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UPCOMING EVENTS

23 Apr 2024
Understanding Registered Apprenticeship as a Business Services Opportunity

Understanding Registered Apprenticeship as a Business Services Opportunity

This training session is designed for Business Service Representatives (BSRs), Veterans’ Representatives, and other workforce professionals that engage directly with employers.

BSRs serve as industry’s critical point of contact with the public workforce system making them ideally positioned to present registered apprenticeship (RA) as a proven, critical component of an employers’ overall workforce development strategy and to promote the value of RA to employers.

Registered Apprenticeship is an ideal solution for many employers that are partners with workforce boards and American Job Centers. This online training opportunity will explore innovative ways that apprenticeship ties in with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) business services. It will also equip you to connect with and leverage the support of the apprenticeship system on behalf of employers.

By connecting intentionally and regularly with Apprenticeship Training Representatives (ATRs), WIOA business services can better engage employers, place candidates in well-paying RA employment, and increase positive WIOA performance metrics.

This first session in the ATR & BSR Training Series will feature how RA is structured and works in concert with the workforce system, recent initiatives, funding opportunities, partners, and how to speak to employers about RA.

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PAST EVENTS

Mar 17

Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Annual Conference

Center partner, COABE, invites you to enjoy the world’s largest adult education conference where you will access new best practices and receive targeted training from national level speakers. Fifteen strands, comprised of almost 500 break-out sessions will be offered over three and a half days, providing valuable, state-of-the-art training to utilize in your adult education program. Join 2,500 conferees and enjoy numerous networking opportunities with your adult education peers from around the country.

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Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Annual Conference
Mar 10

Cherokee, NC

Southeastern Employment and Training Association (SETA) Spring Conference

SETA provides professional growth opportunities for all workforce development partners. Since 1973, SETA has provided a forum for thousands of workforce professionals in the Southeast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. If you live in this region, we encourage you to join SETA's Spring Conference to learn best practices in workforce development, hear about recent legislation and how it impacts the profession, and network with your peers in the workforce development industry.

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Southeastern Employment and Training Association (SETA) Spring Conference
Mar 04

Atlanta, GA

National Youth Employment Coalition Location: Atlanta, GA

This annual forum is a national conference that brings together youth leaders, practitioners, policymakers, and stakeholders interested in advancing the lives of opportunity youth and young adults. Participants will co-create a space for sharing best practices, innovative ideas, advocacy strategies, and practical solutions to common challenges.

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National Youth Employment Coalition Location: Atlanta, GA
Feb 29

Part II: Gauging Registered Apprenticeship Alignment for Workforce Boards

The Center of Excellence will host Part II: Gauging Registered Apprenticeship Alignment for Workforce Boards about how workforce boards can take steps to align and level up their registered apprenticeship activities on February 29th from 1-2pm ET.

The Center created a draft tool designed primarily to provide local workforce boards with a gauge of potential “levels” of workforce and apprenticeship system alignment. This session is a continuation of walking through the individual levels, with a focus on how local boards have taken next steps to further incorporate registered apprenticeship as a workforce solution for local jobseekers and employers.

Prior attendance is not necessary to attend. Please join us to be a part of this exciting review session and voice your opinion on this new tool!

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Part II: Gauging Registered Apprenticeship Alignment for Workforce Boards