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.
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’s 2023 DTI Learning Community held its final session on Wednesday, September 13th.
The session marked the culmination of the five-month learning community, as cohort members came together to share their Capstone projects: Digital Transformation Roadmaps for their own workforce programs.
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 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.
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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.
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.
Dear Colleagues and Supporters of WPTI,
With bittersweet emotions, the Board of Directors of the Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI) announces that our CEO, Sharon Sewell-Fairman, is stepping down on March 3, 2023 after 13 years with the organization.
We are pleased to announce the release of NYC’s Unsettled Covid-19 Era Labor Market: The Case for an Active Labor Market Policy, developed partnership with the Center for NYC Affairs at the New School and the NYC Employment and Training Coalition (NYCETC), and authored by James A. Parrott and L.K. Moe.
Back by popular demand, and with the generous support of the Altman Foundation, WPTI is pleased to offer several new live, virtual trainings, open to workforce development practitioners and leaders at no cost to you!
Due to high demand, we encourage you to reserve your seat(s) today.