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| Courtesy of Ron Niebrugge |
In Bethel Wednesday, Governor Bill Walker signed legislation to help build a Stronger Alaska through House Bill 141, which authorizes the Alaska Workforce Investment Board to continue making allocations to the Alaska Technical and Vocational Education Program through June 30, 2020.
In 2016, ten institutions serving over 10,000 Alaskans received TVEP funding. including Soldotna’s Amundsen Educational Center. AEC offers three degree programs in administration, medical and construction fields – setting up workers for success as they attempt to gain entry in the local workforce.
AEC Program Director, Business Instructor Bridgit Gillis: “We developed relationships with a lot of the area businesses here, and we are able to speak with them about skills and qualities that they deem necessary or would be successful for students, and so we are able to teach students those specific skills and abilities.”
Alaska Technical Vocational Education Program recipients receive non-competitive grant funds as part of a statewide vocational training system, working together with industry and state agencies to provide a comprehensive and unified response to Alaska’s training needs.
TVEP funds must be used for technical and vocational training programs that align with workforce regional demands and the Alaska Workforce Investment Board’s industry priorities as outlined in “Alaska’s Future Workforce Strategic Policies and Investment Blueprint”.
According to their website, Alaska’s vocational and technical education and training system uses coordinated programs and service delivery to promote progressive, lifelong occupational learning, skill transferability, credential portability, and worker mobility.
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