2007 Spring Workforce New York Conference
Co-Sponsored by
State University of New York Center for Academic and Workforce Development
Other Sponsors
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June 5-6, 2007
The Desmond Hotel, Albany, NY
DRAFT AGENDA
Monday, June 4, 2007
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Desk Opens
Room: Billard Room
12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Pre-Conference Session:
Talent Pipelines for Prosperity: Where Will Businesses Find the Workers of Today and Tomorrow? How WIBs and the One-Stop System Can Make the Difference!
Speaker: Greg Newton, Greg Newton Associates
Room: Fort Orange 7 & 9
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Break
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
3:00 p.m.
Exhibitors Can Start Set-Up
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Early A.M.
Exhibitors Set Up
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
7:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
NYATEP Board Meeting
Room: Lodge
7:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
7:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Conference Registration Open
Room: Billard Room
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks:
Patricia Smith, Commissioner, NYSDOL
Gail Breen, President, NYATEP
Gary Krzeminski, SUNY University Center for Academic and Workforce Development
Opening Plenary Session
The Education Challenge – Preparing for the Innovation Economy
Speaker: Dr. Willard Daggett, International Center for Leadership in Education
Room: King Street Ballroom 2, 4, and 6
This opening keynote address features Dr. Willard Daggett, an internationally renowned leader in education innovation. Dr. Daggett will highlight global trends that are challenging educators and policymakers and will focus on the skills and knowledge that are needed to succeed in our rapidly changing world.
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Workshop Session I: Concurrent Workshops
101) Being WIRED in NYS
Speakers: Matthew Hurlbutt, RochesterWorks/Finger Lakes WIRED; Mary Lou Hamm, GLOW WIB
Moderator: Karen Springmeier, Finger Lakes WIB
Room: Fort Orange 5
USDOL continues to focus on regional initiatives through its WIRED (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development) Grants. Leaders from the Rochester/Finger Lakes Region will discuss the planning, collaboration and activities involved in the $15 million award to the Finger Lakes Partnership as a first generation WIRED region. The session will review the process of how they became grant recipients, where they are at today, share what has been learned to date, and future plans.
102) Career Awareness and Exploration Program for Teachers and Youth
Speakers: Kevin Price, Chenango-Delaware-Otsego Workforce Investment Board; Dr. John Clow, Leatherstocking Center for Economic Education and Occupational Trends; Susan R, Murphy, Oneonta High School; Susan Rice, Raymond Corporation; Bonne Cornwell, CDO Workforce Career Center, Sidney
Moderator: Mike Irwin, OCM BOCES
Room: Fort Orange 7
This workshop will share the development, components, and successes of the evolution of The Occupational Trends Program into two programs. It will first highlight The Teacher Program that has been a highly successful program with teachers each summer. Secondly, information regarding The Youth Occupational Trends Program will be shared. This program was developed as component of the LWIB Out-of-School Youth Program and is designed to expand the awareness and assist participating youth with their career exploration. Come prepared to learn promising practices that you can implement locally!
103) JobZone – A Career Tool for You and Your Customers
Speaker: Christopher Myers Ph.D., NYSDOL
Moderator:
Room: Lodge
Making effective career decisions is a vital component of managing your career and the JobZone website provides the tools necessary to do so. Whether staff-assisted or self-directed, JobZone can help you better understand the relationship between the individual and the labor market, and develop a plan to help you take the next step in your career.
104) “Data”: The Four-Letter Word You’ll Come to Love
Speakers: Tana Fileccia-Flagg, NYS OCFS; Kirsten LaClair, NYS OCFS; Martha Miles, Public/ Private Ventures
Moderator: Laura Quigley, WIB of Sullivan
Room: High Street
Are you obsessing about Outcomes? Perseverating over performance? Dyspeptic over data? Come hear how you make outcome-driven programming your best friend.
OCFS, in partnership with Marty Miles, consultant with Public/ Private Ventures, would like to suggest some strategies that will not only help meet your outcomes, but establish a culture of continuous improvement. Come learn how you can make the transition:
FROM…Data collected for internal reports…. TO Data for internal improvement FROM…Data as a burden… TO data as an essential tool
FROM…Fear of breaking rules… TO support for trying new strategies
Rather than looking over your shoulder for the data police, YOU can come to love that “four letter word.”
105) Leadership Development
Speaker: Lori Strumpf, Center for Strategic Change
Moderator: Alice Savino, HMO WIB
Room: Fort Orange 9
The topic of leadership and what makes successful leaders has been explored and discussed by many authors and in many venues. This session will build on those authors to examine the underlying challenges that leaders face, the differences between leaders and managers, the aptitudes required of leaders, and what strategic leadership looks like. This session is designed for directors, executive level staff, and WIB chairs. The discussion will focus on how individual leadership is required to position the WIB as a strategic leader in your community
106) Whatever It Takes: Serving Customers with Disabilities in the One-Stop System
Speaker: Judy Young, Abilities, Inc
Moderator:
Room: Shaker
Since many One-Stop Career Centers were either underreporting or underserving customers with disabilities, the US Department of Labor, Office of Employment and Disability Policy has funded a project on Long Island to increase the participation of customers with disabilities while building the system's capacity for serving them. This presentation will outline the challenges but will focus on best practices that were implemented to integrate programs and practitionersto improve employment outcomes for customers with disabilities.
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Networking Luncheon Session
Room: King Street Ballroom 2, 4, and 6
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Meet the Commissioners
Panelists: Patricia Smith, NYS Department of Labor; Gladys Carrion, Office of Children and Family Services; David Hansell, Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
Facilitator: Lori Strumpf, Center for Strategic Change
Room: King Street Ballroom 2, 4, and 6
This session will offer an opportunity to hear from the new leadership from key State agencies discussing agency priorities related to workforce development. Facilitated by Lori Strumpf from the Center for Strategic Change, Commissioners from NYSDOL, OCFS, and OTDA will share perspectives on a broad range of workforce-related issues.
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Break
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Workshop Session II: Concurrent Workshops
201) Ready, Aim, Hire! A Targeted Business Service Delivery System for North Central Connecticut
Speakers: Pam Nabors, Julie Watson, Capital Workforce Partners
Moderator: Barbara Drago, SUNY System Administration
Room: Fort Orange 9
Capital Workforce Partners, the WIB for North Central Connecticut, focuses on four industry clusters based on job growth and targets them in all training and services by establishing a regional-approved training provider list; selectively funding Incumbent Worker Training projects; developing a targeted delivery model with Industry Sector Experts assigned to each cluster; and selecting Board members based on affiliation with the clusters. By focusing on the four clusters, we leverage the collaborative efforts of our partners.
202) Young Professionals Speak Out: Why Are We Leaving?
Facilitator: Isabelle Andrews, NYSAC; Panel of Young Professionals from Upstate NY
Moderator: Terry Stark, Broome-Tioga Workforce Board
Room: Fort Orange 7
You've read it in all the newspapers: young professional adults are leaving our upstate communities. The cause has been attributed to everything from high taxes to lack of high paying jobs. But are these the real reasons? Hear from a panel of young professionals who are working and living in New York State. Highlights will include what has kept them here and some insights as to what will entice them to stay.
203) The National Work Readiness Credential: An Essential Tool for Entry-Level Job Seekers
Speakers: Karen Coleman, NYSDOL; Christopher Myers Ph.D., NYSDOL; Cathy Dirolf and Michele Armani; Champlain Valley Educational Services
Moderator: John Kucij, Workforce Development Institute
Room: Fort Orange 5
Are you ready for work? Can you prove it? Certifying one’s readiness for work in entry-level jobs is a challenge – a challenge the National Work Readiness Credential can help you meet. The tests have been developed and are ready to be administered. Come get the latest updates on test availability and test center locations, and be on the cutting edge of the next wave in job search preparation. In addition, Champlain Valley Educational Services has developed a curriculum that aligns with the Equipped for the Future Standards and is intended to prepare entry-level workers for the NWRC assessments. Come learn how our workforce system is responding to the needs for a better-prepared entry-level workforce.
204) Best Practices for Connecting Persons with Criminal Records to Meaningful Employment
Speakers: Louis Miceli, Workforce Professionals Training Institute; Glenn Martin, The National H.I.R.E. Network
Moderator: Jeremy Reiss, NYC Employment and Training Coalition
Room: Shaker
Connecting persons with criminal records - especially felony records - remains one of the most difficult challenges in workforce development. Two national experts who have trained thousands of practitioners concerning this complex and evolving issue will present latest findings, best practices, and policy implications concerning the empowerment of people making the transition to work, employment discrimination, assisting practitioners working with criminal records to navigate the complex criminal justice system, and to engage employers concerning the challenges and assets related to hiring persons with criminal records. The training will bring together updated information and practical, how-to approaches to this topic, and will include ample tools and resources for participants to bring back to their work.
205) Hudson Valley Health Care Initiative- Implementation/Results/Future Action
Speakers: Charles Bruno, Kelly Swierski-Loiodice, HVHCI Grant
Moderator:
Room: Lodge
To provide an overview of the program that created the opportunity in the Hudson Valley for Nurses to be released for performing the function of Nurse Trainers. In return the Hospitals earned education credits to be used for various training purposes for all staff at their choosing within the educational facilities. The result will show how successful in terms of numbers of trainers , number of Nurses and the intangibles as a result of the grant. The future purpose of the grant was to create sustainability in the relation between educators and Hospital. The results of that will be shared.
4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
NYATEP Membership Meeting (NYATEP Members and Associate Members Only)
Room: Fort Orange 7
5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Networking Reception
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
Dinner On Your Own
9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Hospitality
Room: Lodge
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Conference Registration Open
Room: Billard Room
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Plenary Session: Washington Update
Panelists: Ray Uhalde, NCEE; Andy Van Kleunan, The Workforce Alliance; Sharon Sewell, NAWB
Facilitator: John Twomey, NYATEP
Room: King Street 2,4, & 6
With the recent changes in leadership in Congress, what issues will move to the forefront of the legislative agenda? Are initiatives to increase the skills of the country’s students and workers a priority? With a large deficit and the ongoing costs of a war, will there be sufficient resources to address the challenges? This facilitated panel discussion will provide the inside the Beltway perspective of three groups who work closely with Congress on these issues every day:
- The National Center on Education and the Economy, author of recent landmark report, Tough Choices or Tough Times;
- The Workforce Alliance, a national coalition of community-based organizations, community colleges, unions, business leaders and local officials fighting for a skilled workforce; and
- The National Association of Workforce Boards, representing the private sector voice from WIBs across the U.S.
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break
Room: Fort Orange Courtyard
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Workshop Session III: Concurrent Workshops
301) Tough Choices or Tough Times: the Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
Speaker: Ray Uhalde, National Center on Education and the Economy
Moderator: Kevin Smith, Literacy Volunteers of America
Room: Fort Orange 9
This presentation will focus on the findings and recommendations from Tough Choices or Tough Times, the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, from the National Center on Education and the Economy. The report unveiled recommendations calling for the biggest changes in the American education system in a century. Without these changes, the Commission said, the American standard of living will be in serious jeopardy
302) Welfare To Work: An Update on TANF and Safety Net Work Programs
Speakers: John Haley, Barbara C. Guinn, and Russell Sykes, OTDA
Moderator: Peter Crisano, Suffolk County DOL
Room: Fort Orange 7
Staff from the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Division of Employment and Transitional Supports will discuss current information on TANF and Safety Net work program requirements. The discussion will update participants on the latest federal requirements including work activity definitions and documentation requirements. An overview of new program outcome reporting requirements and OTDA funding for employment and training programs and outreach to sanctioned households will also be provided. Attendees will have an opportunity to comment on how integration of TANF and WIA services could enhance program outcomes.
303) Providing Reemployment Services for UI Customers On-line
Speakers: Betty Youmans, Division of Employment Services, NYSDOL; Roger Evans, Division of Research and Statistics, NYSDOL
Moderator: Brian Young, Finger Lakes Works/Ontario County Workforce Development
Room: Lodge
This session will highlight how we design and deliver UI Reemployment services by using an on-line process, and will include an interactive demonstration using a member of the audience to complete an on-line registration for reemployment services, a Needs Survey and the various on-line functions that customers access.
304) Corporate Engagement in Workforce Development
Speakers: Lisette Nieves, Dennis Acevedo, Year Up New York City
Moderator:
Room: Shaker
Year Up is an innovative workforce development program that provides low-income, urban young adults, ages 18-24, with a unique combination of technical and professional skills, college credit, and hands-on experience through a corporate apprenticeship. This session will focus on sharing strategies for strong employer engagement, buy-in, and collaboration.
305) WIA, W-P & TAA Service Delivery – Are We There Yet?
Speakers: Anthony Joseph, NYSDOL, WDT; Mary Kelly NYSDOL, DoES; Local Panelists
Moderator:
Room: Fort Orange 5
The journey to alignment of service delivery across the WIA Title 1B, Wagner-Peyser and Trade Adjustment Assistance programs continues to progress, and the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) recognizes that each mile brings new challenges. The purpose of this session is to facilitate a dialog among attendees on key aspects of service delivery, program performance and frequently asked questions, as an opportunity for the State to seek feedback and input on the current direction.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Closing Luncheon and Adjournment
Room: King Street Ballroom 2,4, & 6
