Human Capital

An economy’s most important resources are the collective knowledge, attributes, skills and experience of its workforce.

Our Human Capital Team facilitates quality pathways between employers, educators and community members to ensure the availability of highly skilled talent to support our growing key industries.

Our Services

Make Connections: Facilitate quality pathways between employers, educators and community members to ensure the availability of highly skilled talent to support our growing key industries.
Promote Opportunities: Showcase employment opportunities in the Wichita Falls area on our Jobs Board.
Grow Emerging Leaders: Create a pipeline of emerging leadership in the community by promoting strong mentorship.

Workforce Partnerships

Talent and workforce have become synonyms when discussing the labor force. At the Wichita Falls Chamber, we use the term “human capital” instead because we feel it more appropriately represents the skills and education required by today’s workers. Human capital is perhaps the key driver of economic success and prosperity in an economy and is a top factor influencing location decisions across business sectors.

Our talent partners, some of which are listed below, endeavor to create a “collective impact” by aligning education and training providers with cross-sector partners to improve educational outcomes and create a more competitive workforce. Together, we seek to improve our area’s human capital by producing and retaining “homegrown” talent and ensuring a quality pipeline exists for job seekers from all industries, backgrounds and education levels in our community. to employers.

The Wichita Falls Chamber partners with the Texas Workforce Commission to promote and advance human capital in the Wichita Falls area.

The Texas Workforce Commission is the agency charged with overseeing and providing workforce development services to employers and job seekers in Texas, with an emphasis in veteran support, under the Texas Department of Labor.

The Wichita Falls Chamber partners with Workforce Solutions North Texas to promote and advance human capital in the Wichita Falls area.

Workforce Solutions North Texas provides employment support services to employers and job seekers in the counties of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Jack, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger and Young under the Texas Department of Labor.

The Wichita Falls Chamber partners with the Texas Veterans Commission to promote and advance human capital in the Wichita Falls area.

The Texas Veterans Commission offers employment support services to veterans and their spouses in Wichita Falls who are disabled, homeless or living in poverty, transitioning from service, caregivers and served in the Vietnam-era.

The Wichita Falls Chamber partners with Hiring Our Heroes to promote and advance human capital in the Wichita Falls area.

Hiring Our Heroes is a nationwide effort to connect veterans, service members and military spouses with meaningful employment opportunities through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

Education Partnerships

The Wichita Falls community prides itself on offering quality education and diverse learning options to its residents. With an emphasis on Modern School Facilities and a MakerHub Network, the local community is continuously making improvements to its infrastructure and programming to ensure students have access to high quality, cutting-edge resources to supplement their education.

Wichita Falls is home to colleges offering two- and four-year degree programs, numerous public and private elementary, middle and high schools and other additional resources to help area students achieve their educational goals.

The Wichita Falls Independent School District (WFISD) operates four early childhood campuses, 16 elementary campuses, three middle school campuses, three high schools and three alternative campuses. WFISD is the largest public school district of the 38 located in North Texas and is the largest school district operating in Region 9. This district is accredited by the Texas Education Agency.

Visit the WFISD website.
MSU Texas is a leading medium-sized public liberal arts university committed to providing students with rigorous undergraduate and graduate education in liberal arts, science, engineering and business. Through an emphasis on teaching using research, creative activities and co-curricular opportunities alongside faculty, MSU Texas prepares its graduates to embark upon their careers or pursue advanced study.
Visit the MSU Texas website.
The WFISD Career Education Center (CEC) serves the North Texas community of Wichita Falls as a state-of-the-art facility. Students are trained in one of 26 career pathways. Each pathway provides students with a multitude of post-graduation opportunities including the possibility of earning a certification concurrently.
Visit the CEC website.
Vernon College is an accredited, comprehensive community college offering academic, career and technical education programs, as well as community classes to prepare students for employment or successful transfer to a four-year college or university. There are three locations in Wichita Falls: The Skills Training Center and Century City Center which both house career and technical education training programs and the Sheppard Learning Center which supports airmen on Sheppard Air Force base.
Visit the Vernon College website.
Wayland Baptist University’s Wichita Falls campus offers a wide range of quality academic programs, taught in small classes in a caring, Christian environment for airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base. Wayland was among the first institutions in the country to consider the needs of men and women serving in the U.S. armed services and offer degree programs in compliance with military education benefits.
Visit the Wayland Baptist University website.
The vision at CrashWorks STEAM Studio & Makerspace is to redefine what education looks like through STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) initiatives. It offers hands-on, creative exploration to learners of all ages through process-based education. Unlike other creative studios in the area, it focuses on “fostering imagination, inspiration, curiosity, discovery and problem-solving.”
Visit the Crashworks STEAM Studio & Makerspace website.
Dexter Learning is a revolutionary high-tech community school located in Wichita Falls. Instead of sitting in a traditional classroom, students follow a personalized learning path at their own accelerated pace in a modern learning environment. Their path is filled with hands-on projects and activities that make learning meaningful, active and fun.
Visit the Dexter Learning website.
Christ Academy is dedicated to being an exemplary private college preparatory Christian School that focuses on early childhood to Grade 12 learning. The academy is committed to the relentless pursuit of innovation, educational excellence and spiritual development to prepare students to be engaged members of their communities who advance the Kingdom of God.
Visit the Christ Academy website.
Wichita Christian School (WCS) is a private Christian school offering preschool through 12th grade opportunities for students with small class sizes, individual attention, outstanding teachers, college counseling and opportunities to participate in a wide variety of extracurricular activities — all within a nurturing, Christian environment.
Visit the Wichita Christian School website
In addition to the Wichita Falls Independent School District, there are several other independent school districts in the region that offer exceptional educational opportunities for students.
• Burkburnett ISD
• City View ISD
• Holliday ISD
• Henrietta ISD
• Iowa Park ISD
Region 9 strives to support and nurture the educational communities it serves by providing quality professional development, specialized assistance and personalized service. The goal of Region 9 is to build a foundation for student success by providing a quality support system to its schools and communities. Region 9 serves Bowie, City View, Graham, Jacksboro, Vernon, Wichita Falls and Windthorst counties.
Learn more about the Region 9 Adult Education & Literacy Program.