WPTI’s Calendar of No-Cost, Live Virtual Trainings Is Now Open

WPTI is pleased to announce our Spring 2024 calendar of no-cost live, virtual trainings, now open to all workforce development professionals – anywhere in the world! Join us for these exciting, upcoming new trainings on topics critical to effective workforce development in 2024.

Sign up today at the links below, and reserve your spot!

Applied Labor Market Intelligence
Thursday, February 15, 2024 – 1-3pm ET

During this interactive training, workforce practitioners will develop a practical understanding of how to effectively use labor market intelligence to assist their jobseekers in making informed career decisions, pursuing training opportunities, and advancing on a career path.

Apply today to WPTI’s Business Engagement Learning Lab (BELL)!

UPDATE: Applications for BELL 2024 are now due Monday, February 26 by 5pm ET. Selected organizations will be notified by 5pm ET on Wednesday, February 28.

WPTI invites eligible workforce development programs to apply to participate in our Business Engagement Learning Lab (BELL), a learning community developed in response to the emerging need for improved employer engagement strategies across the workforce development field.

WPTI’s Statement on NYC Budget Cuts

Last week, Mayor Eric Adams announced huge cuts to the New York City budget, including cuts to schools, libraries, sanitation, law enforcement, and many other essential services. Blaming the current migrant crisis for increased costs and a rapidly growing budget gap, Mayor Adams announced immediate cuts and hiring freezes, which will have a tremendously harmful impact on millions of New Yorkers, including those receiving services through the City’s workforce development system.

WPTI About Town: Wrap-Up of WPTI’s September 2023 Events

Happy Fall from WPTI! September has been an exciting month for WPTI, full of program launches, cohort graduations, conferences, and programming!

Highlights include:
Culmination of DTI Learning Community Second Cohort
On September 13, participants in the second cohort of WPTI’s Digital Transformation Initiative (DTI) Learning Community marked the completion of the program with presentations of their Digital Transformation Roadmap capstone projects.

WPTI Announces New CEO – Sherazade Langlade-Hunter

Following a competitive national search, the Board of Directors is thrilled to announce the hiring of Sherazade Langlade-Hunter as the new Chief Executive Officer for Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI), effective August 28, 2023.

Colin H. Mincy, Board Chair for WPTI, shared his great enthusiasm that Sherazade Langlade-Hunter is the right leader at the right time to lead WPTI, saying, “The Board and I could not be more confident in the future of WPTI given the dedicated and talented team of practitioners already assembled and Sherazade as our new leader.

WPTI announces 2023 DTI Learning Community members

WPTI is pleased to announce the six workforce nonprofits selected for the 2023 cohort of the Digital Transformation Initiative (DTI) Learning Community.

Consortium for Workers Education: Founded in 1985, CWE provides a continuum of workforce preparation, industry-specific training and employment services to over 60,000 New York City workers annually.

Application for WPTI’s 2023 DTI Learning Community Now Open!

View the DTI Learning Community
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The future present of work is digital.  Workforce programs must be too.

WPTI's Digital Transformation Initiative (DTI) Learning Community is a five-month, team-based, structured learning program that brings together practitioners from multiple organizations to explore issues at the nexus of workforce development and digital technology, including:

how jobs and access to jobs are being redefined, at an exponential rate, by automation and task augmentation;
the impact of digital skills gaps on income inequality and the ability to build pathways out of poverty;
opportunities to bolster the effectiveness and capacity of all facets of workforce program operations and streamline staff workflows by strategically using the right tools.

WPTI Releases New Report on Mentored Internships for NYC Youth Aging Out of Foster Care System, with Briefing to Take Place on Friday, March 24

A Pinkerton Foundation and NYC Administration for Children’s Services-funded program offering mentored internships to young adults aging out of New York City’s foster care system shows real promise for improving these young adults’ career prospects and lives, per a new report released by Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI), a leading New York City-based workforce development intermediary that strengthens the city’s workforce development system by providing training and professional development services to job training and education professionals, capacity building and consulting services to workforce development programs and organizations, and systems building support to the citywide workforce ecosystem.