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As employers grapple with staffing shortages and skills gaps, now is the time to invest in building a future-ready workforce that connects all workers with pathways to skills, quality jobs, and opportunity.
One in 10 working-age adults in the U.S. is an English learner. Yet the U.S. workforce system serves just 4% of these workers.
EnGen is committed to equipping this talent pool with career-aligned English skills. Yet we know that much more needs to be done to build a workforce ecosystem that truly champions these workers. There is a role for all of us – employers, adult educators, workforce administrators, government officials, and more – in shaping the work ahead.
The Powering Potential Network is a resource to all leaders who share our vision of building a future-ready workforce that fully includes adult English learners. Together we will build capacity in our field and mobilize talented, motivated leaders like you who can unlock opportunities for our workforce.
In Powering Potential Network you’ll find:
Thought Leadership: Join timely discussions on innovative ideas, emerging workforce trends, and fresh data that are shaping our field.
Professional Development: Hear from experts that offer promising practices and scalable success in workforce development and beyond.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with like-minded colleagues via attendee-led presentations and solutions-oriented dialogue.
Upcoming Sessions
Join Dr. Katie Brown, founder and chief education officer of EnGen, and the Barbara Bush Foundation’s ALL IN program for a powerful conversation about one of the most overlooked opportunities in workforce development: English learners. Nearly 1 in 10 working-age adults in the U.S. is an English learner—yet just 4% have access to instruction. How can we unlock this high-potential talent pool? Discover key insights from EnGen’s latest survey of 6,000 multilingual workers and explore how English upskilling is driving retention, communication, and business outcomes across industries.
June 25 at 1 p.m. ET
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Using EnGen to Drive Learner Success: Pathways to Credentials
EnGen’s founder Dr. Katie Brown as she reviews pathways to short-term credentials and answers your questions about leveraging EnGen to deliver outcomes. will review implementation models that are driving successful outcomes for a wide range of EnGen clients across the country.
Unlocking Workforce Potential Through English Upskilling
As workforce needs evolve, English learners—1 in 10 working-age adults in the U.S.—represent a high-potential, underutilized talent pool. This webinar explores how English upskilling is driving talent development across sectors like healthcare and manufacturing. Join us to learn what’s working on the ground, how pre-apprenticeships and employer-sponsored training models are expanding opportunity, and why English skills are essential for building a future-ready workforce.
Panelists:
Katie Brown, Ph.D, EnGen, founder
Megan Dichter, Maine Department of Education
Joan M. Dolan, Maine Department of Labor
Stuart Andreason, The Burning Glass Institute
Ashley Faubion, CAEL
Program Models to Support IET & Credentials in Maine, Michigan and Massachusetts
A discussion about program models that support transitions to IET and credentials in Maine, Massachusetts and Michigan.
We talked about how to empower success by driving learner outcomes through IET program goals, identifying and onboarding learners, providing data-driven instruction, and measuring learner growth.
Professional Development:
Blended Learning: Using EnGen in the Classroom
A three-part professional development series to prepare educators and administrators to deliver successful blended learning programs leveraging EnGen's content and platform. Topics cover using EnGen with learners in traditional and non-traditional classroom settings, best practices for working with learners at mixed proficiency levels, and tips for fostering a dynamic learning environment that prepares learners' to achieve their own real-world goals.
Watch the recordings:
Introduction to Blended Learning: Using EnGen in both traditional and non-traditional settings
Professional Development:
Pathways to Short-Term Credentials: Leveraging EnGen to Deliver Outcomes
A four-part professional development series to prepare educators and administrators to deliver successful vocational transition programs. These programs are designed to equip multilingual learners with the skills they need to rapidly transition into short-term credential programs at institutions across the country.
Building from real-world data and outcomes collected from dozens of community college, higher education, and employer partners over the past five years, preparing educators and administrators to create clear on-ramps to existing industry-recognized credential programs at their institutions.
Watch the recordings:
Introduction to Competency-Based Language Instruction and the Flipped Classroom Model