The Speaker's Task Force on
Youth Workforce Readiness will hold its second meeting in Wausau at 11:00 AM at Northcentral Technical College.
Not exact matches
The IEL - led National Collaborative on
Workforce and Disability for
Youth (NCWD /
Youth) released its new report entitled Use of Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs): A Promising Practice for Driving College and Career
Readiness Efforts — Findings and Recommendations from a Multi-Method, Multi-Study Effort.
In this 45 - minute webinar, originally broadcast live on March 10, 2016, Dr. V. Scott Solberg, Associate Dean of Research at Boston University, leads a range of college and career
readiness research, practice and policy efforts in collaboration with the National Collaboration on
Workforce and Disability for
Youth (that is funded by the Department of Labor).
Presenters include Steve Brown, Director of Community Partnerships, College for America at Southern New Hampshire University; David Blumenthal, Content Expert, College and Career
Readiness and Success Center at AIR; Rodney Powell, Principal, OPPortunity High School (Hartford, CT); Chanda Robinson, Director of
Workforce Initiatives, Our Piece of the Pie (Hartford, CT); and Jenna Tomasello, Policy Associate, American
Youth Policy Forum.
The presenters included: Dr. Joe Harris, Director, College and Career
Readiness and Success Center; Dr. Scott Solberg, Associate Dean for Research, Boston University and NCWD /
Youth Principal Investigator on ILPs; Mindy Larson, NCWD /
Youth Project Manager, Center for
Workforce Development at the Institute for Educational Leadership; Misti Ruthven, Postsecondary Education and Success Manager, Colorado Department of Education; and Dr. Sabrina Moore, Director, Student Intervention Services, South Carolina Department of Education.
«Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success,» is a curriculum developed by ODEP focused on teaching «soft» or
workforce readiness skills to
youth, including
youth with disabilities.
provides
youth with skills training in leadership, entrepreneurship and
workforce readiness, along with mentorship, to start real businesses at school.