Recovery. Equity. Automation. Climate. Quality jobs. For workforce professionals, these pose challenges and opportunities in equal measure. Making sense of it all starts with data. #MakingBetterWork talks with data insiders (from public, private, nonprofit sectors) who help us understand how modern education and labor markets work, and prepare for a #futureofwork we want to be part of. To learn more, visit https://www.spra.com/.
Episode #26: "Our data is a reflection of our moral values.” JFFLabs’ Josh Copus and Eshwar Eswaran on the organization’s new Outcomes for Opportunity initiative (O4O).
This week host Kristin Wolff explores O4O—an exciting effort within the ecosystem of program stakeholders, data and performance experts, and civic tech champions trying gain more value from the vast amount of data the workforce system collects. This JFFLabs’ initiative focuses on creating value at the local level. It has engaged seven workforce boards in a cooperative effort to use their collective data more effectively and share insights more widely—through analytics on the one hand, and user-generates data stories on the other. It’s an exciting vision that complements and enriches the work of the broader workforce data community and one you’ll want to learn more about. Listen now!
More on O4O, partners and team members, and current products.
For more information:
Sign up for the #MakingBetterWork Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/903537e424bb/mbwnews
Community of Practice/WorkforceGPS:
https://wdqi.youth.workforcegps.org/
Email Kristin: Kristin_Wolff@spra.com
@kristinwolff
Credits:
The project was produced with the help of (the fantastic) Doug Foresta and has been funded, either wholly or in part, with Federal funds from the Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration under Task Order Number l630DC-18-F-00008 the contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement of same by the U.S. Government.
18 Nov 2021
Episode #25: "We need to link how we track education and training in the classroom with what is occurring at work." SPR Senior Strategist Vinz Koller on opportunities in apprenticeship.
It's Apprenticeship Week! #NAW2021 In honor of the occasion we're speaking with Vinz Koller about apprenticeship, data, equity and a vision for the future. Vinz leads the organization’s apprenticeship portfolio.
Resources cited:
Leveraging Workforce Data Systems to Improve Programs: The Case of Apprenticeship (A WDQI Resource Brief, 2021): https://wdqi.workforcegps.org/resources/2021/08/24/17/45/Leveraging-Workforce-Data-Systems-to-Improve-Programs-The-Case-of-Apprenticeship
How Apprenticeships for Opportunity Youth Stay Resilient (SPR & JFF): https://www.jff.org/resources/how-apprenticeship-programs-opportunity-youth-stay-resilient-through-covid-19-recession/
gov (https://www.apprenticeship.gov/)
JFF’s Center for Apprenticeship & Work-based Learning: https://www.jff.org/what-we-do/impact-stories/center-for-apprenticeship-and-work-based-learning/
New America’s Center on Education & Labor: https://www.newamerica.org/center-education-labor/
Vinz! https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinz-koller-b83a885/
For more information:
Sign up for the #MakingBetterWork Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/903537e424bb/mbwnews
Community of Practice/WorkforceGPS:
https://wdqi.youth.workforcegps.org/
Email Kristin: Kristin_Wolff@spra.com
@kristinwolff
Credits:
The project was produced with the help of (the fantastic) Doug Foresta and has been funded, either wholly or in part, with Federal funds from the Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration under Task Order Number l630DC-18-F-00008 the contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement of same by the U.S. Government.
Michelle is Bitwise’s Chief Workforce Officer and served as Director and launch architect of the organization’s Onward platform, first developed in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Michelle helps catch us up on Bitwise’s growth—especially in apprenticeship—and shares important lessons about data and how it can be quickly deployed to help workforce agencies design programs (ongoing!) that get workers back on their feet quickly and with confidence.
We’re really excited about this one! Have a listen!
Resources:
Bitwise Industries: https://bitwiseindustries.com/
The Onward platform: https://onwardus.org/
Digital New Deal: https://bitwiseindustries.com/about/mission/digital-new-deal/
Bitwise in the midea: https://bitwiseindustries.com/about/media/
Michelle! https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleskoor/
For more information:
Sign up for the #MakingBetterWork Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/903537e424bb/mbwnews
Community of Practice/WorkforceGPS:
https://wdqi.youth.workforcegps.org/
Email Kristin: Kristin_Wolff@spra.com
Social:
@kristinwolff (https://twitter.com/kristinwolff)
@Social_Policy
SPR on LinkedIn
#MakingBetterWork
Credits:
The project was produced with the help of (the fantastic) Doug Foresta and has been funded, either wholly or in part, with Federal funds from the Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration under Task Order Number l630DC-18-F-00008 the contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement of same by the U.S. Government.
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