Developing Ecosystem Partnerships Overview

This Quick Start Kit is designed to provide helpful templates, resources, and content to support members who are responsible for, involved in, or lead workforce development. This could be workforce board staff, career center staff, or others from post-secondary institutions, workforce organizations, and employers. Included in this Quick Start Kit are job aids, toolkits, videos, research, articles, and additional resources to help members be more effective, impactful, and successful in their efforts.

Job Aids

• Education and Employment Ecosystem Self-Assessment 
• Ecosystem Job Aid

Webinars & Professional Development

Building Strategic Partnerships to Strengthen Education and Career Pathways for Adult Learners in Healthcare: A Post-Secondary Perspective

Looking Ahead:  Why Colleges & Universities Should Make Apprenticeships a Priority

How to Connect With your Workforce Boards

• Professional Development Course: The Workforce Ecosystem: Building Partnerships for Community Growth
• Microcourse Recommendations: Improving Programs with Labor Market Data, Strengthening Employer Partnerships, Designing Stackable Credentials, Embedding Experiential Learning into your Program
  
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Research & Articles

• Case Study: Bridging the Talent Gap - Tools for Building a Well-aligned Industry, Education, and Workforce

• Linking Public Workforce Systems and Community Colleges through PLA

• Speed, Value, and Economic Mobility

Additional Resources

CAEL helps postsecondary institutions and training providers offer a holistic learning experience for adult learners. This includes aligning curricula to positive labor market outcomes in growth industries, assessment and recognition of prior learning and coursework that develop college-level competencies, developing industry partnerships, and more. Visit our website to learn more, or reach out to our Partnerships team to chat!

• CAEL Initiative Support & Technical Assistance