Transcript EARN 101

EARN Maryland
Prepared by Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
August 2013
EARN’s Purpose
Creation of Industry-Led
Partnerships
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Advance Skills
Grow the Economy
Sustainable Employment for
Working Families
Create a common platform on which
collaboration thrives
What is a Strategic Industry Partnership?
Employers in a Target Industry
and a strategic collaboration of
 Local Workforce Boards
 Four Year and Community Colleges
 Nonprofits
 K-12
 Local Economic Development
 Other Skills Training Providers
 Other Vital Partners
Strategic Industry Partnership
Plans
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Led by employers in a regional
target industry
Data Driven
Identify common workforce needs
for high demand occupations
Identify strategies to meet
workforce needs/skills shortages
Tap into recruiting “pipelines”
Data Driven Plans
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Evidence of skills shortages & growth
Clarity about target occupations
Specifics of training programs for
credentials or skills > employment or
advancement
Industry Data + EARN MD Data Tools
Under EARN, Strategic
Industry Partnership
Plans are the Drivers.
The EARN Maryland Endgame:
Systems Change
Examples:
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A plan that recruits deep into communities because of
its robust collaboration with a CBO or GED program
and focuses on job readiness
A plan that maps ways to reach out to the recently
unemployed or engages local CTE initiatives
A plan promoting a lasting industry-led partnership that
will tackle long-term workforce needs and economic
growth opportunities
Metro Denver Healthcare Partnership
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Greater Metro Denver
Healthcare Partnership, CO
 Activities:
Challenges:
 Narrowed highest priority need
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Surging demand for HC services
down from 145 different
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Rapid facility expansion
occupations to 4:
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Nursing (ADN, RN, BSN)
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Difficulty filling positions
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Laboratory Technologists
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Medical Laboratory Technicians
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Employers being asked by too
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Surgical Technicians
many programs, councils,
 5 New Education and training
program staff to partner/help
pathways to direct employment in
middle-skilled, higher wage jobs
Solution:
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One Greater Metro HC
 Exceeded all training and placement
Partnership
goals
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7 Major Hospital Systems
 Single point of contact for industry
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8 Educational Institutions
 Pooled resources and expertise
 Surprise by employers that they
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4 Economic Development Orgs
shared problems and that solutions
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3 Workforce Investment Boards
better implemented as a group
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Regular discussions about HC policy
in region and state
Power Generation Skill Panel, WA
•Convened by the Centralia Community College
•Involves major power generation plants (coal, hydro,
and wind), plus major public utilities around the state
•Key partners are Labor, community colleges,
workforce Boards, and industry experts
•Products include:
• 17 articulated “skills standards”manuals for
key occupations
• Shared purchase of OJT key curriculum
• Revised apprenticeship program
• Creation of hands-on training facility at an unused nuclear power plant
“The Power Generation Skill Panel has
effectively met the needs of employers,
workers, and the training system through
collaboration and focused work on critical
issues. By meeting the demand driven skills
needs of industry we are all more
competitive.” --Bob Guenther, IBEW Local 77
Cochise Utilities Partnership, AZ
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Problem: Sulphur Springs Valley
Electric Cooperative (SSVEC)
realized no local pool of skilled line
workers
Cost: Recruiting from outside the
area expensive, and relocating
workers risky
College could not create a program
for just one company – no economy
of scale
Convener: SSVEC
Corporate partners: SSVEC, Sierra
Southwest Cooperative, Apache
Nitrogen Products, Southwest Gas,
Valley Telecom, Cox
Communications
Public partners: Southeast Arizona
Workforce Connection, Cochise
Community College
Outcomes:
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New 1-year Utility Industry Certificate
Industry guest speakers and instructors
Company sponsored, for-credit internships
Shared job fairs across corporate partners
Company-to-company networking formerly
non-existent
“Getting approached by a peer company
was a breath of fresh air, someone who is
actually a competitor. The resulting utility
program and certificate would not have
happened without that outreach. And
there’s so much more to do.”
– Elaine Babcock, HR Manager, Southwest
Gas
EARN Maryland Resources
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Webinars - ready to view
Data Tool Kit – Fall 2013
Planning Grants – Fall 2013
www.earn.maryland.gov
"Building Strategic Industry Partnerships"
Three Part Webinar Series
Webinar 1
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 l 1PM – 2PM
Industry Partnerships 101:
What, Why, How and Impact
Webinar 2
Monday, July 29, 2013 l 1PM – 2PM
Industry Data:
How to Identify (or Confirm) Your Target Industry
Webinar 3
Thursday, August 1, 2013 l 1PM – 2PM
Mobilizing Your Partnership
All EARN Maryland Webinars are archived for viewing
and downloading at
www.earn.maryland.gov
Contact Information
For specific questions, please contact:
Amy Fusting
Special Assistant, DLLR Office of the Secretary
[email protected]
410-230-6012
Check our website for updated information:
www.earn.maryland.gov