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Earn. Learn. Succeed. (Volume 2, Issue 8)

The Greening of Registered Apprenticeship. Announcing the Redesigned and Enhanced Registered Apprenticeship Community of Practice! Healthcare Reform and Registered Apprenticeship. South Carolina Registers BlueCross / BlueShield Apprenticeship Program. Registered Apprenticeship Meets the President's Challenge. Registered Apprenticeship Targeted to Assist Youth with Disabilities

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Thriving in Challenging Times: Connecting Education to Economic Development Through Career Pathways

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW) and the National Career Pathways Network (NCPN) have released a joint publication, Thriving in Challenging Times: Connecting Education to Economic Development Through Career Pathways. This resource highlights successful career pathway models that create relevant, challenging learning environments for students and are designed to increase American employers' access to highly-skilled, qualified workers. Thriving in Challenging Times profiles 17 local and two statewide career pathways programs in multiple industry sectors, documenting the challenges, strategies, results, and business engagement each partnership has experienced.

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Stakeholders - Green Profiles from Environmental Scan

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21st Century Apprenticeship - Revised Regulations Strengthen System - Brochure

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Greening of Apprenticeship - Brochure

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Greening of Registered Apprenticeship - Environmental Scan Report

This report is an environmental scan of the impact of recent policies and investments supporting “green jobs” on current and potential Registered Apprenticeship and other labor management training programs. The scan highlights the trends, activities, and changes that are underway in several key industries that will likely make up a significant portion of the emerging green economy.

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Pre-Apprenticeship Programs: Results from a National Survey

The Aspen Institute's Workforce Strategies Initiative recently conducted a nationwide census project aimed at pre-apprenticeship programs in the construction trades. Funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the survey explored the number, geographic location, and scope of construction pre-apprenticeship programs. The survey generated responses from 260 pre-apprenticeship program leaders from across the United States. The research paper describing the results of the survey covers topics such as program size, organizational types and affiliations, the range of services provided, the current challenges programs face and the demographic groups the programs serve. To build on this work, WSI has received a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to interview a select group of leaders from some of the nation's most successful pre-apprenticeship programs. The results of these interviews will provide a more in-depth analysis of successful program models and promising practices in pre-apprenticeship programs. In conjunction with the results from the survey, the interview results ultimately will provide decision-makers and stakeholders with a picture of several different approaches to pre-apprenticeship programs and strategies across the U.S. To learn more about WSI's research on construction pre-apprenticeship programs, download the report.

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Registered Apprenticeship: Stepping Up to the President's Challenge

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Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 02-07

Leveraging Registered Apprenticeship as a Workforce Development Strategy for the Workforce Investment System

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Apprenticeship: The Original Four-Year Degree

Check out the Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council Movie. Hear from real apprentices the benefits of earning while you learn.

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Montana Launches New Apprenticeship Site for Youth

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry has launched its new "Apprenticeship Montana" Web site. It's a fantastic example of outreach and awareness-building for both potential apprentices (geared toward middle and high school students) AND parents. Check it out! The direct link to the site is http://www.exploreapprenticeship.mt.gov/default.asp.

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Introduction to WIA - Interactive Training Course

This interactive online Breeze course provides a basic "101" training about the Workforce Investment system, and how it might be better integrated with Registered Apprenticeship to support the goals of both programs.

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Introduction to Registered Apprenticeship - Interactive Training Course

This interactive online Breeze course provides a basic "101" training about the Registered Apprenticeship system, and how it might be better integrated to support the Workforce system, the Education system, and other partners.

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At a Glance: SAA Reapplication for Recognition

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How the Revised Regulations Strengthen the National Apprenticeship System

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Apprenticeship Final Rule Fact Sheet

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Apprenticeship Regs_Side-by-Side

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What's New in Workforce Investment?

ETA Announces Availability of "The Benefits and Challenges of Registered Apprenticeship: The Sponsor's Perspective"; Encourages the Use of "Community of Practice" to Share Insights

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Registered Apprenticeship Overview - One-Pager

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The Benefits and Challenges of Registered Apprenticeship: The Sponsors’ Perspective

This is a study ETA commissioned by Robert Lerman of the Urban Institute and American University, “The Benefits and Challenges of Registered Apprenticeship: The Sponsors’ Perspective.” Findings show that 97 percent of Registered Apprenticeship sponsors—employers and labor-management programs alike—are highly satisfied with the model and would recommend it to other businesses. More than 80 percent of sponsors say that they use Registered Apprenticeship to meet their need for skilled workers. Another 72 percent say that Registered Apprenticeship helps them show which workers have needed skills; and 68 percent feel that the model raises productivity, strengthens worker morale and pride and improves worker safety. Few other publicly funded workforce programs have this level of satisfaction from employers and labor-management partnerships.