Michigan National Career Readiness Certificate MI NCRC

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Michigan National Career Readiness
Certificate(MI NCRC)

• Michigan Department of Energy, Labor Economic
  Growth

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What is the MI NCRC?

• A worker jobs skills assessment
• Created by ACT
• Verifies real world core job skills to employers
• Applied Math
• Locating Information
• Reading for information
• Based on over 16,000 job profiles
• A nationally recognized credential
• Employability skills training

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Michigan Brand MI NCRC
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Certificate Levels

• Platinum Level
• signifies an individual has scored at least a
  Level 6 in each of the three core areas
• Gold Level
• signifies an individual has scored at least a
  Level 5 in each of the three core areas
• Silver Level
• signifies an individual has scored at a Level 4
  in each of the three core areas
• Bronze Level
• signifies an individual has scored at a Level 3
  in each of the three core areas

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What Do the Levels Mean?

• Based on scores in each of the three core areas
  
• Platinum Level signifies an individual possesses
  core skills for approximately 99 of jobs
  profiled by WorkKeys
• Gold Level signifies an individual possesses core
  skills for approximately 90 of jobs profiled by
  WorkKeys
• Silver Level signifies an individual possesses
  core skills for approximately 65 of jobs
  profiled by WorkKeys
• Bronze Level signifies an individual possesses
  core skills for approximately 30 of jobs
  profiled by WorkKeys

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Level 5 WorkKeys Applied Math Skills

• Problems require several steps of logic and
  calculation (e.g., problem may involve completing
  an order form by totaling the order and then
  computing tax).
• Decide what information, calculations, or unit
  conversions to use to solve the problem.
• Look up a formula and perform single-step
  conversions within or between systems of
  measurement.
• Calculate using mixed units (e.g., 3.5 hours and
  4 hours 30 minutes).
• Divide negative numbers.
• Find the best deal using one- and two-step
  calculations and then comparing results.
• Calculate perimeters and areas of basic shapes
  (rectangles and circles).
• Calculate percent discounts.

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Level Score Vs. Scale Score

• Level Scores 3-7
• For public consumption
• Scale Scores 70s-90s
• Not for public consumption

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Employability Skills Training

• AKA soft or interpersonal skills
• 12 State skills standards
• MWAs must offer
• Employability skills certificate

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What the MI NCRC is Not?

• A mandate for the learning disabled
• A low level learners assessment
• A replacement for academic/postsecondary
  assessments credentials

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MI NCRC Vs. WorkKeys

• Communication
• Business Writing
• Listening
• Reading for Information
• Writing 
• Problem Solving
• Applied Technology
• Applied Mathematics
• Locating Information
• Observation 
• Interpersonal
• Teamwork

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Where Did the MI NCRC Come From?

• Michigan Council for Labor and Economic Growth
  recommendation
• National Career Readiness Certificates not new to
  Michigan
• Michigans state-wide adoption is new
• MI NCRC included in Michigan Merit Exam given to
  all high school juniors
• Over 70,000 certificates issued in Michigan

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Goals

• Over the next four years, 560,000 residents with
  MI NCRCs
• 380,000 Michigan High Schools
• 180,000 Workforce Development
  System
• 560,000 MI NCRCs issued by 2013

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Value of a MI NCRC

• Better Prepared Workforce
• Matches Skills Jobs
• Reduces Turnover Rates
• Way to Quantify Skills of Workforce
• Nationally Recognized Credential

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Employers Say

• In our mission to hire, train, develop, retain,
  andsupport life-long learning of diverse
  qualified associates, the National Career
  Readiness Certificate, and the related WorkKeys
  assessments will continue to be an absolute
  resource in recruiting the right candidatesto be
  successful through the career ladder atCVS/CVS
  Pharmacy/CVS Caremark. - Lena Barkley, Manager,
  Workforce Initiatives, CVS/CVS Pharmacy/CVS
  Caremark

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Employers Say

• The National Career Readiness Certificate,
  consisting of the related WorkKeys assessments
  and learning systems, have beeninvaluable in
  helping us to hire and retain world-class
  employees, with the foundational job skills
  needed to be successful at Dow. We have proven
  correlations between high scores in WorkKeys and
  employees ability to quickly learn on the job
  technical skills. - Jennifer Hayes, Michigan
  Operations Project Leader,
  Dow Chemical Company

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Demand
Supply
Emerging Workforce (K-12 and Colleges)
Transitional Workforce (MWAs and Agencies)
Employers
Incumbent Workforce
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Target Populations Assessment

• Michigan Works! Agencies required to use three MI
  NCRC assessments for program participant (NWLB)
  jobs skills assessments.
• MWAs encouraged to provide MI NCRC assessments to
  general public as resources allow.
• DELEG/BWT will reevaluate target population prior
  to PY 2010.
• A MRS counselor will determine appropriateness of
  MI NCRC for customers on case-by-case basis.
• MI NCRC assessments high-stakes testing
  (controlled environment, proctored, and timed).

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Remediation

• Pre-assessments based on MWA case management
  discretion
• Less than Bronze level activates MWA
  locally-designed remediation
• Examples of remediation tools used to improve
  assessment scores
• WorkKeys Readiness Assessment (paper/pencil)
• KeyTrain assessments
• Worldwide Interactive Network (WIN) Career
  Readiness Courseware
• PLATO Learning online assessments

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Testing Sites

• MWA Service Centers
• With justification
• Existing or new partner agencies
• K-12 school districts
• Community colleges
• Other community-based organizations
• Accommodation/Access
• Accessibility for people with disabilities
• Public transit routes
• Commuting patterns for jobs
• Conventional wisdom in the region regarding
  acceptable travel distance for services
• Proximity of ancillary services
• Parking

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Employer Engagement Outreach

• MWAs required to have outreach plan.
• DELEG/BWT has developed outreach materials
  including the Fact Sheet, Employer Brochure, and
  Frequently Asked Questions.
• DELEG/BWT will conduct employer engagement and
  outreach.

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The Michigan NCRC Advocates Board

• Chair Cindy Leyrer
• Vice-Chair Dennis Dunlap
• Secretary Liz Stegman
• Executive Director Rachael Jungblut
• Member Bill Guest
• Member Ron Koehler
• Member Howard Hipes
• Member Irma Zuckerberg
• Member Michelle Mueller
• SW IT Chair Debbie Gillespie
• SE IT Chair Ann Stanton
• WM IT Chair Liz Stegman
• MM IT Chair Kathy Conklin
• NM IT Chair Dennis Dunlap
• UP IT Chair TBD

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MI NCRC Involvement and Stakeholders

• Michigan currently ranks 2nd in the United States
  in terms of MI NCRCs issued

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Data and Reporting

• One-Stop Management Information System (OSMIS)
• Funding Streams
• Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
• Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
• Wagner-Peyser
• Jobs, Education, and Training (JET) participants
• MWAs required entry in Assessment/Testing
  section of Individual Service Strategy (ISS)
  section of OSMIS for funding streams
• Level scores Applied Mathematics, Locating
  Information, and Reading for Information
• Employability Skills Training

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Data and Reporting (cont)

• Minimum requirements per funding stream for ISS
  section entry of the OSMIS
• Wagner-Peyser funding stream individual must be a
  Wagner-Peyser participant.
• WIA funding stream pre-registration must be
  completed. (Will result in the individual being
  counted as a Wagner-Peyser participant)
• TAA funding stream registration must be
  completed. (Will result in creation of a WIA
  pre-registration and the individual counted as a
  Wagner-Peyser participant)
• JET funding stream individual must attend a
  general orientation.
• Pre-Service or Post-Service MWA data entry
  will trigger OSMIS determination of certificate
  earned (Platinum, Gold, Silver, or Bronze MI
  NCRC).
• Earned certificates (Platinum, Gold, Silver, or
  Bronze) continue to be displayed unless the
  participants ISS record is deleted.

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ISS Pre-Test Screen
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Post Test Gold MI NCRC
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Employability Skills Data and Reporting

• Two new ISS/OSMIS indicators
• Employability Skills Training Given?
• Employability Skills Training Completed?
• Yes for both questions OSMIS generated
  message
• Participant qualifies to receive an
  Employability Skills Endorsement

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ISS Employability Skills
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Quarterly Reports

• In addition to MIS, there will be quarterly
  reports due to DELEG/BWT.
• Reports based on information regarding the MWAs
  progress and experiences administering the
  WorkKeys assessments and implementing the
  MI-NCRC.
• MWAs are to include details such as job seeker
  testimonials, employer testimonials, anecdotes,
  promising practices, effective local
  implementation strategies, etc. Problems and/or
  recurring concerns that an MWA has experienced in
  implementing the directives of this policy
  issuance may also be included in these reports.

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Service Levels

• MI NCRCs do not meet the certificate definition
  under Common Measures.
• MI NCRC may be recognized as a credential under
  the WIA statutory measures if approved and
  recognized as a valid credential by local
  Workforce Development Board and provided in
  addition to another allowable WIA service.
• For Wagner-Peyser participants, WorkKeys
  assessments are classified as a mediated service.
  
• For WIA participants, the three core WorkKeys
  assessments are classified as a core service.
• For TAA participants, the WorkKeys assessments
  are classified as skills assessments.

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For More Information

• http//www.Michigan.gov/MINCRC
• http//www.TheCertificate.org
• http//www.michigancrc.org

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• Questions?

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• Contact Information

Keenan Wade, Manager Business Industry Training
Section Meeting Employer Needs Division
(MEND) DELEG-BWT 201 N. Washington Square, 3rd
Floor Lansing, Michigan 48913 (517)
373-8281 wadek_at_michigan.gov
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