Afterschool Workforce Development

Why Workforce Development? 
Staffing Challenge | Employers | Community Colleges | WIBs

Project Overviews
PATHWAYS & Afterschool Corps | Peninsula & South Bay Initiative | Ukiah | LA Scholars | Las Guias  CalWIN

Since 2004, CalSAC has developed strategies to increase the pipeline of qualified part-time, entry-level workers into the afterschool field. These workforce development strategies bring highly qualified staff into the field and provide the supports they need to succeed on the job.

Given the high rates of turnover of part-time staff in this field, CalSAC's theory is to:

1. Develop systems that identify and recruit job seekers who want part-time employment working with children and  youth.

2. Prepare them with pre-employment training that covers basic skills for working with youth afterschool as well as general work readiness skills.

3. Match the job seekers with local afterschool employers to facilitate the hiring proces.

4. Provide job coaching to those participants once they start working.

Participants typically earn stipends for attending the pre-employment training and job coaching. All training and job coaching is conducted in a cohort-model which creates a learning community for the participants. Additional individual coaching is also typically offered once they are employed and as budgets allow.

For more information about CalSAC's Workforce Initiatives, follow the project links at the top of this page.

For more information on afterschool staffing challenges and how employers, community colleges and WIBs are brought in as collaborators, follow the "Why Workforce Development?" links at the top of this page.