Improving Noncollege Pathways to Skills and Successful Careers

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This Committee for Economic Development report reviews three tools that address increasing pathways for employment for individuals who do not earn a bachelor’s degree. These tools include models for career navigation and improved career counseling, expansion of apprenticeship programs, and the increased use of competency-based hiring and assessment, rather than relying solely on levels of educational attainment.
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2019-05-22T20:00:00
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https://www.ced.org/reports/improving-noncollege-pathways-to-skills-and-success…
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2019-05-23
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Advancing Vision, Creating Strategy, and Partnerships

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration presents two podcasts that support how Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) can engage with employers and businesses in their advisory capacity. This advisory role supports WDBs as they create sector strategies and develop demand-driven career pathways. Additional toolkits and handouts, which focus on board engagement, strategic planning, and program development, are also outlined.
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2019-04-24T20:00:00
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https://ion.workforcegps.org/resources/2016/06/27/09/30/Strategic_Board_Toolkit…
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2019-04-25
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Policy Academy for Innovative Employment Strategies (PAIES) Kickoff Meeting

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), held the Policy Academy for Innovative Employment Strategies (PAIES) Kickoff Meeting in Arlington, Virginia on January 7-9, 2019. Through PAIES, state teams receive 18 months of coaching and technical assistance to help design, plan, and implement innovative and comprehensive approaches to increase employment outcomes for TANF participants through coaching and career pathways. Working with ACF staff, local evaluators, and other partners, coaching teams work to move from traditional case management models to coaching models in local TANF programs, and career pathways teams strive to improve career pathways through the provision of training, work experience, and support services.  

The PAIES kickoff meeting provided an in-person opportunity for coaching and career pathways teams from across the U.S. to meet with each other, their coaches, subject matter experts, and federal and contract staff. Objectives of the meeting were to: share promising and research-informed practices in coaching, career pathways, organizational culture, and change management; discuss key levers and processes to implement, evaluate, and monitor PAIES activities; support dedicated team times, peer exchanges, and expert consultations to inform action planning; and lay the foundation for team work over the course of PAIES with coaching, expert consultation, and other supports.

 

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2019-03-21T20:00:00
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2019-03-22
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PAIES Kickoff Meeting Agenda 399.02 KB
Ellis Mindfulness PPT 3.19 MB
Ellis Perceived Stress Scale Handout 36.12 KB
Jacobson Osborn Evaluation Feasibility Plans PPT 216.1 KB
Hastings Mortrude Durden Career Pathways PPT 4.44 MB
Coaching Workshop Handout 215.04 KB
FEP Refocus Training Snapshot for EDO Handout 450 KB
FEP Refocus Timeline Handout 125.42 KB
FEP Refocus Recommended Changes Handout 136.53 KB
Career and Education Project Calendar Handout 228.84 KB
Project Timeline Handout 66.92 KB
Derr Rachidi Successfully Implementing PPT 1.03 MB
Payne Successfully Managing PAIES Grants PPT 572.77 KB
Beegle Move Out and Stay Out of Poverty PPT 1.32 MB

Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) Cross-Program Implementation and Impact Study Findings

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This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report reviews the implementation and initial impact of career pathways strategies under the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) evaluation study. It also examines the effects of career pathway programs on participants for up to 18 months following entry into the PACE program.
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2019-03-06T19:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/pathways-for-advancing-careers-and-educat…
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2019-03-07
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Accelerating Opportunity in Rural Regions: Designing Pathway Programs for Adults and Other Non-Traditional Learners

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This Jobs for the Future report identifies how rural community colleges offer academic and non-academic support for adult and non-traditional learners’ college retention and completion. While important for all first-generation students and adult learners, these supports are typically less available within rural communities as a result of distance and fewer institutional resources.
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2019-02-21T19:00:00
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2019-02-22
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Opportunity Works: Four Ways to Help Young Adults Find Pathways to Success

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This Jobs for the Future report profiles the Opportunity Works program, a national effort to create postsecondary education and career pathways for over 2,000 out-of-school and out-of-work youth. The research in this report identifies four strategies for program success: place community-based organizations at the center, locate the “sweet spot” of a guiding model, provide excellent programming, and plan for program sustainability from the beginning.
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2019-01-30T19:00:00
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https://www.jff.org/resources/opportunity-works-four-ways-help-young-adults-fin…
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2019-01-31
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Apprenticeships: The Next Stackable Credential?

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This Jobs for the Future research report describes how short-term apprenticeship programs can be integrated into a full career ladder. It identifies how shorter apprenticeships (18 months or less) might represent stackable rungs on the career ladder, compared to more traditional apprenticeship programs that are longer in length. The report includes recommendations for employers as well as government to support expanding stackable apprenticeships.
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2018-11-11T19:00:00
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2018-11-12
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Career Pathways in Career and Technical Education

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This Center for Law and Social Policy issue brief describes how career pathways have a shared definition under Perkins V, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and the Higher Education Act. The relationship between career pathways and programs of study is discussed; this important relationship ties training and education to meet the needs of learners as they seek to enter and advance in jobs that require credentialing.
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2018-12-31T19:00:00
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https://www.clasp.org/sites/default/files/publications/2019/01/2019_careerpathw…
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2019-01-01
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Advancing to a Middle-Skill Job: Moving Beyond the First Step on a Career Pathway

Although unemployment is at a record low, the many Americans struggling to make ends meet is a sign that job creation alone is not the solution to poverty. Now, the issue is creating sustainable, livable wage jobs that foster career and wage growth. On October 11, the Urban Institute will discuss the challenges and potential policy interventions to help move the conversation away from just getting low-income and low-skill workers into jobs and instead focus on developing career pathways into middle-skill jobs that can support families and break cyclical poverty.
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Urban Institute
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Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW
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Washington, DC 20037
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Pathways to High-Quality Jobs for Young Adults

On October 29, the Metropolitan Policy Program and Child Trends will host an event to explore the state of the job market for disadvantaged young adults. This population has lower school graduation rates, lower employment rates, and lower wages, creating economic insecurity and hardship throughout adulthood. New research examining the quality of available jobs for disadvantaged young adults will be released and discussed, followed by an expert panel on policy takeaways and strategies to help create high-quality jobs for at-risk young adults. This event will take place in Washington, D.C. between 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. EDT.
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Brookings Institution
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Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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https://www.brookings.edu/events/pathways-to-high-quality-jobs-for-young-adults/
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