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Building Bridges from Education to Economic Prosperity YouthForce NOLA Overview May 3, 2019 WHY YOUTHFORCE NOLA A bridge from education to Our graduates are ~70K high-wage, economic prosperity does not more academically high-skills jobs


  1. Building Bridges from Education to Economic Prosperity YouthForce NOLA Overview May 3, 2019

  2. WHY YOUTHFORCE NOLA A bridge from education to Our graduates are ~70K high-wage, economic prosperity does not more academically high-skills jobs exist for our public school prepared than ahead students ever K-12 HIGHER ED CAREER Deep education, employment, and economic inequities in NOLA ~7K opportunity youth in NOLA; 60% 52% of black males in New had HS diploma or some college Orleans were unemployed 2

  3. COLLECTIVE VISION New Orleans public school graduates are thriving economically , and are the most sought after talent for hiring and advancement in the region’s high-wage , fast-growing industries. 3

  4. YOUTHFORCE 2.0 LOGIC MODEL And, YouthForce develops And, YFN Provides Then more Then students the infrastructure and the following High students will: will experience: systems, while also School Supports: If YouthForce: Earn Credentials removing barriers to In and out of Capacity Building Complete internships career pathways through: school learning (i.e Site Visits, CoPs, Cultivates a Shared Policy and Advocacy experiences that 3rd Party TA) Attain the academic, Vision for all integrate academic, Industry Engagement technical, career and students career technical, Tools and soft skills needed to developing: Community and Family and soft skills such Curriculum gain high wage, high -Skills Engagement as a sequence of demand jobs -Agency Funding CTE courses -Opportunities Trainer Provider Yielding more students -Choices Centralized Engagement and Capacity Student supports with the agency, -Connections Experiences (YFI, Building ability to access Career EXPO, HUB, And a continuum opportunity , Industry Advisory of career determine choices , Boards) experiences and make connections Communications, Marketing & Branding, Measurement/Evaluation, and Collaboration Systems High Quality Continuous Improvement, Data, Development, Operations, Finance, and Talent Systems 4

  5. A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT Students Training Schools Community Employers 22 High & Providers & Families 150+ 7 Middle 6 Providers, Employers Thousands 2 IHEs Schools Collaborative Steering Committee Backbone 5

  6. 2020 PROGRESS: WE ARE APPROACHING A TIPPING POINT Large employer 100% of open- Educator YouthForce partner exploring enrollment Externship Internship adoption of schools now offer applications YouthForce soft applications exceeded number technical training nearly exceeded skills approach opportunities to of spots for first available slots 2:1 across all K-12 students time outreach efforts 6

  7. THREE GOALS HAVE FOCUSED OUR EFFORT TO DATE Components of Career Readiness YouthForce NOLA Goals Credentials. 20% of the Class of 2020 1 Job-specific will earn industry-recognized, culminating credentials that will place Skills them on high-wage, high-demand regional career pathways 1 Meaningful Work Experience. 10% of 2 the Class of 2020 will complete Work meaningful work experience (aligned to Soft Skills student-selected pathway and Experience coursework, includes 60 hours training and 90 hours of work) 2 3 3 Soft Skills. More graduates will demonstrate employer validated, Academic Skills career-ready soft skills 7

  8. WE ARE ON TRACK TO MEET OUR 2020 GOALS On-track. 196 YouthForce Internship completers + ~40 On-track. other meaningful CO2019 work experience. started Additional students school year currently enrolled. 50% to goal. 8

  9. ECOSYSTEM BUILDING AND SYSTEMS CHANGE PROGRESS 2015 Progress to Date 3 schools offered CTE 100% of schools will offer CTE in fall 2019* Educator Buy-in Minimal engagement, fragmented, civic 150+ employers engaged, centralization in progress, Employer Buy-in angle only still primarily civic angle 600+ seats citywide, 7 pathways Training ~50 students, ~3 pathways Supported launch & scaling of 5 providers DCC, Nunez, & in-school Capacity New Orleans Career Center opened 2018 GNO Career Guides launched 2016, website 2019; family Informed No tools, little expectations engagement toolkit; 8 th grade pilot launched 2019 No high school differentiation Student Choice High school differentiation, choices in OneApp No agreement on standards/ lexicon Significant momentum behind Soft Skills Building Blocks Soft Skills 1 modest program in 1 high school YFI training, Soft Skills Fellowship, Workshop series Jump Start policy rolled out 2014 New credentials approved; 55% increase in CDF funds; Policy Little shared understanding Policy Committee in place; statewide leader Measurement No system goals for CTE Shared vision, shared goals, data alignment in progress 9 * YouthForce target schools are open-enrollment/ non-selective public schools.

  10. 2025 EXPANDED EXPERIENCE & GRADUATE PROFILE Graduate Profile 1 Strong, flexible five-year plan Technical Course Sequence 2 Academic skills Quest for Intro Level 1 Level 2 Success Interest 3 Soft Skills Financial Literacy exploration Digital Literacy Work-Based Learning Continuum Digital, Financial, & Job- Soft Skills 4 Plan Seeking Skills Site Career Intern- development Clinical Expo Visits ship Intermediate & Advanced 5 Hands-on Industry-Recognized STEM credential(s) Academic Core including Project-Based Learning 6 Meaningful Work Experience AWARENESS EXPLORATION PREPARATION & TRAINING …and a list of people to call upon 10 Student experience pictured above is for students in Inspire & Prepare (middle through traditional high school). LAUNCH student experience is a variation on this theme. See later slide(s).

  11. KEY ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS Junior Achievement Orleans Parish New Orleans Career Center Retail-level employer connectivity for School Board Awareness & Exploration Envisioned as hub for quality K-12 Schools technical training providers Technical Course Sequence May expand to act as lead for full technical YouthForce Quest for course sequence Intro Level 1 Level 2 NOLA Success Interest Financial Literacy Eco-system exploration Digital Literacy cultivation and Soft Skills Work-Based Learning Continuum Plan Work-based Site Career Intern- development Clinical ship Expo Visits learning Hands-on intermediary STEM Academic Core City of New New Schools for New Orleans Orleans Systems change Urban League City lead for instructional quality Family & Community Engagement and school portfolio strategy GNO, Inc. and NOLABA Industry engagement and labor market analysis

  12. PRIORITIZE OPPORTUNITIES WITH GREATEST OPPORTUNITY YouthForce Credential Prioritization Framework Test 1 Test 3 Test 2 CAREER PATHWAY DEMAND + WAGES FEASIBILITY YOUTHFORCE + + = POTENTIAL Absolute test Considerations PRIORITIZATION Absolute test • • • • There is verified regional There is a direct-to- Compatible w/ high school If not yet approved: industry demand in the employment opportunity (schedules, student age) Develop proposal to • hundreds or greater, over a with this credential, and/or Trainer availability Louisiana Workforce • • period of years, via Students will have a leg-up Program cost, including Investment projections and industry in post-secondary capital requirements Commission for review • feedback education and future Equity – current, future and approval • • • There is verified opportunity employment with this Student interest If already approved by • via the terminal credential, and Industry commitment WIC: identify, seed, or • • (intermediate or advanced) Pursuit of this credential Availability of other, otherwise support credential to earn a wage at develops stackable and validated credentials in this training provider or above median within two transferable skills pathway/skill cluster and/or school partner • years of employment* Availability of strong WBL programming &/or post-secondary opp’ty 12 * YouthForce NOLA supports Basic credentials as part of a sequence of courses that terminate in an Intermediate or Advanced credential.

  13. RAISE THE BAR ON JOB-SPECIFIC SKILL MASTERY Technical Career Pathways Framework Entry Points by Skill and Equivalent Educational Level*, ** ADVANCED-PLUS PRIORITY FOR Prospects for good-paying, stable employment Greater than $18/hr High Skill 2025 PLAN Approaching median ADVANCED Class of 2018 and up • 349 credentials earned Middle Skill-High ($14/hr and up) • 81 (23%) with intermediate and INTERMEDIATE Living wage and up advanced (med/high ($11-18/hr) Middle Skill-Low employment value) New Orleans living wage: BASIC Minimum wage to * Industry partners emphasize prior $11.40/hour for a single work experience and demonstrated Living wage ($8-11/hr) Low Skill adult (MIT); New Orleans- skill over credential-holding. In most Metairie median wage: high-wage industries, hands-on work $15.84/hour (Bureau of experience is a pre-requisite. COMPLEMENTARY Labor Statistics) ** Variance in program quality may Minimum wage influence employability and therefore General earning potential. 13 WAGE RANGES APPROXIMATE. Occupational & Technical Skills

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