Agenda

8 - 8:30 a.m.

REGISTRATION & MORNING REFRESHMENTS
 

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

‌WELCOME & OPEN REMARKS | ROOM 303

MORNING KEYNOTE
"Status of Workforce in the Cedar Valley: What labor Market Information Tells Us"

• Ryan Murphy, Labor Market Information Director, Labor Market Division, IowaWORKS
• Gina Robinson, Workforce Manager – Promise Jobs, IowaWORKS
• Karen Siler, Workforce Manager – American Job Center, IowaWORKS
   

9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

‌BREAKOUT SESSION

Choose from one of three:

• "Protected Classes: Know Your Rights as an Employee; Know What to do as an Employer" | Room 213
• "Introduction of Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services" | Room 215
• "Child Care 101" | Room 219
   

‌11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

‌BREAKOUT SESSION

Choose from one of three:

• "Child Care 101" (repeat of 9:45 session) | Room 219
• "Operation Threshold: Family Development and Self-Sufficiency (FaDSS)" | Room 213
• "How Personality Traits Impact Burnout and Stress" | Room 215
   

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

‌LUNCH (provided) | Reception area in front of Room 303
 

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

AFTERNOON PANEL | Room 303

"Inclusion and Retention Best Practices in the Workplace"

• Sonja Lee Bock, Executive and Advocacy Committee and Drake Adjunct
• T.W. Ingham, Chair of the Cedar Falls Human Rights Commission
• Rebecca Johnson, Human Rights Specialist, Waterloo Human Rights
   

2:15 - 4 p.m.

AFTERNOON SESSION | Room 303

"Equal Employment for All"

• Dean and Michele Feltes, Founders and Directors, One City United
• Schad West, Director of Operations, Kay Industries
• Staff and graduates from program
   

4 - 4:30 p.m.

FINAL COMMENTS & EVALUATION | Room 303