Online Webinar
Center of Excellence partner, COABE, presented a webinar highlighting partnership promising practices between adult education and apprenticeship programs.
Houston, TX
The American Welding Society held their annual conference in Houston TX. Attended by several hundred welding company executives, welders, educators and suppliers of the industry, they gathered to discuss industry needs, risks and trends. As a part of those discussions, the Center of Excellence presented on how a NGS being developed by the AWS Foundation with TA from the COE could be a useful tool in reducing the projected shortage of 336,000 welders over the next 5-10 years. The presentation was led by Scott Ellsworth of FASTPORT and Cynthia Walker representing Safal included an overview of how RA benefits employers and apprentices, what the AWS Foundation is doing to support the industry and how RA helps employers tap into the youth market through YA.
Online webinar
This webinar discussed what the RTI requirements are for RA programs and how to use local education institutions and training partners as RTI providers. Participants joined us for this session to explore RTI and how to build partnerships for effective RTI. This webinar was aimed at educating workforce development board and One Stop Operator staff.
Online Webinar
Participants joined this webinar to learn about the key drivers and stakeholders relevant to alignment in apprenticeship. They will also hear examples of service alignment and an overview of an assessment tool which the Center can use to support leadership teams. This webinar was Part I of the three-part series.
