NEWS

14 Jul 2023
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Tammy Baldwin Introduce Bill to Modernize and Expand Apprenticeship Programs to Meet 21st Century Workforce Needs
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14 Jul 2023
UP Michigan Works! celebrates Michigan’s first cybersecurity Youth Registered Apprenticeship Program
  • apprenticeships
14 Jul 2023
START HERE GROW HERE | FROM APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
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23 Jun 2023
As School Construction Season Begins, Labor Dept. Spotlights the Importance of Districts in Prevailing Wage Law Compliance

UPCOMING EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

Sep 01

Online Webinar

Promoting Higher Business Engagement in Registered Apprenticeship

Promoting Higher Business Engagement in Registered Apprenticeship

This session focuses on giving workforce and education stakeholders tools and strategies to increase business engagement in Registered Apprenticeships. Learn to recognize the importance of business engagement in every state of Registered Apprenticeship, assess your current level of business engagement and identify where engagement can be increased, and utilize tools and strategies to implement that promote business engagement.

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Aug 30

Online Webinar

Bridging the Gap between Adult Education and Apprenticeships: Promising Practices

Bridging the Gap between Adult Education and Apprenticeships: Promising Practices

Center of Excellence partner, COABE, is presenting a webinar highlighting partnership promising practices between adult education and apprenticeship programs.

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Bridging the Gap between Adult Education and Apprenticeships: Promising Practices
Aug 24

The Woodlands, Houston Texas 77001

AWS Welding Summit

AWS Welding Summit

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.

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AWS Welding Summit
Aug 24

Online webinar

30 Minutes of Excellence: What is RTI and How to Build Effective RTI Partnerships

30 Minutes of Excellence: What is RTI and How to Build Effective RTI  Partnerships

Confused by what the RTI requirements are for RA programs and how to use  local education institutions and training partners as RTI providers? Join us for this session to explore RTI and how to build partnerships for effective RTI.  This webinar is aimed at educating workforce development board and One Stop Operator staff.

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