NextREADY GPS tracks learner skill progression from first words to WIOA-ready documentation — surfacing who needs attention today and generating compliant Measurable Skill Gains records without adding data entry to your day.
For Navigators
Triage your caseload in minutes. See MSGStatus, last Point of Learning activity, and attention flags at a glance.
For Program Admins
Monitor cohort progress across Durable Life Skills domains and generate WIOA-ready exports for your full program.
For Funders
Pre/post evidence, recognized framework alignment, and MSG Type 4 documentation built in from day one.
Key concepts
Three ideas that power the system
NextREADY GPS is built around three interlocking concepts. Understanding them makes the rest of the platform immediately legible.
Durable Life Skills
The 39 transferable skills — spanning Life, Work, and Learning — that employers consistently identify as prerequisites for career success. These are the skills learners carry from one job, program, or life stage to the next, and the skills NextREADY GPS measures, develops, and documents for WIOA reporting.
iCAN statements
A learner's own words, drawn from the U.S. DOL Building Blocks Model's action statements for 864 occupations. Because iCAN statements are grounded in that recognized framework from the start — not mapped to it after the fact — every revision a learner makes is already MSG Type 4 evidence. The version chain from intake to exit is the documentation record.
Point of Learning (POL)
A lightweight NFC card issued to each learner at enrollment. When tapped at a class, community site, career fair, or navigator check-in, it automatically logs the activity and links that moment of learning to the learner's skill record — with no manual data entry required from the navigator.
How it works
You focus on learners. The system handles documentation.
Navigators already carry caseloads of 80–150 WIOA participants. NextREADY GPS is designed to reduce documentation burden — not add to it.
Navigator does this
Tap the learner's Point of Learning (POL) card at check-ins, milestones, and community activities
Review the attention flag queue — who needs a check-in today
Have the iCAN conversation — "what did you do this week, and what can you do now that you couldn't before?"
Click "Export for WIOA case file" when MSG status shows ready
NextREADY GPS does this
Tracks every iCAN statement version with timestamps, DOK level, and the POL activity that prompted the revision
Flags learners with no recent POL activity, missing baselines, or exit-risk documentation gaps
Calculates MSGStatus automatically from assessment data and iCAN progression across Durable Life Skills
Generates a WIOA-ready PDF: framework, pre/post scores, iCAN version chain, and evidence references
iCAN progression in practice
What a Measurable Skill Gain actually looks like
An iCAN statement begins as a single sentence a learner writes at intake — their own words, describing a Durable Life Skill they already use. As they move through the program, each real experience gives them something new to say. Each revision deepens the statement and generates a documented step toward MSG Type 4. Below is one learner's progression over seven weeks of an EMT program at Doña Ana Community College.
EMT / Allied Health · Proposed DACC · Durable Life Skill: Communication under pressure
DOK 1
I can stay calm when a patient is upset.
Week 1 · Intake — learner's own words at baseline · POL card issued
POL card tapped at EMT simulation lab, Week 4 — iCAN revised same session
DOK 2
I can explain treatment steps clearly to a patient who is scared, using simple words and checking that they understand.
Week 4 · Adds specific technique and audience awareness
POL card tapped at Family, Friends & Neighbors interview with ER nurse, Week 7
DOK 3
I can adjust my communication approach based on what a patient needs in the moment — slowing down, switching languages, or involving family — and I can teach this to a classmate by showing them what I changed and why.
Week 7 · Demonstrates transfer, reflection, and ability to teach the skill to others
MSG TYPE 4 DOCUMENTED · DOK 1 → DOK 3 · Attainment: Week 7 · Recognized framework: ASCEND Life–Work–Learning / DOL Building Blocks
Proposed DACC CTE Pilot · 12-week structure
A spine that fits your program schedule
The NextREADY GPS 12-week structure is designed for CTE programs at Doña Ana Community College and scales to STEM Innovation Network regional hubs across New Mexico. Every cohort follows the same spine — Durable Life Skills at the core, with pathway-specific activities layered on top. POL card taps log participation at every step; iCAN statements deepen from DOK 1 at intake to DOK 3 at exit.
Foundation
Wk 0Wk 1–2Wk 3
Enroll, issue POL cards, baseline GPSAssessment
Durable Life Skills Level 1 activities begin
Learners write first iCAN statements at DOK 1
MSGStatus: Baseline Recorded
Deepening & Exploration
Wk 4–5Wk 6Wk 7–8
Pathway lab work; Durable Life Skills in technical context
Midpoint GPSAssessment — MSGStatus: In Progress
Family, Friends & Neighbors career interviews with STEM professionals
iCAN statements revised to DOK 2 from real experience
Application & Documentation
Wk 9–10Wk 11Wk 12
Capstone projects applying Durable Life Skills in pathway context
iCAN checkpoint — DOK 3 target; version chain complete
Final GPSAssessment — pre/post pair complete
Navigator exports MSG package for every WIOA case file
Navigator dashboard
Who needs attention today?
The caseload view is built for triage, not reporting. MSGStatus badges and attention flags surface immediately — no digging required. Click any learner row to see their full iCAN statement version chain, linked evidence records, and where they stand in the 12-week spine. When documentation is ready, one button generates the WIOA case file PDF.
Workforce Navigator Dashboard · R. Morales · Proposed DACC Health / Allied Health cohort
Week 7 of 12 · Mar 27, 2026
Total caseload
18
Baseline pending
2
In progress
11
MSG ready
4
Needs attention
3
Learner
MSG status
iCAN DOK level
Last POL activity
Attention flag
Durable Life Skill: Communication under pressure · LS2.3
DOK 1
I can stay calm when a patient is upset.
Week 1 · Jan 15 · POL card logged at intake
Revised after EMT simulation lab — POL tap logged
DOK 2
I can explain treatment steps clearly to a patient who is scared, using simple words and checking that they understand.
Week 4 · Feb 10 · POL card logged at simulation lab
Revised after Family, Friends & Neighbors interview with ER nurse
DOK 3
I can adjust my communication approach based on what a patient needs in the moment — slowing down, switching languages, or involving family — and teach this to a classmate by showing what I changed and why.
Week 7 · Mar 20 · POL card logged at FFN interview
MSG Type 4 — Skills Progression · WIOA-ready
DOK 1 → DOK 3 across 3 documented iCAN versions with linked evidence. Recognized framework: ASCEND Life–Work–Learning / DOL Building Blocks. Attainment date: Mar 20, 2026.
FFN
Family, Friends & Neighbors interview: Sandra Rivera, RN — communication with non-English-speaking patients
Mar 18
SIM
EMT simulation debrief — multi-patient scenario, written reflection on Durable Life Skills applied
Mar 12
OST
Out-of-school volunteer shift at Mesilla Valley Hospice — observed bilingual family communication; POL card logged on-site
Feb 28
CAP
Capstone draft: triage station protocol with communication checklist
Mar 24
Complete
Current week
Remaining
4 learners have MSG-ready documentation. Click a row to review the iCAN chain, then export.Export MSG-ready batch →
WIOA alignment
Built around MSG Type 4 from the start
NextREADY GPS is designed to meet WIOA Measurable Skill Gains requirements without retrofitting. The iCAN version chain, POL activity log, and GPSAssessment pre/post pair together satisfy every element of MSG Type 4 source documentation.
Recognized framework
ASCEND Life–Work–Learning / DOL Building Blocks
Durable Life Skills progression is measured against a framework aligned to the U.S. DOL Building Blocks for Adult Learners — meeting the "recognized framework" requirement for MSG Type 4.
Pre / post evidence
GPSAssessment baseline + final assessment pair
Week 0 baseline and Week 12 final assessment create the pre/post pair required for MSG documentation — automatically linked to the learner's POL activity log and iCAN version chain.
Skills progression proof
iCAN DOK version chain with linked evidence
Each iCAN revision is timestamped, linked to the POL activity that prompted it, and stored as a version chain — from DOK 1 at intake to DOK 3 at exit. This is the MSG evidence record.
Export-ready documentation
One-click WIOA case file PDF
The MSG export includes: framework name, Durable Life Skill codes, pre/post dates and scores, before/after iCAN statements with DOK levels, and linked evidence record IDs — formatted for case file upload.
Independently evaluated pilot evidence
Results from three New Mexico cohorts
ASCEND's pilot programs — each built on the same Durable Life Skills framework and iCAN progression model — were independently evaluated by Jason Ravitz of Evaluation by Design and presented at the NAWB Forum 2022. Outcomes consistently exceeded the general WIOA population on key metrics.
3×
collaboration skill gains above baseline across all three cohorts
HSE+
HSE completion rates above the general WIOA population average
3
independently evaluated New Mexico cohorts, NAWB Forum 2022
Evaluator: Jason Ravitz, Evaluation by Design · Presented at NAWB Forum 2022
Durable Life Skills gains from 2024 New Mexico cohort
McCune Charitable FoundationSTEM Innovation Network NMDoña Ana Community CollegeNM Dept. of Workforce SolutionsFamily Learning Company
See the proposed DACC pilot in action
Schedule a walkthrough with a NextREADY GPS team member. We'll show you the full 12-week navigator workflow — from POL card setup and baseline iCAN statements through to WIOA export.
