Demonstration Project: Career Pathways and Co-Enrollment of WIOA Title II Students into Title I Programs
Resource Library:
Career Pathways:
· Administration for Children & Families: “Career Pathways Catalog of Toolkits”: https://cptoolkitcatalog.peerta.acf.hhs.gov/
· LINCS: “Career Pathways Checklist”: https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/topic/wioa/careerpathways-checklist.pdf
· U.S. Department of Labor: “Career Pathways Toolkit: A Guide for System Development”: https://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/pdf/career_pathways_toolkit.pdf
· U.S. Department of Labor: “Career Pathways Toolkit: An Enhanced Guide and Workbook for System Development”: https://careerpathways.workforcegps.org/resources/2016/10/20/10/11/Enhanced_Career_Pathways_Toolkit
· U.S. Department of Labor: “Building Blocks for Building Skills: An Inventory of Adult Learning Models and Innovations”: https://cptoolkitcatalog.peerta.acf.hhs.gov/toolkit/building-blocks-building-skills-inventory-adult-learning-models-and-innovations?page=2
· Walmart Foundation: “Adult Education for Work: Transforming Adult Education to Build a Skilled Workforce”: https://cptoolkitcatalog.peerta.acf.hhs.gov/toolkit/adult-education-work-transforming-adult-education-build-skilled-workforce?page=3
· U.S. Department of Education, OCTAE: “Adult Career Pathways Training and Support Center”: https://cptoolkitcatalog.peerta.acf.hhs.gov/toolkit/adult-career-pathways-training-and-support-center-0?page=3
· U.S. Department of Education, OCTAE: “ABE Career Connections: A Manual for Integrating Adult Basic Education into Career Pathways”: https://cptoolkitcatalog.peerta.acf.hhs.gov/toolkit/abe-career-connections-manual-integrating-adult-basic-education-career-pathways?page=4
· Abt Associates: “Building Career Pathway Systems for Education, Training, and Employment”: https://lincs.ed.gov/sites/default/files/CP_PolicyBrief_V5_ADA.pdf
· LINCS: “The Career Pathway Planner: A Guide for Adult Education State Leaders to Promote Local Career Pathways Systems”: https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/topic/mpf/TACP_Planner_for_OCTAE_ADA.PDF
Registered Apprenticeship (RA) and Pre-Apprenticeship:
· U.S. Department of Labor: “A Quick-Start Toolkit Building Registered Apprenticeship Programs”: https://www.doleta.gov/oa/employers/apprenticeship_toolkit.pdf
· American Institute for Innovative Apprenticeship: “National Occupational Frameworks”: https://innovativeapprenticeship.org/national-occupational-frameworks-2/
· Urban Institute: “Starting a Registered Apprenticeship Program: A Guide for Employers or Sponsors”: https://innovativeapprenticeship.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Employer-Guide_June-2017.pdf
· Training and Employment Notice 13-12: “Defining a Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program and Related Tools and Resources”: https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEN/TEN_13-12_Acc.pdf
· The National Center for Innovation in Career and Technical Education: “Connecting Secondary Career and Technical Education and Registered Apprenticeship: A Profile of Six State Systems”: https://s3.amazonaws.com/NCICTE/pdf/NCICTE_Connecting_Secondary_Career_and_Technical_Education_and_Registered_Apprenticeship.pdf
Integrated Education and Training (IET):
· Penn State: Integrated Education and Training (IET) Library: http://sites.psu.edu/pathwaystoemployment/
· CLASP: “Integrated Education and Training: Model Programs for Building Career Pathways for Participants at Every Skill Level”: http://www.clasp.org/resources-and-publications/publication-1/WIOA-IET-Model-Programs.pdf
· National College Transition Network: “Integrated Education and Training: Implementing Programs in Diverse Contexts”: http://www.collegetransition.org/docs/IET_Guide.pdf
· National College Transition Network: Webinar Series: “Building Integrated Education and Training Programs: Tested Strategies and New Endeavors”: http://www.collegetransition.org/services.webinars.iet2017.html
· Coalition on Adult Basic Education: Webinar: “Integrated Education & Training: A Service Model for Adult Education Across the Spectrum”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3oiFPAXTC8
· Building Opportunities: “Integrated Education and Training (IET) Guide”: https://lincs.ed.gov/sites/default/files/IET_checklist508FINAL_0.pdf
Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IEL/CE):
· U.S. Department of Education, OCTAE: Program Memorandum OCTAW/DAEL 15-7: “Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act – Frequency Asked Questions”: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/octae-program-memo-15-7-ielce.pdf
· U.S. Department of Education, OCTAE: Program Memorandum OCTAW 17-5: “Use of Funds Reserved for Activities under Section 243 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)”: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/octae-program-memo-17-5.pdf
· Building Opportunities: “Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) Program Guide”: https://lincs.ed.gov/sites/default/files/IELCE_checklistFINAL508_0.pdf
· “Innovation and Opportunity from Plan to Reality” 2016 National meeting for Adult Education State Directors: “Unpacking the Regulations: Subpart G – Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Program”: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/asdm-2016-ielce.pdf
English Language Acquisition:
· LINCS: “Preparing English Learners for Work and Career Pathways: Companion Learning Resource”: http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/sites/default/files/basic-page-file-uploads/ccr/preparingells_for_workandcareerpathways.pdf#overlay-context=college-and-career-readiness
Out-of-School Youth (OSY) Pathway:
· Jobs for the Future: “Toolkit: Creating Paths to Employment for Opportunity Youth”: http://www.jff.org/publications/toolkit-creating-paths-employment-opportunity-youth
· Heartland Alliance: “Providing True Opportunity for Opportunity Youth: Promising Practices and Principles for Helping Youth Facing Barriers to Employment”: http://jff.org/oyemploymenttoolkit/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/HeartlandBrief.pdf
· Grads of Life: Employer-Facing Guide for Building School-to-Work Pathways for Opportunity Youth: https://gradsoflife.org/ways-you-can-act/
· The Forum for Youth Investment: “Opportunity Youth Playbook: A Guide to Reconnecting Boys and Young Men of Color to Education and Employment”: http://forumfyi.org/files/oyp_guide_full_for_web.pdf
· Gap Inc.: “Connecting Youth and Business: A Toolkit for Employers”: http://jff.org/oyemploymenttoolkit/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/A-Toolkit-for-Employers-Connecting-Youth-and-Business-1.pdf
Distance Learning:
· IDEAL Consortium: “IDEAL Distance Education and Blended Learning Handbook”: http://ideal.worlded.org/pdf/IDEAL_Handbook.pdf
Transition Support Specialist:
· California Workforce Development Board: “Policy Brief: Serving English Language Learner (ELL) Populations Using Best Practices and Model Partnerships”: https://cwdb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2016/08/LEP-Policy-Brief-Final-Draft-01.26.17.pdf
Bridge Program:
· CLASP: “Bridges to Careers for Low-Skilled Adults: A Program Development Guide”: https://cptoolkitcatalog.peerta.acf.hhs.gov/toolkit/bridges-careers-low-skilled-adults-program-development-guide?page=2
· Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and Joyce Foundation: “How to Build Bridge Programs that Fit into a Career Pathway: A Step-by-Step Guide on the Carreras En Salud Program in Chicago”: https://cptoolkitcatalog.peerta.acf.hhs.gov/toolkit/how-build-bridge-programs-fit-career-pathway-step-step-guide-based-carreras-en-salud-program?page=4
· The Joyce Foundation, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Illinois Community College Board: “Creating a Successful Bridge Program: A ‘How To’ Guide”: https://cptoolkitcatalog.peerta.acf.hhs.gov/toolkit/creating-successful-bridge-program-how-guide
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