Agenda for June 13-15, 2007
ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT
Hotel Pacific, 300 Pacific Avenue, Monterey
(Directions to hotel follow agenda.)
AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2007: Soberanes Meeting Room
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Tech Prep Collaboration
(Cookies and beverage
will be served!)
Presented by Dr. Hazel Hill, Dean of
Economic & Workforce Development at San Joaquin Delta College. Dr.
Hill is also the Project Director for the Regional Tech Prep Grant
awarded by the California Department of Education.
The intent of the Tech Prep grant is to
support an effective and efficient collaborative regional approach for
partnership development, coordination of California's various education
and economic development agencies, and use of various education and
community resources. Additionally, the project is to support the
development of a comprehensive integrated system that provides high
quality, successful Tech Prep support the development of a comprehensive
integrated system that provides high quality, successful Tech Prep
pathway programs to assist in meeting California's critical needs for
highly skilled workers. The specific career pathways being
developed through the grant are: Agribusiness, Manufacturing, logistics,
health and medical care, and environmental technology.
AGENDA for Tech Prep Collaboration Session:
-
Grant Objectives, Background, General Plans
-
Targeted Industries (noted above)
-
Identify Regional Needs of the Targeted
Industries: Review of Present Educational Programs, Regional
Business & Industry Needs, and Labor Market Analysis
-
Specific Plans for the Development of Career
Pathways
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE
TECH PREP SESSION?
THURSDAY,
JUNE 14, 2007: Soberanes Meeting Room
|
TIME (Times are approximate.) |
ROOM |
TOPIC |
|
8:30 a.m. |
Pinos |
Coffee/Tea/Juice will be available in Pinos Room for those not
staying at Hotel Pacific
Continental
Breakfast for hotel guests in Hotel Pacific Salon |
|
9:00 |
Soberanes |
Workshop
Session on the Regional Career Readiness Certificate - Gary
Mendenhall, Chair
-
Conjoint Program
-
Program Approval
-
Next Steps: Who and How?
Review of
Work Plan Accomplishments for 2006-2007 - Gary Mendenhall
Special Populations Report - Sue
Clark, Joint Special Populations Advisory Committee Co-Chair
Clean Energy Organization
Board-Nominate Central Region Representative
|
|
11:30 a.m. |
Hotel Patio |
Networking
Lunch |
|
12:30 p.m. |
Soberanes |
Retreat Welcome
/ Purpose & Goals - Gary Mendenhall, Chair
|
|
1:00 p.m. |
Soberanes |
Chancellor's
(System) Office Reports:
Career
Technology Education (CTE) - Jeanine Schoemer, Project Monitor &
Program Specialist
Economic &
Workforce Development (EWD) - Teresa Parkison, Specialist
Statewide
EWD Initiatives: Elaine Gaertner, Statewide Director,
Business & Workforce Improvement Initiative (BWPI) |
|
1:30 p.m. |
Soberanes |
Regional
Reports - Centers & Special Projects:
-
Centers for
International Trade Development (CITD)
Jeanette Benson, Director at
Merced College
Candy
Hansen, Director at
Fresno
City College
-
Workplace
Learning Resource Centers
Susan
Scaffidi, Director at Bakersfield College
Natalie
Culver-Dockins, Director for the Employer-Focused Training
Center at Merced College
-
ETP Project
Update
- Susan Scaffidi
-
Small
Business Development Center (SBDC)
Gillian
Murphy, Director, San Joaquin Delta College
George
Boodrookas, Dean of Community & Economic Development
Modesto
Junior College
-
California
Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley
George
Boodrookas, Dean of Community & Economic Development, MJC
-
Environmental
Technology SB 70 Grant
Hazel Hill,
Dean of Economic & Workforce Development at San Joaquin Delta
College
-
Regional Tech
Prep Coordination Grant - Hazel Hill
-
Applied
Biotechnology Center
Karen
Ackland, Director at Gavilan College
-
Regional Health Occupations Resource Center (RHORC)
Valerie Fisher, Director at
Hartnell College
-
Center for
Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT)
Ken Olson, Director at
Fresno City
College
Five
Minutes of Fame Roundtable:
Colleges may
share highlights from 2006-2007
|
|
3:20 p.m. |
|
Nutrition Break |
|
3:30 p.m. |
Soberanes |
Developing
Region Priorities for 2007-2008 - Gary Mendenhall, Chair
Discuss:
-
WIB
Collaboration
-
Regional
MIS Training
-
Tech Prep
Programs of Study
-
Perkins IV
-
New
Managers - Attraction and Retention
-
Regional
Career Ready Certificate
-
Other:
|
|
5:00 p.m. |
|
Adjourn -
Dinner on your own! ENJOY! |
FRIDAY,
JUNE 15, 2007:
| TIME |
ROOM |
TOPIC |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Hotel Pacific Salon |
Continental Breakfast for hotel guests in Hotel
Pacific Salon. Coffee, tea, and juice will be available in
the Soberanes Room for those not staying at the Hotel Pacific. |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Soberanes |
SB 70 Report
from College of the Sequoias, Larry Dutto, Dean of Academic
Services Central Region Consortium Planning
- Gary Mendenhall, Chair
- Finalize Priorities & Action Plans for 2007-2008
- Schedule Meeting Dates for 2007-2008
- Profiling Discussion - Gary
Mendenhall
- ACT Profiler School, October
16-19, 2007 - Larry Dutto
|
| 12 noon |
Pinos |
Networking Lunch of hotel patio - weather
permitting |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Soberanes |
Region Business Meeting
- Gary Mendenhall
- CCCAOE Board Report
- Review Region Protocol for Program Approval
|
| 2:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
Have a safe trip home! |

DON'T
WAIT! Call Hotel Pacific
TODAY to reserve lodging!
1-800-554-5542
Group Room Rate:
$233 + 10% tax per night, single or double occupancy.
Hotel parking fee is $15 per
day.
Hotel check-in:
4 p.m. -
Hotel check-out:
12 noon
GROUP ROOM BLOCK CODE is
listed as Yosemite CCD
(The
DEADLINE to secure lodging
is MAY 12, 2007.
Reservations
made after May 12, 2007 will be at space and rates available.)

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