Virginias Community Colleges Workforce Development Randall Stamper Assistant

Virginia’s Community Colleges: Workforce Development Randall Stamper Assistant Vice Chancellor, Grants and Federal Workforce Programs James André Director, Grants and Federal Workforce Programs

Topics • Workforce System in Virginia • Virginia’s Community Colleges Overview • Specific Programs and Resources • What is the Market Looking for Now • Contacts • Connecting and Next Steps

Workforce System in Virginia • Funding and Outcomes • VCCS – State Code Responsibilities • WIOA – Title I: Adult, Youth, Dislocated Workers • VEC, DARS, VDOE – The Rest of WIOA • Integration, Disconnects, and Room for Improvement • Working Together

Virginia’s Community Colleges Overview • Postsecondary Workforce Responsibility • Degrees, Certificates, Diplomas, etc. • Industry Credentials/Workforce Credential Grant/Fast. Forward • Career Coaching • Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative/Great Expectations • G 3 • Bringing it All Together

Specific Programs and Resources • • • Fast. Forward Career Coaching Special Projects • RSVP/TANF/SNAP-ET Grant • Youth Initiative • Future Initiatives • ALICE Population • JOBS Act • Direct Enrollment • Advising/Coaching Study and Expansion

Program Spotlights Fast. Forward G 3 – Governor’s Workforce Initiative Special Projects: IET Programs Career Coaching

New Economy Workforce Credential Grant § 23 -38. 10: 15. New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; purpose. The New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program is established for the purpose of (i) creating and sustaining a demand-driven supply of credentialed workers for high-demand occupations in the Commonwealth by addressing and closing the gap between the skills needed by workers in the Commonwealth and the skills of the available workforce in the Commonwealth; (ii) expanding the affordability of workforce training and credentialing; and (iii) increasing the interest of current and future Virginia workers in technician, technologist, and trade-level positions to fill the available and emerging jobs in the Commonwealth that require less than a bachelor's degree but more than a high school diploma.

How it Works 3 – When student receives industryrecognized credential, college receives final 1/3 1 - The eligible student pays 1/3 of the cost of the noncredit workforce training program 2 – When student completes workforce training program, college receives additional 1/3 • • • Requirements Cap of $3, 000 per credential Permits student to use financial aid to cover their portion (the first third) Requires domicile Student must satisfactorily pass the course within a window of time or will be responsible to repay 2 nd ‘third’ to the college (promissory note) A validated credential (passing the exam) must be achieved within a prescribed time period

Who are the Students? • 20% receive SNAP/TANF Benefits • 66% Male • 36 years old • Average pre-training income: $22, 000 • Most enrollments – CDL, CNA, Trades, Manufacturing • Class completion rates remain very high • Credentialing rates around 65%

Performance Outcomes To Date • Over 12, 000 Credentials from Fast. Forward Programs • 95% Training Completions • 98% in the Top 12 Virginia Occupations • 65% Credential Attainments • Student Survey – 90% employer healthcare; 75% paid sick leave; 85% paid vacation • 25 -50% Wage Increases

G 3 • Get Trained, Get a Job, Give Back • Planning Stages now • “Flipped Curriculum” • Credentialing in Stages • “The Big Ask” • Across curricula, across industries, across colleges

Special Projects: IET Programs • RSVP/TANF Grant • Currently at Reynolds/John Tyler, Thomas Nelson, Mountain Empire, and Piedmont Community Colleges • Another round begins July 1 • SNAP ET • Virginia Highlands, Patrick Henry, Danville, Piedmont, Southside Virginia, Thomas Nelson, and Tidewater Community Colleges • Young Adult Initiative: WIOA • Patrick Henry, Southside Virginia, Reynolds/John Tyler, and Thomas Nelson Community Colleges

IET Model • • • Training leading to an in-demand credential Contextualized basics skills instruction Career coaching Soft skills and work readiness Digital literacy and Career Readiness Certificates Work-based learning Capstone projects Employment support Accelerated, integrated, and employer driven

Career Coaching Programs • • • Fast. Forward Coaches College Success Coach Initiative Great Expectations Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative Virginia Financial Success Network High School Career Coaches

Core Components of Career Coaching • Career Assessment (knowledge of self) • Exploration of careers (knowledge of careers, includes LMI) • Academic and career planning • Soft skills and work readiness • Employability and job seeking skills • Case management

Aligning Coaching Services High School & Transition Programs Community College Employment & Postsecondary Continuation

Virginia Career Coach Certification Program • 40 hours – face-to-face and online modules • 12 competencies of career development professionals – NCDA • Capstone projects and quizzes • Professionalization of VCCS coaches • Articulation to Facilitating Career Development training and Global Career Development Facilitator certification • Expansion to workforce partner agencies

What is the Market Now? • Recent Data • Business Needs from Statewide Tour • Connections to College Workforce Divisions • Approved Fast. Forward Program Data

What is the Market Now? • 2015 -2016 – 175, 000 “middle skills” jobs sat open for a month or more. • That equals 36 million hours of lost productivity, $1 billion in lost wages, and $54 million in lost state income taxes. • 1. 5 million jobs that require more than a diploma but less than a 4 -year degree would need to be filled in Virginia in just the next few years. • Contributing factors include: decreasing unemployment; 30 -40 years of bachelors or bust; return of manufacturing; expansion of construction and infrastructure projects since recession; local healthcare demands.

What is the Market Now? • 1 -2 -7 workforce ratio – We struggle with the sevens. • Technical and soft skills • Building a credentials coalition – Governor, House, Senate, Chamber, Business Council, etc. • Regional Demands Vary – Chief Workforce Officers/LMI • See the Fast. Forward Approved List – it reflects demand

Contacts • Coaches • Chief Workforce Officers • Program Directors • One Stop/WDB Directors and Managers

Connecting and Next Steps

Questions?