California Workforce Association, Youth Conference

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Linking Afterschool Employment with Californias
Public Service Workforce Needs

• California Workforce Association, Youth
  Conference
• Long Beach, CA -- January 17, 2008
• Rebecca Goldberg Linda Collins
• Project Director Executive Director
• California School-Age Consortium Career
  Ladders Project

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Opening Activity

• Pair up with a partner
• Introduce yourself to one another (name and what
  you currently do)
• Briefly describe what you each think would be the
  ideal qualities or components of a first job for
  a young person.

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California is Facing a Workforce Crisis

• Baby-boomers retiring from high-skill professions
• More jobs are requiring some post-secondary
  education certificates, AAs, BAs or graduate
  degrees
• 13.2 of all jobs will be in the health and
  education services sector in 2025

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A Growing Demand for Afterschool Workers

• Prop. 49 2,000 new afterschool programs in
  high-poverty elementary and middle schools in
  California in 2006 2007.
• New funding sources After School Education and
  Safety (ASES) Funds and 21st Century Community
  Learning Center Program (21st CCLC)
• 12,000 new afterschool jobs created for a total
  of 137,000 in the state.
• Part-time nature of job and high turnover rate
  means hiring and retaining staff is consistently
  a major challenge for afterschool employers

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Afterschool Workers State Figures
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Afterschool Workers . . .

• Have a variety of job titles, including
• Enrichment Instructor
• Academic Coach
• Recreation Leader
• Technology Director
• Behavioral Health Specialist
• Fitness and Health Coordinator
• Site Supervisor

• Have a variety of responsibilities, including
• Supervising children youth
• Leading activities with groups of varying ages
• Record keeping administrative duties
• Creating implementing lesson plans
• Providing academic tutoring and homework help
• Supervising staff

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Where are Afterschool Programs?

• Afterschool programs generally take place between
  the hours of 3 to 6 pm, Monday Friday in many
  types of settings, including
• Schools (elementary, middle and high schools)
• Community-based organizations Ys, Boys Girls
  Clubs, arts organizations, neighborhood
  organizations
• City Parks and Recreation facilities
• School-age child care settings

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Afterschool Jobs Opportunities to Earn, Learn
and Inspire

• Afterschool Jobs Provide Opportunities to Earn
• Competitive pay for entry level jobs (9-15 per
  hour)
• Tremendous expansion of afterschool means jobs
  are plentiful
• Accessible entry point - low barriers to entry
• Opportunities for advancement promotion
• Part-time hours (3 to 6 p.m., Mon. Fri.)
  provide flexibility for family, post-secondary
  education and other commitments that present
  barriers to employment
• Afterschool employers hire lots of young adults
• Employers love to hire from the community

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Afterschool Jobs Opportunities to Earn, Learn
and Inspire

• Afterschool Jobs Provide Opportunities to Learn
• Entry-level life and job skills time management,
  accountability, team work, problem-solving.
• Additional skill-building professional
  development at higher levels of responsibility
  leadership, supervision, coordinating with
  schools, community partners and families.
• Skills and experiences applicable to various
  sectors of the economy, e.g. education, human
  services, recreation.
• Afterschool jobs can be part of a formal career
  pathway linking employment to higher education.

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Afterschool Jobs Opportunities to Earn, Learn
and Inspire

• Afterschool Jobs Provide Opportunities to Inspire
• Community service nature of afterschool makes for
  meaningful work for a young person
• Young adults have life experiences to share with
  children and youth
• Opportunity to serve as role model for children
  and youth
• Supportive atmosphere for young people to work

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Community College Students as Afterschool Workers

• A great employment opportunity for CC students
  (good hours, income and meaningful work)
• Models college-going for youth enrolled in
  afterschool programs
• Colleges can provide additional support to
  students/ afterschool employees
• College credit for work experience in afterschool
  employment
• Financial aid, counseling and other student
  support services
• Address needed foundational/basic skills
• Colleges can link afterschool work experience to
  career pathways in education, youth development
  or public service.

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CA Community Colleges

• New initiative to foster connections between
  colleges and afterschool programs
• Recruitment
• Education and training
• Resource sharing
• Partnering with workforce and community agencies
  and afterschool employers
• Pilots linking bridge programs to afterschool
  employment and college programs leading to
  education and/or public service careers.

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Career PATHWAYS Contra Costa County
Community College or Other Training

• Recruitment Screening
• ILSP and One-Stop

• Bridge to College and Career
• Los Medanos Contra Costa Colleges
• Learning community
• 20 students per campus
• Afterschool part-time employment
• Career counseling and other student support
  services

• Enroll in WIA Financial Aid
• Case managers (WIB)
• Community colleges

• Bridge Assessment
• Students test at 7th/8th grade level or above

A Gateway Project funded by the Walter S. Johnson
Foundation
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Linda CollinsExecutive Director(510)
268-0566Lcollins_at_CareerLaddersProject.orgwww.Car
eerLaddersProject.org

• Rebecca Goldberg
• Project Director
• [phone]
• rgoldberg_at_calsac.org
• www.calsac.org

With Thanks to The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation