Afterschool Workforce Development - CalWIN

California Workforce Innovation Network (CalWIN)

For the past year, CalSAC has participated in, and more recently, coordinated the California Workforce Innovation Network (CalWIN). CalWIN includes the following organizations:

All of these organizations are addressing the workforce development needs of the afterschool workforce in different ways, and as CalWIN members, they are intentionally connecting their work to the rest of CalWIN.

CalWIN has developed five basic premises for its work including:

Part-time afterschool employment can be a great job for certain people at certain times in their life. It can be an opportunity to Earn, Learn, and Inspire.
Afterschool jobs can and should be made more attractive leading to better retention of workers.
Recruiting and retaining qualified, diverse staff is critical to program quality.
Afterschool should actively seek partners to help improve the field, particularly partners in higher education and workforce development programs. These partnerships can range from simple cooperation to complex collaborations.
Certain demographic and workforce trends will help encourage these partnerships including growth in afterschool field and the retirement of baby boomers from wide variety of professions.