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Webinar Slide Deck on Wisconsin, German Strategies to Advance Apprenticeship
19 Nov 2024
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Efforts to advance apprenticeship on both sides of the Atlantic took another step forward with a free public webinar that highlighted a unique collaboration among apprenticeship leaders from Wisconsin and Germany.
The webinar, Advancing Apprenticeship: An International Collaboration, featured speakers including Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Amy Pechacek; German Deputy Consul General Dirk Schulz; Mike Qualter, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Apprenticeship; Professor Hubert Ertl, Vice President of BIBB (BIBB is Germany's Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training); DWD Division of Employment and Training Administrator Michele Carter, Professor Henning Klaffke of the Hamburg University of Applied Science; and DWD Apprenticeship Bureau Director David Polk.
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