Asset Inventory Map

Asset Inventory Map

GBP Workforce Advisory Council Purpose Statement

To develop our area’s future workforce by providing students and their families with a deeper understanding of career opportunities and aligning skills with current workforce needs; engaging employers directly with students, education and training providers; and better-aligning programs and curriculum to the realities of the SE Iowa economy.

Asset Inventory Map (AIM) Objectives:

·         Identify most impactful/promising initiatives with the goal of offering support in order to grow and sustain the work

·         Limit or avoid duplication of efforts

·         Identify gaps for the purpose of aiding in the filling of those gaps

·         Increase engagement of stakeholders – call to action

·         Increase career readiness program awareness and engagement of students and their families

Scope of Inventory:

·         K-12 partners (programs that go beyond the classroom)

·         Higher Ed programs geared towards k-12 students

·         Non-profit programs specifically offering career readiness or career exploration

·         State programs (Iowa Works, Future Ready Iowa, etc.) as relates to emerging workforce

·         Union and Private sector business-led career readiness or career exploration programs & any incentives towards paying for credentialing or college degree

Information to be gathered:

·         Name of Program

·         Program Objective

·         Key contact/organizer

·         Website for program (if available)

·         Grade level(s) impacted

·         # of students served’

·         Eligibility Criteria

·         Measures of impact/results

·         Area of emphasis (work-ready skills and/or career exploration)

·         How can people get involved/help the initiative?

·         If willing to share, what is the primary source of funding?

Project to be completed by April 2020

For more information on the AIM workforce initiative please contact Dustin Roth.