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Empower, Engage, Endure: Shaping your Workforce through Apprenticeships
November 15, 2023
AC Marriot, 125 Front Street, Worcester, MA

Get ready for an epic gathering at the QCC Second Apprenticeship Conference, where learning, networking, and fun collide in person!

Topics

  • Navigating Success: Apprentice Journey Mapping
  • From Learning to Licensing: Healthcare Apprenticeships' Crucial Role
  • From Hope to Lab Coat: Unleashing Potential with Biotech Pre-Apprenticeships
  • Mastery in Making: A Dive Into Certification and Competence for Apprentices
  • United We Train: Synchronizing Federal & State Apprenticeship Initiatives
  • Golden Opportunities: A Comprehensive Guide to Apprenticeship Funding Resources
  • Apprenticeships in Union Environments
  • Crafting Competence: Strategic Alignment of Skills & Curriculum

Agenda

7:45 am – 8:25 am

Networking Breakfast

8:30 am – 8:40 am

Welcoming Remarks – Luis G. Pedraja, Ph.D., President, Quinsigamond Community College

8:45 am – 8:55 am

Purpose of the Conference – Kathie Manning, Dean of Center for Workforce Development & Continuing Education, Quinsigamond Community College

9:00 am – 9:45 am

9:00 – 9:45 am - Opening Remarks – Landscape for Apprenticeships - Haley Glover, Director, UpSkill America, Economic Opportunities Program

Track I: Navigating Success: Apprentice Journey Mapping

10:00 am – 10:50 am

Workshop I: From Learning to Licensing: Healthcare Apprenticeships' Crucial Role

Moderated by Dr. Viviana Abreu-Hernandez, VP of External Affairs at QCC

  • Sandi Vito, MA, Executive Director, 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds (former Secretary of Labor for Pennsylvania, 2008-2011)
  • Joy Jameson, Program Manager at Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP)
  • Lauren Smith, Apprenticeship Training Program Specialist for the Care Economy (Education, Healthcare and Social Services), US Department of Labor

 

Workshop II: From Hope to Lab Coat: Unleashing Potential with Bio-Tech Pre-Apprenticeship

Moderated by Kathy Rentsch, AVP for Strategic Academic & Workforce Initiatives

 

Workshop III: Advanced Manufacturing - Forging the Future

Moderated by Brad Kane, WBJ

  • Lee Duerden, Professor/ Coordinator, Manufacturing Technology, QCC
  • Rita Kapur, Chief Financial Officer/V.P. of Operations, Atech Turbine Components, Inc
  • Steve Savage, Chief Operating Officer, AIS

Track II: Innovative Insights: Strategies for Effective Program Execution

11:00 am – 11:50 am

Workshop I: United We Train: Synchronizing Federal and State Apprenticeship Initiatives

Moderated by Joy Jamerson

  • Lee Reynolds, Apprenticeship Navigator, US DOL
  • Patrick Mitchell, Director of Apprenticeship & Work-based Learning at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce D
  • Margaret Gilligan, Program Director of Apprentice Standards, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development

Workshop II: Golden Opportunities: A comprehensive Guide to Apprenticeship Funding Resources

Moderated by Kathie Manning, Dean -Center for Workforce Development & Continuing Education

  • Melissa Scibelli - Hamden Workforce Investment Board
  • Jeff Roberge, North Central Workforce Investment Board
  • Jeff Turgeon, Central MA Workforce Investment Board
  • Greg Bunn, Metro South/West Workforce Board
  • Colleen Mark, Mount Wachusett Community College

 

12:00 pm – 12:20 pm

Sitting/Networking Lunch

12:20 pm – 1:20 pm

Luncheon Remarks

  • Matt Wally, President, QCC Foundation
  • Eric Batista, City Manager, City of Worcester
  • Robyn Kennedy, Worcester District 1, Massachusetts Senate

Track III: Crafting Competence: Strategic Alignment of Skills and Curriculum

1:30 pm – 2:20 pm

Workshop I: Apprenticeships in Union Environments

Moderated by Sue Mailman, Owner, Coughlin Electric

  • Kevin Brousseau, Secretary-Treasurer AFL-CIO
  • Desiree LeClair, Apprenticeship Director Early Child/Teaching SEIU Education Support Fund
  • Christopher Sherlock, Training Director JATC of Greater Boston

Workshop II: Crafting Competence: Strategic Alignment of Skills and Curriculum

 

 

2:30 pm – 3:20 pm

Inclusion in Action: Navigating Policy and Diversity in Workforce Development - Where are the gaps and how do we bridge them?

3:30 pm

Closing Remarks - Mari Cooney, Director of Apprentice Expansion, Quinsigamond Community College

3:45 pm

Networking

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