INSTITUTE RELATED DOCUMENTS
The following documents will be provided in hard copy for participants at the institute.
Participant Booklet
Electronic version of the participant booklet, which includes the agenda, information about the initiative, subject matter expert bios, team time room assignments, and maps. Click here to review.
Participant List
Contact information of participants attending the institute. Click here to review.
Subject Matter Expert Schedule
Schedule for subject matter expert team meetings.
Please click here to access the SME Schedule.
PRESENTER MATERIALS
The following materials were shared by speakers and presenters at the institute.
Pam Frugoli Slide Show
Click here to view the slide presentation from the opening session presentation by Pam Frugoli.
Peter Joyce Slide Show
Click here to view the slide presentation from the opening session presentation by Peter Joyce.
Mimi Maduro Slide Show
Click here to view the slide presentation from the opening session presentation by Mimi Maduro.
Rebecca Nickoli Slide Show
Click here to view the slide presentation from the opening session presentation by Rebecca Nickoli.
Mark Popovich Slide Show
Click here to view the slide presentation from the opening session presentation by Mark Popovich.
Eric Seleznow Slide Show
Click here to view the slide presentation from the opening session presentation by Eric Seleznow.
TEAM TIME TOOLS
The following tools are available for teams to refer to and use during team time at the institute.
Career Pathway Initiative Tools & Guides
Please click here to access the Career Pathways Initiative document.
Six Key Elements Framework
By Employment and Training Administration (DOL), 2010
The definition of career pathways and description of the Career Pathways Six Key Elements Framework.
Please click here to access the Six Key Elements document.
Credential Resource Guide
By Employment and Training Administration (DOL), 2010
The Employment and Training Administration issued Training and Employment Guidance Letter NO. 15-10 on increasing credential, degree, and certificate attainment by participants of the public workforce system. Attachment A for the TEGL is the Credential Resource Guide, which features definitions of credentials and certificate programs.
Please click here to access the Credentials That Count document.
Occupational Credential Steps, Resources, and Glossary
By Employment and Training Administration (DOL), 2011
This document provides useful steps, resources, and glossary of terms for developing an asset map of occupational credentials and training programs.
Please click here to access the Credential Resource Guide.
Team Time Tools & Templates
Program Design Flow Chart
By Social Policy Research Associates, 2011
This chart illustrates the quality characteristics of designing career pathway programs and systems aligned with the Department of Labor’s Career Pathways Six Key Elements Framework.
Credential Asset Mapping Tool
By Social Policy Research Associates, 2011
This matrix can be used to compile data concerning local credentialing programs and certificates aligned with specific occupations in order to map assets and asses gaps.
Please click here to access the Credentials Asset Mapping Tool.
Road Map Template
By Social Policy Research Associates, 2011
This template may be used to illustrate the “Road Map” of certificates, programs and occupations aligned within a career pathway or cluster.
Please click here to access the Road Map Template.
Action Planning Tool
By Social Policy Research Associates, 2010
This action planning tool may be used support strategic planning of teams involved with developing and designing career pathway systems.
Please click here to access the Action Planning Tool.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
The following documents and resources are all also available on the Career Pathways Initiative Community of Practice.
Credentialing and Certificates
Training and Employment Guidance Letter NO. 15-10
By Employment and Training Administration (DOL), 2010
The Employment and Training Administration issued guidance on increasing credential, degree, and certificate attainment by participants of the public workforce system.
Web link: http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2967
Ensure Portability and Transferability of Credits and Skills Attained
By Alisha Hyslop, 2005
An article discussing the need for portable career and technical education credits. This includes transferability of credits as well as certificate programs.
Web link: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ785393&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ785393
Certificates and Certifications: Credential Clarification Is Critical
By James T. Austin, 2010
This article presents presents different credentials that have been implemented and approved by the American National Standards Institute.
Web link: http://www.cete.org/_documents/Certificates%20and%20Certifications.pdf
Career Certificates: High Quality and Cutting Edge?
By Sandra Kerka, 2005
This article discusses the new demand for certificates and its relationship with distance learning.
Web link: http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED440299&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED440299
A Closer Look at Programs of Study
By Alisha Hyslop, 2009
This article discusses the implications of career pathways for programs of study and what they must contain.
Web link: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ836345&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ836345
Measuring Skills for the 21st Century
By Elena Silva, 2009
This report is a product of Education Sector’s Next Generation of Accountability initiative. The initiative seeks to strengthen public education by examining key elements of accountability, for instance, who should be responsible for student success and how they should be held responsible.
Web link: http://www.educationsector.org/publications/measuring-skills-21st-century
Standard for Assessment-Based Certificate Programs
By Lenora Knapp, James Kendzel, 2009
This report provides information on the standards for assessing quality credentialing systems
Web link: http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/portals/0/4-1-10%20background%20paper%20ICE%20update.pdf
Ground-Breaking Skills Certification System Will Help New and Transitioning Workers Prepare for Good Jobs
By The National Association of Manufacturers, 2009
This article provides an overview of the new Manufacturing Skills Certification System endorsed by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and The Manufacturing Institute.
Web link: www.afa.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/.../Ground_Breaking_Skills.pdf
Bridge Programs
Bridges to Careers for Low Skilled Adults: A Program Development Guide
By Women Employed, Chicago Jobs Council, Great Cities Institute, 2009
This guide is directed to bridge program developers, managers, and coordinators and contains information useful to all bridge program partners, including employers, unions, four-year colleges, and others.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001103381334379259/info
How to Build Bridge Programs that Fit into a Career Pathways: A Step-by-Step Guide Based on the Carreras en Salud Program in Chicago
By Ricardo A. Estrada, Tom DuBois,
A guide on how to implement the Illinois Shifting Gears program on career pathways.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001103402930253015/info
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST)
By Tina Bloomer,
This article provides an overview of Washington State's IBEST model for implementing career pathways.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001103381944198241/info
Career Pathway Policy and Legislative Strategies for States
A New National Approach to Career Navigation for Working Learners
By Rachel Pleasants, Mary Clagett, 2010
This brief provides an overview of career pathways as a model and how federal policies can support their implementation.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001110149901970140/info
Overcoming Obstacles, Optimizing Opportunities: State Policies to Increase Postsecondary Attainment for Low-Skilled Adults
By Amy-Ellen Duke, Julie Strawn, 2008
This report puts emphasis is on the role of the state in supporting the implementation of career pathways programs.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001010552045939934/info
Increasing Postsecondary Credential Attainment among Adult Workers: A Model for Governors
By NGA Center for Best Practices,
The brief is written to governors on how to use career pathways programs to increase credentialing among adult workers.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001110152942438139/info
Recommendations for Incorporating Postsecondary and Workforce Data
into Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
By Evelyn Ganzglass, Andrew Reamer, Brandon Roberts,Whitney Smith, Rachel Unruh, 2010
Recommendations for the development of statewide longitudinal data systems that measure the educational transitions, completions, and labor market outcomes of adult students and workers to inform educational and skills development practices.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001103381169339873/info
Career and Technical Programs of Study: A Design Framework
By Perkins Collaborative Resources Network,
This brief outlines the career and technical programs of study design framework developed by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) in order for states to receive Perkins funds. The framework identifies a system of 10 components that, taken together, support the development and implementation of effective programs of study.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001103384121068851/info
Adult Education: Supporting the President's Workforce and American Graduation Initiatives
By National Council of State Directors of Adult Education, 2010
This document describes how different state adult education services are addressing workforce needs as well as addresses decision points for state directors.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001103381001071329/info
Indutry-Specific Pathways Information
Advancing in Health and Health Care Careers— Rung by Rung Applying a Work-based Learning Model to Develop Missing Rungs on a Nursing Career Ladder
By Rebecca Klein-Collins, Rebecca Starr, 2001
Focused in health industry, career ladder, integrating work-based learning
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001010551753705499/info
Thriving In Challenging Times: Connecting Education to Economic Development through Career Pathways
By Institute for a Competitive Workforce U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Career Pathways Network Center for Occupational Research and Development, 2009
This report touches on the need for career pathways while also showcasing some successful programs and industry-specific pathways that are being implemented.
Web link: https://learnwork.workforce3one.org/view/2001103382065275391/info
Approaches to Industry Alignment
By Joselito Lualhati, 2007
This brief describes three approaches to industry alignment and the questions that
need to be addressed around each.
Web link: www.gskillsxchange.com/docs/ApproachesIndustryAlignment.pdf
