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Workforce Programs Training Materials

Throughout the year roundtables, conferences, workshops and other training events occur. Presentation materials are available here following these training sessions.

2012 Roundtable Follow-up

Follow-up to the "Adult, Dislocated Workers and Youth Program: Workforce Investment Act 101" workshop, presented on December 4, 2012 by Annette Nekola and Pamela O’Brien, DWD/DET.

• Sample Trainings and Multiple Barriers to Employment
• Workforce Development Board Wage/Self-Sufficiency

2012 Workforce Programs Roundtable

Presentation material from the 2012 Workforce Programs Roundtable held Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at the Alliant Energy Center, Madison. These materials will be available here through June, 2013.

Program Materials

• Agenda
• Targeted High Demand Industry Sectors by WDA Map
• Wisconsin WDA with 26 Comprehensive Job Centers Map
• Wisconsin WDA, Local Program Liaison assignment map
• Youth Apprenticeship (YA) Consortiums with School District Boundaries Map
• Wisconsin Workforce Initiative Highlights
• Luncheon Presentation: Workforce Development Networks in Rural Areas
  Presenter: Dr. Gary Paul Green, Professor, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Community Development Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Extension

Breakout Sessions

• A New Model for Rapid Response Orientations
  Presenters: Cindy Kiesling, Executive Director, Labor Education and Training Center; and, Monica Littlegeorge, Case Manager, South Central WI WDB
• New Model for Rapid Response handout
• Briggs and Stratton Closure Jefferson, 2010
• Career Pathways: What’s All the Fuss About?
  Presenters: Robin Kroyer-Kubicek, Youth Apprenticeship Curriculum Coordinator For DWD/CESA 6; and, Linda Preysz, Special Assignments/RISE Co-Chair, DWD/DET
• Digging for Data: New Ways to Use WebIntelligence (WEBI) to Find What You Need
  Presenter: Ken Funck, Information Systems Supervisor, DWD/Administrative Services Division (ASD)
• WebI Report Directory November 2012
• WIA T1 Participant Counts
• Adult, Dislocated Workers and Youth Program: Workforce Investment Act 101
  Presenters: Annette Nekola, Supervisor, Adult and Dislocated Worker Unit, DWD/DET; and, Pamela O’Brien, Program and Planning Analyst Adv., DWD/DET
• Wisconsin Major Workforce Initiatives and Partners, 2012
• Wisconsin Child Labor Laws: An Overview
  Presenter: Jim Chiolino, Director, Labor Standards Bureau, DWD/Equal Rights Division
• Child Labor - Frequently Asked Questions
• Attitude and Intention: Motivating Customers in a Tough Economy
  Presenter: Patty Dockham, Employment and Training Specialist; and, Debbye Swardfihn, Employment and Training Specialist Job Center of La Crosse County
• Senior Community Services Employment Program
  Presenters: Harold Luther, Southwest Workforce Development Board (WDB), Inc.; Ana Rivera, Fox Valley WDB, Inc.; Barbara Smith, Interfaith Older Adult Programs, Inc.; Monica Snittler, Bureau of Aging & Disability Resources, Department of Health Services; and, Shirley Stuart, Experience Works, Inc.
• Wisconsin Senior Employment Program State (Subgrantees) and National Grantee Organizations PY 2012-2013
• State DHS 2012-2013 Authorized Positions and 2012-2013 National Grantees maps
• On-the-Job Training (OJT)
  Presenter: Karen Pfeil, Local Program Liaison, DWD/DET
• Today’s Youth: Are They Really Ready To Work?
  Presenter: Scott Fromader, Education Consultant, DWD/DET
• Social Media 201: Building Connections
  Presenters: Brian Domenoski, Employment and Training Specialist, Job Center of Southeast WI; and, Brian Solomon, Director, Job Service Bureau, DWD/DET
• The New Normal: Social Media Transforms the Search resource sheet
• Ticket to Work – Help is Here!
  Presenters: Patty Branton, Disability Resource Coordinator North Central WI WDB; Glen Howell, Disability Resource Coordinator, West Central WI WDB; and, Ryan Schomber, Disability Resource Coordinator, Southwest WDB
• Workforce Individual Work Plan and Workforce Individual Work Plan Services forms
• Ticket to Work flyer
• Wisconsin Disability Employment Initiative Service Areas map
• On-the-Job Training (OJT) II
  Presenter: Nancy Flanagan, Business Services Coordinator, Southwest WI WDB
• OJT Training Plan
• OJT Training Record
• ABC’s of Youth Apprenticeship (YA) and WIA Youth Program Partnership Development
  Presenters: Tim Alft, Youth Apprenticeship Coordinator, Consortium #30 Waukesha County; and, D.J. Blum, Program Manager, Workforce Development, Inc.
• Business Services/Employer Outreach Strategies
  Presenters: Therus Collins, Employment & Training Specialist Lead, DWD Bureau of Job Service – Madison; Gail Graham, Business Services Coordinator, Southwest WI WDB; Stephanie Luebke, Employment & Training Specialist, DWD Bureau of Job Service – Janesville; Heather Nilsen, Employment & Training Specialist, DWD Bureau of Job Service – Milwaukee; Danica Nilsestuen, Director of Field Operations, WDB of South Central WI; Dom Tervalon, Employer Consultant Specialist, DWD Bureau of Job Service – Madison; and, Leo Baber, Business Division Specialist, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Inc.
• Defining Integrated Resource Teams
  Presenters: Patty Branton, Disability Resource Coordinator, North Central WDB; and, Melissa Emberts, Disability Resource Coordinator, Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington WDB
• WIA Youth Program 101: Outreach to Follow-up
  Presenter: Scott Fromader, Education Consultant, DWD/DET
• Job Center of Wisconsin: How to Make the Most Out of New Tools and Upcoming Enhancements
  Presenters: Becky Powell, IS Business Automation Specialist, DWD/DET; Brian Solomon, Job Service Bureau Director, DWD/DET; and, Linda Williamson, Job Center of Wisconsin Coordinator, DWD/DET
• Disability and Accessibility
  Presenter: Bill Franks, Equal Opportunity Specialist, DWD/DET
• Workforce Investment Act Physical, Programmatic, and Communication Accessibility Requirements
• WIA Section 188 Disability Checklist/Assessment 2011

Other Training: WDA Technical Assistance Guides

The WIA Title 1: Participant Eligibility and Case Management File Documentation Guides cover these topic areas:

• WIA Title 1B Eligibility Determination and Documentation
• Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Guide to Participant Case File Documentation
• Youth Program Guide to Participant Case File Documentation

The files above reside on the Technical Assistance Guides (TAGs) page.

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ASSET User Group - Each Workforce Development Area (WDA) has a representative on the ASSET User Group. This site contains an User Group schedule, to do list, and membership contacts.

ASSET Users' Guide - The Users' Guide is a manual with information on becoming an ASSET user, details about the ASSET system, and an index to updates made to the Guide. (Updated 8/26/10)