Upcoming NGA Events: (Please note that further details and information about other events can be found on the COP calendar)
- AAI Learning Network Call: Tuesday, June 2 from 3-4 pm
- This Learning Network call will provide AAI grantee team leads the opportunity to discuss best practices and common challenges with the cohort. An agenda will be available closer to the event.
- Dial-in Information: 888 475 4499; Meeting ID: 965 7509 8112; Passcode: 812545
- Save the Date: Webinar on Grant Closeout: Tuesday, June 30 from 3-4pm
- This Closeout presentation will review the reason and framework under which the closeout process has been established. It will identify the different elements of a closeout package and the closeout process timeline for submission. Lastly, we will highlight several areas that may impact an organization’s ability to successfully navigate the closeout process.
- Register here; Meeting ID: 161 413 8082; Meeting Password: MvBtTVM*339
AAI Resources:
- AAI Community of Practice COVID-19 Resource Page: Includes a variety of resources including NGA Technical Assistance Memos on improving access to online learning and adjusting work-based learning structures, regularly updated U.S. DOL guidance on grant management, and unemployment insurance information for states.
- The Workforce GPS webpage for COVID-19 resources includes FAQs to help state and local workforce leaders:
Apprenticeship Resources
- ASE/SAE webinar on “Collaborative Solutions for Increasing Diversity of Apprenticeship Participants”: Join presenters Andrea Hill (DOL), Jennifer Jirous-Rapp (Maher & Maher) and Ben Williams (National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity) on June 4 at 3pm ET as they share knowledge and resources about increasing diversity in apprenticeship. Registrants will also hear insights from states who participated in the Diversity of Apprenticeship Participants Innovation Cohort. For more info and to register, please visit here.
- New America webinar on “Facilitating Online Learning with Open Educational Resources in Uncertain Times”: Join on Thursday June 4 at 3 pm ET to hear from a panel of experts on leveraging open educational resources to meet student and institutional needs.
- ANEW webinar series: Registration is now open for the ANEW AOP Diversity and Inclusion Summit Virtual Workshop Series, which runs through June 9th. The focus of the series is to encourage industry partners to work together to create a more inclusive workplace and to commit to these practices, ensuring communication from the top down and bottom up. For more info and to register, please visit here.
- Jobs for the Future “Horizons 2020”: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, AAI Grantee JFF has transitioned Horizons 2020 from an in-person meeting to a free virtual event June 8–12, 2020. They plan to reconvene in person in New Orleans in June of 2021.For more information, visit the FAQ page.
- An Employer Guide to Hiring Veterans was released by U. DOL, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service. The guide helps in connecting employers to transitioning service members and veterans, by highlighting accurate information and demographics about veterans, sharing resources for employers to facilitate veteran employment, and offering recommendations on attracting, training, and retraining veterans.
Apprenticeship in the News:
- Upskill Your Workforce: Galvanize Now Enrolling for TechSF Apprenticeship Program (Business Wire): The economic challenges caused by COVID-19 makes it even more important for employers to strengthen their organization without spending additional resources. Thanks to a new Data Analyst Apprenticeship program, employers can not only strengthen their business’ capabilities, but get paid to do so.
- UWA First University in Alabama to Become Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor (Demopolis Times): The University of West Alabama (UWA) is the first university in the state to be recognized by the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship as a Sponsor for Registered Apprenticeship.
- Beth Haven to Offer Apprenticeship Program (Courier Post): The executive director of the Hannibal Regional Economic Development Council has announced that Beth Haven Nursing Home is a new U.S. Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program sponsor.
- ‘Earn and Learn’: Skilled Trades in Need of Workers During Pandemic (TMJ4 Milwaukee): With tens of thousands of people unemployed, skilled trade advocates encourage people to consider a career change and state that apprenticeship is a way to do so.
- Job Training Apprenticeship Program for Low-Income Individuals Expands to Tucson (KOLD News 13): A tuition-free trade school helping low-income community members is expanding in southern Arizona as Sigma College University Trade School offers housing to people going through job training, receiving a pre-apprenticeship education with a guaranteed apprenticeship placement.
- Zurich North America Brings Apprenticeship Program to New York City (Insurance Journal): Zurich North America is expanding its professional apprenticeship program from its Chicagoland headquarters to its downtown New York City office this fall. Its earn-while-you-learn apprenticeship program is designed to attract diverse talent to the insurance industry while providing a debt-free path to a professional career.
