What is Milwaukee Talent Dividend?

Talent Dividend is building a regional infrastructure that will connect education to

business and students to career pathway information in order to make good career and

post secondary education decisions.

My Life! My Plan!

My Life! My Plan! is presented by the Milwaukee Talent Dividend

We have a skills gap in the United States…

The U.S. is still wrestling with high unemployment, yet 49% of employers report difficulty filling open positions

Students who are

involved in career

exploration are…

more likely to plan

their high school

courses of study

carefully to gain the

skills they will need.

Source: America

Promises Alliance

Career exploration can help bridge these gaps…

What is My Life! My Plan! ?

- Workshops that uses experientially learning about career clusters and pathways in

SE Wisconsin

- Students work with ‘career coaches’ to help them set goals and next steps

- Students gain access to programs, information and resources to PLAN for career &

education pathway

Milwaukee Talent Dividend presents a solution…

Every My Life! My Plan!

graduate has the opportunity

to…

• Graduate from high

school

• Make informed decisions

in their career path

• Enter a path that

matches their interest,

skills & plays a key role

in the economic

development of our

region.

…and a vision for a better community.

What Makes My Life! My Plan! Unique?

Career

Coaches

Career Coaches’ are volunteers from the business community. Our partners include:

• Accenture • ATI Ladish Forging • Automobile Dealers Association of Mega Milwaukee • City of Milwaukee – Department of City Development • Concordia University • Dream It! Do It! • Foley & Lardner LLP • FaB Milwaukee: Regional Food & Beverage Industry Network • General Electric • Hilton, Milwaukee City Center • Johnson Controls • Joy Global • ManpowerGroup • Marcus Corporation • Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board

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• Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District • Morgan Stanley • Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation • Mount Mary University • Park Bank • Rockwell Automation • PNC Bank • The Volunteer Center of Greater Milwaukee – Business Volunteer Council • The Water Council • The United Way of Waukesha County • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee • US Bank • Waukesha County Business Alliance • Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Investment Board • Wells Fargo

What Makes My Life! My Plan! Unique?

Real Time

Information

What Makes My Life! My Plan! Unique?

An Action-

Oriented

Approach

My Life! My Plan! In Action…

My Life My Plan

Graduates

2,551 volunteers serving

as career coaches

742

My Life My Plan

workshops

98

What are My Life! My Plan! graduates saying?

Students participating in the MLMP workshop report that…

o 93% feel more confident in making career plans

o 90% feel better prepared for post-secondary education &

o 86% feel they can now make better decisions about their high school

courses and activities in order to prepare for their future career.

My Life! My Plan! in Milwaukee Public Schools

MPS designated MLMP as a

cornerstone in college &

career readiness

curriculum.

For 2013-2014:

o Every MPS high school will

have at least one MLMP

workshop.

o 75 workshops projected for

2013-2014 school year

MLMP will serve up to 3000

MPS students.

My Life! My Plan! in the Milwaukee 7 Region

MLMP will serve 600 students in M7 region in the following districts:

- Waukesha

- South Milwaukee

- St. Anthony's

- Oak Creek

- New Berlin

- Oconomowoc

- Brown Deer

My Life! My Plan! Reaches Students Beyond the School Day

MLMP is collaborates

with Youth-Service

Organizations:

o Big Brothers Big

Sisters

o YMCA

o Pearls for Teen Girls

o Lead to Succeed

o College Possible

o Pathways to College

o UWM Upward Bound

Growing Our Capacity

•

Next year we can

serve 4,100+ students

How?

o Create Middle School

My Life! My Plan!

workshop

o Modify materials for

bilingual and special

education populations

o Create Parent

Engagement strategies

and materials

Sponsored by the Milwaukee Talent Dividend

My Life! My Plan! provides a direct link between

business & education