Resources
Career Pathways Community of Practice: helps workforce development leaders, practitioners, and policymakers expand state and local career pathways efforts currently underway or being planned.
Career Pathways Toolkit: An enhanced guide and workbook for system development.
Competency Model Clearing House Career Ladders: Sample career ladders show how a worker can move through a career by acquiring additional knowledge and skills through education, training, or work experience.
Oklahoma Educators and Industry Partnerships: Summer professional development opportunities for Oklahoma 5th-12th grade teachers to learn about state businesses and industry.
Dream It. Do It.: Showcases the incredible career opportunities available in manufacturing to the emerging workforce.
OK2Grow: Small business driven workforce development and career pathways focused on entrepreneurship, high school completion and career awareness activities.
Statewide Initiatives
Career Pathways Committee: Makes recommendations, informs, coordinates and facilitates statewide efforts to improve exposure to high-demand career and entrepreneurship opportunities. Develops industry sector strategies in state and regional ecosystems to ensure education and training is delivering the skills needed by employers.
Youth Programs Committee: Creates a workforce strategy for youth that aligns with youth initiatives and provides common solutions that coordinate with the state’s economic goals.
Apprenticeship: Help employers develop and implement apprenticeship programs that fit their workforce needs.
New Skills for Youth: ensuring all students have the opportunity and support to successfully secure a postsecondary degree or industry certification that reflects each individual’s passions and skills.