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CITY OF PLEASANTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN FY2024-2028 <br />Students are provided with the opportunity to talk <br />with local business owners to learn about the <br />different careers the community has to offer. <br />• Reverse career fair <br />• Manufacturing week <br />• Hands-on field trips <br />• Leverage recently retired manufacturers to build <br />relationships with colleges and industry <br />• Facilitate data sharing agreements between <br />agency partners. <br />Workforce Development Case Studies <br />• Grand Valley State University Master Plan, <br />Grand Rapids, MI6 <br />• Sector Partnership Model: http://www. <br />sectorstrategies.org/toolkit/introduction <br />• Teacher Externship (summer classroom module <br />for teachers and counselors): manufacturers, <br />construction trades, and engineering firms bring <br />teachers to their facilities for externship to boost <br />workforce development efforts – teachers create <br />curriculum around what they learned on the <br />floor from their week-long manufacturing tour. <br />• Technical high school <br />• Connecting industry representatives to <br />classrooms: Nepris https://www. nepris.com/ <br />• Diploma Pathways: Louisiana legislation <br />example – http://www.louisianabelieves.com/ <br />courses <br />• Agenda 360 is a model for conducting a <br />results-driven initiative to retain and grow talent <br />in the region: http://www.cincinnatichamber. <br />com/agenda360/#.WirH80qnFPY <br />• Sector based Transportation Strategies: http:// <br />web1.ctaa.org/ webmodules/webarticles/ <br />anmviewer.asp?a=2617 <br />• City-Curated Businesses Resource List for <br />workforce, loans, programs, etc. <br />• Communication & Collaboration Tactics: For <br />the underemployed, define and identify the <br />population through workforce development <br />channels. Identify outreach efforts to target this <br />population and provide services to achieve full- <br />time work with competitive wages. <br /> <br />Business engagement in K-12: through industry <br />partnerships, engaging businesses to do more <br />onsite visits in the classroom, hands on learning, <br />or business tours will educate students (as well <br />as teachers and counselors) on careers and <br />give them the opportunity to learn that career <br />progression to obtain employment opportunities <br />and/or career goals or open their eyes to <br />opportunities unknown. <br />• Human Resource Managers to educate <br />and address low-income wage earners: HR <br />professionals are the gateway into a business. <br />Meeting with HR groups to address major <br />workforce issues—such as how to address this <br />cohort—will help with barriers. <br />• Entrepreneurs: identify entrepreneurs through <br />data integration and current networks. Establish <br />strategic ways to cultivate a strong culture of <br />entrepreneurs and provide support and services <br />for this blooming subculture. <br />37