On Monday, August 3, AM New York published an op-ed written by Sharon Sewell-Fairman, Executive Director of WPTI, focused on closing the digital divide to get New Yorkers back to work.
Read the op-ed here
Announcing: Workforce Systems Leadership 2020 Cohort!
WPTI, the Workforce Field Building Hub, and Coro New York are pleased to introduce the 2020 Workforce Systems Leadership Program (WSLP) cohort!
Leaders in the workforce development field are facing unprecedented challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Voices from the Frontline
Update 8/4/2020
WPTI and the Workforce Field Building Hub are pleased to announce the official release of Voices from the Frontline: An Introduction to New York City's Frontline Workforce Professionals, the first in our Voices from the Frontline series.
Why Focus on Frontline Workforce Professionals?
The Workforce Field Building Hub at Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI) is pleased to release Why Focus on Frontline Workforce Professionals?, the second in our series of briefs in connection with our recently administered 2020 Survey of New York City’s Frontline Professionals.
Workforce Systems Leadership Program – Applications Open for 2020-2021 Cohort
Through a strategic partnership with Coro New York, WPTI’s Workforce Field Building HUB has launched a 24-member cohort training program, for leaders from government, community-based organizations, academia, and the private sector to advance leadership skills, cultivate a deeper understanding of New York City’s workforce system, and create change at the systemic level.
Job Developers Learning Group 2020
With support from The Pinkerton Foundation, we are pleased to announce the sixth cohort of the Job Developers Learning Group(JDLG). The JDLG is a rigorous cohort-based training program designed to equip and empower job developers with skills that best meet the needs of employer partners and program participants. Represented in this cohort are 36 frontline workforce development practitioners from 28 organizations that provide direct service to youth and adult jobseekers across NYC’s five boroughs. This cohort joins 190 practitioners who are successfully applying lessons learned from this program to their work in the field.
Who is the “Frontline” of the Workforce Development Field?
The Workforce Field Building Hub (The Hub) at Workforce Professionals Training Institute’s (WPTI) 2020 Survey of NYC Frontline Workforce Professionals aims to gain a deeper understanding of the workers directly serving clients across New York City’s workforce development system.
Highlights of 2018 Foster Care Roundtable Series
WPTI is grateful for the generous and encouraging support of the Pinkerton Foundation for our 2018 Foster Care Roundtable Series. The Roundtables are hosted four times a year,strategically bringing together senior leaders and middle management from the foster care and the workforce development fields to respond to the contextual, …
Welcoming Raabia Shafi to our Board of Directors
WPTI’s Board of Director continues to grow and add members that will help our organization grow and provide value to the workforce development field. Our newest Director brings years of executive coaching and organizational development experience that will be essential to our programs and operations teams.
Launch of the 2018 Job Development Learning Group
WPTI is excited to bring back for a fourth year the Job Development Learning Group (JDLG). The JDLG is a cohort program designed to equip and empower job developers with skills that best meet the needs of employer partners and program participants. The program will include in-person sessions, expert guest speakers , private sector leaders, and more.