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Grants Awarded to Support Expansion of Indiana Apprenticeship Programs
DWD will provide $1,179,000 in grants to eight existing and emerging apprenticeship programs across Indiana. The programs were selected based on their plans to engage industry and other partners to expand apprenticeships to non-traditional sectors and underserved populations, identify ways to promote and advance greater inclusion and diversity in apprenticeships and/or create or expand pre-apprenticeship programs for both youth and adults.
“Congratulations to these eight grant recipients that will cultivate apprenticeship programs in growing non-traditional fields and encourage diversity in apprenticeship programs across the state,” said DWD Commissioner Steven J. Braun. “The expansion of apprenticeship opportunities is essential to ensuring Indiana's incumbent workforce possesses in-demand skills in order to fill the one million jobs expected to become available over the next decade.”
In 2016, Indiana had over 800 registered apprenticeship programs serving more than 12,000 Hoosiers. The Apprenticeship Expansion Grant program is designed to grow existing apprenticeship opportunities and develop new programs.
Apprenticeship Expansion Grant recipients are expected to implement and administer funded programs within the next year. Visit www.in.gov/dwd/apprenticeship.htm for apprenticeship resources, grant guidelines and more information.
Program Growth on Display at VEX IQ Elementary School Championship
 Story courtesy of TechPoint Foundation for Youth
On February 25th, more than 95 robotics teams from 38 cities around
Indiana competed in the Indiana VEX IQ Elementary State Championship
hosted by the State Robotics Initiative. The competition took place at the
Campus Center at IUPUI
with over 1,500 spectators in attendance.
The State Robotics Initiative
(SRI) launched in 2016 as an expansion of the successful IndyVRC program begun
in 2013 by then Mayor Greg Ballard. A partnership between the Indiana
Department of Workforce Development, TechPoint Foundation for Youth, Project
Lead The Way (PLTW), and Ivy Tech Community College drives the initiative with
the goal of bringing robotics to every school in the state of Indiana,
beginning with our youngest Hoosiers.
With significant seed funding secured from
Guggenheim Life and Annuity and support from long-time robotics funders USA
Funds, Roche Diagnostics and Eli Lilly and Company, the number of elementary VEX
IQ robotics teams in Indiana grew 600% during the 2016-17 school year. In 2016,
443 VEX IQ robotics teams were started in 198 cities and towns across Indiana
as a result of grants provided by the State Robotics Initiative. Participating
schools received robotics kits, registration fees, teacher professional
development, and PLTW classroom activities to incorporate robotics during the
school day...read more
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 Hoosier Hot 50:
Job of the Month
Each month, this newsletter will highlight one of the Hoosier Hot 50 (HH50) jobs. HH50 is a listing of the fastest growing, high-wage jobs of tomorrow. The list's ranking is based on expected demand and wages in 2022 for the state of Indiana. Although HH50 focuses on the jobs of tomorrow, there are several professions that are hot now.
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#11 - Manufacturing Supervisor
Average Salary: $51,950
Education Training: High School Diploma or Equivalent plus On-the-Job Training
2012 Employment: 21,922
2022 Projections: 23,329
Annual Growth: 6.42%
Annual Change: 449
"Anyone that's interested in being a manufacturing supervisor would have to be good with people...You have to be a coach, you have to be a mentor, you have to genuinely be concerned with people's development and you have to have excellent communication skills.." ~ Randy, Manufacturing Supervisor (watch video)
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