Transcript Journey to Jobs Initiative: Transformation strategy to

Journey to Jobs Initiative:
The transformation strategy
to develop, attract and retain talent
Central New York Region
presented by
Lenore Sealy, Executive Director
Onondaga County Workforce Investment Board
Central New York –
5 county region
• Formally established in 1966
through Regional Planning and
Development Board
• Proximity to the intersection of
Interstates 81 and 90
• Commutation patterns link all
five counties to the Syracuse
MSA
• Shared history, demographics,
natural resources, and
business challenges
• Significant concentrations of
colleges and universities
Issues
facing talent…
CNY region
It’s
all about
• 40-50% eligible to retire by 2010
• Feb 2007 CNY labor force 1.1% less than one year
ago
• In 2004, population in the 20-34 age range fell
27.2% in Onondaga County
• 70% of future jobs will require beyond HS education
• NYS reported 67% graduation rates in 2004;
50% of African Americans, and 15% of Hispanic
students in the upstate urban cohort graduated
• In CNY the availability of a skilled workforce is a
deciding factor in business attraction
Organizations focused on
programs
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programs
Business
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programs
Business
Education
Organizations focused on
programs
Economic Development
Business
Workforce Development
Education
Organizations focused on
programs
Economic Development
Business
Workforce Development
Education
Organizations focused on
Region focused on progress
programs
Economic Development
Central
Workforce
NewDevelopment
York
Business
Education
Job
Experience/
Undergrad
to PhD
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Experience/
Undergrad
to Masters
Job
Biotechnology/
Bioprocessing
Energy and
Advanced
Health
Environmental Manufacturing
Care Job
Job
Systems
Job
Information
Management
Undergrad
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Certificate,
License,
Associates
Degree
Job
HS Diploma,
License
Some decisions
re:science/math
choices
7 - 11
Core skills
K-6
Central New York
…focused on economic vitality
Economic Drivers:
• Biotechnology /
Bioprocessing
• Energy and Environmental
Systems
• Health Care
• Information Management
• Advanced Manufacturing
Central New York
… focused on drivers
The Goal:
Fortify economic drivers
Central New York
… focused on talent
Strategy:
Develop, attract,
and retain talent
Central New York
Actions to implement strategy
Actions:
• Develop entrepreneurship supports
• Create and expand a continuum of
education and training
• Increase worker credentialing
• Build business capacity through employer
training
• Apply literacy contextualized to work and life skills
• Promote and expand opportunities for
internships/mentoring/job shadowing
• Increase regional awareness of
economic drivers and related career
pathways within/outside the region
• Align and leverage regional capacity
through replication and assessment
CNY Model for Transformation
Economic
Drivers:
Advanced
Manufacturing
Information
Management
Biotechnology/
Bioprocessing
Energy
and
Environment
Health
Care
Goal:
Fortify
economic
drivers
Strategy:
Develop,
attract
and retain
talent
Actions:
• Develop entrepreneurship
supports
• Create and expand a continuum of
education and training
• Increase worker credentialing
• Build business capacity through
employer training
• Apply literacy contextualized to work
and life skills
• Promote and expand opportunities for
internships/mentoring/job shadowing
• Increase regional awareness of
economic drivers and related career
pathways within/outside the region
• Align and leverage regional
capacity through replication
and assessment
Feedback Loop for Continuous Improvement
Experience/
Undergrad
to PhD
Career Realization/Talent
Projects
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Education/Training/Advanced Education
Projects
Job
Job
Job
Job
Experience/
Undergrad
to Masters
Job
Biotechnology
Energy and
Advanced
Health
Environmental Manufacturing
Care Job
Job
Systems
Educational
Pathways
Job
Information
Management
Undergrad
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
Skills Mapping/Work Readiness
Job
Job Certificate
Job
Job
Some decisions
Career Exploration
re:science/math
Certificate,
License,
Associates
Degree
HS Diploma,
License
7 - 11
choices
Core skills
K-6
Actions for transformation
• Develop entrepreneurship supports
– Request $ 250,000
– Collaborative projects such as
• Support entrepreneur competitions, e.g. Stardust
Institute for Innovation at Cayuga Community College
• Implement programs increasing the attraction and
retention of diverse and new American entrepreneurs
and professionals
• Research and academic support for entrepreneurial
efforts
– Leveraged resources
• Small Business Development programs, e.g. OCC and
SUNY Oswego
• Women’s Business Innovation Center
Actions for transformation
• Create and expand a continuum of education
and training for new and incumbent workers
for the five economic drivers
– Request $ 1,039,179
– Collaborative projects such as
• Online regional database of education/training opportunities
• Increased support for literacy contextualized in work settings
• Educational programs around emerging science and
technology transfer, e.g. Renewable Energy/Climate Control
Technology at SUNY ESF and Biotechnology Degree program
at TC3
– Leveraged resources
• Existing ESOL programs to build incumbent worker programs
• Database information architecture exists
Actions for transformation
• Increase worker credentialing
– Request $ 887,820
– Collaborative projects such as
• Expand certificate, credentialing and skill building
programs to help individuals find employment
• Explore certificates as additional graduation outcomes
• Develop ‘work ready’ communities
– Leveraged resources
• Existing career ladder maps (research science, health
care, energy)
• Existing WorkKeys, Certificate of Workforce Competency,
and National Work Readiness Credential
Actions for transformation
• Build business capacity through employer
training
– Request $ 565,500
– Collaborative projects such as
• Develop programs for business leadership addressing
changing workforce and global marketplace needs
• Create inter-institutional and cross-sectional professional
exchanges, e.g. Speaker Series
• Funds to support implementation coaches
– Leveraged resources
• Training grants e.g. WIA funds, IEP, private business
funds
• Speaker programs through local colleges, universities,
and professional associations
Actions for transformation
• Apply literacy contextualized to work and life
skills
– Request $ 116,160
– Collaborative projects such as
• Develop a strategic plan (2008) with measurable and
acceptable outcome indicators
• Promote community awareness and action
• Improved life and work skills for immigrant populations
• Improved technology literacy for aged 50+ workforce
• Teachers in the workplace to build curriculum
• Use of technology to expand regional instructional
capacity
– Leveraged resources
• Family Literacy Alliance Greater Syracuse
• Regional school district/BOCES literacy programs
Actions for transformation
• Promote and expand opportunities for
internships/mentoring/job shadowing
– Request $ 468,750
– Collaborative projects such as
• Expand and maintain a database containing
internships/mentoring/job shadowing opportunities
• Expand paid opportunities for job seekers, professionals,
and high school and college students
• Build regional capacity via skills transfer through mentoring
opportunities engaging 50+ and diverse workforce
– Leveraged resources
• Private business funding
• Existing internship programs and services, e.g. Project Ion,
individual college career planning and placement offices
• WIA programs for at-risk youths
• Middle/High school level mentoring and job shadow
programs
Actions for transformation
• Increase regional awareness of economic
drivers and related career pathways within
and outside the region
– Request $ 259,000
– Collaborative projects such as
• Establish online career ladder maps for each of the
economic drivers
• Develop, market, and maintain educational support
materials
• Promote continuum of technical and professional
opportunities
– Leveraged resources
• Existing career ladder maps
• NYS DOL career ladder grant to Onondaga and CayugaCortland WIBs
Actions for transformation
• Align and leverage regional capacity through
replication and assessment
– Request $ 947,600
– Collaborative projects such as
• Survey current and future skills requirements, ascertain
needs, fill gaps
• Leverage National Advisory Board’s expertise in
assessment, sustainability, and replication for continuous
improvement
• Communicate programmatic successes and best practice
models
• Implement response team as a catalyst for
economic opportunities
– Leveraged resources
• J2J Team and work groups
Budget over three years
Entrepreneurship
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Grant
Requested
Grant
Requested
Grant
Requested
Total grant
50,000
100,000
100,000
$250,000
Continuum of training
for new and incumbent
workers
310,685
386,260
342,234
$1,039,179
Credentialing
150,000
368,910
368,910
$887,820
Employer training
46,000
250,750
268,750
$565,500
Contextualized literacy
38,720
38,720
38,720
$116,160
Intern/mentor/job
shadow
93,750
187,500
187,500
$468,750
Career ladder
90,000
99,000
70,000
$259,000
Assessment/replication
219,200
364,200
364,200
$947,600
Administration
120,000
150,000
166,000
$436,000
$1,118,355
$1,945,340
$1,906,314
$4,970,009
Total
Leveraged dollars
$12,500,000
CNY Model for Transformation
Economic
Drivers:
Advanced
Manufacturing
Information
Management
Biotechnology/
Bioprocessing
Energy
and
Environment
Health
Care
Goal:
Fortify
economic
drivers
Strategy:
Develop,
attract
and retain
talent
Actions:
• Develop entrepreneurship
supports
• Create and expand a continuum of
education and training
• Increase worker credentialing
• Build business capacity through
employer training
• Apply literacy contextualized to work
and life skills
• Promote and expand opportunities for
internships/mentoring/job shadowing
• Increase regional awareness of
economic drivers and related career
pathways within/outside the region
• Align and leverage regional
capacity through replication
and assessment
Feedback Loop for Continuous Improvement
Building on success
Journey to Jobs Initiative
Project Management Structure
National
Advisory
Board
Lead Agency
Project Office
• Project Director
• Support Staff
Workplace
Diversity &
Inclusion
Literacy
Across the
Lifespan
J2J Leadership Team
Incumbent
Worker
Support
Aged 50+
Workforce
Career &
Technical
Worker
Training
University
Community
Partnerships
Career
Mobility
Science,
Technology,
Engineering &
Math (STEM)
Workforce
Credentialing
Measures
and Models
for Success
Measures of success
Goal:
Fortify economic drivers
Business growth in economic drivers
Strategy:
Develop, attract, retain talent
• Develop: Number of people employed
• Attract and Retain: Labor workforce growth
• Number of collaborative projects successfully completed
Regional:
Existing performance measures
• DOL Common Measures:
• Increased retention
• Average earnings
Implementation:
Collaborative Work Group Projects
• Measures and Models team will help develop and roll up measures of success
• Examples of measures include:
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•
•
•
Number of internships/mentoring/job shadows •
Number of certificates issued/graduation rates •
Number of small businesses assisted
•
Improved literacy
Number of successful class completion
Career ladders used by MS-college
Improved customer satisfaction
CNY Impact
Build capacity by actively
engaging mature,
immigrant, and diverse
worker populations
Improve graduation
rates for all students
Stem loss in
labor force through
attraction and retention
Increase business
attraction in
economic drivers
Increase responsiveness
through regional cooperation