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FTA Workforce Summit Highlights Center Consortium and Apprenticeship Work
Posted June 2016
On June 7, Center staff Jack Clark, Xinge Wang, and Tia Brown attended the FTA Workforce Development Summit: Implementing, Disseminating, and Modeling Ladders of Opportunity. Jack Clark participated in a panel presentation on the topic “Internships.
Read more...In Effort to Increase and Strengthen Applicant Pool
Posted May 2016
Over thirty aspiring Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) operators and electrical and mechanical technicians arrived at El Barrio Workforce Development Center in Cleveland on May 18 to participate in the first pilot of Module 1 of the new ten-module Transit Core Competencies Curriculum (TC3) - Public Transportation Industry Overview.
Read more...Workforce Stakeholders Share Strategies at DOL Transportation Apprenticeship Accelerator Conference
Posted May 2016
John Ladd, Administrator of US DOL’s Office of Apprenticeship, opened the conference by tracking initial progress toward the goal of doubling the number of apprentices in America.
Read more...Center Delivers Train-the-Trainer Course in Cleveland
Posted May 2016
May 2-6, 2016, Center consultant Amri Joyner delivered the Center-developed Train-the-Trainer course to eight current and future maintenance trainers from GCRTA and NFTA. This course was developed and piloted as part of the National Signals Training Consortium.
Read more...Congratulations to Mark Dysart on Retirement
Posted April 2016
Center Senior Associate Mark R. Dysart has decided to retire from the Transportation Learning Center.
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