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HealthyWorkforceEcosystem

CAEL’s Mission

To ensure meaningful learning,credentials and work for every adult.

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IntermediaryFunctions,

InstitutionalSupport, Career

Advising,Regional & City

Strategies

CorporateServices

Workforce &EconomicDevelopment

Higher EducationServices

Policy

CAEL Divisions

Aligning workforce and educationwith economic development

Collaboration among regionalstakeholders

Leveraging the value of learningand the learning ecosystem to

support and spur economic growth

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CAEL’s Workforce and Economic Development Focus

GoodEconomy

GoodJobs

SkilledPeople

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•Linking Learning and Work

•Linking Learning and Work

Illinois was….

•Linking Learning and Work

Illinois is…

The more you know…..

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Know yourCommunityKnow yourCommunity Learners Needs

Know yourEconomy

Know yourEconomy Jobs Skills

Know yourPartners

Know yourPartners Intelligence Influence

Know yourRole

Know yourRole Value Advocacy

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A Straight Path to Success is Rare These Days

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The Winding Path toContemporary

Student Success

What We All Want

New andBetter Jobs

ProsperousCommunities

Access toResources

SkilledWorkforce

SatisfiedBusinesses

IncreasedQuality of

Life

Do we have theright deliveryinfrastructure?

Are we teachingthe right things?

Is the learningvalued by current

or potentialemployers?

Can our programsand content reachthe right mix of

learners?

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Key Questions: What Do We Need To Know?

Which economicsectors aregrowing?

How can wetransitiondeclining

industries intogrowth areas?

How do ourgraduates align

with growthsectors?

What is keeping usfrom attractingnew employers?

Economic Developers Ask:

Workforce Professionals and Educators Ask:

What could go wrong?• We create jobs, but not the opportunity

to prepare for them• We teach to yesterday’s opportunities,

or no opportunity in particular• We create learning opportunities that

people don’t know about, for careersthat they don’t know exist

• We fail to tap our full talent base• We over-supply high profile areas,

ignoring other opportunities

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So what do we do?

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CAEL Workforce and EconomicDevelopment

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Intro /BaselineInventory

SupplyDemandAnalysis

StrategyCreation

Tactics andImplementation

Sustainability

• Synthesizing Economic Data– Long-term projections– Real-time Labor Market Intelligence (LMI)– Employer stakeholder input

• Using Intelligence– Program development– Promotion/awareness– Calibrating enrollment effort to match

opportunity

Supply/Demand Analysis:Guide workers and learners towards the mostviable, valuable jobs in their communities

Exercise

• What is good intel?

• Where can we get it?

• Who can make good use of it?

• How best can we use it?

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Industry Targeting

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Growth and Worker Shortages

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Understanding LearningOptions• Program Content• Validating Skills and Knowledge• Knowing / Doing• Context• Soft / Hard Skills• Employer/Industry Specific vis

Broadly Applicable

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• HAMMERNAIL

CommunityCollege

PublicUniversity

PrivateUniversity

For ProfitInstitution

Apprenticeship

K-12 System

WorkforceInvestment

BoardOnline

Learning

Employers

Career andTechnicalEducatoin

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Roster of Players

Educational Asset Inventory – Kansas City Example

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Exercise• What do you have to work with?• What is their sweet spot?

– Disciplines– Levels– Learners

• Shared Accountability, Decision Making

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Career Awareness

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• Career Awareness

Demystifying Opportunity

•Linking Learning and Work

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• Job Abundance• Advancement• Wage• Stability

Exercise: Opportunity “Need to Know”

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Engaging a Broader Talent Base

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• Working Adults• Veterans• Underserved Communities

WHY ARE WE TALKINGABOUT ADULTS?

92%Adults with

Some Collegeand No Degree

36,011,451

8%High School

Graduates for2013-20143,037,040

•Source for High School Graduates:National Center for EducationStatistics 2013-2014

•Source for Adults with some collegeand no degree: Lumina Foundation AStronger Nation Report, 2016.

• Time• Money• Relevance• Fear

Working Learners:Roadblocks and Opportunities

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• Tuition assistance• Prior Learning• Transferable Skills• Fear

AdultLearningFocused

Institution

•Linking Learning and Work

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Creating a Skilled andResilient Workforce• Redeploying skills in new ways• College credit for non-college

learning• Alternative credentialing• Advising

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What does it add up to?

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Exercise: What We’ve Learned….

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• Comprehensive – Strategy into Action• Energy AND Synergy• Multi-Institution and Stakeholder• Talent/Education as key focus of

Economic Development Strategy• Connecting low income and minority

communities to broader growthagenda (inclusive development)

Regional Alignment Strategy

Industry Analysis and Alignment Process

Analysis Outputs

Supply vs.Demand Skill

Needs

Skill GapsOver &Under

Alignment

ProgramAreas

ProgramOutput

ProgramOutcomes

AlignmentRecommendations

ProgramModifications

Identification ofSkills and Training

NeedsCareer PathwayDevelopment

Inputs

Building the Strategy

Content Communication Collaboration Capacity

Waysto

EngageCommunityPartners?

RegionalStrategy?

Target SectorIdentification

Data Needs

CareerInformation

EconomicRelevance of

Programs?

LeadershipPositioning?

Creating the Right Planfor You

A New Community Compact forLearning

EconomicDeveloper

Education andWorkforce

Development

EmployersWorkforce

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• Customer Service Model & ROI• Stronger Industry Alignment & Flexibility

• Final 20% During Onboarding• Support for Continuing

Education• Consumer Investor Mentality

• Awareness of CareerPathways

• ROI Consumer Model• Value Lifelong

Learning

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A Straight Path to Success is Rare These Days

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The Winding Path toSuccess

Joel Simonjsimon@cael.org

312.499.2678