Engaging Employers, Defining Skills, and Preparing Students

This presentation, provided by the IT Skill Standards 2020 and Beyond project (ITSS) and the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), was part of a special webinar at the 2021 WASTC conference. This presentation discusses best practices and strategies for employing the BILT model to energize employer councils through a structured process that prioritizes entry-level job skills. The presentation explains how the ITSS project grant uses that model in its work to update skill standards nationwide across multiple IT job clusters. This recorded presentation runs 22:55 minutes in length. PDF presentation slides are also provided.