Wind Turbine Manufacturing Competency Model
Clipper Windpower is a California-based wind turbine manufacturer and wind project developer. Using the ETA-sponsored Advanced Manufacturing Competency Model as a foundation, Clipper developed this framework of competencies for wind turbine manufacturing.
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01/21/10 11:35AM
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NGA Center for Best Practices Offers State-by-State Green Economy Profiles
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) commissioned Collaborative Economics Inc. (CEI) to prepare a profile of each state’s "green" economy. The profiles provide a comprehensive picture of each state’s existing assets across multiple green sectors and offer a foundation for identifying future green growth areas and related needs. Profiles discuss areas such as green business activity, employment concentration, technology innovation, and sector information.
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11/04/09 10:14AM
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New Resource for Youth Programs: findyouthinfo.gov
This Web site was created by the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP), which is composed of representatives from 12 Federal agencies that support youth programs. The site provides interactive tools and other resources to help youth-serving organizations and community partnerships plan, implement, and participate in effective programs for youth. Included are youth facts, funding information, and tools to help you assess community assets, generate maps of local and federal resources, search for evidence-based youth programs, and keep up-to-date on the latest, youth-related news.
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11/03/09 01:29PM
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Regional Council Self-Assessment and Resource Toolkit
The National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), in partnership with the Missouri Association of Councils of Governments and Development District Association of Appalachia, has published a self-assessment and resource toolkit designed to assist executive directors of regional councils, along with policy board members, in conducting an organizational analysis. This resource is intended to help regional development leaders explore the various aspects, challenges, and opportunities of governing and operating a high-performing regional council, and to evaluate their own organizations against various characteristics of successful regional councils. Other related resources: Innovation in Action articles- http://www.workforce3one.org/view/3000929249738360965
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10/19/09 01:38PM
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600
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Workforce Solutions 2009 Update
Since 2008, The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has disseminated 541 solutions through the Workforce3One innovative solutions project developed under the Community-Based Job Training Grants and High Growth Job Training Initiative. This flyer provides information on the 2009 Updates to these solutions.
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09/30/09 04:00PM
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Charting Maine's Future: An Action Plan for Promoting Sustainable Prosperity and Quality Places
This report concludes that for all of its challenges the state of Maine stands within reach of a new prosperity-if it takes bold action and focuses its limited resources on a few critical investments. In that vein, the study assesses the economic and development circumstances of the northernmost New England state and offers a fiscally defensible action plan for ushering in an era of sustainable, high-quality growth. Central to the plan is an argument that the state must invest in what matters-the state's outstanding quality of place and most promising industrial clusters-and do that by streamlining government in order to free up the necessary resources. Other related resource: Coastal Maine WIRED webpage at http://www.doleta.gov/wired/regions/1g_Coastal_Maine.cfm
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09/16/08 01:37PM
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417
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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), located within the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal government in labor economics and statistics. An independent national statistical agency, BLS, collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, state and local governments, business, and labor. BLS subject areas and programs include Inflation and Prices, Spending and Time Use, Unemployment, Employment, Pay and Benefits, Productivity, Business Employment Dynamics (BED), the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Current Population Survey (CPS), Employment Projections (EP), the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) and the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) among many others. Additional tools (Databases and Tables) and calculators (Inflation and Location Quotient) are also available through the BLS Web site.
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09/15/08 01:17PM
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438
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Labor Shed Studies (IA)
Laborshed studies provide community economic developers and existing or prospective employers with a flexible tool to understand the local labor market and make informed expansion and site selection decisions. A Laborshed is defined as the area or region from which an employment center draws its commuting workers. Laborshed studies show the distribution of the workers irrespective of natural or political boundaries. Laborsheds also address underemployment, the availability and willingness of current and prospective employees to change employment within the workforce, current and desired occupations, wages, hours worked and distance willing to commute to work.
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09/15/08 12:34PM
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Minnesota Occupations In Demand (OID)
Minnesota's Occupations In Demand (OID) Data Tool allows users to select, view and download currently available high-demand career opportunity (occupation) data by region. The OID list for each region is the group of occupations that ranked highest as measured by local short-term demand conditions. OID data is useful for Job Seekers and Employment Counselors in job search and career planning; WIB Planners and One-Stop staff in allocating training resources more efficiently; and, for Economic Developers and others interested in developing regional labor market profiles. OID’s data are formatted into viewable data tables that can be sorted by any of the variables displayed, or downloaded by file. Occupations are classified using US Department of Labor’s Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) typology and presented with only annual salary statistics.
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09/08/08 02:16PM
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1031
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Occupational Supply and Demand System (OSDS)
The Occupational Supply and Demand System (OSDS) is a workforce planning and economic development tool that helps guide program and individual training dollar investments while also addressing critical labor inputs from firms and industries. Through OSDS, structural unemployment (i.e., the mismatch between job seeker skills against those that employers demand) can be addressed by helping to identify skill imbalances (skill shortages or surpluses) in the labor market. OSDS data are organized by Units of Analysis – groups of related occupations and training programs. Users may access data by keyword search or one of the following four ways: 1. Units of Analysis codes and titles; 2. Programs of Study and Training [Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes and titles]; 3. Occupations [Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes and titles -- including Wage Trends, Fastest Growing, and Most Openings]; and 4. Career Clusters (and related Pathways).
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09/08/08 02:13PM
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Fostering Innovation: The National Math Panel and Beyond
Vanderbilt Peabody College Dean Camilla Benbow spoke at the National Science and Technology Summit at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on August 19, 2008. Benbow was invited to participate in the event by John H. Marburger III, director of the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy. She was a member of the panel, "K-12 Education: Sparking Student Interest and Teacher Training Programs." The overall theme for the Aug. 18-19 summit is "Science, Technology, and American Competitiveness: Progress and Direction Forward." Called for by the 2007 America COMPETES Act, it will examine the health and direction of the U.S. science and technology enterprise and review progress made toward meeting the goals set out by the act and by the president’s American Competitiveness Initiative. This document is a white paper Benbow prepared for the summit, "Fostering Innovation: The National Math Panel and Beyond." To view other STEM-related materials on Workforce3One, just type in STEM in the search box at the top of the homepage.
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09/05/08 07:54AM
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Partnering with CareerVoyages.gov
With a focus on disseminating products and resources, the Employment and Training Administration would like to ensure that CareerVoyages.gov, now in its fourth year, is fully utilized by the state and local workforce investment system. The purpose of this Webinar is to increase awareness and greater understanding of the Web site among select states, and gather feedback regarding how this site can be used by, and in conjunction with, state (and local) career exploration programs. Link exchange is the most basic way to partner but Web services and collaboration on content will be the primary focus of this discussion. Examples of industry partnerships will be provided as a model as well as the current partnership with New York State Department of Labor and the NYCareerzone.org Web site.
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08/26/08 02:00PM
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596
Access New Equal Treatment Online Training Course
Transforming Partnerships: How to Apply the U.S. Department of Labor's Equal Treatment and Religion-Related Regulations to Public-Private Partnerships is an online training course that provides in-depth training on the equal treatment and religion-related regulations at the U.S. Department of Labor. This course is designed as a training tool primarily for administrators and staff who work in the Workforce Investment System or at faith-based and community organizations.
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08/05/08 01:25PM
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480
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WIRED West Michigan Outfits Region with Remote Work Sites for the Modern Economy*
West Michigan identified the flexible workplace as a defining characteristic of many high-growth sectors. They have developed a toolkit for creating remote work sites that can support and attract mobile workers. This toolkit facilitates regional development by providing the means that enable the regional market to develop new regional assets. The project coordinators expect the project’s unique market-based approach to be the key to the model’s success and sustainability.
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07/31/08 12:55PM
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577
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Promoting STEM Education: A Communications Toolkit
The NGA Center for Best Practices has created a toolkit that provides core messages, materials, and communications strategies to help governors overcome such challenges and build strong support for STEM education initiatives. These strategies draw from Dr. Frank Luntz’s research findings — which he presented to the nation’s governors as part of the NGA Innovation America initiative—on the messages and ideas about innovation that most strongly resonate with the public.
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07/14/08 02:36PM
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(Recorded Version) Effective Use of Assessment Tools: Sharing Challenges and Successes
As part of the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) on-going dialogue regarding transforming One-Stop service delivery, and in an effort to identify specific needs and/or promising practices regarding the use of assessments, Webinar moderator, Pam Frugoli, will lead an interactive discussion highlighting information from "Testing and Assessment: A Guide to Good Practices for Workforce Investment Professionals." In addition, presenters: Mike Kennedy, Division Chief, Arkansas Department of Workforce Services, Joe Franklin, Arkansas Career Readiness Certificate Project Coordinator and Jason Moreno, Director of Business Services, Workforce Solutions/Lower Rio, TX will present information regarding their respective efforts related to the use of assessments in supporting regional talent development strategies. There will be many opportunities to share information and to ask questions of Webinar participants throughout this discussion.
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06/20/08 02:24PM
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Diplomas Count 2008: School to College: Can State P-16 Councils Ease the Transition?
Diplomas Count 2008: School to College: Can State P-16 Councils Ease the Transition?, explores the rapid growth of and challenges faced by state-level P-16 councils, which seek to better align educational institutions from preschool through postsecondary by bringing together key representatives from all levels of education, state government, business, and the community. The report also includes the latest analysis by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center of graduation rates nationwide, finding that an estimated 1.23 million students, or almost 30 percent of the class of 2008, will fail to graduate with their peers. Native American, Hispanic, and African-American students are among the groups with the lowest graduation rates.
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06/18/08 01:33PM
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Leveraging Postsecondary Partners to Build a College-Going Culture: Tools for High School-Postsecondary Partnerships
A number of schools and school districts seek to revitalize their partnerships with postsecondary institutions as a way to create pathways to postsecondary education and training for all students, not just those who enter high school academically prepared. Jobs for the Future (JFF) developed this toolkit for schools that wish to create, broaden, and deepen their postsecondary partnerships for maximum impact on college-going. The toolkit draws upon the lessons of three important efforts to create clear, tightly designed pathways from high school to college on behalf of students traditionally underrepresented in higher education: the Early College High School Initiative; University Park Campus School in Worcester, Massachusetts; and entrepreneurial efforts undertaken by new small schools in Boston to leverage partnerships that benefit all students.
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06/18/08 12:57PM
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Electronic Tools: A Webinar for YouthBuild Grantees
Join us for this exciting event and learn ways to help youth achieve their potential by providing on-going career exploration, labor market information, and employment opportunities. The Webinar will provide YouthBuild grantees with an overview of various Electronic Tools developed by the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, and the YouthBuild technical assistance providers. In addition, this Webinar will also assist YouthBuild staff and students to identify employment and career information and resources as well as skills and education required for success. Several resources to be discussed include: Career Voyages, In Demand Magazine, the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and the Career Guide to Industries. Come and learn how these valuable resources can assist in advancing the career paths of youth.
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06/13/08 02:00PM
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Pass It On: Sharing Learning Resources through the Online Open Source Community of Curriki (Presentation Slides Zip File)
Curriki, which derives its name from "curriculum" and "wiki," is a site mainly targeted towards instructors, and allows users to collaborate to create new curriculum and to assemble new curriculum from other Curriki assets. Through ETA investments multiple organizations have developed curriculum and other learning resources that can be applied throughout an entire industry, and throughout the country. Open to anyone, Curriki offers ETA grantees a flexible, adaptable space for sharing the curriculum developed through initiatives such as WIRED, the Community-Based Job Training Initiative and the High Growth Job Training Initiative. This interactive Webinar will introduce attendees to Curriki, describe the learning resources it contains, and provide attendees an overview of how to use Curriki to download, adapt and upload learning resources. Attendees will also be able to explore how Curriki might be useful to their organization through a question and answer session.
