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River Fork, 3rd Floor
Presenters:
Christina Chance, Apprentice Consultant & Brittany Craighead, Compliance Specialist, LNI
Location:
White Water, 3rd Floor
Presenter:
Laura Hopkins, Executive Director, SEIU Healthcare
Location:
River Fork, 3rd Floor
Presenters:
Christina Chance, Apprentice Consultant & Brittany Craighead, Compliance Specialist, LNI
Location:
Clearwater, 3rd Floor
Presenter:
Kelly Kupcak, Oregon Tradeswomen
ROOM 405
Pre-apprenticeship programs that serve a variety of populations will share their experience in building a successful pre-apprenticeship program. Attendees of this session will learn the components of a pre-apprenticeship program, sources of resource and funding, and how to get recognized.
Moderator: Jim Kaltenbaugh, Wa. St. Labor and Industries Apprenticeship Consultant
Presenters: Morgan Stonfield, ANEW; Erin O’Neil, Peninsula High School; Greg Christianson, Iron Workers; Kenna May, STP, Spokane Community College
ROOM 315
Learn about the different models and best practices from around the country that support expansion of Registered Apprenticeship and Youth Apprenticeship. Hear how Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) came together to develop guiding principles for high-quality youth apprenticeship. Building on New America’s 2017 research on the youth apprenticeship landscape, these principles define the quality characteristics required to adequately serve the many stakeholders in youth apprenticeship—above all, learners—and the outcomes that can be used to measure success.
Presented by Brent Parton, Deputy Director, Center on Education and Skills, New America
Room 407
By working closely with apprentices, employers, and at times, instructors, ITA Completions team is providing support to apprentices along their journey to certification. Michelle will also touch on how ITA engages with their stakeholders to ensure apprentices are achieving certification and all the resources ITA provides to employer and apprentices for successful apprenticeships.
Speaker: Michelle Anderlini, Manager, Industry Training Authority Completions Initiative, Rod Bianchini, COO, Industry Training Authority
ROOM 317
The Pacific NW leads the country in the diversity of our apprenticeship workforce but its not enough. Hear what leaders in our states are doing locally and nationally to make an impact including the RISE and Respectful Workplace initiatives, Oregon Tradeswomen Green Dot Initiatives, resources and efforts from National Taskforce on Tradeswomen Initiatives, BC Centre for Women in the Trades initiatives.
Moderator: Kelly Kupcak, Oregon Tradeswomen
Presenters: Karen Dove, ANEW; Connie Ashbrook, Trades Women Task Force; Lisa Langevin, BC Centre for Women in the Trades
ROOM 403
Under the RAISE Grant Washington State put efforts into developing online resources to support registered apprenticeship expansion. You will get an overview of exciting new resources, including ARTS 2.0, Employment Security Microsite, Construction data dashboard, UI for Apprentices.
Moderator: Marie Bruin, WA State Employment Security
Presenters: Chad Pearson, WA State Employment Security; Ken Konyeaso, WA State Labor & Industries; Joel Getzendanner, WA State Employment Security
Room 404
Hear from leaders in construction, health care, it, and manufacturing and public agencies about apprenticeship as a solution for their workforce needs. Learn about industry based models, strategies for creating an apprenticeship, tips for collaboration with academic partners.
Moderated by: Ann Avary, Director, Center of Excellence for Marine Manufacturing and Technology
Presenters: Katherine Lechner, WACMHC; Lynn Strickland, AJAC; Arthur Bailly, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders; Kelly Boykin, WA State Labor & Industries; Sara Spierling, WA State Labor & Industries.
ROOM 406
Homelessness is a crisis, not just in Seattle but around the region. Hear how providing opportunities for the community and employers to partner with pre-apprenticeship programs, employers and community partners to learn skills while providing some solutions to this crisis. Hear from pre-apprenticeship programs the impact on students, Low-Income Housing Institute and Saw Horse Revolution as partners, understand what foreclosure alternatives are available.
Moderator: Melinda Nichols
Panelists: Sarah Smith, Sawhorse Revolution; Alice Lockridge; Lawrence Willis, Seattle Vocational Institute; Isaia Vimoto, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Ballroom A
Attend this exciting and informative presentation offered by Washington experts on the basics of Apprenticeship. This session is for attendees with little or no working knowledge of the principles of Registered Apprenticeship. Learn basic components of Registered Apprenticeship and discover resources across the state that offer information and assistance for Registered Apprenticeship.
Speakers: Sandra Husband and AhShalla Harris, WA Dept. of Labor & Industries Apprenticeship Consultants
ROOM 318
This is the current hot topic! How can apprenticeship provide a solution to the high percentage of high school students that do not aspire or desire to attend university after graduation? Beyond technical skills, how do youth apprenticeship programs create a generation that is “job ready”? Hear about models of youth apprenticeship, teen worker safety rules, and system framework in the K-12 system
Moderator: Brittany Craighead, WA State Labor and Industries
Panelists: Josie Bryan, WA State Labor and Industries; Bri Durham, Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee; John Page, Tacoma Public Schools
ROOM 316
Apprenticeship – it’s a learning experience like no other! One of the major components is the on the job learning experience but are all OJT mentors/journey workers equipped to teach a new employee? Do apprentices have the skills to be effective on the job learners and listeners? Hear how EJTC and Skill Plan partnered to develop curriculum to address these skills gaps and how it is now being implemented beyond Canada and beyond construction! Learn what are the main components of the program, how to successfully implement the program, what employers are saying about results.
Speakers: Fahrid Poursoltani, Electrical Joint Training Committee; Kyle Downie, Skill Plan; Phil Davis, Electrical Joint Training Committee