Welcome to Workforce 3 One Youth Build Webinar

Welcome to Workforce 3 One Youth. Build Webinar Series Anatomy of a DOL Youth. Build Construction Plus Program: How to make it work and succeed U. S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Webinar Date: June 25, 2015 Presented by: Division of Youth Services – Youth. Build U. S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

Where are you? Enter your location in the Chat window – lower left of screen 2

Moderator Jenn Smith Youth. Build National Director, Division of Youth Services U. S. Department of Labor/ETA/OWI 3

Agenda 1. Construction Plus TEGL 2. Key Construction Plus Questions 3. Sample Construction Plus Mapping 4. Southeastern Ohio Youth. Build 5. Construction Plus Summary with Community Action Inc. 6. Breakout Rooms 4

Here’s what you can expect to get out of this webinar! 1. Participants will receive recommendations on operating a Construction Plus program. 2. Participants will be able to network and peer share promising strategies. 3. Participants will be given considerations to support the implementation of multiple career tracks in a Youth. Build Program. 5

Webinar Objectives • Review TEGL 7 -14: Guidance for Implementing the “Construction Plus” component of the Youth. Build Program with Regional and National US DOL Leadership. • Learn how peer Construction Plus site staff have structured and implemented flow of services and certificates and planned outcomes. • Hear from graduates about specific curriculum, certifications, work experience, and placement opportunities they have completed • Learn about Construction Plus employer and postsecondary education partnerships and their successes and next steps • Participate in small group conversations to uncover peer learning and share success stories and best practices 6

TEGL 7 -14: Guidance for Implementing the “Construction Plus” Component of the Youth. Build Program • Qualifying credentials (also see TEGL 15 -10 on qualifying, stackable, and portable credentials) • Non-Qualifying credentials • Program model and Construction Plus industries • Allowable costs • Timeframe 7

TEGL 7 -14: -Key Considerations Summary • What is the labor market value of the proposed credential? • What is the length and intensity of the skills training course of study? • What are the pre-requisites for the credentialing (educational or otherwise)? • What are the affiliated or stackable credentials related to the field(s) under consideration? • Does the credential assist participants with specific barriers to employment to access career pathways? 8

Presenter Phoebe Reeves-Murray DOL Youth. Build Technical Assistance Coach and Associate Director of TA Youth. Build USA 9

Poll Question 1 Do you currently have a DOL- supported Construction Plus track? Yes No 10

Poll Question 2 If yes, what is the industry focus of your Construction Plus program? Healthcare IT Maintenance Hospitality Automotive Welding Other 11

Key Construction Plus Questions • Do young people in the Construction Plus program earn the credential for the additional career track(s) before they exit the Youth. Build program? If not, explain when they would earn this credential. • What credentials (aside from construction credentials such as HBI-PACT, NCCER, and MC 3) are students receiving while in the Youth. Build program? • Do all DOL Youth. Build students participate in construction? 12

Key Construction Plus Questions-Cont’d • Do all DOL Youth. Build students earn a construction credential? • Who/what entity provides the training for the Construction Plus (non construction) credential? (e. g. , Youth. Build staff, partner organizations). Please be as specific--name the entity or staff member who provides the training for each Construction Plus credential. • What does the work experience component for the additional career track(s) entail? 13

Key Construction Plus Questions-Cont’d • Has the addition of career track(s) impacted the community service projects offered through the Youth. Build program? • How is the credential training incorporated into the overall program design? (In what sequence is it offered? ) 14

Sample Youth. Build Construction Plus Mapping Mary Mc. Rae DOL Youth. Build Technical Assistance Coach 15

Sample Construction Plus Health Career Track 4. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) 3. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) 2. Personal Care Assistant (PCA) 1. Foundation Courses - Healthcare Training Curriculum 16

Annotated Box 1: Foundation Courses – Healthcare Training Curriculum • Students enter track at enrollment • Foundation Courses offered during core Youth. Build programming – Introduction to Healthcare Field; – Lifting and Transfer Techniques; – Therapeutic Dining/Prevention of Choking and Aspiration; – Aging with an Intellectual Disability; – Virtual Dementia Tour • Enhanced science curriculum increases students’ knowledge • Certifications (stackable, do not count for DOL performance measures): OSHA Blood Borne Pathogens; First Aid; CPR; Universal Health Precautions 17

Annotated Box 2: Personal Care Assistant (PCA) • 40 hours of classroom and clinical time • Offered during Core Youth. Build programming time • DOL Credential/and DOL training placement - Personal Care Assistant with community organization partner (i. e. mental health residential, nursing home) • Can result in DOL Job placement with this partner or other health organization 18

Annotated Box 3: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) • 90 hours of classroom and 30 hours of clinical time (may occur as part of Youth. Build Core programming or after exit) • Students may need to attain HSE or HSD – this requirement varies state to state • DOL PSE Placement – Credential as Certified Nursing Assistant with Community College partner • DOL Job placement/retention with local human service and/or health care provider 19

Annotated Box 4: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) • Those students with PCA, CNA and HSE/HSD apply and have exited Youth. Build Core program • DOL PSE placement/retention - 152 hours classroom/lab; 144 hour internship with local ambulance partner • Classroom/lab offered through Community College partner • Credential as EMT with college credit • DOL Job placement/retention with local ambulance partner 20

Poll Question 3 What has been your greatest success with Construction Plus? Has increased our placement and retention outcomes Has increased our recruitment numbers Has increased/strengthened partnerships Has increased our program retention Has strengthened our Post Secondary Education outcomes Other 21

Presenter Kathy Moxon DOL Youth. Build Technical Assistance Coach and Director, Rural and Native Initiatives Youth. Build USA 22

DOL TA Work with Youth. Build of Southeastern Ohio • Encouraging Regional Linkages • Exploration of post secondary opportunities (Hocking College) • Sharing best practices from other programs • Capturing process and lessons learned in a case study that has been used by the program (recent Innovation Award) 23

Presenter Jeff Fite Training Director Youth. Build of Southeastern Ohio 24

Logistics Details • Curriculum/Certificate from Manufacturing Skill and Standards Council (MSSC) • Educational partner Pickaway-Ross Adult Learning Center • Work experience – SOJO Eco Recycling Center • Business Partnerships – L&L Scrap Metals – Galia, Jackson, Meigs Vinton Counties Solid Waste District 25

Strengths • Compressed training schedule • Work experience at the recycling center provides real life experience • Many skills can be added to enhance employability (forklift operation, welding) • Students are very employable 26

Challenges • Juggling crews between education, construction/unit, logistics and now welding • Running a business on the side • Moving the business to breakeven while maintaining the YB program 27

Youth. Build of Southeastern Ohio Construction Plus Graduates’ Experiences Kimmy Tweed Cory Hartsough 28

Poll Question 4 What has been your greatest Challenge with Construction Plus? Issues with Partners Timing of Plus Track – when it can be offered Don’t have youth interested in Plus Track Don’t have youth with necessary skills for Plus Track Haven’t been able to give it the time it needs to develop fully Other 29

Presenter Connie Ferris Bailey DOL Youth. Build Technical Assistance Coach Former Executive Director, Operation Fresh Start 30

Presenter Lynn Jones Deputy Director Community Action, Inc. Beloit, WI John Ramstad Community Programs Director Community Action, Inc. Beloit, WI 31

Why Construction Plus • Youth interest in careers beyond construction • Cyclical construction job market • Local opportunities that require certification/training that could be provided in the program timeframe • Broader/stronger partnerships with agencies/companies/organizations possible with a broader career focus (WDB, schools, etc. ) 32

Track Determination Data Employers Career • Review of State/Local Labor Market Information • Outlook Projections, Growth and Openings • Employer Skill Needs, Employment Openings • Advisories, Economic Development, Chambers • Career Pathways, Entry Level – Skill Building • Employers in Demand 33

Construction Plus Program Flow • Phase 1: Orientation (August – December) – Orientation/exposure to all track options – All engaged in Construction • Phase 2: Occupational Focus (January – June) – Continued work on academics and life skills development – Occupational focus on chosen track • Phase 3: Employability/Continuing Education (July, 12 - months) – Follow-up support to gain employment and enhance employability in chosen focus area 34

Tracks CONSTRUCTION • Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training (PACT) • Smaller, more dedicated crew to support housing progress • Non-construction students still participate on construction site as available, but sometimes separate from the students who are in the construction track 35

Tracks HEALTHCARE (2012 – present) • Blackhawk Technical College CNA Training • Align Academic Instructor/Certified Youth Health Service Corps Curricula • Develop Service Learning Project • Continue integration between occupational training and academics 36

Tracks BUSINESS (2012 -2013) • Blackhawk Technical College business training, including keyboarding, Microsoft Office, business writing, communication • Case Manager supports progress by students • Service Learning: Entrepreneurial Options; local leadership academy • CNC (2014 - present) /Welding (2015) – Local high school as CNC training facility – Use external instructor – Available during the summer 37

Construction Plus Success • Enhanced Partnerships: – – – School District Technical/Community Colleges Workforce Development/Investment Boards Job/Workforce Development Center Partners Employer Networks • Career Trends: – Validate with Data, Surveys – Interest/Opportunities for Youth People 38

Construction Plus Challenges • Having students committed to their tract. • Having youth ready for the responsibility of a more structured external training program • Finding a business-related tract that is meaningful and leads to specific job opportunities. • Additional effort needed to coordinate the partnerships and logistics required for 2 additional external tracks. • Level of credential available and meaningful for finding a job in CNC and Welding in the timeframe available. 39

Tracks: 2014 -2017 Youth. Build • Maintain focus/attendance based on expressed interest; Construction & Health Care Maintenance • Increased integration between occupational training, academics, and life skills – Use of Evidence-Based Curricula • Welding/Manufacturing – Partnership with local school district and technical college for the use of the welding bays and computerized numerical controlled (CNC) machines 40

Presenter Savanna Brewster Beloit Fresh Start Youth. Build Construction Plus Graduate 41

Construction Plus Summary • Review and understand TEGL 7 -14 Construction Plus and TEGL 15 -10 Credentials and Certification • Use the Construction Plus considerations and foundation questions for program design and implementation • Ensure that your Construction Plus program has active participant, program, and partner components and engagement 42

Discussion • Participate in open discussion with facilitators and peers. Phones will be un-muted. • Be courteous. Reduce extraneous noise for the best audio quality by muting your phone, if you are not speaking. • Choose the breakout room based on the number shown on your screen. • It may take a few minutes for the room number to appear on your screen. 43

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Report Back • What was discussed during the session? • What questions consistently surfaced? 45

Please enter your questions in the Chat Room! 46

Contact Information Jack Mac. Lennan Federal Project Officer U. S. Department of Labor Mac. Lennan. john@dol. gov Jenn Smith Youth. Build National Director U. S. Department of Labor Smith. Jenn@dol. gov Phoebe Reeves DOL Youth. Build Technical Assistance Coach and Associate Director of TA Youth. Build USA preeves@youthbuild. org 47

Contact Information Mary Mc. Rae U. S. Department of Labor Youth. Build TA Coach mrypmc@gmail. com Kathy Moxon U. S. Department of Labor TA Coach and Director Rural and Native Initiatives Youth. Build USA kmoxon@youthbuild. org Jeff Fite Training Director Youth. Build of Southeastern Ohio jfite@sojournerscare. net 48

Contact Information Connie Ferris-Bailey U. S. Department of Labor Youth. Build TA Coach johnandconnieb@sbcglobal. net Lynn Jones Deputy Director Community Action, Inc. ljones@community-action. org John Ramstad Community Programs Director Community Action, Inc. jramstad@community-action. org 49

Look for upcoming Webinars in this series! Recruitment, Mental Toughness, and Retention in a DOL Youth. Build Program July 7, 2015 at 2: 00 PM (EDT) 50

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