Education Offered Concurrently with Workforce Preparation and Training
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Education offered concurrently with workforce preparation and training for a specific occupation is one of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth 14 program elements.
This brief includes information in the Act, regulations, and guidance for this program element, additional resources can be found below.
This element reflects an integrated education and training (IET) model and describes how workforce preparation activities, basic academic skills, and hands-on occupational skills training are to be taught within the same time frame and connected to training in a specific occupation, occupational cluster, or career pathway.
Check out the resources below for information and ideas on education offered concurrently with workforce preparation and training.
Toolkits
- Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit and Train-the-Trainer Resources (2025)
- IET Train-the-Trainer Resources
- Career Pathways Toolkit: An Enhanced Guide and Workbook for System Development (2016)
- Training and Employment Notice No. 17-15 - Career Pathways Toolkit: A Guide for System Development (2016)
- Funding Career Pathways and Career Pathway Bridges: A Federal Policy Toolkit for States
- Career Pathways Catalog of Toolkits (2022)
- National Skills Coalition IET Policy Toolkit (2016)
Webinars
- Enough Is Known for Action Webinar Series: Career Pathways for Youth (2015)
- Career Pathways: The WIOA Way of Doing Business (2016)
- Best Practices for Career Pathways and Credentials (2014)
- Dollars and Sense: Using Federal Resources to Fund Career Pathways and Bridges (2010)
Reports and Other Resources
- ADVANCE IET
- IET Strategies in Action: Promising Practices for Collaborating with Industry and Workforce Development Partners in IET Programs
- IET: A Career Pathways Policy & Practice (2017)
- Washington's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program (I-BEST) (2017)
- Shared Vision, Strong Systems: The Alliance for Quality Career Pathways Framework Version 1.0 (2017)
- A Framework for Measuring Career Pathways Innovation (2013)
- Shared Accountability in WIOA and Career Pathways (2014)
- The Pathways to Prosperity Network: A State Progress Report, 2012-2014 (2018)
- Contextualized Literacy in Green Jobs Training (2013)
- Career Ladders for the Hard-to-Employ (2010)
Looking for more resources on the WIOA Youth program? Visit the WIOA Youth Program Resources page.
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