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Work and Learn Indiana Honors Excellence With 2024 Impact Awards

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Fearless. Creative. Original. These are among the qualities that helped define excellence at the 2024 Indiana Work-Based Learning Conference, featuring the 18th Annual Impact Awards. The event, hosted by Work and Learn Indiana (WLI), honored Hoosier work-based learners, employers, innovative programs, work-based learning supervisors and career development professionals today. A crowd of nearly 500 gathered for the [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-02-22T09:18:25-05:00February 22nd, 2024|

DWD: Apprenticeships Connect Youth With Career Options

DWD: Apprenticeships Connect Youth With Career Options

Ryder Craig is a high school junior with a knack for information technology. Through a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)-registered apprenticeship, he hones his skills at RTC Communications upgrading computers, installing firewalls, troubleshooting and more. RTC is a rural communications cooperative in Montgomery (a community of approximately 800 in southern Indiana) that serves Daviess, Lawrence and Martin counties. Products [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-02-29T11:54:31-05:00February 15th, 2024|

Indiana Chamber’s Work and Learn Indiana to Celebrate Excellence at Work-Based Learning Conference

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Learning by doing. Increasingly, employers are adopting that powerful strategy in the battle to secure, retain and develop talent. Work and Learn Indiana’s Work-Based Learning Conference on February 22 will spotlight that theme. The event, hosted at the Embassy Suites in Noblesville, is a convening of best practices and sharing of ideas toward growth and partnership within workforce [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-02-02T10:53:53-05:00February 2nd, 2024|

A Look at Indiana’s Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Programs

A Look at Indiana’s Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Programs

Did you know the Indiana Department of Workforce Development partners with Hoosier employers to create work and learn programs for adults? The Institute for Workforce Excellence and the Indiana Chamber believe work-based learning is an important strategy in developing a robust talent pipeline for the state. The Indiana Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship (OWBLA) at the Department of Workforce Development [...]

Matt Ottinger2023-09-15T12:29:14-04:00September 15th, 2023|

‘EARN’ Program Expands to High School Work-Based Learning, With Employer Reimbursement

The Indiana Chamber's Institute for Workforce Excellence continues to help employers meet their staffing needs with work-based learning opportunities. The Institute's Work and Learn Indiana (WLI) program, in partnership with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE), is introducing a statewide rollout of high school EARN (Employment Aid Readiness Network) Indiana. For years, WLI and CHE have partnered to [...]

Rebecca Patrick2023-09-04T21:46:22-04:00September 4th, 2023|

2022 IMPACT Award Winners Announced

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Nine categories, 80-plus nominees and infinite potential. The 16th Annual Indiana IMPACT Awards, presented by Work and Learn Indiana, honored outstanding talent and contributions regarding Hoosier internships at a virtual celebration today. The top winners – chosen by a panel of impartial judges – are: College Intern of the Year: Jenna Burow, Purdue University (Fishers) High School [...]

Matt Ottinger2022-02-22T13:23:53-05:00February 22nd, 2022|

House Bill 1094 Would Help Hoosier Employers, Students

House Bill 1094 Would Help Hoosier Employers, Students

https://youtu.be/x5k0sq1f0iY Jason Bearce, our vice president of education and workforce development, provides an updated on House Bill 1094 (Career and Technical Education), authored by Rep. Jake Teshka (R-South Bend). The bill is now in the Senate Committee on Education and Development after unanimously passing the House last month. The Chamber fully endorses this legislation that would give additional business [...]

Matt Ottinger2022-02-11T11:57:13-05:00February 11th, 2022|

Future of Apprenticeships

Future of Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are a growing part of the workplace landscape in Indiana and beyond. Whether these on-the-job experiences can translate to a virtual environment is the focus of this report from Inside Higher Ed. Virtual apprenticeships could be a boon to the future, some experts say. They would open up opportunities for those with disabilities that make working in an [...]

Symone Skrzycki2020-07-01T08:00:03-04:00June 29th, 2020|

Priority Chamber Bills Focused on Education and Workforce Alignment Hit Roadblock

Priority Chamber Bills Focused on Education and Workforce Alignment Hit Roadblock

House Bill 1404 (School Accountability) and Senate Bill 420 (Workforce Development) failed to make it through the third reading deadlines in both houses this week. The former urged the State Board of Education to include “postsecondary outcome” measures like student enrollment in postsecondary education/training programs and completion of industry-recognized credentials in the state’s A-F school accountability system as a [...]

Rebecca Patrick2019-04-19T13:47:41-04:00April 19th, 2019|

Workforce Development, Career and Technical Education, Accountability Measures Take Next Steps

Workforce Development, Career and Technical Education, Accountability Measures Take Next Steps

Senate Bill 420 (Workforce Development), authored by Sen. Jeff Raatz (R-Richmond), was amended and passed unanimously by the House Education Committee this week. The amended bill allows for the creation of industry collaboration organizations (ICOs), which would be eligible to receive state grant funds and matching donations from local industry that: 1) strengthen and align career coaching and navigation [...]

Rebecca Patrick2019-04-12T14:11:15-04:00April 12th, 2019|

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