Dr. Joe Sanfelippo is the Superintendent of the Fall Creek School District in Fall Creek, WI. The Fall Creek School District was named an Innovative District in 2016 and 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education. Joe holds a BA in Elementary and Early Childhood Education, an MS in Educational Psychology, an MS in Educational Leadership, and a Ph.D. in Leadership, Learning, and Service. Joe has authored multiple books, including the best selling Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love and his latest Lead From Where You Are: Building Intention, Connection, and Direction in our schools. He was selected as 1 of 117 Future Ready Superintendents in 2014 and 1 of 50 Superintendents as a Personalized Learning Leader by the US Department of Education in 2016. Education Dive named Joe their National Superintendent of the Year in 2019.
960. That is the number of 30-second increments we get in an 8-hour day. 960 chances to change a life. 960 opportunities to share a story. 960 times to make a student, parent, job seeker, or employer feel like they are part of your school and the workforce. Moments have the ability to stick in our brains forever. A sight, smell, or taste brings us back to our childhood. We have a responsibility to be intentional about how we utilize these moments. The fact is simply this...you will be remembered, the only question is how. Every 30 second moment matters.
Dennis Winters is a nationally recognized expert on human resource challenges in the competitive global economic environment. His expertise is in economic analysis, modeling and forecasting; encompassing everything from designing commodity derivative strategies to long-term policy initiative scenario assessments. His areas of focus include regional and national macroeconomics, energy and labor markets, and economic impact analysis.
He has served as an advisor to private industry, government agencies, and elected federal, state, and local officials and currently holds the titles of Chief Economist, Director of the Bureau of Workforce Information and Technical Support, and Labor Market Information Director for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
The Wisconsin Works (W-2) Program works to achieve the broad overall goal of helping participants obtain and maintain self-sustaining employment. The W2 population is often overlooked as a viable pool of job seekers. W2 participants can benefit from the various services WIOA provides such as training, support services for work attire, transportation, childcare and work-related tool costs. This presentation will include discussion on eligibility requirements, varying placements within the program, support services that can be offered, referrals and co-enrollments to help address participant barriers, and job development such as career ladders and worksites. W2 is a program funded with Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) dollars and administered by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.
The Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) Workforce Data Integration System (WDIS) partners with WIOA integrated services to increase evidence-based decision-making for both policy and practice. Using the federal evidence act as a guide, WDIS provides guidance and expertise to ensure adherence to WIOA evaluation policy. Learn how data have been used to enhance communication, coordination, and collaboration among WIOA programs and partners. Presenters will share a background on WDIS, WIOA evaluation policy, what evaluation activities are currently being implemented, and share how these evaluation activities are shared to inform policy and practice for all WIOA partners. The presentation will be followed by an interactive discussion to identify what attendees want to learn, how data can support the work they do, and how to better share evidence in a way that is more useful for field staff, workforce boards, job seekers, employers, and other partners.
Take part in a discussion about ways that local Job Centers have improved communication and collaboration amongst partner agencies while promoting services to job seekers. Learn about effective initiatives in Wisconsin Rapids and Wausau that have created new opportunities for local program staff and job seekers.
This presentation will highlight the U.S. Department of Labor's initiative to pursue bold and innovative actions to strengthen our workforce infrastructure, while centering equity in everything we do. Through this initiative, we want to tout the flexibility of WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act). We will discuss the ‘spirit’ of WIOA in the workshop session, designed for conversation regarding flexibilities and innovations in this initiative.
Referrals work best when partners are aligned and working together. This session will highlight principles of effective assistance and share approaches being tested in communities throughout Wisconsin and the United States. This session will combine speaker insights with attendees’ own experiences and provide tools and strategies to achieve coordination between multiple community partners.
Attendees will hear about and share real examples of ways that WIOA partner collaboration can assist in serving program job seekers, employers, and local communities.
We hope to ignite and inspire other statewide teams to give it a try!
As technology continues to advance, so does the use of different platforms to automate and enhance our work. The catch -- these advances are happening in every industry. This session will share a roadmap to evaluate new approaches, resolve technology and communications barriers, and assist you in achieving successful program outcomes.
Most of us have heard the term "Career Pathways" without fully understanding what it means, how it works and why this methodology is so effective. Join us for a closer look at how Career Pathways in Wisconsin can work for you and the clients you serve.
It is fundamental for employees who work in WIOA-related programs to understand the basic structure and expectations of WIOA -- the core Wisconsin workforce development partnership. Learn how to leverage WIOA for resources that will help you serve job seekers, employers, your colleagues, and many others in the workforce system. Whether you just started in your position or have been around Wisconsin's workforce system for a while, come learn about the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, who is all involved, and its function as a tool to increase communication and collaboration across multiple state agencies and programs.
The Office of Veteran Employment Services (OVES) within the Department of Workforce Development provides direct career planning and employment/life-building services to veterans while working with numerous partners that provide a variety of subject matter expertise in support of veterans navigating through the case management process. Understand how OVES partnerships play a critical role in supporting veteran wellbeing and employment. Learn how OVES conducts their case management process, understand the paths used to identify life barriers and how your organization can work with OVES to assist in mitigating barriers so that the veterans can become job ready and seek employment.
This workshop provides an introduction to Healing (Trauma) Informed Care (HIC), including SAMHSA’s 4 Rs of Trauma Informed Care & the power of Compassion. Learn the importance of helping consumers (and yourself) maximize time in the window of tolerance. Get an understanding of emotional labor and the key principles of HIC approaches. If you are considering the Motivational Interviewing (MI) 101 and/or MI 102 workshops, this is a great place to start. MI approaches are Healing (Trauma) Informed and help with efficiency and effectiveness with consumers!
Learning Objectives: After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
This workshop will provide a Healing (Trauma) Informed lens to dealing with the very real struggles of being a provider. Come review the effects of stress, trauma, secondary trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue, on themselves and others. Learn practical approaches to self-care that are rooted in Healing (Trauma) Informed Care, and are efficient, effective, and free. We professionals need to care well for ourselves so that we can care well for others. If you are considering the Motivational Interviewing (MI) 101 and/or MI 102 workshops, this is a great place to start. MI approaches are Healing (Trauma) Informed and help with efficiency and effectiveness with consumers!
Learning Objectives: After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
This presentation will offer an overview of refugee services available through the workforce system to assist refugees/other new arrivals and employers seeking to connect with talent. Learn about refugee resettlement in Wisconsin as well as provide anticipated projections of new arrivals. Also included within the presentation content will be examples of best practices in supporting refugees and newly arrived immigrants to connect to employment and community supports.
This presentation provides an avenue for addressing the talent needs of employer partners by sharing examples of collaboration across the workforce system. It showcases the effectiveness of collaboration across programs, funding sources and workforce supports to address the career aspirations of newly arrived job seekers and employers seeking to offer career opportunities.
Transition to Success (TTS) is an innovative approach and framework that Forward Service Corporation (FSC) uses for the delivery of case management services in multiple workforce development programs administered throughout the State of Wisconsin. The TTS approach is client focused, dream driven, and relies on a comprehensive CARE (Coordinating All Resources Effectively) Network. This CARE Network includes strong collaboration with our community partners and agencies. Attend this session to learn how the TTS approach drives our daily practice from intake to evaluation and re-planning with our program participants. Presenters will also discuss FSC’s new Education Navigator program, a component of the W-2 program.
Apps, bots, virtual attendants, tablets, and remote processes play an evolving and expanding role in the public workforce system. As Job Center walk-in numbers are down, remote services are up, and technology is the glue that is holding the public workforce system together. Discover tools that are being used throughout Wisconsin to serve customers, coordinate among partner agencies, and manage the system. In this session you will learn how technology is helping and why people still make the difference!
S.O.S. O.S.O.s Expialadocious! This roundtable within the roundtable will allow for sharing experience, challenges, successes and failures connected to one stop operation within the American Job Center network. Come prepared to both share and learn. Topics covered will include co-location versus network, measuring aggregate traffic, customer satisfaction, and herding cats. Prizes for cool practices, tools to shares, and micro-wins from your home area!
This session will build understanding about the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) programming and Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) programs and services. There is a lot to learn and get excited about and many ways we can increase our referral rates and our mutual support for individuals with disabilities. The goal of this session is to increase understanding of WTCS and DVR services as well as consider how referrals and coordinated support of clients can be strengthened.
211 is a statewide information and referral service available to individuals, caretakers, community navigators, social workers, employers and many others. The 211 community resource managers curate and verify a directory of more than 30,000 free and low-cost services available to Wisconsin residents. Last year alone, over 400,000 referrals were provided to community members seeking housing, hunger, transportation, mental health, substance use and financial stability services. 211 is not just a crisis number, come learn how we can be an asset to WIOA Programs and Partners.
Join Wisconsin Technical College staff for an engaging look into the world of Title II Adult Education. Explore the ways in which Adult Education (WIOA Title II) works with adults to meet their career, educational, and personal goals, and how you and your colleagues can work with Title II providers so that your customers can receive free work-readiness and academic training and take highly-supported on-ramps into in-demand skill training. The presentation will cover adult education (including but not limited to GED and HSEDs), digital literacy, English as a Second Language as well as working with refugees etc. The session will include time for small group discussion.
The Worker Connection program is focused on connecting job seekers to good jobs, which involves better identifying available job seekers and matching their interests, skills, and abilities to available local jobs. Worker Connection has implemented a variety of human-centered strategies including targeted outreach to current or potential job seekers and community-based organizations, building a positive profile for job seekers, identifying conditions of work, coaching job seekers as they navigate resources and supports, and using this information to better connect job seekers to good jobs, training, and career advancement. Hear from Worker Connection staff about the important role of local community-based organizations and provide resources and information on further training in this area.
The Department of Corrections (DOC) has access to a contingency of the future workforce who are in need of preparation to support their release from incarceration and successful re-entry to the community. The workforce development system has access to businesses, financial resources and support structures to prepare and connect workers to business. Together, we have been able to pilot and implement innovative new strategies that support the needs and success of both our reentry population and our employers. This presentation will highlight the successful collaboration between the South Central WI Workforce System and the Department of Corrections in supporting individuals reentering our community and pursuing career opportunities
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) services in Wisconsin present a complicated and sometimes confusing ecosystem for both participants and administrators. This presentation will present research findings looking at how WIOA is viewed within the state and where there is an opportunity for an end-user focused brand to help those involved in administering services. The intense research process included interviews with workforce development leaders, surveys of Wisconsin residents and employers and a review of WIOA branding in all fifty states. Analysis looked at common issues in workforce development branding, communications within the workforce development system and how to best communicate the value of WIOA to Wisconsin residents.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based approach for direct care professionals who work with consumers attempting to make change or accomplish goals. Work together on real scenarios to apply MI concepts and approaches that you can implement immediately on the job. These approaches assist in efficiently and effectively developing rapport, meeting the participant where they are, and supporting short- and long-term consumers toward behavior change.
Learning Objectives: After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
While most direct care workers have been exposed to MI, lingering issues with consumers continue: consumers get stuck, don’t follow through, slide backwards, etc. This workshop will utilize a real consumer scenario to apply MI approaches: MI Spirit, MI Process, Sustain & Change Talk, OARS, (Data) Ask-Tell-Ask, MI-Adherent Advice, and/or more. You do not have to attend MI 101 to get something out of this workshop. Come get practical approaches you can use at work immediately!
Learning Objectives: After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
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