December 1, 2009
Greater Washington Workforce Leaders Academy
Washington, D.C.

Twenty workforce leaders from the Washington, D.C. region will participate in their third meeting, part of a year-long series of nine meetings that include experiential learning activities and workshops led by experts in the workforce development field. The sessions are intended to support the continued professional development of leaders in the region and assist participants to develop a more refined, sectoral approach to their work. The Academy is managed by WSI and funded by the Greater Washington Workforce Development Collaborative. This meeting is limited to the GWWLA Fellows.

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December 7, 2009
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools –
Commission on Colleges
Atlanta, Ga.

WSI Senior Consultant Linda Dworak Munoz will be speaking on December 7, 2009, at a roundtable session entitled "Develop Win-Win Community Partnerships to Improve Underrepresented Student Population Access and Participation", which is part of the Commission on Colleges annual conference being held December 5 – 9, 2009. She will join with Dr. John Min, Dean of Business Technologies, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) to examine “Training Futures”, an innovative and successful partnership between NOVA and Northern Virginia Family Services (NVFS). The college and NVFS are part of Aspen WSI's Courses to Employment Demonstration project, designed to illuminate the role partnerships between nonprofit organizations and community colleges can play in addressing the special supports low-income adults need while they work and learn, and subsequently make employment advances.

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February 8 – 10, 2010
Sector Skills Academy
San Antonio, Tex.

Participants in the fifth class of the Sector Skills Academy will gather in San Antonio for the second meeting of their year-long fellowship program. Throughout the Academy, Fellows share strategies, learn more about promising workforce development programs, and work to shape and refine a sectoral strategy in keeping with their own organizational mission and vision. The SSA is a joint project of the Workforce Strategies Initiative and Public/Private Ventures. This session is limited to the current Sector Skills Academy Fellows.

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February 23, 2010
Courses to Employment Project Workshops and Reception
Seattle, Wash.

Save the date! Join us for a half-day afternoon public conference, to discuss supporting access to college and career advancement through partnerships between the community colleges and non-profit organizations. Hear presentations by representatives of the partnerships participating in the Courses to Employment (CTE) Demonstration Project. Join discussions of how the lessons from the CTE project can apply to other communities. And stay for the reception to meet and network with a variety of workforce development leaders and innovators. The conference is hosted by the Aspen Institute’s Workforce Strategies Initiative in collaboration with the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County and Shoreline Community College.

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