Chicago Workforce
Investment Council
60 W Randolph
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60601
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Greetings!
We are pleased to offer the following updates of CWIC's activities and accomplishments for the month of February.
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NEWS AND RESOURCES
| | CWIC releases report: Where Are the Jobs in Chicago?
This month, CWIC analyzed roughly 130,000 recent postings pulled from internet job boards over the last 90 days to develop an understanding of current job demand and employer needs in Chicago. View the report .
CWIC will update this report quarterly and will use the information to inform the Workforce Investment Board, front-line workers in job training and placement centers, and our other workforce partner agencies.
CWIC adviser to be named President of Harold Washington College
CWIC is pleased to congratulate Don Laackman of the Civic Consulting Alliance (CCA) on his upcoming appointment as the next President of Harold Washington College, the downtown campus of the Chicago City Colleges (CCC) system.
Mr. Laackman led the team at CCA that provided pro bono support and staff to Mayor Daley's Chicago LEADS initiative, the precursor to CWIC. "When the Mayor decided to make the LEADS work permanent and create CWIC, Don was instrumental in designing and launching the organization. He has provided invaluable strategic planning advice to us ever since. We anticipate continuing our partnership with Don as he assumes this new role," said CWIC CEO Evelyn Diaz.
"I look forward to working with leadership, faculty, staff and students in this moment of great opportunity at the City Colleges to ensure CCC students receive an education of value and are prepared to reach their goals," said Mr. Laackman.
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SECTOR STRATEGIES
| | Chicago Green Jobs for All begins training
Chicago Green Jobs for All, CWIC's project to ensure a trained workforce for the new green economy, has launched its first classes of trainees through the State Energy Sector Partnership (SESP).
The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters began training a diverse group of 19 new apprentice candidates this month. In addition, Chicago Women in Trades also began a class of 19 women in their Technical Opportunities Program which is geared towards preparing women for careers in the Trades. In all, Chicago Green Jobs for All will train 600 participants over the next 2 years through SESP.
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YOUTH STRATEGIES
| Secretary of Education praises CPS and CWIC on Career & Technical Education innovations
This month, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan praised recent innovations in Chicago Public School's Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs, including a student assessment built by CWIC for CPS.
"[W]e launched an overhaul of Chicago's CTE program [and] built 12 College and Career Academy sites modeled after high-performing career and training academies that have flourished in other cities...And CPS launched a novel Employability Assessment last fall that assesses student skills in areas like problem-solving abilities, work ethic, and computer literacy," said Secretary Duncan.
This assessment, built by CWIC's Youth Director, Leslie Beller, was rolled out to more than 16,800 CTE students this year, and is expanding to other youth focused programs in the City, including After School Matters and Chicago Public Schools' Alternative Schools.
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WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD
| Upcoming WIB meeting dates
Quarterly Chicago Workforce Investment Board meetings will be held at Harold Washington College, 30 East Lake Street, 11th Floor - Room 1115 from 7:30-9:00am
March 16
June 6
September 22
December 8
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