CAREER PATHWAY
NAVIGATION FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
WE SERVE YOUTH AND ADULTS TOGETHER TO PROVIDE MORE COST EFFECTIVE
TRAININGS, PLUS IT IS RICHER WITH INTERGENERATIONAL PARTICIPANTS
COLLABORATION
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Secondary (K12)
Post- secondary
Adult Basic Education (ABE)
MN Workforce Center
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Southwest MN Private Industry Council (PIC)
Adult
Youth and Young Adults
MN DEED
Local Employers
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TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES
MORE!
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CURRENTLY
• MA-TEC an alternative learning center in Marshall, MN for students in grades
9-12 who have not experienced success within the traditional school program.
Students up to age 21 have access to a comprehensive array of services to
help them earn a high school diploma. All Marshall Public students have
access to this training.
• Facility allows for Welding and Healthcare Technical Education to occur. The
facility is available to both youth and adults.
• The school district recognizes the need for technical training.
• The goal is to add other future career pathway technical education programs.
• Minnesota West Community & Technical College is a comprehensive
community and technical college with five southwestern Minnesota campuses:
Canby, Granite Falls, Jackson, Pipestone, and Worthington and centers in
Luverne, Marshall, and Redwood Falls. Students have the opportunity to earn
an Associate Degree, Diploma, or Certificate in more than 60 disciplines.
• MA-TEC and MN West will enter into a “closed contract” for purposes of dual
credit. The student will earn both academic credit towards high school
graduation and post-secondary college credits. The “closed contract” allows
Marshall K12 (MA-TEC) to determine who can make use of these services.
• Marshall ABE/Workforce (PIC) offer a wrap-around services and allow for
resources to be leveraged throughout each of the career pathway trainings
offered.
• Local Employers participate in these trainings as complimentary value added
activities- such as business tours, employer panels, use of their Virtual
Dementia Tour Tool etc.
MN West provides instruction with WorkForce and ABE staff
providing wrap around services. Each Career Track demands a
unique blend of wrap around services to make these trainings
successful.
Wrap around services are critical, and done most efficiently with
system alignment, or strong partnerships.
SYSTEMS ALIGNMENT
WRAP AROUND SERVICES EXAMPLES
ABE AND/OR K12
• Introduce vocabulary consistent with the profession through Distance Learning program of
Learner Web via the ABE program
• Provide computer skills with mastery in North Star Digital Literacy assessment (ABE product)
• Participate in math content related to the Health Care field, or other career pathway programs
• Financial Literacy
• Workforce Development
• Study Skills
• Tutoring
http://www.southwestabe.org/#!cna-program/c82i Explanation for independent/online Pre
Healthcare content
WORKFORCE CENTER (PIC)
• Job Seeking
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Interviewing Skills
Resume Writing
Contacting Employers
MinnesotaWorks
• Job Keeping
• Soft Skills Training
• Work Readiness Skills Training
• Experiential Learning
• Work Experience
• On-the-job Training
• Post Secondary Education Assistance
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Admissions
FAFSA
Tuition Assistance
Occupational Research
• Business Tours
• Employer Panels
• Employers share their expectations of the employees and the
interview process from their perspective
• Career Planning
• Career Assessment
• Job Shadows
• Labor Market Information
• Career Exploration
• ACT National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)
Local Employers
• Employer Panels
• Business Tours
• Virtual Dementia Tour tool
• Provide input into training
design
*Other content as needed to allow participants to be the best
well rounded employee possible
RESOURCE LEVERAGING
• ABE will back fill any slots not being filled in this
class with adults desiring the same training
• ABE will compensate the Marshall system for these
students with either grant funds (as available) or
program dollars
• The PIC (Workforce Center) program supports this
endeavor in the following ways:
• Provide financial support as available for students qualifying
for available funding
• Provide time and space, or universal services, such as: MN
Works, Labor Market Information, Creative Job Search,
Business Services, etc.
• Employers provide time and space for items such as program
design input, panels, business tours, and much more.
It should also be noted that as the Youth Workforce
program assists with this pathway training it puts them in a
stronger position to seek and receive more grants from
“their world” which will do well to support these efforts in
the future. There are getting to be more grants in their
“world” to support pathway training youth!
CONTACTS:
Annette Waterman PIC Career Pathway Navigator
320-269-5561
Dawn Regnier –
507-223-1313
Pat ThomasDirector of Marshall ABE Region
507-537-7046
Eriann FarisPIC Youth and Young Adult Program Manager
507-476-4053