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The Workforce Professional Development Program
(WPDP)
WHAT IS IAWP?
The International Association of Workforce Professionals (IAWP) is a worldwide educational association providing its members with training and learning opportunities to help them better serve their customers.
IAWP offers educational scholarships, a professional development program, and the Certified Workforce Specialist (CWS) certification program.
Our theme this year is Collaborating for Innovative Solutions in the 21st Century.
WPDP: What is it?
A series of study guides and tests to increase your knowledge about the workforce development system.
Modules: History of Workforce Development (Units 1-4)Unemployment Insurance (Units 1-4)Labor Market Information (Units 1-4)Business and Jobseeker (Units 1-4)
Why do it?
Job excellence in the 21st century requires enhanced professional development and “big picture awareness.” This program provides you with that awareness.
The WPDP classifies your knowledge level and may be used as a substitute for experience or education. It has become a respected and recognized measurement of core program knowledge.
Use WPDP for:• Staff orientation• Cross-training• Staff development
Who does it?
There are 40 current active participants.
203 WPDP Masters (have passed all four areas).
Masters come from 36 different states.
There are currently 22 Certified Workforce Specialists
(CWS) from 13 different states.
(August 1, 2015)
Program Development
Initial developmental of the Professional Development
Program began in 1986 with a task force of nine
individuals representing:
• IAPES (now known as IAWP)
• Interstate Conference of Employment Security
Agencies (now known as the National Association of
State Workforce Agencies)
• Southern Test Development Field Center
of Raleigh, NC, and
• Schroeder Consultants of Des Moines, IA.
Program Development (con’t.)Other milestones:
1990 - Job Training specialist module developed, a joint initiative of IAPES and the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP).
1994 – Revision and redesign with assistance from SC Employment Security Commission’s Labor Market Information Division, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance Service.
1997 - Created an Enhancement Council to oversee future research and redevelopment under the association's newly established IAPES Foundation. Council membership consisted of six members with career experience in workforce development programs, unemployment insurance, and labor market information.
2003 – Revisions and updates, available in Microsoft Word
2005 – Revisions and updates
2010 – Revisions and updates
2013 - Revisions and updates; broke into four sections for
each study guide topic; moved to electronic-only study
guides and online testing
2014 – Ongoing revisions and updates to reflect new legislation
NOW, LET’S LOOK AT CONTENT…
HISTORY OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
•The Workforce Development System: European and US Origins
•The Great Depression and New Deal Programs of the 1930s
•Mobilizing America at War - The 1940s
•The 1950s – Adjusting to Peacetime Realities
•Embracing the Great Society — the 1960s
•The 1970s - Finding a More Comprehensive Approach to Job
Training
•Fine-Tuning in the 1980s
•Reinvention — A New Way for the 1990s
•The Workforce of the 21st Century – 2000 and Beyond
BUSINESS & JOBSEEKER SPECIALIST
•Connecting Businesses and Job Seekers with Workforce
Development
•Customers and Job Seekers
•Serving the Business Community
•Tools and Techniques
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SPECIALIST
•Unemployment Insurance – An Overview
•Taxation
• Benefits
•The Claims Process
•Monitoring the UI Program
LABOR MARKET INFORMATION SPECIALIST
•Connecting Workforce Development with Labor Market
Information
•Labor Market Information Overview
• LMI Concepts and Measures
•BLS Programs
•Occupational Projections Process
• Non-BLS Programs
TESTING PROCESS
Tests
• 25 multiple-choice questions
• 75% correct answers to pass (19 out of 25)
• Tests are online and available anywhere an Internet connection is available
Timeframes
36 months to complete each module Once you complete all the WPDP units you will receive a WPDP Master designation and are qualified to apply for certification as an IAWP Certified Workforce Specialist (CWS).
Costs$10 for each unit (includes study guide
and exam)
THE IMPORTANCE OF PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Professional Certification
“The growth of certification programs is also a reaction
to the changing employment market. Certifications are
portable, since they do not depend on one company's
definition of a certain job. Certification stands about the
resume and the professional reference by being an
impartial, third-party endorsement of an individual's
professional knowledge and experience.”
Phillip Barnhart, author of The Guide to National
Professional Certification Programs
Why?
For employers:• Providing knowledgeable specialized workforce
professionals• Establishing a minimum standard of knowledge and
skill for the personnel• Increasing employer’s confidence and peace-of-mind
in its workforce• Helping maintain a high level of performance
For individuals:• Improves promotion possibilities• Shows initiative• Possible salary increase• Improved performance and confidence
LINKS
IAWP Website:www.iawponline.org
Summary of WPDP & CWS: www.iawponline.org/imagevault/f1393426664.pdf
Detailed info on WPDP & CWS:www.iawponline.org/wpdp.html
CONTACTS
Education Chair Jean Berry (CA)[email protected]
WPDP Coordinator Theresa Austin (GA)[email protected]
CWS Coordinator Richard Eskridge (GA) [email protected]
