Use Workforce Foundations as an onboarding program

Give new staff a shared foundation, then add the modules and practice that match their role. The goal is not to memorize rules. It is to know how the system works, where authority sits, and where to verify the answer.

Supervisor note. Workforce Foundations is an AI-assisted learning resource, not a certification or substitute for employer training, supervision, current policy, or role-specific authorization. Use it to structure onboarding and identify where local instruction is still needed. Trust standard →

1 · FOUNDATION

Everyone begins with the eight-lesson Foundations Course.

2 · ROLE

Add the operating modules most relevant to the job.

3 · PRACTICE

Use Decision Challenges and Quickstarts to practice judgment.

4 · VERIFY

Use the skill check and official sources to identify areas where additional learning or source verification may be needed.

A SIMPLE 30-DAY PLAN

A practical first month

WEEK 1

Build the mental model

Complete the Foundations Course. Ask the learner to explain the system, the major players, and how policy authority flows.

WEEK 2

See the Local Area operate

Assign role-relevant Workforce in Practice modules. Pair them with your own local policies, contracts, and organizational chart.

WEEK 3

Practice the work

Use two Decision Challenges and one Quickstart tied to the employee’s actual responsibilities.

WEEK 4

Check readiness

Complete the Foundations Skill Check as a learning exercise, review mistakes together, and identify the official sources the employee should bookmark. Do not use the score alone as a competency or authorization decision.

ROLE PATHS

Start together. Then specialize.

Every role should share the Foundations Course. The next assignment should reflect what the person actually does.

Role	After the Foundations Course	Good first practice
Career navigator / program staff	Programs + Case Management · Title I operations · Service delivery	Review a participant file
Employer services	AJCC system · Employer services · Strategy	Choose OJT, IWT, or another strategy
Fiscal / contracts	Funding flows · Contracts + Subrecipients · Accountability	Review an invoice or modification
Data / performance	Performance + Data · Performance · Accountability	Read a WIOA performance report
Monitoring / compliance	Monitoring + Compliance · Authority · Accountability	Prepare for monitoring
WDB analyst / manager	Governance + Planning · WDB year · Strategy	Prepare a WDB agenda item
Board member / executive partner	Authority · WDB year · Strategy	What can my Local Area decide?

SUPERVISOR CHECK-IN

Five questions worth asking

Can you explain who has authority for this decision?
Can you identify which funding stream or program is involved?
Can you distinguish a requirement from a local choice?
Can you show me where you would verify the answer?
Can you explain what evidence should be in the file or record?

COMPLETION CHECK

Foundations Skill Check

Use the existing 15-question applied check as a conversation starter, not just a score.

Open the skill check →

START HERE

Give every new employee the same foundation

Then let the role, the work, and your local policies shape what comes next.

Start the Foundations Course →