8:30-10:00
a.m.
Where Are
We and Where Do We Go from Here with Stimulus
Investments
Fred
Dedrick, Deputy Secretary for Workforce
Development, PA Department of Labor & Industry
Robert Knight, Arbor Workforce Institute
10:30
a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Session 1
Concurrent Sessions
Leveraging
Best Practices Into Statewide Initiatives
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here for slide presentation
from Keith Campbell, Industrial
Maintenance Center of PA.
Mechatronics Course Description
Manufacturing
Technology Workforce Pipeline
Outline
of AAS Mechatronics Program
Mechatronics
AAS Degree Non-Credit - Credit Crosswalk
AMIST Final
Certificate
Scott
Sheely, Lancaster County Workforce Investment
Board (moderator)
David Ranck, PA Center for Health Careers
Sally Silver, Smart Energy Initiative
Jan Lauer, Three Rivers Clean Energy
Keith Campbell, Industrial Maintenance Center of
PA
John De Vere, Reading Area Community College
Dr. Robert Garraty, PA Workforce Investment
Board
High
Priority, New and Emerging Occupations: Looking
at Projections for Job Growth
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here
for slide presentation.
Electrical Engineers - Occupational Overview.pdf
Luzerne - Schuylkill Workforce Investment Area -
Snapshot.pdf
Pennsylvania’s New
& Emerging Occupations.pdf
Ed Legge,
Kim DeLellis, and James Martini, Center
for Workforce Information and Analysis, PA
Department of Labor & Industry
What’s
Working in Stimulus Implementation: Youth
Toni
Strong, PA Workforce Investment Board
(moderator)
Cindy Evans, Lehigh Valley Workforce
Investment Board
Rachel Smith, Central PA Workforce
Development Corporation
Andrew Garner, Lancaster County Workforce
Investment Board
Holly Gould and Mike Jefferson, South
Central Region Crispus Attucks Center
Doran Condon, South Central Workforce
Investment Board
Weatherization: Putting Green to Work
Sam
Giannetti, West Central Workforce Investment
Board (moderator)
Steve Wolf, PA Workforce Investment Board
Larry Michael, Penn College of Technology
Tony Kimmel, PA Department of Community and
Economic Development
12:00–1:30
p.m.
Lunch and
Plenary Panel
Business and Employer Services: Strategic and
Operational
Ed McCann,
Berks County Workforce Investment Board
Scott Sheely, Lancaster County Workforce
Investment Board
Responders:
Susie Snelick, North Central Workforce
Investment Board
Eric Nelson, Philadelphia Workforce
Investment Board
Michele Zieziula, Regional Center for
Workforce Excellence
1:45–3:15
p.m.
Session 2
Concurrent Sessions
Implementing Business Services I: What Do
Businesses Really Want and How Do We Respond
Bruce
Wahlgren, Maryland Institute for Workforce
Excellence
What’s
Working in Stimulus Implementation: Dislocated
Workers
Scott
Sheely, Lancaster County Workforce Investment
Board (moderator)
John De Vere, Reading Area Community College
Tom Showalter, Lancaster Employment and Training
Agency
Patrick Clancy, Southeast PA Workforce
Investment Boards
Michele Zieziula, Regional Center for Workforce
Excellence
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here for slide presentation.
David
Passmore, Center for Regional Economic and
Workforce Analysis, Penn State University
Rose Baker, Institute for Research in Training
and Development, Penn State University
Best
Practices in Health Care Worker Retention: The
Role of Health Care Industry Partnerships
David
Ranck, PA Center for Health Careers (moderator)
Diane Spokus, Penn State University
Janetta DeOnna, Penn State University
Diana Rupert, Indiana County Technology Center
3:30–5:00
p.m.
Session 3
Concurrent Sessions
Implementing Business Services II: Developing
and Maintaining Business Relationships
Bruce Wahlgren, Maryland Institute for Workforce
Excellence
What’s
Working in Stimulus Implementation: Tracking and
Evaluation
Christine Enright, PA Department of Labor &
Industry (moderator)
Kim Sullenberger, Lancaster County Workforce
Investment Board
Susie Snelick, North Central Workforce
Investment Board
Dan Kuba, PA Workforce Investment Board
Eliza Arentz, PA Department of Labor &
Industry
Service/Learning as an Alternative for the
Long-Term Unemployed
Dr. Robert
Garraty, PA Workforce Investment Board
(moderator)
Scott Sheely, Lancaster County Workforce
Investment Board
Erin Conahan, Volunteer Center, United Way of
Lancaster County
Paul Owens, Pennsylvania Conservation Corps
Mark Simpson, PennSERVE
Job Corps representative
WorkKeys
and Other Assessments: The Key to Stimulus
Programming
WorkKeys FAQs.pdf
NCRC General
Overview.pdf
NCRC Core
Assessments for Certification.pdf
Occupational
Opportunities brochure.pdf
WorkKeys Ed-Gov Assessment Materials Form.pdf
Shannon
Miller, Central PA Workforce Development
Corporation (facilitator)
Martin Wubbolt and Brenda Chavez, PA
CareerLink Lancaster County
John Nelson and Terry Ausman, ACT
5:00–7:00
p.m.
Reception,
Poster Session and Commentary
Where Do We Go from Here in Workforce
Development?
Fred
Dedrick, Deputy Secretary for Workforce
Development, PA Department of Labor & Industry
10:00–11:30 a.m.
Session 4
Concurrent Sessions
What’s
Working in Stimulus Implementation: System
Building
Scott
Sheely, Lancaster County Workforce Investment
Board (facilitator)
Ron Painter, Three Rivers Workforce
Investment Board
Eric Nelson, Philadelphia Workforce
Investment Board
Nancy Dischinat, Lehigh Valley Workforce
Investment Board
Fred Dedrick, Deputy Secretary for Workforce
Development, PA Department of Labor & Industry
State and
Federal Legislative Update
Linda
Blake, PA Association of Workforce Investment
Boards (facilitator)
Kimberley Bierly, Regional Field Representative
for Senator
Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Dan Kuba, PA Workforce Investment Board
Robert Knight, Arbor Workforce Institute
Best
Practices in Energy and Green Technologies
Pat
Bokovitz, Chester County Workforce Investment
Board (moderator)
Sally Silver, Chester County Economic
Development Council
Rachel Smith, Central PA Workforce Development
Corporation
Eric Pellegrino, Thaddeus Stevens College of
Technology
Pete Keating, Foundation Coalwork
Representative from Worley and Obetz