1. Building eco-systems:
Aligning efforts to support manufacturing

2. Debra Lyons, Sr. Director, ACT
Panelists
Debra Lyons, Sr. Director, ACT
Sondra Redmond, Director of Workforce Development, Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance
Ruth Nichols, EdD, Assistant VP, Community & Economic Dev, Alcorn University

3. Sector based approaches
Opening remarks
Competencies
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Behaviors
Credentials
Documentation of mastery
Eco-systems
Implementation
Sector based approaches
Alignment to economic development

4. Common Employability Skills
What are these tools?
Common Employability Skills
National Network of Business & Industry
ACT Foundation

5. Personal skills People skills Applied knowledge Workplace skills
Common Employability Skills
Personal skills
People skills
Applied knowledge
Workplace skills
Employability skills can be acquired in a variety of ways, including military service, work experiences and community service as well as traditional education

6. Personal skills: Talent, Performance People skills: Talent
Crosswalk to WorkKeys
Personal skills: Talent, Performance
People skills: Talent
Applied knowledge: RI*, AM*, LI*
Workplace skills: Talent
Workkeys aligns to 18 out of 20 skills
90% alignment to NNBIA Common Employability Skills

7. Crosswalk Talent to Career Ready 101

8. Certificate of completion

9. Competency Model

10. Manufacturing stackable credentials
ACT NCRC

11. Eco-systems

12. What are ACT Work Ready Communities?

13. National Career Readiness Certificate
Workplace Competencies - Company Training
Certified Production Technician (CPTAE)
Certified Logistics Technician (CLTAE)
Additional Workplace-Specific Training
ACT National Career Readiness Certificate
(Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum levels)

14. It’s a partnership! ACT, Inc. Delta Regional Authority
The Orchard Foundation
The Rapides Foundation
Parish Police Juries & Municipalities
Central Louisiana Chambers of Commerce
Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance (CLEDA)
Central Louisiana Technical Community College
Northwest Louisiana Technical College
Community Action Agencies
225 Local Employers
Louisiana Workforce Development Boards 50, 60, 61 & 70
Regional K–12 Public School Districts

16. Good to Great!