Kansas Action Clinic Agenda

 Hyatt Regency Hotel -- Wichita

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.       Welcome

v     Caleb Asher, Commerce, Deputy Secretary

v     Thao Nelson, Maher and Maher, Facilitator  

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.       Advantages of Registered Apprenticeship Program and WIA System

v     Loretta Shelley, State Registered Apprenticeship Director

v     Armand Corpolongo, Department of Commerce, State WIA Representative

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.       Panel Discussion: 

                                          “The Importance of Collaboration to Build the Kansas Workforce”

                                          Moderator:  Thao Nelson, Facilitator 

v     Deb Scheibler, Kansas WorkforceONE

v     Warren Wrage, Tyson Foods, Inc.

v     Denise Houston, Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas

v     Apprentice 

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.         Lunch

 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.           “Registered Apprenticeship Return-On-Investment”  

v     Clay Kubicek – Crossland Construction

v     Keith Meyers and Loretta Shelley – Department of Commerce

o       RA Works! and Registered Apprenticeship Scholarships

1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.           Team Breakouts

 Teams will move into breakouts and identify action steps to begin collaboration and leveraging Registered Apprenticeship. 

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.           Team Report Outs

                                          Teams will share top two (2) action items.

Partnership

Policy and Strategy

Resource Alignment

Structure and Service Delivery

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.           Wrap Up and Closing Remarks

v     Keith Meyers, Kansas Department of Commerce Training Services Director

Handouts/Supplemental Information 

Decision Tree

RA Counts

 RAWorks! and RA Scholarship

RA and WIA Adult Common Measures