State

Lead Contact(s)

Work supported by the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways Framework

Arkansas

Dr. Karon J. Rosa,

Program Director, Arkansas Department of Higher Education, Career Pathways Initiative

• Arkansas Career Pathways continued expansion.
• TANF Oversight Board now a standing committee of the state workforce board.
• RTI study on the predictive power of interim career pathway metrics.

California

Debra Jones, Dean, Career Education Practices, Workforce and Economic Development Division, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office

• Adult Education Block Grant Regional Planning  Summit; presentation and workshop with 71 AEBG consortia; follow on technical assistance with Delta Sierra and Consortia.
• CA WIOA planning including career pathways
• California Community College Board of Governors Taskforce on Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy Recommendations; specifically on career pathways and generally on workforce data & outcomes and student success.
• CLASP analysis of 42 California-based career pathway initiatives.
• Irvine Foundation Linked Learning Pilot Program & Hubs of Excellence.

Illinois

Jennifer Foster, Associate Vice President for Adult Education and Workforce Development/State GED Administrator, Illinois Community College Board (ICCB)  

Brian Durham, Senior Director for Academic Affairs and Career and Technical Education, Illinois Community College Board (ICCB)  

• Illinois Adult Career Pathways: Ready, Set, WIOA! December 10, 2014.
• State Longitudinal Data System – advocating for 4^th cohort of adult bridge participants in IL study of healthcare education
• Principles to Guide Career Pathways and Programs of Study Implementation and Improvement, Pathways to Results, August 2015.
• Illinois Community College Board WIOA Task Advisory Groups
• NGA “Aligning Education & Training Pipeline to the Needs of the Economy” IL efforts at June 23, 2015 convening.
• Expansion of Integrated Career and Academic Preparation System (ICAPS).
• Current discussion on creating unified career pathway definition – underway with Joint Education Leadership Committee at the Commission on the Future of the Workforce.

Kentucky

Harmony Little, Accelerating Opportunity Project Coordinator, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Chancellor’s Office of Workforce Solutions (KCTCS)

Dr. Angie Taylor, Vice President,  Workforce Solutions and Innovation, Gateway Community & Technical College (retired)

• Accelerating Opportunities Ability to Benefit Guidelines.
• Skills on Purpose: Sustaining Manufacturing Partnerships and Consortia – Building Connections that Last.
• NGA “Aligning Education & Training Pipeline to the Needs of the Economy” KY efforts at June 23, 2015 convening.

Massachusetts

• Skills on Purpose: Sustaining Manufacturing Partnerships and Consortia – Building Connections that Last; engagement of David Cruise, Director of Business & Employer Services, Regional Employment Board of Hamden Count.

Minnesota

Nola Speiser, ‎State Program Administrator, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED);Diane Halvorson, Executive Director, South Central WorkForce Council; Dina Wuornos, Regional Manager, Adult and Dislocated Worker Program Manager, Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services, Inc. at the Monticello WorkForce Center; Carol Dombek, Special Projects Coordinator, Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council; Dr. Kelly Murtaugh, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Saint Paul College; Robert Crawford, Division Manager, Washington County WorkForce Center

• MN Disability Employment Initiative Career Pathway Grant providing integration into existing MN FastTRAC Adult .Career Pathway programs in three workforce service areas
• Pathway to Prosperity secured $14 million in state funding for career pathway grants.
• Career Pathway Partnership — a collaborative response to structural challenges that limit the effectiveness of our work
  • WIOA Title I and Title II Adult Career Pathways work group
  • RTI study.
  • MSPWIN The Blueprint for a Career Pathway Community of Practice.
  • Minnesota adult basic education state office and local practitioners’ participation in OCTAE Moving Pathways Forward Initiative: Supporting Career Pathways Integration.
  • WIOA Career Pathways:  New Partnerships New Program Models video.
  • NGA “Aligning Education & Training Pipeline to the Needs of the Economy” MN efforts at June 23, 2015 convening.

Oregon

Kate Kinder, Career Pathways Manager, Portland Community College; Serena St Clair, Pathways & Articulation Coordinator, Rogue Community College; Mimi M. Maduro, Pathways Initiative Statewide Director, Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development (CCWD) (retired, successor TBD)

• Oregon Career Pathway Coordinators professional development on Ability to Benefit.
  • Joint professional learning opportunity for Career Pathway Coordinators from OR/WI at NCWE.
  • Oregon WIOA state plan and anti-poverty advocate response for more career pathway work.
  • Oregon state adult basic education participation in OCTAE Moving Pathways Forward Initiative: Supporting Career Pathways Integration.
  • Support for governance transition as Career Pathway Initiative moves to Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC).  $2 million legislative allocation to support Career Pathway Coordinators across all state community colleges 2015-2017.
  • Pathways Descriptive Study of Career Pathway Completers currently underway.

Virginia

Elizabeth  Creamer, Advisor for Workforce Development, within the Secretary of Commerce and Trade Office

• WIOA planning and sector strategy alignment – Virginia Commonwealth Institute, Jeff Connor-Naylor.
• NGA “Aligning Education & Training Pipeline to the Needs of the Economy” VA efforts at June 23, 2015 convening.
• Virginia’s Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities $4.3 million award, Joseph Ashley DARS.
• Support for Elevate Virginia.
• VA state adult basic education participation in OCTAE Moving Pathways Forward Initiative: Supporting Career Pathways Integration, Susan Clair.

Washington

Marie Bruin, Policy Associate, Workforce Education, State Board for Community & Technical Colleges (SBCTC)

• WIOA taskforce (state definition).
• Career pathways for TANF recipients.
• NGA “Aligning Education & Training Pipeline to the Needs of the Economy” IL efforts at June 23, 2015 convening.
• Workforce Education Council career pathways convening.
• Washington Veterans Industry Education (VIE 25)
• WA Career Paths Tool.

Wisconsin

Willa Panzer, Associate Vice President, Office of Student Development and Assessment, Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS)

• Wisconsin Technical College System Career Pathway Coordinator kick off: October 2014.
• Wisconsin Exceeding the Cap Statewide Career Pathway System development grant to take career pathway advancement in WI to greater scale and alignment.
• Outcomes Based Funding model with 10 career pathway measures: e.g., transitions from ABE/ELL to postsecondary, courses with industry validated credential, success rates of adults served by courses combining basic skills and occupational training.
• Wisconsin state adult basic education participation in OCTAE Moving Pathways Forward Initiative: Supporting Career Pathways Integration.
• Wisconsin Technical College System Strategic Planning Goals:Development of Wisconsin Career Pathways; Expand adult career pathway opportunities; Increase the percentage of ABE/ELL students completing postsecondary courses.
• Joint professional learning opportunity for Career Pathway Coordinators from OR/WI at National Council for Workforce Education 2015 conference.
• Gold Standard Career Pathway development.