1. WIOA: Integration, Alignment, and Local Strategies
Serena C. Walker, Ph.D.
October 19, 2017

2. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
WIOA
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

3. WIA WIOA. What’s Different?
Core Partners…. 1 Client
Core Partners… Shared Performance
Core Partners… Shared Data
Core Partners… Shared Strategies
Core Partners… Shared One-Stop Center(s)

4. How is WIOA different?

5. WHO DOES WIOA GOVERN?
WIOA governs programs and services provided by WIOA core partners:
Department of Labor
Department of Education
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Health and Human Services

6. State Workforce Development Board
IT’S RELATIONAL
Workforce
Development
Local
Providers
Core
Partners
State Workforce Development Board
Unified State Plan

7. High Demand Occupations
IT’S RELEVANT
Industry Partnerships
Integrated Education & Training
Braided Services with Core Partners
Training
Apprenticeships
Contextualized Curricula
Blended Learning
Career Pathways
High Demand Occupations
Skill Gaps
Strategic Industries
Low Literacy

8. IT’S RATIONAL
“The mission here is very simple… we must expand opportunity to the people who need it most: the working men and women who represent the backbone of the world’s most dynamic and thriving economy.“ ---Joe Biden, former Vice President of The United States

9. Spirit of WIOA
INTEGRATION
(strategies, data, reporting)
Alignment
(goals, services, partnerships)

10. Workforce Investment Areas, GA

11. Adult Education and Literacy Programs, Activities and Services Include:
Workplace adult education and literacy activities,
Family literacy activities,
English language acquisition activities,
Integrated English literacy and civics education,
Workforce preparation activities, or
Integrated education and training.

12. Local Programs, Driven By:
Local Workforce System Strategies
Regional and Local Target Industries
Career Pathways, Multiple Entry Points

13. Local Priorities: Outcome-focused Adult Education
Alignment with local strategies
Informed, equipped students
Preparation for entry into the workforce, training, or higher education

14. Definition Career Pathways
A system of services  purposed to equip individuals with the education and training necessary to obtain and retain employment.

15. Career Pathways … a SHARED responsibility between partners
Partner efforts complement each other
Partner outcomes efforts strengthen outcomes for other partners
Partnerships are strategic to the local industry

16. CAREER PATHWAYS MAY INCLUDE
Adult Education
Workforce Development
Economic Development
Postsecondary education
Career and Technical Education
Vocational Rehabilitation
TANF
Employers
Unions
Industry Associations
Etc.

17. IET is a component of a Career Pathway

18. IET—Integrated Education and Training
Definition
IET—Integrated Education and Training
A service approach that provides adult education and literacy activities concurrently and contextually with workforce preparation activities and workforce training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster for the purpose of educational and career advancement.
(WIOA Section 203)

19. Workforce Preparation Activities Include:
Activities, programs, or services designed to help an individual acquire a combination of basic academic skills, critical thinking skills, digital literacy skills, and self-management skills, including competencies in:
Utilizing resources;
Using information;
Working with others;
Understanding systems;
Skills necessary for successful transition into and completion of postsecondary education or training, or employment; and
Other employability skills that increase an individual’s preparation for the workforce.

20. IET Provides goal-oriented, relevant, practical knowledge
Leads to educational and economic mobility
(*CLASP, “Integrated Education and Training: Model Programs for Building Career Pathways
for Participants at Every Skill Level”)

21. What does IET look like at the local level?
IET…local programs
What does IET look like at the local level?
IET minimum requirements
Job training customized to local program, responsive to:
Industry needs
Local Resources
Local network of services

22. IET:ABE Work readiness (soft skills)
Instruction Contextualized around strategic industry
(high demand) jobs in the region.
Work readiness (soft skills)
Career Awareness—employability requirements, application procedures
Broad Terminology, Computation?

23. Infusing Occupational Knowledge and Skills Into the Curriculum
IET:ASE
Infusing Occupational Knowledge
and Skills Into the Curriculum
Work readiness (soft skills)
Career Awareness—career assessments, employability requirements,
application procedures
Career Exploration—know the jobs and employers in the region
Contextualized Curricula
Training

24. Contextualization Contextualized Academics
Reading, math, English, writing… around high demand jobs
Contextualized Soft Skills
Problem solving, critical thinking, work ethics in high demand jobs

25. IELCE—Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education
Definition
IELCE—Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education
Education services provided to English  language learners who are adults, including professionals with degrees and credentials in their native countries, that enables such adults to achieve competency in the English language and acquire the basic and more advanced skills needed to function effectively as parents, workers and citizens of the United States.
(WIOA Section 203)

27. Next Steps for Transition
Know the core partners… federal, state, LOCAL
Know local strategies and key industries
Support program  execution
Facilitate pipeline opportunities for students (Career Pathways!)
Equip students for employment and/or future study