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Posted 6/11/2018 6:58 PM by Lisa ReddyBy Guest Blogger Daryl Wright, Vice President of Partnerships at YouthBuild USA
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Posted 6/7/2018 12:18 PM by Lisa Reddy
This month’s newsletter focuses on Construction Plus, the YouthBuild model that offers occupational skills training beyond construction. First offered as a training option in 2013, Construction Plus (also known as C+) is an addition to the YouthBuild model that allows for the expansion of occupational skills training into industry-recognized certifications beyond the required construction training.
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Posted 5/9/2018 7:26 PM by Lisa Reddy
YouthBuild participants come with a broad range of personalities and backgrounds. They come from a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and family origins, and have enormous strengths that are revealed by their intelligence and resilience. Too often, the common factor among them is that most have been raised in poverty and have suffered resulting gaps in opportunity, education, and confidence.
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Posted 5/7/2018 3:15 PM by Lisa ReddyAmerican Job Centers (AJCs, also known as One-Stop Centers) are the cornerstone of the public workforce system. As noted in TEGL 16-16:
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Posted 3/13/2018 1:29 PM by Lisa ReddyYouthBuild programs are always seeking to adopt teaching strategies that are engaging and relevant to YouthBuild participants. These Opportunity Youth are vulnerable learners with complex needs. The critical hope is that the teaching strategies lead to positive student outcomes such as attaining a high school diploma or high school equivalency (HSE) credential.
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Posted 2/13/2018 1:22 PM by Lisa Reddy
As YouthBuild programs are placing a greater emphasis on placement and retention, the DOL YouthBuild TA Collaborative continues to support this need by providing resources designed to strengthen placement practices.
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Posted 1/17/2018 7:31 PM by Lisa ReddyData is a valuable resource at your YouthBuild program - it is one of the most important ways you tell your story. Each YouthBuild program is different, serving different student populations, with different resources available, using a different approach to implement the program model. But data management, technology, and online reporting tools are an increasingly important part of every YouthBuild program’s work — in fact, it is required!
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Posted 12/11/2017 10:13 PM by Lisa Reddy
The DOL YouthBuild TA Collaborative will soon be sharing resources to help programs make the most of the required Job Developer position. These tools will help to lay the groundwork for understanding both the internal (participant) focused work and the external (employer/post-secondary education or training provider) focused work that must be accomplished for successful post-program placements.
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Posted 11/13/2017 1:30 PM by Lisa Reddy
Apprenticeship is an earn-while-you-learn training model in which YouthBuild graduates can gain valuable work experience while receiving related technical instruction. Apprenticeships may last from one to six years.
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Posted 10/10/2017 7:27 PM by Lisa Reddy
