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Workforce Training and
Education Coordinating Board
The Opportunity Internship Project
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1599
A component of the PASS Act:
Mike Brennan, Economic Development Specialist
○ The concept was developed by a DOL “earmark”
○ Senator Parry Murray’s Office was the “prime sponsor”
○ Contracted through the 12 Workforce Development Councils, and supported by AWB & the State Labor Council
○ Focused by Representative Probst through SSBHB1399 in 2009
In Demand Scholars
Opportunity Internship SSHB1599
• Under the Workforce Board’s management five contractors are supported for a two year project:
• Northwest WDC
• Tacoma REACH
• Olympic WDC
• Southwest Washington WDC
• Spokane WDC
Total students served: 458
270 (2012)
188 (2013 – to date)
Develop a consortium
A required element
A consortium may be composed of:
• Workforce Development Councils. • High schools and Skill Centers. • Community or Technical Colleges. • Apprenticeship committees in targeted industry.
May also include: Economic Development Councils, public and private four-year colleges, private vocational schools, employers, labor organizations.
Local consortia encouraged to designate a Workforce Development Council as fiscal agent.
Consortia also encouraged to: Connect with educators Make internships count for credit
○ Work with area high schools and skills centers to: incorporate the Opportunity Internship Program into their comprehensive guidance and counseling programs;
○ Incorporate the Opportunity Internship Program into available career and technical education programs of study; and
○ Make the internships count as worksite learning experiences for high school credit;
○ Provide summer internships and pre-apprenticeships;
○ Coordinate with other workforce education, dropout prevention, and financial aid programs.
Internship completions by Project
60 54 55
51 50
75 69
87
133
94
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Northwest Olympic Southwest Spokane REACH
Total student completions (2012) total student completions contract end (2013)
○ Workforce Board partners with AWB Institute.
○ Meets with targeted industries; gets decision maker input.
○ Health care, manufacturing, adv. manufacturing, and business and professional services.
○ Vancouver, Olympia, Mount Vernon, Snohomish, Seattle, Spokane, Tri-Cities, Moses Lake.
○ Institute’s electronic newsletter features articles for both AWB members, non-members.
Association of Washington Business (AWB) Institute for Workforce Development & Economic Sustainability
○ Workforce Board a member of professional association.
○ Access to “Chamber Network” the association newsletter.
○ Presented at annual conference and…
○ Chamber Boards of Directors, local Chamber meetings.
○ Greater Spokane Inc., Moses Lake, Yakima, Longview-Kelso, Vancouver and Mount Vernon Chambers.
Washington Chamber of Commerce Executives
○ Asst. Secretary Brenda Dann-Messier chairs May 2012 meeting.
○ Student intern presentations from each state.
○ Daniel Popov of Vancouver, was a “keynote” presenter.
White House presentation on high school internships
○ Valerie Elizondo, 18
Whatcom County
○ "This internship is important. It gives you really big insight. As a teenager, you really don't think about a career just yet. You think about having a weekend job, like the rest of your friends.”
○ Link to video
A video is even better than a picture
Video 2: Power of work experience
○ Jesse Barr, 18
Vancouver
○ "I definitely got a good look at what work in the environmental field is and how it relates to what I'm doing here.“
○ Link to video
○ More videos: wtb.wa.gov/OpportunityInternship.asp
○ Workforce Board Youth Employment Report: Multiple Pathways for Young Adults (December 2012)
○ Four major components: ○ Career Guidance
○ Career Planning
○ Work-Integrated Learning
○ Technical Skill Training
More proof that work experience…works!
○ Co-located with Tacoma Goodwill; urban issues & solutions.
○ Project staff developed internships with Goodwill, Americorps, and 39 local business hosts.
○ Students: Franklin Pierce, Bethel, Tacoma School Districts.
○ Classes on soft skills, resumes, financial education, dress code, mock interviews.
Kurt Miller The REACH Center Tacoma
Workforce Training and
Education Coordinating Board
The REACH Center
The Mission of the REACH Center
• EMPLOYMENT
• Internships • Assistance with Job Search • Mock Interviews • Professional Portfolios
• EDUCATION • OSPI 1418 Program • Suspended/Expelled Program • On-site GED classes • Post-secondary Assistance
• HOUSING • Housing Options for 13-24 year olds
What is REACH? The REACH Center is Pierce County’s first and only
young people (16-24 years of age) One Stop.
Over 40 critical community and government partners, who contribute cash, staff, in-kind resources, talent, and technology. Provides a full range of education, career and workforce & youth development services under one roof. Serves over 2,000 unduplicated young people a year. Over 1500 duplicated services provided per month. Has a Leadership Team partners and meets monthly. Bylaws created. Tacoma Community House is the fiscal agent. Located on the first two floors of Goodwill's Milgard Work Opportunity Center. Shared Costs among partners.
REACH Center Employment Services
Job Fits Career Assessments
Food Worker Cards
Professional Portfolio
Mock Interviews
One-on-one assistance
Drop-in Job Search
Hiring Academies
Job Fairs
Internships
Job Search Tuesday
REACH Center Employment Services
Orientations
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
United States Forest Service
Building Trades Council of Pierce County
Job Fairs
Two Job Fairs a Year Averages over 250 participants per Job Fair
18 Employers
17 Training Opportunities and Colleges
OIP Trainings
Intern Orientation • Payroll paperwork • Attendance policy • Internship Contract • Transportation Options • Internship Objectives • Parent/School Authorization • Work Ethic • Work Site Policies
Hiring Academy
• Obtain Senior Project Packet • Employment Portfolios • Job Fit Assessment • Soft Skills • Dress code • One minute commercial • Mock Interviews • Employer Expectations
• General Program Overview • Expectations • Teen Workers Rights • L&I Laws
• Minor Work Permit • Internship Contract • Authorization Form
Employer Orientation
Results
Internship Completion 99/108 interns are enrolled in the program. 66 interns completed 90 hours 26 interns willingly dropped out or did not complete hours (too many responsibilities, had no time to finish, personal issues, received jobs before internship began, etc ). 16 interns applied for and received jobs while in program.
•Catering
•Childcare
•Computers
•Culinary
•Customer service
•Data Entry
•Day Care
•Entertainment
Skills Learned
• Gardening • Graphics • Habitat
restoration • Maintenance • Mentoring • Mentoring • Non-Farm
Animal Care • Office support
•Real Estate •Retail •Sales •Video production and editing •Warehouse
Communication with interns, having to get a hold of them through email, phone, and even Facebook. Lack of follow-up by interns regarding communication with supervisors on site Keeping up with everyone’s different schedules and excuses Communication with off-site supervisors difficult Supervisor providing training to interns and other employees within organization Keeping the supervisors satisfied when an intern doesn’t do what is expected of them Making sure timesheets are turned in on time Making sure each intern has the right amount of hours to be paid and that they don’t go over hours Making sure they get paid when they do turn in timesheets on time Parents uncomfortable with intern placements (ex: one mother didn’t want her daughter working at the homeless shelter in a secure area) Some interns rejected site placements due to various reasons such as too far from home or lack of interest in position Location, no transportation, gas too expensive Huge amount of labor involved in identifying sites
Challenges
“This job was great. I enjoyed working there and being a big help for the store. In my internship, I learned how to evaluate what products can & cannot be used, how to price things & how to work with people at my work place. I was very happy with my internship site. I liked that it was close to my house, the work was easy to accomplish and that everyone there was nice and thankful for my help.” “I was happy with my internship site because it was something I enjoyed. I gained experience with office work, like data entry, answering phones, etc. It helped to better prepare me for a job in the future.” “I really enjoyed it, Thank you REACH so much. I learned to work harder and I felt like I was part of the family.” “An extremely awesome internship program; my internship site inspired me to become a career and education teacher.” “I learned how to teach and manage a class, it has helped me in school as I am taking Microsoft Office and using from what I taught and learned and helping my classmates at school learn new skills.” “I liked how the students worked together to help the volunteers run the classroom as efficient and smoothly as possible.”
Testimonials
Website: reachtacoma.org Facebook: facebook.com/reach.tacoma
○ Career Bridge:
http://www.careerbridge.wa.gov/
○ The Experience Work Project:
http://www.experienceworkproject.com/
○ Inspire Washington:
http://inspirewashington.org/
Related Online Career Resources
○ Mike Brennan [email protected]
360.709.4616
○ Marina Parr [email protected]
360.709.4607
○ Kurt Miller [email protected]
253.573.6590
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