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With a national focus on reskilling and upskilling job seekers and incumbent workers for in-demand careers, many organizations are turning to apprenticeship programs to deliver this training. Earn-and-learn models are excellent ways to increase access to careers with family sustaining wages. Unfortunately, many immigrants, refugees, and speakers of other languages are unable to access these programs, simply because English is a barrier. In this webinar, you’ll learn how institutions can offer flexible, blended English onramps to apprenticeship programs. The discussion will center on practical, evidence-based ways of delivering career-specific English language training at scale with a focus on models that can work across sectors and contexts. The webinar will include time for questions so participants can discuss how to adapt these models for their own contexts. Original webinar date: October 26, 2022 Webinar recording link: https://youtu.be/SgguY4aGX7c
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This webinar will highlight the importance of collaborative action to achieve sustainable impact and present ways in which you can take action in your community. As Manager of National Delivery at the Markle Foundation, Greg Watkins will share how the organization is engaging partners through the Rework America Network to help people without a college degree move into better paying jobs with opportunities for career growth. He will explain the Alliance’s systemwide approach to change, which includes career coaching, employer practice change, and establishing new talent pipelines. This webinar will summarize the Alliance’s human-centered, equity-driven, and skills-based approach to career coaching. Additionally, it will cover strategies promoting effective workforce ecosystems that embrace skills-based practices, as well as an overview of the multiple free tools and trainings the Alliance offers to both employers and coaches to further this exciting work. Original webinar date: October 18, 2022 Webinar recording link: https://youtu.be/tg1zw2BREEE
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Heather Martin and Tara Schwab from the Southern Illinois Professional Development Center will briefly recap some of the partnerships between adult education and apprenticeship programs that were highlighted during their first presentation. They will be highlighting additional programs and giving representatives from those programs and partnerships an opportunity to share their experiences and answer your questions. Programs represented are from Joliet Junior College, Kishwaukee College, Lincoln Land Community College, Literacy Chicago, and St. Clair County Illinois Intergovernmental Grants. Original webinar date: August 30, 2022 Webinar recording link: https://youtu.be/E8tGHJ8N1ek
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With like-minded leaders working towards a common goal, collaboration seems effortless. What if the goal requires partnerships outside the organization? How do you ""sell"" a grassroots program seated in ABE culminating in knowledge and skills to promote community recovery? Collaboration inside and outside the classroom gives the student a goal, increases motivation and self-efficacy, and fills the gap from underqualified to employment and apprenticeships. Original webinar date: October 22, 2021 Webinar recording link: https://youtu.be/4nehncfSQqg