Day
1
(March 25 in Atlanta, April 19 in Philadelphia, May 2 in St.
Louis, and June 6 in Las Vegas) |
| 8:00
a.m. |
Registration;
continental breakfast will be available |
| 8:30
a.m. - 9:00 a.m |
Greetings
and Opening remarks
- Nancy
Mills
- State
Federation Principal Officer
- -WAI
Regional Coordinator
|
| 9:00
a.m. - 10:15 a.m |
Governance
Issues - Part I
Getting the most from your Board |
|
The Workforce
Investment Act changed the roles and responsibilities of the
local board. Find out what the Department of Labor and other
stakeholders are saying about the challenges facing State
and local Boards. What do these issues mean for the labor
movement? Learn how to get the most out of your Board through
discussions of developing and using strategic plans, dealing
with subcommittees, recruiting unionized employers, and coalition
building.
|
| 10:15
a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30
a.m. - 11:45 p.m |
Governance Issues Part II - Policy Concerns |
| Under
WIA, boards were supposed to be freed-up from contracting and
compliance to deal with broader policy issues. What are the
policy issues of importance to labor? Learn about Work-first
policies and whether they are really required under WIA? How
are Individual Training Accounts (ITAs) being utilized and what
are the implications for labor programs? How can the Board set
and monitor policies affecting One-Stop operations? And how
can the performance accountability system be used to monitor
how well your area is doing? |
| 11:45
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Setting
Standards |
| Workforce
Boards can use their policy role to set standards for the workforce
area. One of the most important of these is the Self-Sufficiency
standard. Find out about self-sufficiency standards and how
they are used in WIA and elsewhere to promote good jobs at family-sustaining
wages. Discuss what other standards could be adopted by boards
to promote good jobs and reward responsible employers. |
| 12:30
p.m. - 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch
Ask
DOL: ETA Regional Administrators
|
| USDOL's
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Regional Administrators
have been invited to address the group of their view of WIA
implementation and to take questions and answers from conference
participants. |
| 1:45p.m.
- 3:00 p.m. |
Breakout
Workshops I
**see
workshop descriptions
|
| 3:00p.m.
- 3:15p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15
p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Economic
Development and WIA |
| How
has the Workforce Investment system addressed linkages with
economic development in a way that helps a community chart a
course for its economic future? Do the economic development
tools (e.g., tax incentives, subsidies, loans), as well as the
use of workforce investment funds that governments use to attract
and maintain business to the community really promote good jobs?
What can WIB members and workers do to ensure that their voices
are heard in shaping their community's economic future? |
| 4:30
p.m. |
Wrap
Up for the Day |
| 6:00
p.m |
Enjoy
downtown
|
| |
|
Day
2
(March 26 in Atlanta, April 20 in Philadelphia, May 3 in St.
Louis, and June 7 in Las Vegas) |
| 8:00
a.m. |
Continental
breakfast |
| 8:30
a.m. - 8:45 a.m. |
Opening
remarks
- Nancy
Mills
- CLC
Principal Office
|
| 8:45
a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Regional
Economic Analysis/Sectoral Strategies |
| This
presentation will focus on developing sectoral workforce development
strategies. Sectoral strategies are workforce development initiatives
focused in particular industries in the regional economy. Regional
economic analysis helps to identify the industries most important
to a region and those that are good targets for workforce development
interventions. |
| 10:30
a.m. - 10:45a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45
a.m. - Noon. |
Breakout
Workshops II:
** Workshops
are repeated. See Workshop descriptions.
|
| Noon
- 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch
(in State Caucuses) |
| Box
lunches will be provided and each state will have a table or
section to conduct a state caucus. State discussions should
focus on an agenda for action specific to your state. |
| 1:30
p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
Report
back from State Caucuses: where do we take this in our state? |
| 2:45p.m.
- 3:15 p.m. |
Wrap-up
and Closing Comments |
| Note:
Schedule may differ in each site based on recommendations of
local planning committees. Northeast Region will not have
the workshops repeated and will end at 2:00 PM on Day 2 to allow
those participants registered for the Institute's National Conference
to participate in the opening union-only session on April 20.
Workshop panelists will be selected to highlight best practices
in each region and will differ by site. |
