?
Take this time to address the various components of the toolkit. Where do you feel that your program has addressed this core component? Who could you partner with that could address this? Who is not at the table that should be?
Next Steps
What additional resources would be helpful to you?
Additional technical assistance offerings will be available: Developing the Logic Model (Available by December
Questions and Answer Sessions (Early January)
Employer Engagement
Applications must be received no later than 5:00 pm February 1, 2017