Transcript Encouraging Enhanced Partnerships and Collaboration

Overview
 Highlight joint efforts to promote greater
collaboration at the state level between
RA and WIA(previous conference call).
 Overview of previously released TEN
 Discussion: How can we better work
together? How can we effectively
advance ideas in TEN?
Presenters
 John Ladd, Administrator, Office of Apprenticeship
(OA)
 Virginia Hamilton, Administrator, ETA San Francisco
Regional Office
 Tom Haun, Secretary of Labor’s Advisory Committee
on Apprenticeship (ACA) and Fund Administrator,
Heat/Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Intl. Union
 Laura Ginsburg, OA Team Leader
 Greg Wilson, OA Team Leader
John Ladd, OA Administrator
Registered Apprenticeship?
 Builds Highly Skilled Workforce through Combination of
OJT and Classroom Instruction that offers…
 For Businesses
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Quality, high-skilled workers
Responds to Needs of Competitive World Economy
Pipeline of highly-skilled workers
Provides payroll and training costs savings
 For Job Seekers
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Clear pathway to high-skill, high-wage careers
Ability to Earn College Credit Towards 2-4 year Degree
Paycheck from day one
Nationally-recognized credential
Vision for 21st Century Registered
Apprenticeship (RA)
 Central to meeting the nation’s workforce
development challenges
 Provides sustainable and widely recognized career
opportunities for all Americans
 Raises the productivity and increases the international
competitiveness of U.S. businesses
 Contributes to the economic growth and sustainability
of communities, Regions, States and the Country.
Goals for 21st Century RA
 Expansion/Economic Competitiveness: An increasing number of
businesses and additional industries will use and reap the
advantages of quality Registered Apprenticeship programs.
 Valuable Career Pathway: Americans will seek and find Registered
Apprenticeship as a valuable post-secondary pathway to
rewarding careers.
 Increased Opportunities for Under-Represented Populations:
Diverse populations in the U.S. workforce will have access to
growing opportunities in Registered Apprenticeship.
 RA as Workforce Policy: Public policy will increasingly reflect the
value of Registered Apprenticeship to address economic and
workforce development challenges.
Why 21st Century Registered Apprenticeship?
Cost Benefit Analysis by Mathematica Inc.
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21st Century RA: Recent Efforts
 Pre-Apprenticeship TEN: Pathways from
Quality Pre-Apprenticeship programs;
 WIA TEN: Promotes strong collaboration
between WIA and RA to leverage resources
and support career pathways for diverse
populations;
 Registered Apprenticeship to College
Consortium (RACC): Articulating RA
Completion Certificate to college credit!
Virginia Hamilton
ETA Region 6 Administrator
PROPOSAL: Earlier conference call discussed initiative to
promote collaboration between ETA Regional Staff
(ORM and OA) via region specific projects:
 Recognition of Challenges
 Identify Opportunities
 Identify Specific Projects and Actions in each Region
GOAL: Regional (ORM and Registered Apprenticeship)
staff work together to facilitate partnerships at state
Apprenticeship, WIA and One-Stop level
National Level
Webinar Series targeted to the Workforce System
 Registered Apprenticeship as Workforce Policy
 Target Audience: State Administrators, WIBs
 Registered Apprenticeship: Performance
Measurements
 Target Audience: One-Stop Staff including case
managers, job developers
 Registered Apprenticeship and One-Stop Outreach
 Target Audience: One-Stop Business Reps and Job
Developers
WIA TEN
Tom Haun
Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor and Advisory
Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) Member
ACA identified issues of working with
Workforce Investment System as a priority
• Eligible Training Provider List
• Access to funding to support Apprentices
and RA programs
ACA White Paper
 ACA Recommendations to the Secretary of Labor
 Identified barriers and provided examples of best
practices where challenges were overcome
 Recommended that ETA issue a policy directive
(Training and Employment Notice) to encourage
collaboration
 Guidance needed on how the systems can effectively
partner to help jobseekers and employers
Laura Ginsburg, OA Team Leader
 WIA-RA Training and Employment Notice
 Follow-up to the 2007 TEGL, No. 02-07
 Value of RA to Workforce System
 WIA ETPLs
 Funding for Support Services and Activities for RA
sponsors and Apprentices
 Understanding how Credit for Referrals and
Services are to be Counted
Why Registered Apprenticeship and
the Workforce System?
 Versatile training and employment strategy that
advances the goals of the workforce system
 Crosses a wide sector of industries
 A systematic approach to training
 Can increase the quality of services to both employer
and worker customers
 Enhance activities in support of workforce system
priorities
Registered Apprenticeship and WIA
Eligible Training Provider List
 WIA Statute and Regulations provide flexibility
 20 CFR 663.505(b)(2)(ii) identifies apprenticeship
programs registered with OA and SAAs as ETPL
eligible
 20 CFR 663.515(b) Empowers LWIBs to determine
the ETP procedures for RA programs
Leveraging WIA Funding and DOL Grants
 Individual Training Accounts
 Option for WIA-eligible Registered Apprentices to support
Related Instruction
 Customized Training and OJT
 National Emergency Grants
 State and Local Workforce Investment Agencies to
Address Major Economic Dislocation
 OJT or Registered Apprenticeship is allowable
 Trade Adjustment Assistance
 Registered Apprenticeship Allowable As Training for
Trade-Affected Workers.
Leveraging WIA Funding and Dept. Grants
 Other WIA State Funding
 WIA statewide reserve funding
 WIA incentive funding
 State general funds
 Discretionary Grants from ETA
 H1B Grants - Designated for OJT Component
- Cannot be used for incumbent training
 Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and
Career Training (TAACCCT) – “Earn & Learn” Strategy
included as an Educational model
Measuring and Outcomes
for
Common Measures
Greg Wilson, Team Leader
Two Basic Scenarios for Participants
1. Receive WIA or ES funded services resulting
in entry into a Registered Apprenticeship
program, or
2. Receive WIA funded support services as part
of their Registered Apprenticeship training
WIA and ES Referrals
WIA and ES participants that are not
employed at the time of participation
and then receive a referral resulting
in their entry into a Registered
Apprenticeship program are to be
counted in the Common Measures
WIA and ES Referrals
Enrollment in Registered Apprenticeship results in:
 Employment (earn while you learn!)
 Positive impact on Entered Employment Rate
 Apprenticeships average four years in length
 Positive impact on Retention Rate
 Progressive wage schedule
 Positive impact on Average Earnings
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UI Wage records can be used to track outcomes
 No need for special data tracking
Example
A WIA Adult participant that is not
employed at the time of participation and
receives WIA funded services and then is
referred to and participates in a
Registered Apprenticeship program is to
be counted as employed upon exiting
WIA
WIA Funded Support Services
Apprentices that receive WIA funded services
in support of their participation in a Registered
Apprenticeship program are considered
employed at the time of participation.
These participants are considered incumbent
workers for the purpose of Common Measures
(excluded from the Enter Employment Rate)
WIA Funded Support Services
Incumbent worker intensive and training
services are authorized statewide activities
under WIA §134(a)(3)(A)(iv)(I) utilizing funds
drawn from the state’s reserve .
Workforce Investment Boards can define the
term “incumbent worker” for these projects,
including newly hired apprentices.
Example
An individual that is enrolled in a Registered
Apprenticeship program and subsequently
receives WIA funded support services is
employed at the time of participation.
 Excluded from the Entered Employment Rate
 Included in the Employment Retention Rate
 Included in Average Earnings
Summary
 RA and WIA collaboration makes economic sense!
 Help to build a skilled workforce for industries in demand
 Can support bringing manufacturing jobs back to USA
 RA and WIA collaboration pays!
 Career pathways with high earnings for participants and
completers
 RA and WIA collaboration counts!
 Positive impacts on common measure!
 RA and WIA collaboration can provide career pathways for a
range of populations
 Youth
 Unemployed Adults
 Veterans
Discussion
And
Questions???