Description:
There is a unique opportunity for credentialing organizations to respond to the shift in employers making skills-based hiring decisions, instead of relying on degrees. And states are implementing policies to assess the economic value of credentials which are used to create practical and relevant certifications to protect the public. In regulation, there is a role for quality credentials in validating the skills required to fill gaps in the workforce and job vacancies. Experts in workforce development and credentialing will highlight opportunities this shift presents for credentialing organizations to:
- Advance proficiency assessments that meet generational demand in the context of the role of economic mobility and benefits for workers, employers and the public;
- Learn how policy changes may impact the use of their credentials; and,
- Uphold the mission and purpose of public protection in the regulatory process.
This session will begin with an overview of the increased focus on the economic value credentials provide, the relationship between economic value, outcomes data, and evolving workforce policies, and how evolving competency-based credentialing models will be at the foreground to support funding decisions to fill job vacancies.
Experts in credentialing and regulation in healthcare and food safety will lead a discussion focusing on the role quality credentials play in replacing and/or augmenting regulation to further public health and safety; how credentials can stand as a quasi-license within state and Federal initiatives; and strategies credentialing organizations can use to advance beyond legacy programs to provide needed economic value and outcomes.
Moderator
Christine D. Niero, PhD, Vice President, Professional Testing, Inc. linkedin.com/in/christine-niero-ab75291
Panelists
Isabel Cardenas-Navia, PhD, Associate Executive Director, Research, Workcredlinkedin.com/in/isabelcn
Dale Cyr, MBA, CAE, CEO Inteleos
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Larry Lynch, CAE, FASAE, Sr. Vice President, Health Safety & Regulatory Services, National Restaurant Association
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Roy Swift, PhD, Executive Director, Workcred
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Amanda Winters, Program Director, Postsecondary Education, National Governor’s Association
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