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Transportation Workforce Institute

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Transportation Workforce Institute

Mission:

Ensure the Transportation industry has the requisite, skilled

workforce to keep America’s people and goods moving.

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Purpose

To ensure a well-trained and diverse transportation workforce.

o TWI’s reach is national - constructing and disseminating model, sharable curriculum

and workforce development resources based on national industry standards and

certifications.

o TWI’s impact is regional - leading industry, education, and workforce development

partners in creating programs and services that meet immediate and long-term

employer needs while connecting diverse communities and citizens through

transportation projects and workforce development efforts.

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Industry Need and Key Strategies

Revitalized Communities

Revitalize communities and connect

citizens through transportation

initiatives and activities by:

• Serving as an intermediary for regional

and state transportation projects

• Outreaching and recruiting citizens into

workforce development programs;

ensuring the transportation workforce

represents the community it serves

• Building gateway programs including

pre-education and pre-employment

preparation, supportive services, and

work-based learning experiences; to

increase education and employment

success

Workforce Solutions

Enable agile and interlinked responses to

regional employer demands by:

• Convening regional employers;

workforce-, economic-, and community-

development partners to identify and

develop and implement action plans to

address immediate and projected

transportation workforce needs

• Creating education programs for

emerging, high-growth, and hard-to-fill

occupations

• Implementing interlinked K16, adult

education, and apprenticeship pathways

• Brokering programs and services to

address employer workforce

development priorities

• Defining performance measures and

assessing program and service quality

and graduate competence

National Reach

Contribute to a systemic approach to

workforce development in the U.S.

transportation industry by:

• Translating national standards and

certifications into model competency-

based curriculum

• Constructing and disseminating

sharable, workforce development

resources

The Transportation industry needs more qualified workers and successful models of pre-employment and incumbent

worker education that maximizes participation of diversified populations, ensures employment readiness of new entrants,

and promotes the retention and new skilling of existing workers once hired. TWI implements three key strategies to address

this need.Regional Impact

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Immediate Priorities

CONVENE PARTNERS

CREATE MODEL PROGRAMS IN

RAIL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

BUILD SCALABLE PROGRAMS TO

CONNECT COMMUNITIES AND

INDIVIDUALS TO

TRANSPORTATION

Convene regional partners and lead the development and

execution of a collective transit and railway workforce

development action plan

Create model, rail systems technology curriculum and

certificate and degree programs including the integration

of technology-enabled learning and support services, work-

based learning, and credit for prior learning and experiences

Build scalable outreach, pre-education, and

pre-employment programs

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Recent Activities and Accomplishments

Convene Partners

o Active participation and collaboration in multiple regional, state, and national meetings

o Hosted Greater Los Angeles Transportation & Warehousing Sector Educators Regional

Meeting, June 29, 2016

Create Model Programs in Rail Systems Technology

o Completed a national landscape analysis of rail technology programs

o Completed a national landscape of U.S. transportation centers and institutes

o Completed Rail Systems Technology core competency mapping

o Completed Rail Vehicle Maintenance competency mapping

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Recent Activities and Accomplishments

Scalable Programs to Connect Communities and Individuals to Transportation

o Summer Youth Advanced Transportation & Manufacturing Academy

o Five-week program for middle and high school youth

o Created replicable activities and projects incorporating engaging videos, content, and “hands-on”

opportunities including:

• Exploring the U.S. transportation system and careers

• Assessing career interests and discovering transportation careers matching those interests

• Designing, constructing, and manufacturing a working monorail transportation system --

including rail vehicle

• Researching and recommending routes for the monorail system in Los Angeles

• Developing a marketing campaign for the monorail system

• Activities are available online at www.pathways.lattc.edu/futureready

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Jess spent the first several years of his career in the transportation industry working with large truck fleets where he honed his technical training and

experience in supervising heavy-duty vehicle maintenance facilities. In addition, he gained six years experience working for the Los Angeles County

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), where he expanded his expertise in alternative fuels and transit bus shop supervision.

Jess was awarded the “Full Circle Award” by Green Technology, a non-profit initiative designed to inform government efforts toward sustainability. This award

recognizes individuals who have started their career paths at the community college level and are now giving back to the college community. He was also

named LATTC’s CTE Faculty of the Year in 2011.

Jess is currently serving as Chair for the California Council on Diesel Education and Technology. This council was formed by the California Air Recourses Board

and provides training on emission regulations enforcement for on-road diesel vehicles. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern California

Regional Transit Training Consortium-a consortium comprised of multiple transit bus companies and community colleges that focuses on the technical training

of bus maintenance technicians and other personnel.

Jess Guerra

Director

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Laurence B. Frank has a strong sense of giving back to the community, and brings that commitment to the Transportation Workforce Institute and as the

President of Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. Frank has expanded the college’s leadership role among community colleges, specializing in career-technical

education, and competency-based learning models. Trade-Tech’s rigorous focus on workforce development, has led to significant industry partnerships, grant

opportunities and a re-vitalized relationship with the neighborhoods served by the college.

Frank’s experience as deputy mayor for the city of Los Angeles gives him a keen sense about workforce trends and challenges in the region. In that capacity as

deputy mayor, Frank was responsible for several city departments including community development, contract administration, and the city’s workforce

development program. Frank had seen the innovative nature of Trade Tech first-hand, while serving in the mayor’s office, and he has worked closely with the

college in creating pathways of training for Los Angeles residents. His knowledge of workforce development helps guide curriculum and services, so students

receive appropriate and industry-inspired training and transfer education. Frank also knows the landscape of higher education. Frank has been a faculty

member at UCLA, working with the school’s Center for Labor Research and Education.

Larry Frank

Advisory Board, Co-Chair

President, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College

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Leticia Barajas is the Vice-President of the Los Angeles Trade-Tech College and advisor to the Transportation Workforce Institute. She has served as Vice

President of Academic Affairs and Workforce Development at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC) since 2012.

Previously, Ms. Barajas served as Dean of College Advancement at Los Angeles Southwest College. Under her leadership, LATTC developed the Bridges to

Success Center and Pathways for Career and Transfer Success (PACTS). The PACTS strategy has significantly changed the college culture and has helped to

promote acceleration, student competency assessment, and completion. Most recently, Leticia led the development of a $19 million TAACCCT Round 3

application to expand PACTs throughout the LA Community College District that serves over 150,000 students annually.

Leticia serves on the board of the Coalition for Responsible Community Development, which aims to sustain, coordinate, and improve local planning,

development, and community services that address the needs of low-income and working class residents and small businesses of South Los Angeles.

Leticia L. Barajas

Advisor

Vice President, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College

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Marcy Drummond serves as a senior advisor to the Transportation Workforce Institute. She brings more than 28 years of experience across virtually every

sector of US secondary and postsecondary education and in education-focused philanthropy including serving as Vice President of Operations and Impact at

the ACT Foundation, Lead Senior Program Officer for Postsecondary Success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Vice President of Institutional

Effectiveness and Innovation and also Vice President of Academic Affairs and Workforce Development at Los Angeles-Trade Technical College.

She has served on numerous boards, taskforces, and committees including the National Commission on Energy Policy’s Task Force on America’s Future Energy

Jobs; the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) Accreditation Program Accreditation Committee; the

City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board; the Washington State Governor’s Juvenile Justice Commission; and chaired the Los Angeles Unified School

District Career-Technical Advisory Committee.

And Ms. Drummond was awarded the Green Achievement Award for Workforce Development by Green Technology Magazine; the Energy Star Award by the

President’s Roundtable; and the National Action Hero Award for Innovation, Ingenuity, and Inspiration in Clean Energy by the Interstate Renewable Energy

Council.

Marcy Drummond

Senior Fellow

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Ken Bolding has created transportation-related training materials for TWI and Los Angeles Trade-Technical College since 2012. Recent courses include

maintenance and repair training modules for the Ansaldo-Breda P2550 railcar, Emergency Response for Rail Controllers, and HASTUS software training for

Metro University. He has previously worked as an Instructional Designer for the Penn State Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, where he designed and

coded computer-based training modules for the R.O.A.D. to Success, a project designed to provide low-literate Truck Drivers with the reading skills necessary to

pass the Commercial Driver’s License Examination (CDL).

During his 20-years as a Curriculum Developer, Instructional Designer, Technical Writer, and Corporate Trainer, Ken has created innovative training solutions in

industries as diverse as financial software (Intuit), payroll processing (Intuit Payroll), wireless telephony (AT&T Wireless), and temporary staffing (Roth Staffing

Companies). He routinely achieves greater than 90% top-box scores for his self-paced multimedia modules and is a recipient of the Intuit Jordan award for

excellence as an Instructional Designer, as well as numerous awards for public speaking. He is an experienced filmmaker and multimedia creator, who has

worked on more than 50 film projects, including instructional and corporate videos, narrative shorts, web series, and feature films.

Ken Bolding

Curriculum Developer