Engage Businesses Through Registered Apprenticeships: Yes, WIOA Can!
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This webinar serves as Technical Assistance (TA) for national workforce entities to understand how to engage businesses through Registered Apprenticeships (RA) with a particular focus on businesses who employ and advance women and other marginalized groups.
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Kimberly Meadows, Training Director, National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP)
Katie Adams, Chief Delivery Officer, Safal Partners
Kathryn Castelloes, Director of ApprenticeshipNC, North Carolina Community College System
Melissa Smith, Business Services Consultant, Apprenticeship Coordinator, and ACT Job Profiler, Guilford Works
Wanda Ramos-McPherson, Apprenticeship Consultant, North Carolina Community College System
Through the Department of Labor's (DOL’s) Next Level Now (NLN) Collaborative, this webinar will deliver and provide information on how Registered Apprenticeship (RA) practices can effectively engage businesses, increase retention of employees, and provide career advancement for workers, with a focus on marginalized populations. Also, there will be a brief discussion on co-enrollment between RA and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs.
Learning pieces include:
- Information on Center of Excellence on Registered Apprenticeships
- Examples from Workforce Entities and/or Employers on Registered Apprenticeship Models that Further DEIA Strategies
- Understanding How Co-Enrollment is an Advantage for Both RA and WIOA
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AWAnne WeinLooking forward to this.
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SMShannon MalovrhThis is sounds like a great topic to connect Career and Technical Education partners.
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