Institute for Apprenticeship, Training and Education Programs

Review your fiduciary responsibilities and apply your knowledge in this session that puts you in the judge’s seat! A number of scenarios will be presented for discussion and deliberation.

Review your fiduciary responsibilities and apply your knowledge in this session that puts you in the judge’s seat! A number of scenarios will be presented for discussion and deliberation.

This session will focus on some of the most prevalent mental health topics impacting apprentices today, including suicide, substance abuse, gambling, and depression and anxiety disorders. The presentation will address:

• Interventions
• Diagnosis and treatment options
• Resources and support programs
• Best practices and policies.

The pace of change with technological advancements requires a constant assessment of your own systems.

• In-person vs. online learning
• Devices, AR/VR training
• Learning management systems
• Cost and policies
• Security
• Looking to the future

This session will cover the latest federal and provincial developments shaping apprenticeship programs across Canada with topics in the areas of:

• Funding changes
• Administrative shifts
• Health and safety
• Bridging provincial barriers.

This session will provide insights on the current and future environment to help you plan for what lies ahead. Topics include:

• Update on the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship
• Update from the Office of Apprenticeship National Office
• Legislative and regulatory activity impacting registered apprenticeship programs.

This session will feature a series of brief presentations from your peers. Learn from others about the successful and creative initiatives they are implementing and take home ideas and strategies for your own programs. Conference attendees may submit a brief overview of presentations for consideration by November 1, 2025 at www.ifebp.org/apprenticeshipinstitute. Potential topics can include DEI initiatives, grant successes, partnership wins, and successful preapprenticeship programs.

This session will focus on best practices in collective bargaining as it relates to your U.S. apprenticeship trust fund. Topics include:

• CBA language
• Standards
• Process issues and best practices
• Working together
• Joint labor-management funds.

Measuring the success of your program, or any aspect of it, requires that you plan, measure, monitor and evaluate. This session will help you establish a framework for how to measure success as you learn:

• How to collect and interpret data
• Tracking vs. benchmarking
• Defining success
• Applications in your apprenticeship programs
• Tools and resources.

This session will address some of the complexities when dealing with your training facility, including:

• Owning vs. leasing
• Legal issues
• Risk management challenges
• Capital expenses/budgets
• Maintenance
• Open discussion.

You run a trust fund that has a certain set of policy requirements. At the same time, you are running a school that has an altogether different set of policies. You are also running a business that requires yet another set of policies. And all your policies, to some extent, reflect the values of your program. This session will address:

• Checklist of policies you should have
• Components of a good policy
• Policy development, implementation, documentation and oversight
• Common policy challenges.

This session will focus on understanding the needs and expectations of today’s learners, including:

• Learning styles
• Generational differences
• Impact of technology and AI
• Technical training in the world of "edutainment."

Turnover in your board of trustees or in any leadership roles in your apprenticeship program can be turbulent and costly. Turnover of your service providers is no easier. This session will help you think about when and how you should be approaching succession planning for key roles. Topics will include:

• Identifying key leaders
• Planning for the expected
• Planning for the unexpected
• Which roles you should be planning to cover
• Recruitment
• The importance of onboarding and training
• Best practices and processes.

This session will help you holistically evaluate the content you are teaching and assess how well you are achieving the following tasks:

• Defining your learning objectives
• Identifying the skills you need to teach
• Connecting classroom learning to the jobsite
• Assessing outcomes.

There is much talk about how artificial intelligence (AI) is going to impact jobsites and jobs, but it is already impacting the way organizations operate. Join this discussion to learn how to bring AI into your apprenticeship programs. Topics include:

• AI tools
• Policies
• Privacy and security
• Use in the classroom
• Use in operations.

Apprenticeship plans should operate as a business to achieve all of their training objectives. A number of key topics will be addressed, including:

• Audit procedures
• Budgets and cash flows
• Compliance with provincial regulations
• Data breaches
• Governance and other essential documents
• Essential policies
• Importance of meeting minutes
• Insurance
• Strategic planning.

Apprenticeship plans should operate as a business to achieve all of their training objectives. A number of key topics will be addressed, including:

• Audit procedures
• Budgets and cash flows
• Compliance with federal and state regulations
• Data breaches
• Governance and other essential documents
• Essential policies
• Importance of meeting minutes
• Investments
• Strategic planning.

An open discussion of Canadian issues relevant to training trust funds, this session will provide a forum to address the most pressing issues that trustees, administrators, coordinators, instructors and directors are dealing with today.

An open discussion of U.S. issues relevant to training trust funds, this session will provide a forum to address the most pressing issues that trustees, administrators, coordinators, instructors and directors are dealing with today.

This session will cover digital outreach strategies to help you recruit and retain your apprentices. Topics include:

• Digital opportunities
• Tactics
• Targeting and messaging.

Good governance can keep you out of trouble and help you be more effective and efficient. This session will help you understand the key elements of good governance, including:

• Components of good governance
• Processes that support success
• Use of committees
• Appropriate structure to get things done
• Delegation
• Policies.