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Youth@Work 2019

Planet Shakers

A journey of unparalleled discovery, networking and inspiration!

Hilton Long Beach *** January 22 - 24, 2019 (draft as of Nov 26th)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Preconference Sessions

These sessions are included as part of your Conference Registration at no

extra charge. Additional preconference sessions will be announced soon.

9:00 – 11:00 Social Capital Networks: A Key Ingredient to Youth Success

Mediterranean/ 3rd Floor

Edward DeJesus, Founder, Social Capital Builders

In Alison Doyle’s article, What Is the Hidden Job Market? she writes that at least

60% of individuals find a job from social connections rather than from job listings.

People who grow up in middle-income or high-income families have natural

connections that can lead to good jobs, educational opportunities and

employment advancement. Many low-income families do not.

This session will provide training in how to build a social capital framework to

improve economic opportunities for youth and young adults.

9:30 – 11:00 Pushing the Limits: Exploring the Newest Technologies and Strategies to Better

Serve Youth

The Boardroom/ 3rd Floor

Kharen Minasian, Founder, SOCIALBUZ

How can we use digital strategies to grow enrollment, develop systems, and

connect with youth in ways that often seem beyond our knowledge and our

reach? We’ve heard about augmented reality, mobile applications relevant to

our space, social media and marketing campaign that mine big data, but what

is within our grasp that we can begin to incorporate into our programs.

Join this session and explore how we can push ourselves and the limits of

technology to better connect with and serve youth.

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Changing Lives: The Career Development Model for Working with Youths with

Disabilities

The Gallerie/ 1st Floor

Aaron Leson, Master Trainer, Director of Training and Development,

TAD Grants

Tina Anctil, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling

Portland State University

This session applies a practical approach to career development specific to

youths with disabilities and can be applied to career professionals across settings

including agency and private practice. These interventions are designed to

empower individuals with chronic illness or disability to engage in the career

development process to achieve success.

The session will outline the four steps of effective career development with a

person with a disability: Understanding the Story; Assessing the Needs;

Collaborative Planning; and Training and Job Placement.

The New Perkins V: What’s Next for Career Technical Education

Catalina/ 2nd Floor

Donna Wyatt, Director, Career & College Transition Division

California Department of Education

Federal legislation to reauthorize Carl Perkins (referred to as Perkins V) passed in

late summer, and will go into effect on July 1, 2019.

The session will highlight changes in Perkins V and CTE in California. Topics include

how CTE programs are developed, how local/regional CTE programs need to be

involved in regional/local strategic workforce discussions, how CTE is funded in

California, what the K -14 Strong Workforce Program is, and more. Get informed

and discover the opportunities created by this new law.

12:45 – 2:00 OPENING PLENARY…PLANET SHAKERS

International Ballroom

Forthcoming

2:00 – 2:30 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

2:30 – 3:30 Workshops: Round I

Addressing the Equity Gap in Work-Based Learning

Atlantic I / 2nd Floor

Jose Carrascal, Director, Dow Material Sciences; WDB Youth Committee Co-

chair

Gina Del Carlo, Co-Founder, Earn & Learn Bay Area;

Youth Program Manager, Contra Costa County Workforce Board

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Tara Sanders, Manager, Workforce & Economic Development

Contra Costa County Community College District

How do disconnected young people connect to Work Based Learning (WBL)

opportunities? Are adults getting in the way? Learn how Earn & Learn Bay Area

launched a grass roots movement and built a system to connect employers to

their future workforce and created thousands of WBL opportunities for youth.

In this session, you will learn how Earn & Learn Bay Area created a community of

practice coupled with a Salesforce platform. The session will share lessons

learned implementing this project across 15 school districts, multiple community

based organizations, 3 community colleges and multiple Workforce

Development Boards. Find out how we created a shared vision and transformed

access to WBL opportunities in our region.

The Climate Change Workforce

Atlantic II / 2nd Floor

Julia Olson, Executive Director, Chief Legal Counsel, Our Children’s Trust

Philip Gregory, Co-Counsel, Our Children’s Trust

Meg Ward, Our Children’s Trust

Diane Walton, Climate Change Workforce Advocate

In Juliana v United States, currently in Oregon District Court, 21 plaintiffs between

the ages of 11 and 22, asserted that the US government, through its affirmative

actions in creating a national energy system that causes climate change, is

depriving them of their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property. This case,

one of many legal actions brought by youth, seeks science-based action by

governments to stabilize the climate system. Learn about where the case is, and

what the kids have learned on this three-year-and-counting journey.

This session will discuss how this quest for science-based action could impact your

work in youth development programs in California. What is the climate change

workforce, what are you doing now, and what do you need to prepare the

youth in your areas for it?

Seeding Hope and Building Economic Power: Effective Strategies in Youth

Entrepreneurship


Derick Thomas, Youth Facilitator,

Meagan Cherney, Manager of Workshops and Skill Building,

Dorian Glover, Manager of HOPE SF Youth Leadership,

Bay Area Community Resources

Dorian Johnson, NFTE, Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center

Mali Linton, Young Adult Entrepreneur

Youth entrepreneurship, while perhaps difficult and risky, addresses three critical

considerations of equity in youth workforce:

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1) youth entrepreneurship can lead to business ownership, increasing the

economic power of marginalized, low income communities of color,

2) youth entrepreneurship seeds hope and cultivates a growth mindset, which

are then transferable to any sector, and

3) youth entrepreneurship can be youth centered and asset driven; it builds on

the resilience, passion and creativity of young people.

In this hands-on session, learn about a pilot entrepreneurship program in public

housing, funded by Mott Foundation and Aspen institute. The young adult co-

facilitators will share effective curriculum, practices and retention strategies.

OUTSHINE! Why + What + How to Help Youth Cultivate the Soft Skills to Shine in

Any Job


Jaire Winesberry, My Job Program Manager,

Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council

Elise Harney, Youth Speaker

Elisabeth Sanders-Park, Researcher/Author/Trainer,

The Workplace Excellence Team

Soft skills are everything! Ask any employer. Young people get hired, retained,

and promoted based on essential workplace skills that make them excellent in

any job. Based on frontline experience and the process of building curriculum

with businesses, this interactive session will share practical lessons on why, what,

and how to teach youth the not-so-soft skills that allow them to thrive in the new

economy and become planet shakers.

Destination…Positive: Without the Goal, It’s Just a Dream

The Gallerie II / 1st Floor

Sandy Bauler, Program Specialist,

Crystal Gunter, Program Specialist,

Alex Stevens, CalJOBS Data Analyst,

San Diego Workforce Partnership

TBD, Lead Case Managers from Access, Inc.

A key factor for success is always starting with the destination. The same is true

when creating a positive outcome for youth. Learn about the framework that

integrates this concept from ISS/IEP, objective assessment, MSG, and the 14

elements to achieve performance outcomes.

Activities include thought provoking materials that will allow youth to discover

their value and potential while building trust and engaging in their own

destination. Handouts include MSG planning guide and other resources.

Leadership Development: Youth Learning to Lead Themselves and Others

Pacific I / 2nd Floor

Teresa Taylor, CEO, Career Institute

Judy Takano, CFO. Career Institute

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Lynnae Pattison, Employment Programs Coordinator

Colton Redlands Yucaipa ROP

Youth involvement in leadership development helps to create positive and

meaningful change – helping youth develop competencies that will foster

successful futures, build community with other students, and empower youth as

leaders to make change in their communities.

This session will explore three models of involving WIOA youth in leadership

development activities – Student Ambassadors, Leadership Connection and

Leadership Councils provide opportunities for WIOA youth to learn about and

practice leadership in meaningful and authentic ways.

Steps to Success: From School Enrollment to a Promising Career Path for Foster

Youth

Pacific II / 2nd Floor

LaMont Walker, Education and Employment Supervisor for Southern California

Daniel Torres, Education and Employment Specialist

Eddie Sumlin, Education and Employment Specialist

Jose Gonzalez, Alumni participant

First Place for Youth

This session will share strategies for connecting foster youth to occupational

pathways that provide growth opportunities and guide them toward living-wage

careers.

At First Place, our nationally recognized model helps foster youth ages 18–24

years old build the skills to successfully transition to self-sufficiency and responsible

adulthood. This workshop will outline the framework that supports youth to

develop workplace readiness skills, assess interests, achieve stackable education

milestones of success, engage in career exploration opportunities, and ultimately

progress into industry recognized certificate programs and sustainable

employment.

WIOA and Probation: Real Approaches That Make a Partnership Work

Gallerie III / 1st Floor

Heather Alexander, Youth Program Manager, AFWD, Inc. /NoRTEC

Ron Kimberling, Deputy Probation Officer, Butte County Probation Dept.

The Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc. and the Butte County Probation

Department are successfully using evidenced based practices, (cognitive

behavior interventions, pro-social networks, counseling, and supervision solutions)

to holistically serve young offenders and support them as they move into the

workforce.

Learn how to start multi-disciplinary team meetings, utilize shared outcomes to

garner support, engage businesses, and develop client accountability. Session

will provide tools, templates, and guidance to build or expand partnerships with

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local law enforcement, foster better relationships, improve employment

outcomes, and lower recidivism in your community.

Pathways to Post Secondary Success for Students with Disabilities

Catalina/ 2nd Floor

Carrie England, Section Chief, Independent Living, Assistive Technology and

Traumatic Brain Injury, CA Department of Rehabilitation

Gino Elliot, Peer Support Services/Transitional Youth Program,

Disabled Resources Center, Inc.

Rudy A. Contreras, Chief Executive Officer, Southern California Rehabilitation

Services

You’ve heard a lot about adults with disabilities, but what about the youth?

California’s Independent Living Centers (ILCs) regularly are at the forefront of

efforts to promote opportunities for youth with disabilities in the community.

This session will highlight two innovative programs serving youth: Get Organized-

Leadership Beyond the Classroom (GO LBC) and Project Destiny. These ILC

programs focus on partnerships and consumer driven programming for

transitional age youth (14-24).

Through Get Organized—Leadership Beyond the Classroom (GO LBC), Disabled

Resources Center, Inc. (DRC) prepares youth with disabilities for employment

and independent living in the community, in partnership with Long Beach Unified

School District (LBUSD). Through Project Destiny, Southern California Rehabilitation

Services (SCRS-IL) partners with East Los Angeles College to prepare youth to

enter employment by offering the first ever dual enrollment college Science,

Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) program for high school youth with

disabilities.

4:00 – 5:00 DEEP DIVES

These 3 mini-plenary sessions touch on the most important challenges

facing youth serving agencies and our youth today.

Youth Apprenticeships: A Compelling Solution

Catalina/ 2nd Floor

Moderator: Bob Lanter, Executive Director, CWA

Invited Panelists

Brent Parton, Deputy Director, Center on Education & Skills

New America

Eric Rood, Chief, Division of Apprenticeship Standards

California Department of Industrial Relations

Local WF Board Members

As employers lament a shortage of skilled workers, families bemoan the cost of

higher education, and high schools struggle to prepare students for college and

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career, youth apprenticeship is emerging as one of the more compelling

solutions. Find out how you can join the “movement.”

Roses That Grew from the Concrete

International I

Davida Scott, Counselor and Case Manager, Youth Enrichment Services (YES)

Program, Hayward Adult School

CWA Workforce Development Professional of the Year

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The Future of Work Has Arrived: What Does That Mean for Our Youth Development

Programs

International II

Tim Aldinger, Executive Director, Workforce Development

Foundation for California Community Colleges

Amy Kaufman, Lead, K12 Strong Workforce Program

Los Angeles Orange County Regional Consortium

It is increasingly clear that the future we used to talk about and imagine is no

longer coming, it’s already arrived. Yes, artificial intelligence is deployed (and in

some cases deplored) everywhere, “bots” are becoming more ubiquitous,

especially in industrial settings, everything is digitized and analog is quant. But the

real question is, what does this mean for how we prepare the next generation to

participate in this new economy.

Join our panelists as they address this important and topical issue.

5:30 – 6:45 WELCOMING RECEPTION Promenade

A great networking event to connect with your colleagues from around

the state (and the country) who share your passion for youth

development.

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

7:30 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast Promenade

8:30 – 10:00 PLENARY SESSION International Ballroom

Judson Laipply

YouTube Sensation, Motivational Speaker, Inspirational Comedian,

Customer Service Guru

In March of 2001, Judson performed for the first time in public a finale that

would one-day take the world by storm. After mixing together 12 popular

dance songs from the last 50 years Judson debuted “The Evolution of

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Dance™” and it instantly became a crowd favorite. Five years and 18

songs later, Laipply placed a video of the 30 song six-minute “The

Evolution of Dance” on little known site called YouTube. As of 2018, it has

now had over 305 million views.

10:00 – 10:30 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Promenade

10:30 –11:30 Workshops: Round II

Youth Can Thrive with Life Coach Support


Dr. Stephanie Houston, Superintendent CRY-ROP

Dr. Dale Marsden, Superintendent San Bernardino City Unified School District

Rick Schreiber, Co-Founder & Board President, Thrive Nation.

Learn how three agencies are working to improve outcomes for youth by

providing access to Life Coaches. The shared vision is to ensure young adults

who need help with overcoming obstacles and setting direction have access to

supports and services required to thrive. This session will present how Life Coaches

have helped youth uncover their strengths, interests, and passions to stay

engaged. It’s working!

Engaging Small Business in Work Based Learning

International I / 2nd Floor

Fran Kennedy, Director, JFF

Matthew Poland, Senior Program Manager, JFF

Mark Herbert, California Director, Small Business Majority

Xiomara Peña, Deputy Director, California, Small Business Majority

Small businesses make up 99% of businesses and employ nearly half of all private

sector workers, representing a considerable potential source of work-based

learning (WBL) opportunities for students in Linked Learning pathways. However,

smaller businesses lack the resources and capacity of larger employers and

these WBL opportunities can be more difficult to access. JFF, a national leader in

developing career pathways for economic opportunity and Small Business

Majority, a recognized advocate for small businesses in the U.S. teamed up to

work on solutions for this problem.

In this session, presenters will share a set of new tools they co-developed to help

education and workforce practitioners access WBL opportunities with small

businesses, including a tool to help small businesses to better understand WBL

and why they should offer it. Participants will have a chance to discuss their

experiences with small business engagement and problem-solve together to

grow their WBL capacity.

Keys to Case Management


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Roshawn Brady, Senior Vice President

Mayra Contreras, North / Metro WIOA Supervisor

Anel M. Angulo, BHS, East WIOA Supervisor

Steven Nunez, South WIOA Supervisor

Natalia King, Business Service Representative

Access, Inc. Youth Services

Learn how to successfully coach case managers to increase positive outcomes

for your agency as well as their professional growth. The session will cover pre-

employment strategies such as onboarding do’s and don’ts, how to use trainings

strategically to fit case manager’s styles of learning and working, building a case

management action plan that will assist case managers with developing

participant’s goals and their own self-care.

Regional Employer Engagement: Building Pipelines to Middle Skilled Employment

Catalina/ 2nd Floor

Dr. Patricia Ramos, Dean, Workforce & Economic Development

Santa Monica College

Mike Berman, Principal Program Manager, AWS Educate, Amazon Web Services

Richard Verches, Executive Director, Center for a Competitive Workforce

Jessica Ku Kim, Director of Workforce Development,

Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation

The Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW) is an unprecedented data-

driven collaboration between business and educational leaders in Los Angeles

County.

Community colleges are leading the charge for regional employer engagement

and creating formal feedback loops to create demand-driven skills training that

leads to middle-skilled employment in several industries including advanced

transportation, digital media and entertainment, aerospace, and bio-sciences.

Santa Monica College’s Cloud Computing Program, conducted in partnership

with Amazon Web Services, is just one example of the success growing out of this

approach to employer engagement.

Experiential Learning in the Classroom and Industry


Amal Amanda Issa, Senior Program Manager, Career Ladders Project

Sherry Shojaei, Program Manager, Career Ladders Project

More California high schools are getting creative about how to scale

experiential learning opportunities to expose students to careers in a rapidly

changing economy. For this workshop, facilitators will highlight strategies for

cultivating industry partnerships to provide scaffolded experiential learning

opportunities for students that emphasize skills proficiency and training.

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Using case studies, you’ll be exposed to examples from incorporating hands-on

medical skills with WBL opportunities in the classroom, opening the doors to the

tech industry at Snap, Inc., and other innovative approaches that work.

The Recipe for Work: Developing Apprenticeships for Opportunity Youth


LaShonda Taylor, Director, R4 Career Pathways/CPT2 Grant

Alameda County Office of Education

Tamara Walker, Program Analyst

City of Oakland Workforce Development Board

In this workshop, participants will be equipped with the "recipe" needed to

establish sustainable pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs for

Opportunity Youth. This session will also provide participants with the skills needed

to recruit viable partnerships with businesses to reduce the employment crisis.

Participants will see examples of how apprenticeships with Opportunity Youth

were established in one of our largest school districts.

An Interactive Training for Staff Who Serve Youth with Disabilities


Angela Gardner, President, Workforce Development Solutions, Inc.;

One-Stop Operator for The County of San Bernardino

Jessica Rodriguez, Regional Director, Workforce & Career Development – Inland

Empire, Goodwill Southern California

Robert Loeun, District Administrator,

California Department of Rehabilitation – Inland Empire District

Learn proven techniques to serve youth with disabilities. It all begins with

effective staff training. This session will teach you person-first language and

disability etiquette as well as strategies to engage business partners. Discover

methods to develop a rewarding relationship with the Department of

Rehabilitation and others within the disability services network.

This highly interactive session you will give you an opportunity to practice and

leave better prepared to serve all youth.

Inside/Out: Re-engaging Juvenile Justice Youth Back into Education through

Coding and the Arts

International II / 2nd Floor

Liz Jackson-Simpson, Chief Executive Officer -- Success Center SF

Robin Sohnen, Chief of Innovation and Arts – Success Center SF

Dawood Marion, Arts Program Manager – Success Center SF

Reymon LaChaux, Business Relations Manager – Success Center SF

With the most significant barrier facing our clients in our One Stop Center being

lack of GED/High School diplomas, Success Center SF (SCSF) had to be

innovative. Established by Superior Court Judges over 35 years ago, SCSF has

been providing alternative education and workforce development services in

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juvenile detention facilities and in community successfully graduating over 80%

of court and county day school students in SF and now in San Mateo and

Sonoma Counties. Today, SCSF uses coding and the arts to re-engage youth

into the 3-R’s.

Deconstructing Soft Skills: What Businesses Really Want and Youth Actually Need


David Shinder, Workforce Consultant

Whether you call them essential skills, durable skills or by their most common

moniker, soft skills, the fact is workers need them. While this may be particularly

true for new entrants to the workforce, young workers bring unique assets to the

marketplace, many of which can be transformed into precisely the behaviors,

attitudes and skills that businesses value most. Join in this thought-provoking

conversation about soft skills that youth need and businesses truly want.

11:45 – 1:00 DWIGHT BRYDIE SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON

International Ballroom

1:15 – 2:15 Workshops: Round III

GenerationGo! Career Pathways Program

Catalina/ 2nd Floor

Janeth Tran, Staff Analyst II, GenerationGo! Career Pathways Program

San Bernardino County Workforce Development Department

Patricia Quach, Dean, Academic Success and Learning Services

San Bernardino Valley College

Kimberly Miller, Program Assistant, Workforce Readiness and Concurrent

Enrollment, San Bernardino Valley College

Rose Gonzalez, Coordinator, Workforce Development, College and Career

Readiness/Linked Learning, San Bernardino City Unified School District

Kenneth Soldmann, Curriculum Program Specialist, CTE & Integrated Pathways

Colton Joint Unified School District

Ryan Rainbolt, Director, Educational Programs, Garner Holt Productions

GenerationGo! Career Pathways Program is a collaboration between San

Bernardino County Workforce Development Department (WDD), K-12 school

system, post-secondary institutions, county schools, and businesses to offer high

school juniors and seniors an opportunity to learn job readiness skills and work-

based application.

Students are dual enrolled in a series of four courses offered through San

Bernardino Valley College (SBVC). At the completion of these courses, students

receive a Job Readiness Skills Certificate and placed in a 120-hour internship with

participating businesses based on the students’ career pathways by WDD while

earning college credit through SBVC.

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Tech Quest Entrepreneurial Skills Training


Kim Tesch-Vaught, Business Development Supervisor, Public Consulting Group

Sean McCoy, Ph.D., Sr. Business Development Associate,

Public Consulting Group

Need a proven and effective entrepreneurial skills training for your WIOA Youth

program? Tech Quest is a unique program combining entrepreneurship and

technology training for at-risk youth. The program effectively teaches youth to

develop reading, math and technology skills and to identify ways to be

entrepreneurial in everyday life. Youth gain an understanding of basic business

practices and connect to local business leaders and mentors for real world

experiences. Successful outcomes and practices are shared.

Youth Empowering Skills (YES): Changing the Narrative on Disabled Youth


Bouakhay Phongboupha, YouthWORKS Manager, City of Richmond

Rosemary Viramontes, Workforce Development Manager, City of Richmond

Sarah Wally, Director of Strategic Planning, FoodService Partners

Richmond Workforce Development Board Member

This workshop will provide an effective model and strategy for working with

disabled youth. We will share a Person-Centered Planning Toolbox that focusses

on the individual and their strengths; their unique skill sets instead of their

disabilities. Secondly we’ll share our strategies and Workforce Development

Board participation for educating and coaching employers on the value of

hiring disabled youth as an asset to their business.

Youth Career Pathways in Manufacturing: Leading Edge Employment


Joel Morgan, Regional Director of Workforce and Community Development

Goodwill of Southern California

Come and join us as we illustrate to you a highly defined and successful Career

Pathway, in the Manufacturing / Aerospace Sectors. We will illustrate what is

possible, when Government, Education, Workforce and Business comes to

together to create a strong pathway of success, for the youth in our local

communities. Goodwill of Southern California, Antelope Valley College,

Antelope Valley High School District, the City of Palmdale, LA County WDACS

and Northrop Grumman have joined together to create a pathway program

that has trained and placed over 700 individuals in the Aerospace /

Manufacturing sectors in the last three years. Come see how…

Creating Alternatives to Employment for Undocumented Young People:

Let's Talk About It


Samuel Park, Legal Policy Associate, Immigrants Rising

Thomas Showalter, Executive Director,

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National Youth Employment Coalition

Many youth-serving organizations in California offer services to undocumented

young people, but struggle to provide work experience. Sam Park and Thomas

Showalter will begin with an overview of options for these youth, including

fellowships, independent contracting, entrepreneurship, and worker

cooperatives. We’ll also discuss promising practices in the Golden State, culled

from a recent convening in Stockton. Of course, there will also be plenty of time

to discuss attendees are trying now!

Youth Procurement Under WIOA


Steve Malliaras or Other Rep, Employment and Training Administration, Region 6

U.S. Department of Labor

This session will cover competitive and non-competitive selection of youth

providers under WIOA. Topics will include key components of both procurement

under the WIOA statute and regulations and the Uniform Guidance, such as

clear scopes of work, risk assessments, the application reviewing process and

contract administration.

Preparing Students for Jobs That Do Not Yet Exist


David Dillon, Instructor and Advisor, CTE Business Pathway

Riverside Virtual School (RVS)

Eddy Sumar, ERS Consulting Services

Students TBD

Come learn about Riverside Virtual School's CTE Business Pathway. The mission is

to have a personalized integrated experience where students put classroom

content into practice in real life settings. A three-hour weekly seminar that

focuses on integrated academic studies and soft skills prepares students for the

21st century workplace. Entrepreneurship, customer service, financial literacy,

leadership, work experience and internships allow students to reach their self-

identified dream. Non-traditional students will be the disruptors of the future.

A Model for Holistic Case Management


Re’Anita Burns, Youth Career Development Specialist

Peter Ibarra, Youth Career Development Specialist

Lauren Muselman, Youth Work Experience Case Manager

JobTrain

The 14 elements of service delivery for WIOA youth are designed to be

compressive and prepare youth to transition into a successful adulthood. While

the 14 elements cover many areas, we all know life happens, and if we are

going to be successful working with our target populations, we need to think

outside the box and meet them where they are at.

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A holistic approach to case management requires listening deeply and finding

all the barriers our youth are facing as we work with them to prepare a plan for

their future. At JobTrain, we have created a constellation of supportive services

that can be tailored for the needs of each youth.

The JobTrain Youth Services Team will present our holistic approach with case

studies that highlight the breadth and flexibility of our model. We will engage the

audience by inviting case examples from attendees for a lively discussion about

how to effectively case manage when life happens.

Putting People First! Customized Online Job Readiness Workshops Where No One

Size Fits All!


Nuvia Varela, Adult/Youth Program Manager,

Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board

Rashad M. Said, Executive Director, Advanced Vocational Institute

Michelle Wong, Community/Partner Relationships, IMAGO

Edgar Blunt, Co-Founder, IMAGO

Discover how the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board, IMAGO and

Advanced Vocational Institute collaborated to develop customized online job

readiness workshops. By putting people first we have been able to combine

online job readiness training with facilitated group activities that have resulted in

increased self-esteem, improved employability, and have led to a rise in

placement retention rates among our job-seekers.

2:15 – 2:45 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Promenade

2:45 – 3:45 Workshops: Round IV

Shake Up Your Future: A Road Map for Success with a Foundation of Community

Engagement, Leadership, and Career Exploration


Christina Jones, Agency Analyst III, Tulare County Health and Human Services

Daisy Guzman, Senior Program Coordinator,

Community Services Employment Training (CSET)

Students thrive when youth-serving agencies, businesses, and government

collaborate to provide an innovative Generation Z-focused program. This fast-

paced interactive program - #LEAD - is open to high school juniors and seniors in

Tulare County, with priority to those whose families receive public assistance,

foster youth, and low-level offenders monitored by the Probation department.

Workshop sessions housed at local community colleges feature industry experts,

mentors, influential community members, and professionals who engage youth in

leadership, mentorship, and career readiness. Participants re-imagine their

futures without limits by exploring in-demand careers, visiting California colleges,

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participating in team-building activities, creating social networks, and learning

work and college readiness skills.

Upon successful completion of the program, which includes a community

engagement component, students gain the opportunity for paid summer

employment related to their career interests. Local employers have fully vested

in #LEAD as evidenced by the participating high-caliber public and private work

sites, such as Tulare County Board of Supervisors, Porterville City Hall, and Family

Healthcare Network.

Lessons from a High-Profile Regional Workforce Initiative


Larry Berry, Director, K12; United Way Bay Area

Roshni Wadhwani, Research Associate, Public Profit

United Way Bay Area will be discussing their experience serving as a backbone

for a citywide youth workforce initiative in San Francisco (Mayor's Youth Jobs+)

and sharing insights, best practices and failures from their experience and recent

independent evaluation of the initiative. Programs and organizations looking to

partner with the public and private sectors around regional workforce initiatives

can benefit from UWBA's seven years of experience managing a high-impact,

high-profile initiative.

The Integrity of Apprenticeship in California


Corinna Pereira, Workplace Learning Liaison

West Hills Community College District

John Dunn, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Apprenticeship, State of California

This session is a study of apprenticeship in California. Workforce and education

practitioners will learn how to identify approved apprenticeship programs,

discover what are allowable and apprenticeable occupations, and evaluate

the program requirements for referring clients and students appropriately,

leading to positive, successful outcomes for youth as well as adults.

Attendees will also weigh various apprenticeship programs for cost, employment

security, and effectiveness to include reviewing statistical data on

apprenticeship program completion rates as well as minority, women, and

veteran participation. This informative session seeks to share preserve and

protect the highest and best workforce training standards within the

apprenticeship model as new and existing apprenticeships - both registered and

unregistered - rise and expand at record pace across this great state.

Learn how to connect youth to employment and rigorous educational

opportunities.

Training Youth with Disabilities: Best Practices and Lessons Learned Pacific I / 2nd Floor

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Philip Kahn-Pauli, Policy and Practices Director, RespectAbility

Debbie Fink, Director of Community Outreach and Impact, RespectAbility

Under WIOA, all workforce development groups now have the legal requirement

to serve job-seekers with disabilities. Yet professionals sometimes lack the

resources or tools to successfully serve youth with disabilities. This session will

showcase free practical and proven tools developed by some of the most

innovation disability employment/school to work transition programs. Join us to

learn to use free accessible technology to teach new skills and how to

accommodate training materials for people with learning disabilities.

Allowable Costs Associated with WIOA Youth Activities


Steve Malliaras or Other Rep, Employment and Training Administration, Region 6

U.S. Department of Labor

This session will cover costs associated with WIOA Youth Activities. The session will

address items such as supportive services, work experience (WEX) and student

activity costs.

Making Census 2020 Count for Youth


Stephanie B. Kim, Director of Government & Nonprofit Programs,

CommunityConnect Labs

Beginning September 2019, the Census Bureau will hire 500K field staff to collect

Census 2020 responses, which will determine political representation and the

allocation of nearly $700B in federal funding per year for the next decade. This

session will explore how youth can play a critical role in ensuring their

communities are counted while also taking advantage of this opportunity for

workforce development, and how employment service providers and adult

education programs can play an integral role in supporting them through that

journey.

Successful Collaboration of WIOA Services with Charter Schools


Kristie Buckley, CEO/ President, Access, Inc. Youth Services

Craig Beswick, Vice President, Learn4Life

Lindsay Reese, Regional VP of Educational Programs San Diego

Access, Inc. Youth Services

Roshawn Brady, Senior VP, Access, Inc. Youth Services

In navigating the complicated demands of funders, collaborations can be a

useful way to give students gold star service as well as fulfill grant deliverables.

Collaborations can also be divisive, destructive and detrimental to the success of

the student. Our session will focus on best practices to integrating services, using

team driven trauma informed approaches and effectively meeting the needs of

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the student, without duplicating efforts to ensure positive outcomes measures for

all.

Youth Leading Youth! Training Future Leaders in the Workforce


Lealoa Numera, Employment Coordinator

Elizabeth Tish, Employment Coordinator

Tasha Kramer-Melnick, Employment Coordinator

SF YouthWorks - Japanese Community Youth Council

Maricar Bamba, Youth Development Coordinator

MYEEP-Japanese Community Youth Council

Do your youth leaders have trouble realizing their impact when at work? The

Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP) and SF YouthWorks

(SFYW) serve 2,000+ high school aged youth annually. Our youth leaders use a

holistic approach when facilitating and designing workshops for their peers and

are always at the forefront of our programs.

In this session, we’ll explore the different ways our programs train our youth

leaders for overall success!

How Purpose Driven Education Produces Success in The New Economy

Caribbean/ 2nd Floor

Kevin Fleming, Dean, Norco College;

CEO/Founder, Telos Educational Services

Steve Ward: CEO/ Founder, Future N Focus Dream Catcher Enterprises

Learn how to help youth discover their purpose and how Purpose Driven

Education can significantly improve high school and college dropout rates as

well as navigate students to being successful in the New Economy.

4:00 – 5:00 AFTERNOON PLENARY International Ballroom

Edward DeJesus, Social Capital Builders, DeJesus Solutions Inc.

Edward DeJesus is one of the foremost authorities on the importance of

incorporating a social capital approach to improve the economic life

opportunities of marginalized youth and adults. Edward brings a mastery

of research, a wealth of experience, and an untouchable passion for the

growth and development of all. Edward has spoken and inspired CWA

youth events many times over the last 15 years, and we are delighted to

welcome him back.

7:30 – 9:30 MAGIC SHOWCASE The Gallerie/ 1st Floor

Michael Karl, Michael Karl Magic

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http://michaelkarlmagic.com

Michael has been a keynote speaker at 2 previous CWA Conferences to

wild acclaim. While he and Arel are doing serious work with the youth in

the Youth Leadership Series, we have asked Michael to create an

evening of fun and yes…magic, for all our attendees.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

7:30 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast Promenade

8:30 – 9:45 MORNING PLENARY International Ballroom

An Inspiring Vision for Community Colleges

Anne M. Kress, President, Monroe Community College

Since 2009, Anne M. Kress has served as president of Monroe Community

College in Rochester, New York. Dr. Kress and the faculty have

undertaken an ambitious endeavor to create an impactful, innovative,

and inspiring college that places students on a success trajectory. Kress is

focused on enhancing the role MCC plays to assure meaningful access to

economic opportunity in the region, helping pave the way for student

success.

California Community Colleges Response Panel

10:00 – 11:00 Workshops: Round V

2030: The Workplace Revolution


Josh Davies, Chief Executive Officer, The Center for Work Ethic Development

The workplace is constantly evolving and changing, with some jobs going away

and others being created. By 2030 it is estimated that 80 percent of the jobs

available haven’t even been invented yet! Rather than sit back and hope our

youth have the skills for the future, now is the time to prepare for the future.

Learn how to develop the skills that will make you AND your youth relevant today

and in the future.

Summer Training and Employment Program for Students (STEPS)

Caribbean/ 2nd Floor

Becky Hansen, Workforce Development Analyst Supervisor

Shameek Ford, Workforce Development Professional III

Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA)

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Judith Velasco, Executive Director, Verdugo Workforce Board

This workshop will discuss the implementation of the Summer Training and

Employment Program for Students (STEPS). The Employment Training Panel, in

partnership with Department of Rehabilitation, received $1.5 million and funded

various workforce areas to provide work-based learning opportunities. The

program provided in-school youth with disabilities, 16-21 an opportunity to gain

work-based learning skills.

Presenters will discuss how to design a youth-centered program by providing

prevocational skills training and work experience career opportunities for

students with disabilities.

International Best Practice on Youth Programs


Racy Ming, Racy Ming Consulting

Natalie Branosky, International Knowledge Exchange

Workforce Development & Economic Development

international best practice on youth programming, such as the Edinburgh Youth

Guarantee (hugely successful) and the REAL story of Apprenticeships across the

EU, with emphasis on Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Australia.

Teaching Work Ready Skills: Critical Thinking to Prevent Injury on the Job


Kelsie Scruggs, MPH, Program Coordinator,

Labor Occupational Health Program, U.C. Berkeley

This workshop will help you prepare youth to be “work ready” for safety. We will

introduce the Talking Safety curriculum, using participatory, skill-building activities

to help youth develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills in workplace

safety. The curriculum was developed for the National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health — evaluated in 16 Career Tech Programs. We will also share

our online Work Permit Quiz, and the Are you A Working Teen? App and Kahoot

game.

The Shape of Things to Come: Services for Transition Age Students with Disabilities


Alessandro Maione, Student Services Counselor

California Department of Rehabilitation

As part of WIOA, DOR has a new federal mandate to spend 15% of its budget on

deliver pre-employment services for transition age students with disabilities ages

16-21 that will help prepare them for the workforce ($50 million). Plus, filled with so

much hope and possibility, this is an opportunity to help youth reach their career

and education goals.

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What shape will this opportunity take? What are the full range of opportunities

this presents? How can this partnership be a powerful tool to help students with

disabilities plan for their career development? How can DOR serve as a resource

to high schools who are preparing students for the transition from school to work?

Pre-employment services DOR will provide to students around the state include

Work Based Learning experiences; Workplace Readiness Training; Counseling on

postsecondary opportunities; Career exploration; and, Self-advocacy Training.

Summer Internships for High School Students


Susan Wheeler, SMUD, Workforce Planning and Education Relations Strategist

Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion

Terri Carpenter, Workforce Development Manager

Sacramento Employment and Training Agency

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) partners with the Sacramento

Workforce Board, SETA-Sacramento Works, Inc. to provide 25 Paid internships for

six weeks during the summer to high school students 16-18 years of age.

This workshop will provide an overview of the student selection process, work

readiness training, and placement of students in a variety of internships

opportunities with the Utility District. SMUD staff will talk about the mentors that

support the students as well as the various activities that the students engage in

while they are working at SMUD for the summer.

The Power of Having a Personal Brand


Nashon Mitchell, Career Development Program Specialist

Vendon Smith, Career Development Program Specialist

Sarah Sandoval, Career Development Program Specialist

Los Angeles County Office Education GAIN-Region 2A

Gain insight on how to develop and market your personal brand and gain insight

about yourself. You will be led through exercises, best practices and tools to help

build your personal brand and grow your personal network.

No Youth Left Behind: Six Tools to Overcome Any Employment Barrier


Elisabeth Sanders-Park, Researcher/Author/Trainer,

The Workplace Excellence Team

Everyone has barriers to employment. Today's youth often have more to

overcome to succeed in the world of work. This practical session teaches six

proven tools you and your clients can use to create immediate and lasting

solutions for any barrier: age, attitude, lack of education/experience, image,

criminal history, and more! The author of "No One Is Unemployable" will bring the

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tools. YOU bring the challenges. Together, you will overcome your clients'

toughest barriers.

11:15 – 12:05 CLOSING PLENARY International Ballroom

Closing Session Presented by Youth Leadership Participants

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