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Tentative Conference Schedule


Conference Program
(PDF; 37 pages)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

12:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Registration
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Fundamentals of the WorkKeys Assessment System
    Washington Park I
  • Building Literacy and Life Skills with Career Ready 101
    Washington Park II
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • Understanding and Implementing the NCRC
    Washington Park I
  • Improving Essential Skills with KeyTrain Curriculum
    Washington Park II
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  • Fundamentals of the WorkKeys Assessment System
    Washington Park I
  • Building Literacy and Life Skills with Career Ready 101
    Washington Park II
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Understanding and Implementing the NCRC
    Washington Park I
  • Improving Essential Skills with KeyTrain Curriculum
    Washington Park II

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Registration

7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom

8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Opening Presentation: Tomorrow's Workforce Starts Here
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Break

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
  • Employer Q&A: Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Now
    Huron A-B
  • Building a Better College and Career-Ready Workforce
    Millennium Park
  • Creating a High-Skilled Manufacturing Workforce Using the NCRCTM and MSSC
    Lincoln Park
  • In Real Time: Credentials and Skills in Demand in Indiana
    Ontario
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
  • Implementing a Program for Training and Certification in Basic Workforce Skills in Honduras
    Huron A-B
  • The NCRC Plus: Employability Skills and Why They Are Important for Workplace Success
    Millennium Park
  • Accelerating Statewide Adoption in Washington State
    Lincoln Park
  • Mozilla Open Badges: An Interactive Session
    Ontario
  • Work Readiness: What Does It Mean?
    Michigan I-II
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Break

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Break

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
  • TAACCCT: Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today
    Millennium Park
  • Using Marketing to Connect the NCRC to Employers
    Michigan I-II
  • North Dakota’s Modern Model for Recruiting Today’s Workforce
    Lincoln Park
  • Coming Soon: New Capabilities Expand the Power of the NCRC Plus
    Ontario
  • What Else Do You Want to Know About Profiling? Ask the Experts
    Huron A-B
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
  • Kentucky’s Career Ready Graduation Requirement: Using Career Ready 101® in High School Curriculum
    Huron A-B
  • Critical Mass: Implementing the WorkKeys® System in New Mexico
    Millennium Park
  • Oklahoma Demonstrates Regionalism at Its Best
    Ontario
  • Becoming a National CRC Advocate: History, Purpose, and Future Agenda
    Michigan I-II
  • Small Business and Tomorrow’s Workforce
    Lincoln Park

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Opening Reception
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom

Thursday, April 12, 2012

7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Registration

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom

8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Opening Presentation: Right Skills Now: Progress and Potential
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Break

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Concurrent sessions
  • ACT Bridge: Putting the Focus on Business Metrics, Performance, and Outcomes
    Huron A-B
  • Right Skills Now Goes to Work in Nevada
    Michigan I-II
  • ACT-MSSC Interface: Success on WorkKeys Tests Indicates Better Results for MSSC Certifications
    Millennium Park
  • Workplace ESL and Literacy: Using the WorkKeys System for Training Success
    Lincoln Park
  • Sharing Experiences Globally to Prepare Tomorrow’s Workforce
    Ontario
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Concurrent sessions
  • Research: The Key to Tomorrow’s Workforce
    Huron A-B
  • Using WorkKeys in Special Populations and Integration into Workforce Development
    Onatario
  • Super Session: How Returning Service Members Can Energize the US Economy
    Michigan I-II

12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Address: The Honorable Sonny Perdue, former Georgia Governor & Founding Partner, Perdue Partners, LLC
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Break

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Concurrent sessions
  • Matching Today’s Healthcare Trainees with Their Healthcare Employers of Tomorrow
    Ontario
  • Business Engagement: Programs are Good, but Policy Leadership Will Get You Farther
    Michigan I-II
  • Staging Your Labor Base for Strategic Competitiveness
    Lincoln Park
  • Ron Painter and Janet Bray: Two Views on Employment-Focused Education
    Millennium Park
  • What’s Next for WorkKeys and KeyTrain®? A Peek at the Drawing Board
    Huron A-B
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Concurrent sessions
  • Trinity Health: Talent Acquisition Process Improvements
    Ontario
  • Employers Take the Lead as Illinois Moves Toward Statewide Adoption
    Michigan I-II
  • A Decade of Professional Learning Communities: User Groups, Workshops, and State Conferences
    Huron A-B
  • Connecticut’s Manufacturing Job Match Initiative
    Lincoln Park
  • How the WorkKeys System Measures Noncognitive Skills That Are Essential to Work
    Millennium Park
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Break

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Keynote Dinner: Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO, The Gallup Organization
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom

Friday, April 13, 2012

7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Registration

7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom

8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
ACT Certified Work Ready Communities: A Framework for Community-Based Workforce Development to Drive Economic Growth
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Plenary session
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Concurrent sessions
  • Grant Initiatives: Utilizing WorkKeys and KeyTrain for Work Readiness
    Michigan I-II
  • The Merger of Theory and Process in the Quest for Excellence
    Huron A-B
  • Integrating WorkKeys into Industry-Based Career Pathways
    Ontario

12:00 p.m.
Conference adjourns