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1. Technical Approach

Please be advised that the Technical Approach and Staff Resources sections of the offeror’s proposal shall be written so that strategies and methods are in compliance with the PRH.

Therefore, the applicable PRH sections are provided below.

The offeror’s Technical Approach section consists solely of the offeror’s responses to the questions listed below. The offeror’s strategies and methods in response to questions listed below will be evaluated in accordance with the following:

(i) The extent to which the offeror’s proposal demonstrates a strong understanding of the work to be accomplished and the extent to which the offeror’s strategies and methods are in compliance with the PRH.

(ii) The degree to which the offeror’s strategies and methods are tailored to operate in the context of the State’s eligible population, the local and regional labor market, and any other data provided by the Contracting Officer.

(iii) The degree to which the offeror’s proposal offers feasible strategies and methods to ensure the achievement of Job Corps’ specified outcomes and quality indicators?

a. Outreach: (PRH Chapter 1)

Promoting Center Image

What methods will be used to promote a positive public image for the program?

Describe plans to create a positive image for the Job Corps Center in the surrounding community.

What methods will be utilized to promote the Wind River Job Corps center throughout the State of Wyoming?

Partnerships

Describe strategies for establishing and maintaining mutually beneficial partnerships with communities, organizations, local and distant employers and State and local workforce development systems. How will those relationships benefit students?

How will the Center Industry Council and the Community Relations

Council be utilized to support and/or promote student success?

Identify the local and distant partnerships you plan to establish. How will these partnerships be utilized to benefit the center and the students?

Capacity Utilization

What methods will be used to work with the Outreach & Admissions contractor to attract eligible applicants and ensure that the center maintains 100% capacity?

Identify systems and procedures that will be implemented to ensure the achievement of arrival goals, for both residential and non-residential students. (designed for centers with OA component)

Cooperation With OA

Providers

What methods will be utilized to interact effectively with the Outreach

& Admissions contracts in the _________ Region? (designed for regions who receive a lot of out-of region youth)

How will the center staff work with Outreach & Admissions contractors to ensure that applicants are prepared for enrollment in Job

Corps?

b. Admissions (if applicable): (PRH Chapter 1)

Resource Deployment, Recruitment Techniques, and Arrival Goals

How will resources be organized and deployed to ensure effective coverage of the geographic area covered by the contract and to ensure the achievement of arrival goals? (List the areas where you propose to have OA staff, the number of FTEs in each area and the number of arrivals planned from each area.)

Recruitment Techniques What specific techniques will be used to attract and recruit eligible applicants? (to be utilized if question #1 is not used)

Arrival Goals What systems and procedures will be used to ensure achievement of arrival goals? (to be utilized if question #1 is not used)

Information to Applicants How will the concept of career pathways be introduced during the admissions process?

Quality Control What systems will be used to ensure quality control at all major points during the admission process?

c. Career Preparation Period: (PRH Chapter 2)

Acclimation &Assessment

Describe strategies to ensure that new students acclimate to center life and that their needs are assessed and met to promote retention throughout the Career Preparation Period.

How will student academic achievements, interests, aptitudes and barriers to program participation be assessed?

What assessments will be made of students’ needs, aptitudes, and interests and how will those assessment results be used to inform student career pathway selections?

Organization, Scheduling, Instructional Materials

How will services be organized and scheduled during the Career

Preparation Period to meet each student’s individual needs and prepare them for successful transition to the Career Development

Period? Include a copy of your proposed Career Preparation Period schedule.

Describe the instructional materials and activities to be utilized during the Career Preparation Period and explain why they will be effective?

How will services be organized and scheduled during the Career

Preparation Period to meet each student’s individual needs?

Career Pathway Selection

How will each student be assisted in the selection of a career pathway and specific occupational training program? Include examples of the methods/ activities to be utilized.

Transition to CDP How will students be prepared for and their readiness be determined to transition into CDP?

Standards-based Learning

Practices

How will student learning and practice of decision making, study skills and ability to follow multi-step instruction be introduced?

Career Planning &

Evaluation

How will students be assisted in the development of career plans and how will student progress toward completion of those plans be evaluated throughout enrollment?

d. Career Development Period: (PRH Chapter 3)

Tailoring

How will delivery of services be organized, scheduled and tailored during the Career Development Period, including Career Success

Standards, to meet each student’s needs?

How will delivery of Career Development Services be tailored to meet each student’s needs?

Training Delivery

What teaching and learning strategies will academic teachers and career technical training instructors use to meet the needs of students at different learning levels?

Curricula

What curricula or curriculum materials will be used in academic and career technical training to ensure that students are prepared to earn both academic and industry-recognized credentials/certifications?

How will the curricula be chosen?

What curricula will be used in training and how will it be integrated to focus on employability and job readiness? Explain why the curriculum was chosen.

Collaboration

Describe strategies for facilitation of regular collaboration between academic teachers and career technical training instructors and how such collaboration will support student training?

Integration, Literacy &

Numeracy Gains

What methods will be utilized to maximize student literacy and numeracy proficiency to support the attainment of academic credentials prior to separation?

Describe strategies to integrate academic and career technical training.

How will this integration support literacy and numeracy performance to maximize student achievement?

Certifications & Credentials

Describe strategies to ensure that students earn industry certifications/credentials required for employment.

What methods will be utilized to ensure graduates obtain both academic and career technical credentials prior to graduation?

Describe strategies to ensure students are provided with opportunities to earn High School Diplomas.

Career Pathways & CTT

Offerings

How will the career technical training offerings be configured to coincide with the Regional Career Pathway Plan for the center?

To ensure relevant employment opportunities are available for students, what strategies will be utilized to continue the development of career pathways for the __________, _________, and __________ industry sectors.

How will the career technical training offered provide students with skills that are relevant to employment opportunities in today’s labor market?

Employer Partnerships

Describe the employer/educational institution partnerships that will be utilized to support career technical training and ensure that students acquire skills relevant to employment opportunities in today’s labor market.

WBL

Describe goals for the work-based learning program and how staff will be deployed to operate the program.

ACT

Describe strategies to ensure that students attending ___________

Community College receive a full range of services to promote successful completion of training.

Evening Studies Describe strategies which support and incorporate evening and weekend study. Provide sample schedules of activities.

Student Progress Appraisal How will student progress be evaluated and managed? How will progress/feedback be provided to students?

Career Planning

How will effective career planning techniques be taught? How will JC electronic systems be used to evaluate student progress and provide feedback to students and staff?

Career Success Skills How will staff teach, model and measure the delivery and attainment of Career Success Standards throughout the program?

Independent Living Skills

Describe how the Social Development Department (Residential

Living, Counseling, and Recreation) will work with other departments to provide services that support student training and success.

What systems and methods will be utilized to develop student self-management, positive conduct, community and independent living skills?

Student Conduct

How will a student incentive and conduct system that supports retention and successful program completion be established and maintained?

How will the counseling and conduct systems support student retention and successful program completion?

Recreation Describe recreational program goals and how they will be accomplished.

Student Government How will the Student Government Association be involved in the operation and management of the center?

Career Transition

Readiness

Describe the Career Transition Readiness program and how it will be scheduled to provide services to all students. What strategies will be used to ensure students successfully transition from center to the

Career Transition Period?

What strategies and resources will be utilized to promote quality placement of graduates?

What methods will be utilized to encourage graduates to obtain both academic and career technical credentials prior to graduation?

What methods will be used to determine student job readiness and what steps will be taken to remedy shortcomings for students to ensure they are adequately prepared to transition to post-center Career

Transition Services?

What strategies will be used to ensure a smooth and successful transition for students from CDP to the Career Transition Period?

e. Career Transition Period: (if applicable) (PRH Chapter 4)

Organization How will resources be organized and deployed to ensure effective coverage of the geographic area covered by the contract?

Coordination Between

Center and CTS

Describe strategies that will be utilized during the Career

Development Period for ensuring coordination among the center, students and Career Transition Specialists.

Describe strategies for ensuring coordination between the CTR departments at all centers and the CTS Specialists assigned to the center(s).

Placement for Graduates

How will quality jobs for program graduates be developed?

What strategies will be utilized to ensure that graduates are placed in positions which are a Job Training Match?

What strategies will be used to ensure that graduates are placed in employment or educational opportunities that are relevant to their chosen career pathways?

Assessment How will student job readiness be assessed and what services will be provided to remedy shortcomings for graduates?

Contact

What methods will be used to maintain contact with graduates and former enrollees, if applicable, throughout the post-center service period?

What methods will be used to establish and maintain contact with graduates and former enrollees who are assigned to your contract but did NOT attend the ___________ Job Corps center?

Transition Services for Graduates

How will on-going support services be coordinated and provided to meet graduates’ transitional support and job retention needs?

Former Enrollees How will post-center services be provided to former enrollees to ensure positive outcomes?

Program Goals Describe strategies to achieve CTS performance outcomes and remedy performance deficiencies.

f. Administrative & Management Support Services: (PRH Chapters 5 & 6)

Health

Describe strategies to assist students in the development healthy lifestyles and to recognize the relevance of wellness to job retention.

Facilities Maintenance

What strategies will be utilized to ensure a safe, healthy and secure living and learning environment for staff and students?

Describe strategies which will be utilized to support the development and maintenance of the site and facilities and to ensure those efforts support the delivery of quality Job Corps services.

Describe systems which support timely and effective maintenance of the center facilities.

2. Staff Resources Proposal (PRH Chapter 5)

The Staff Resources Proposal shall consist of the information described below. The page limitation for this section excludes the staffing chart provided in accordance with Section J of this RFP, resumes, staff schedules and position descriptions.

a. Organization: A detailed organization chart covering all staff for the

Center. Include any contracted or National Training Contractor staff with each, if applicable, and a completed Staffing Chart (Attachment J-4)

b. Schedules: Staff schedules showing coverage of critical functions for residential living, career preparation, academic and career technical training, counseling and security.

c. Key Personnel: Key personnel are identified as follows:

1. Center Director

Offerors shall indicate whether persons being proposed as key personnel are currently being proposed as key personnel for any other projects.

Offerors must notify the Contracting Officer in writing of any change in the availability of proposed key personnel when the change in status occurs, at any point in the procurement process.