SIU Center for Workforce Development
CWD specializes in statewide career and technical education and workforce development. We also offer an undergraduate program.
The CWD has carried out statewide curriculum and technology projects for the State of Illinois going back to about 1980. Visit our website to learn more about the projects we're working, experience, and the SIU courses offered at our facility.
12/08/2017
Participating with the Credential Engine Launch!
11/10/2017
Credential Engine Launch Event - Livecast Today’s Credentialing Marketplace Has Become Unwieldy and Complex... The credentialing marketplace is growing. By 2020, 65 percent of all jobs in the economy will require postsecondary education and training beyond high school, and the number of postsecondary programs has already more than quintuple...
10/07/2016
The CWD team is honored to be working with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation on the Talent Pipeline Management app.
09/23/2016
What do Workcred, Lumina Foundation, George Washington Institute of Public Policy and SIU Center for Workforce Development have in common? Making transparent. Find out more: bit.ly/1lrd3d6
Credential Transparency Initiative The Credential Transparency Initiative acts as the critical connection that both job seekers and employers need to identify real knowledge and skills.
09/20/2016
Credential Transparency Initiative Debuts Groundbreaking Technology to Transform Credentialing Ecosystem WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Credential Transparency Initiative (CTI), a Lumina Foundation-funded effort, demonstrated the capability of its new Credential Registry today at a major workforce event in Washington, DC. Today's credentialing marketplace is a confusing maze
09/19/2016
http://www.chronicle.com/article/2-Projects-That-Promote/237823
2 Projects That Promote Alternative Credentials Reach Key Milestones Developers of a "credentials registry" unveiled a prototype of the tool on Monday. Meanwhile, six more colleges joined the 21st Century Skills Badging Challenge.
09/19/2016
Governor John Engler, President of BRT announced Credential Engine a new non-profit will carry forward the Credential Transparency Initiative
09/19/2016
Getting ready for
06/27/2016
Illinois just launched statewide Initiative! Read the press release and learn more http://ilsharedlearning.org
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03/17/2016
Transforming U.S Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century has a chapter written by our partners with GWU https://www.kansascityfed.org/publications/community/transformworkforce
Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century Get perspectives on how workforce development efforts, often based on approaches from decades ago, might be rethought to better respond to these trends.
Taking Steps to #GoOpen Taking Steps to Posting this has been a 3 week process, but nonetheless, here are the three steps we took to . Immediately following the White House event, a reporter asked me what advice I would give other districts looking to trade textbooks for OER. My response...trust your…
11/05/2015
At the IMS Global Digital Credentials /CBE Summit. Excited to share Credential Transparency Initiative.
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| Monday | 8am - 4:30pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 4:30pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 4:30pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 4:30pm |
| Friday | 8am - 4:30pm |