ETA Grant Products
Workforce development resources from ETA-funded grants offering adaptable tools, training materials, and research.
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ETA Grant Products
In addition, the site includes high-quality resources from various ETA programs and federal partner initiatives.
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Event Summary
The Alamo Community College District team, whose goal is to expand apprenticeship in the healthcare sector,presented an issue of partnership development. They wanted to explore how grantees can motivate potential employer partners to engage with grant staff to implement apprenticeship programming. They tried identifying strategies for enhanced training partner engagement andbrainstormed ideas on howgrantees can motivatepartners to mobilizebased on previously madecommitments.
Moderator(s)
Amy Beller, TA Coach, Safal Partners
Presenter(s)
Verne Futagawa, Grant Project Director, Alamo Community College District -
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The University of Louisville team, joined by over 30 peers from the Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap program, presented an issue of honing their marketing and outreach strategies to better connect with employers. They wanted to explore how to increase potential employers’ awareness of their Modern Apprenticeship Pathways to Success (MAPS) program. Please note that this event was not recorded.
Moderator(s)
Randall Wilson, TA Coach, Safal Partners
Presenter(s)
Lilly Assgari, Director, MAPS Program, University of Louisville -
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The University of California, Riverside Extension (UCRX) team presented an issue of low starting wages being offered by some employers they approach for apprenticeship, which negatively impacts potential apprentices’ interest. They wanted to explore with their peers how to address this issue with potential employers to increase the starting pay to better reflect the valuable skills gained by their apprentices through the UCRX program.Moderator(s)
Matthew Poland, Project Coordinator and TA Coach, Safal Partners
Presenter(s)
Ivan Melchor, Regional Director of Apprenticeship Programs, University California, Riverside Extension (UCRX)
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Event Summary
Grantees had an opportunity to learn about how employers manage recruitment, training, and upskilling in the current economic conditions, dubbed by some as the “Full Employment Recession.” This title is in relation to the fact that unemployment is at a historic low, yet multiple other signs of a recession are present, such as two successive quarters of declining GDP.
Presenter(s)
Matthew Poland, Safal Partners
Kari Buchanan, Human Resources Manager, Pabco Roofing
Danielle Kavanaugh-Smith, Data Scientist, LinkedIn Economic Graph
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Event Summary
This webinar helped grantees understand the IT industry with the aim of learning more about how new technology, remote working, and other changes in the workforce are impacting this sector. Featuring a panel of industry representatives, panelists will share information about their perspectives on the IT industry’s overall talent needs and their organization’s specific needs and challenges.
Moderator(s)
Matthew Poland, Project Coordinator, Closing the Skills Gap Technical Assistance, Safal PartnersPresenter(s)
Debbie McLeod, President, McLeod Information Systems
Laura Baker, MBA, ARM, CISM, Co-Founder and Executive Director, CyberWyoming President, CyberWyoming Alliance
Dan Seevers, Director of Data Science & Analytics, Manager of D3.labs Lexmark International, Inc. -
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In this industry forum, we focused on the healthcare industry with the aim of learning more about how new technology, remote working, and other changes in workforce are impacting this sector. Featuring a panel of healthcare providers and related industry association representatives, panelists shared information about their perspective on the healthcare industry's overall talent needs and their organization's specific needs and challenges.Moderator(s)
Ayreen Cadwallader, Workforce Analyst, ETAPresenter(s)
Matthew Poland, Coach/SME, Safal Partners
Cathy Martin, CEO Association of California Healthcare Districts
Michael Jones, Workforce Development Organizational Consultant, University of California, San Francisco
Kimberly Townsend, CEO and President, Loretto
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Event Summary
The webinar brought together speakers with institutions of higher education (IHEs) backgrounds as well as representatives of IHEs and their partners to present models of effective collaboration in registered and unregistered apprenticeship programs, challenges to collaboration, and strategies to address them. Panelists will discuss the postsecondary role in RAPs through the lenses of faculty and administration; institutional policies and culture; and industry engagement.Moderator(s)
Ayreen Cadwallader, Workforce Analyst, ETAPresenter(s)
- Christian Lagarde, PhD
Coach/SME
Safal Partners
- Rebecca Lake, EdD
Apprenticeship Consultant,
Rebecca Lake Consulting
- Callan Eschenburg,
Apprentice Expansion Specialist,
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
- Megan Graves,
Project Director,
IIoTAE-Ivy Tech Community College
- John Dyer,
Associate Vice President, Workforce Development, Workforce and Economic Development
American Association of Community Colleges
- Christian Lagarde, PhD
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Event Summary
This webinar provided participants with understanding of the definition of mentoring and how it contributes to registered apprenticeship, successful techniques for selecting and training mentors and best practices in mentorship and concrete examples of mentoring experiences in registered apprenticeship. The presenters also answered specific questions regarding mentorship for grantees.Moderator(s)
Ayreen Cadwallader, Workforce Analyst, ETA/DSIPresenter(s)
Rebecca Malberg Von Loewenfeldt, Associate Director, Health Careers Advancement Program (H-CAP)
Danielle Copeland, Director of Educational Innovation, H-CAP
Patsy Richards, Director, Rise Long Term Care
Randall Wilson, Coach/SME, Safal Partners
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Event Summary
The goals of this workshop were to provide grantees with a better understanding of the current issues, needs and goals for manufacturers from a variety of subsectors and an opportunity to share experiences, challenges and promising practices.
Moderator(s)
Ayreen Cadwallader, Workforce Analyst, ETAPresenter(s)
Matthew Poland, TA Project Coordinator and Coach, Safal Partners -
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This interactive session built upon the Employer Engagement (Part 1) held July 8, 2021. Grantees used this session to practice the strategies they learned for engaging employers. Using a consultative sales approach to building transformational relationships, grantees reviewed practical strategies to engage employers including virtual engagement strategies.Moderator(s)
Ayreen Cadwallader, Workforce Analyst, ETAPresenter(s)
Tori Strickland, Grant Management Support Lead, Safal PartnersErin Duckett, Safal Partners, TA Coach/SME, Maher & MaherLisa Rice, Safal Partners, Project Manager/Lead TA Coach/SME
