Youth Career Pathway Training Materials & Videos



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Tutorials, archived webinars, and technical assistance videos are posted as they become available.

Materials

Presentation Title & Materials
Presentation Description
​Title: Grantee Updates & Program implementation Feedback

Date: February 19, 2020

Materials: 
  • Success Story PowerPoint (PDF)
  • Guide for Writing Your Success Story - Individuals (PDF)
  • Guide for Writing Your Success Story Employers (PDF)
  • Guide for Writing Your Customer's Success Story  (PDF)
  • Guide for Writing Your Businesses' Success Story (PDF)
​Agenda
  • Grantee Update
  • Success Stories
  • Grantee Implementation Feedback Session
Title: How to Exit Customers/Year of Follow-up & Programmatic Update/Dashboard

Date:  October 30, 2019

Materials:
  • Exiting In IWDS PPT (PDF)
  • Exit in IWDS Cheat Sheet (PDF)
  • Exit POST Exit Other Outcomes PPT (PDF)

​Agenda 
  • Exiting in IWDS
  • Exit POST Exit Other Outcomes
​Title: Grantee Updates & Illinois workNet Technical Assistance

Date: October 16, 2019

Materials:
  • Standardized Grantee Reporting PPT (PDF)
​Agenda
  • Review Standardized Grantee Reporting PPT
  • Review Dashboard
Title: Dropout Prevention/Working Through Challenges

Date:  October 2, 2019

Materials:
  • Dropout Prevention/Working Through Challenges PPT Oct 2019 (PDF)
​Agenda
  • Dropout Prevention/Working Through Challenges

Title: Review Implementation status

Date: September 18, 2019

Materials:  N/A
​Agenda
  • Review Grantee Implementation Status

​Title: Review Implementation status

Date: September 4, 2019

Materials:  N/A
​Agenda
  • Review Grantee Implementation Status

Title: ​Recruitment Strategies 

Date:  August 21, 2019

Materials:
  • ​Recruitment Strategies by Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support (PDF)
​Agenda
  • Grantees Sharing Program Experience
  • Recruitment Strategies Presentation by Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support 
Title:  ​Review Management Report & Grantee Sharing Program Experience 

Date:  August 14, 2019

Materials: N/A
​Agenda
  • ​Review Management Report
  • Grantees Sharing Program Experience
​Title: Open Discussion for Technical Assistance

Date: August 7, 2019

Materials: 
  • Building Competencies for Careers - Center on Education and Policy
  • WIOA Youth Program Fact Sheet July 2019 (PDF)
  • Youth Case Management Toolkit (Youth Connections Spring 2017) (PDF)

​Agenda
  • Review Dashboard
  • Review Additional Resources
Title: Dashboard Review

Date: July 17, 24, & 31, 2019

Materials:  (No Video)
​Agenda
  • Grantee Review 2019 grants

Title: Dashboard Review & Student Survey/Focus Group Updates

Date: July 10, 2019
​Agenda
  • Grantee Review 2019 grants
  • Student Survey/Focus Group Updates
Title: Dashboard Review

Date: July 3, 2019

Materials:  (No Video)
​Agenda
  • Grantee Review 2019 grants

Title: Dashboard Review

Date: June 26, 2019

Materials:  (No Video)
Agenda
  • Grantee Review 2019 grants

Title: Dashboard Review

Date: June 26, 2019

Materials: (No Video)
Agenda
  • Grantee Review 2019 grants
Title: Dashboard Review

Date: June 19, 2019

Materials: (No Video)
Agenda
  • Grantee Review 2019 grants


Title: Case Notes Review

Date: June 12, 2019

Agenda
  • Grantee Review 2019 grants
  • Case Notes presentation
Title: Family Focused Coaching (Presented by Chicago Jobs Council)


Date: May 29, 2019

Materials:

  • PPT (PDF)
  • Recording (LINK)
  • Wheel of Life (PDF)
  • Who's In My Family (PDF)
  • Plan Do Review (PDF)
  • Article (Coming soon)
Agenda
  • Grantee Updates
  • Family Focused Conference Coaching Presentation
Title: Review Procedures Manual & Grantee Updates

Date: May 22, 2019

Materials:
  • Procedures Manual (PDF)
Agenda
  • Grantee Updates
  • Review Procedures Manual

Title: Customer Experience (Presented by Young Invincibles)

Date: May 15, 2019

Materials:
  • Feedback from Youth Customers in the YCP Grant Projects PPT (PDF)
  • YCP Survey Data (PDF)
Agenda
  • The Value of Feedback
  • Survey Results
  • Soliciting Feedback
  • Taking Programs to the Next Level
  • Focus Groups and Beyond
Title: Grantee Report Out and TA Questions

Date: May 1, 2019

Materials: N/A
Agenda:
  • Grantee Report Out
  • TA Question and Answer

Title: Grantee Report Out and TA Questions

Date: April 26, 2019

Materials: N/A
Agenda:
  • Grantee Report Out
  • TA Question and Answer
Title: Supportive Services and Grantee Report Out

Date:  April 17, 2019

Materials:
  • WIOA Work-Based Learning Desk Reference (PDF)
  • WIOA Supportive Services Desk Reference (PDF)
  • WIOA Title 1 Youth Formula Program Guidance TEGL_21-16 (PDF)
Agenda
  • Work-Based Learning
  • Supportive Services
  • Grantee Report Out
Title: IWDS Reports and Grantee Report Out

Date:  April 10, 2019

Materials:
Agenda 
  • IWDS Reports
  • Grantee Report Out

Title: Grantee Updates & Illinois workNet Technical Assistance

Date:  April 3, 2019

Materials: 
  • Grantee Details the Customer Support Center (PDF)
  • Process Flow and System Identification Overview (Table -PDF) (Chart -PDF) 
  • Public Webpage
  • Initial Intake Form Overview PowerPoint (PDF)
  • Initial Intake Form Instructions for Customers (PDF)
  • Intake Review Instructions for Partners (PDF)
Agenda
  • Review Grantee Details Page
  • Review YCP public pages and Completing the Intake Form
  • Technical Assistance Questions/Answers

Title: Youth Career Pathway PY2019 Partner Tool Overview

Date:
 March 27, 2019

Materials:

  • Grantee Details the Customer Support Center (PDF)
Agenda
  • Review Grantee Details Page
  • Youth Career Pathway PY2019 Partner Tool Overview
Title: Grantee Details

Date: March 13, 2019

Materials:
  • Grantee Details the Customer Support Center (PDF)
Agenda
  • Grantee Details Page
  • Youth Career Pathway PY2019 Dashboard Overview
  • Management Report Overview
Title: Enhance your Customer Experience

Date: March 6, 2019

Materials
Jodie Kelly was the presenter on this webinar that shared information on how to make the customer experience more positive and engaging.
Title: Business Engagement Presented By Young Invincibles

Date:  February 20, 2019

Materials:
Agenda:
  • Recognize and apply the steps for employer engagement
  • Learn to identify the needs of targeted employers
  • Demonstrate the ability to adjust workforce development terms into the language of business
  • Develop “elevator pitches” to business.
Title: Integrated Resource Team (IRTs)

Date:  February 13, 2019

Materials: 
This webinar provides an overview of using Integrated Resource Teams as a strategy to provide an increased level of support by enhancing communication and collaboration between multiple service providers.
Title: How to Write Case Notes

Date:  February 6, 2019

Materials:  Telling the Story in Case Notes
Agenda:
  • How to Write Case Notes
  • Grantee Report Out

Title: PY2019 Grantee Tools Overview 

Date:  January 31, 2019

Materials: All instructions are listed in the Full List of Resources section.
This webinar provides an overview of the public access resources, partner guide, and partner tools used in the PY2019 Youth Career Pathways program.
Title: Quarterly Reports

Date:  January 23, 2019

Materials:
Every quarter each grantee is required to submit a grant report. The due date for your first report is 1/30/2019 for the grant period of 10/1/2018 - 12/31/2018.

We will review these documents on Wednesday during our webinar; please have your financial person on the call as well (New Grantees Only). This is very important.
Title:  Grantee Check-In

Date: January 16, 2019

Materials:  N/A
Agenda:
  • Each grantee reports out progress and asks TA questions.
Title:  Quarterly In Person Meeting
Community of Practice: Opportunity Youth Workshop

Date:  January 9, 2019

Materials: N/A

Agenda:
  • Introductions
  • Check-In:  How is it going?
  • Understanding Youth: Helping Businesses Overcome Hesitation Around Working With Young Adults
  • Supporting Employers as Mentors: Tools and Tips
  • Recruitment: Outreach and Social Media Follow-Up
  • Future Topics?
  • Wrap-up
Title: Creating an Illinois workNet Career Plan

Date: December 19, 2018

Materials: 
Agenda:
  • When To Create The initial Career Plan
  • Career Plan Components
  • Cross walked Career Plan Steps/IWDS Sync

Title:  Intake Tools in Illinois workNet

Date:  December 12, 2018

Materials: 
Agenda:
  • Grantees Share Recruitment Approaches
  • Illinois workNet Intake Tools Overview
Title: Counting apprenticeship completions (National Skills Coalition Webinar)

Date: December 6, 2018 

Materials: Register Online
Description: 
This webinar will discuss how Iowa and Washington collect data about participants in apprenticeship programs, and how they use that data to better understand how many people are earning apprenticeship certificates, how apprenticeship completers are faring in the labor market, and how to ensure more equitable skill attainment. It will also feature a discussion from the U.S Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship about its apprenticeship database, and how states can access their data.

Title: Eligibility

Date: December 5, 2018

Materials:
Agenda:
  • Review WIOA Eligibility Checklists
  • Q & A
Title:  Grantee Status:  Setting Up File Folders, Staff Roles/Access to Systems, etc.

Date:  November 28, 2018

Materials:
Agenda:
  • Getting Started in Illinois workNet
  • Intake Resources
  • Setting Up Files

Title:  Assessments

Date:  November 14, 2018

Materials:
  • TABE 11-12 Presentation for Youth Career Pathway Grantees (PDF)
Agenda:
  • Overview
  • Scoring
  • Pre/Post-Testing
  • Locator
  • Test Content
  • Online Tools
  • Resource

Title:  Outreach Techniques

Date:  November 7, 2018

Materials:
  • Recruitment and Outreach PPT(PDF)
  • Apprenticeship Recruitment Toolkit (PDF)
  • Youth Flyer - Customizable (PPT)
  • Editable Sharable Image Male (PPT)
  • Editable Sharable Image Female (PPT)
  • ApprenticeshipWorks Image 1 (PNG)
  • ApprenticeshipWorks Image 2 (PNG)
  • ApprenticeshipWorks Image 3 (PNG)
  • ApprenticeshipWorks Image 4 (PNG)
  • ApprenticeshipWorks Image IL Apprenticeship (PNG)
  • Apprenticeship Graphic 1 (PNG)
  • Apprenticeship Graphic 2 (PNG)
  • Apprenticeship Graphic Quote (PNG)

Agenda:
  • About Generation Z
  • Outreach Techniques and Tips
  • Resources
Title: 2019 Grantee In-Person IWDS Training

Date:  October 23-24, 2018

Materials:
Agenda:
October 23 - Eligibility
October 24 - Hands on IWDS Training

Title: 2019 Grantee In-Person Orientation

Date:  October 16-17, 2018

Materials:
Agenda:
October 16 - Program Implementation
October 17 - Hands on Illinois workNet Training