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• Coordinate training programs and build partnerships among the contributing public <br />and private agencies to enhance the flow of information about cluster and industry <br />training and employment needs. <br />• Focus on emerging and priority sectors, but include all segments of business in the <br />training subject mix. <br />• Constantly measure performance and outcomes in quantitative and qualitative terms. <br />• Continue and expand successful programs. <br />• Provide the extra services and support to client populations who need them in order to <br />spend time in career pathway training. <br />Career Pathway Framework Strategies <br />The key to effective training is to conceive of jobs as steps along a career pathway or up a <br />career ladder. A ladder suggests movement upward. However, the pathway is a better <br />metaphor because it suggests an ability to get on or off the path as desired and can lead in <br />many directions. <br />A career pathway amounts to a series of learning opportunities divided into discrete units that <br />can be combined to help employed or unemployed adults upgrade their skills, grow in their <br />jobs, and advance. The DOL has provided guidance to transform this concept into a plan. it <br />stresses a systems approach to identifying and training in skills for job advancement and <br />certification. The systems approach also includes a variety of training modalities and addresses <br />formal and working learners alike. <br />In particular, the DOL career pathway process includes the congruence of training programs <br />with emerging clusters, addressing the full range of formal educational and vocational training <br />options in and out of school settings, combining vocational learning with traditional education <br />options, and working toward credentials and certifications accepted by industry. It establishes <br />multiple entry points into the process and integrates other workforce services around the <br />educational /training experience. It enables learners to combine work and study in training and <br />creates flexible learning schedules to accommodate it. Most important, it imposes a system of <br />measurable progress throughout the process and at the system level. <br />The Wisconsin WIB has created a graphic representation of career pathway training that is used <br />by the Orange County WIB and others to illustrate the process. It also forms the basis of Santa <br />Ana's approach. It is reproduced below, extracted from http: / /www.wdbscw.org /initiatives/ <br />career- pathways.html). For Santa Ana in particular, language and ESL training, plus pre - <br />preparation in education are important, as are support services, internship's, and flexilDle, <br />convenient scheduling. <br />35 <br />19F -42 <br />