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Objectives & Outcomes 2005-2006 I. Increase the active involvement of chief executive officers, chief instructional officers, chief student services officers, Vocational and Economic Development Administrators, the Academic Senate, management information systems officers, the statewide discipline advisory committee, and Economic Development Centers and Initiative Directors in regional consortia planning. Efforts to increase active involvement included: · Maintained a comprehensive contact matrix of all community college staff listed in Objective 1 for the Region’s list service, mailing list, and Web site directory. With this information in place, both new an existing contacts received ongoing communication pertaining to Region meetings and statewide events. · Supported Professional Leadership Development with $1,200 in funds to each college for faculty and new program managers to participate in regional and/or statewide events. · Invited all Regional EWD Centers to report during the Annual Planning Retreat. · Resources provided by the www.crconsortium.com Web site encouraged involvement and included links to: online event registration, event agendas and minutes, the CCCCO’s Program Approval Handbook; college Web site home pages; CCCCO and EWD Web sites; and more. · Facilitated the endorsement of four (4) applications for New Occupational Programs and/or requests to Add New Option to Existing Program, for the colleges in the Region. · Increased meeting/event attendance. (489 participants in 2005-2006, up from 348 participants in 2004-2005.) II. Conduct, at least six, meetings with appropriate staff from each college in the region to coordinate programs and services. The Central Region Consortium coordinated the following events/meetings in 2005-2006. Combined total attendance from all events was 489 participants. GENERAL MEETINGS / EVENTS (8 events = 269 participants): October 20, 2005 – CCCAOE Fall Conference, San Diego – General meeting (19 participants) November 4, 2005 – Student Learning Outcomes Promote a New Paradigm for the Role of Student Services Staff. Host: West Hills College Lemoore. (63 registered participants) November 17, 2005 – Economic Development Summit III – FOCUS ON INDUSTRY: A Look at Food Manufacturing, Harris Ranch, Coalinga (52 participants) February 23, 2006 – Non-Credit Alignment Project Work Session at Modesto Junior College. (15 participants)
March 16, 2006 – CCCAOE Spring 2006 Conference – San Francisco – General meeting (27 participants) March 31, 2006 – Get a CLUE! The Case of the Missing Major – Region V Career Center Workshop at Modesto Junior College (22 participants) May 4, 2006 – Economic Development Summit IV – FOCUS ON INDUSTRY: A Look at Construction, Harris Ranch, Coalinga. (35 participants) June 15-16, 2006 – Annual Planning Retreat – Sessions Included: HOT Topics in VTEA, EWD Meeting for Contract Education Practitioners, and general session. Regional EWD Centers and SB 70 Quick-Start projects to report. General meeting will include project reports and Region planning for 2006-2007. (36 registered participants) CENTRAL REGION CONSORTIUM WORKSHOPS/ACTIVITIES (5 events - Colleges listed coordinated event with Consortium funding. 220 participants) October 28, 2005 – Student Learning Outcomes – Program Level Development, Fresno City College. Lisa Brewster facilitated session. (17 participants) January 20, 2006 – SLO Assessment 101 with Dr. Larry Kelley at Gavilan College (69 participants) February 2, 2006 – At the Movies with Student Learning Outcomes. Starring Dr. Norena Badway. (55 participants) May 1, 2006 – Bakersfield College SLO Assessment Wine-Tasting/Reporting-Out (65 participants) May 18, 2006 – WIB Meeting – Visalia Economic Development Corporation – Hosted by College of the Sequoias (14 participants) III. Meet at least quarterly with the Chancellor's Office staff. Gary Mendenhall, Project Director, and Sue Clark, Coordinator, met with the Chancellor’s Office staff in Sacramento on September 19, 2005, January 9, 2006, and May 15, 2006. IV. Meet with the Statewide Advisory Committees representatives and the VTEA Statewide Discipline/Industry Collaborative projects as designated by the Chancellor's Office. A minimum of two meetings is anticipated. The Chancellor's Office will convene and facilitate these meetings. The Chancellor's Office convened a meeting of system leaders in Career Technical Education and Economic & Workforce Development on October 19, 2005 in San Diego. Gary Mendenhall and Sue Clark attended. Gary Mendenhall reported on Central Region Consortium activities. V. Collaborate with the VTEA Statewide Discipline/Industry Collaborative projects, Accountability Collaborative, Career Development Collaborative, Special Populations Collaborative, Work-Based Learning Collaborative, Statewide Advisory Committees, the Statewide Academic Senate and the Chancellor's Office staff, to: A) Assist in the development/implementation of statewide consortium and partnerships with the VTEA collaboratives;
Within the Central Region, individuals serving in a variety of capacities, provided assistance in the development of statewide consortium and partnerships with VTEA collaborative projects. Their involvement in both Regional Consortium activities and VTEA Statewide Projects served to strengthen partnerships.
B) Provide communication about and dissemination of VTEA collaborative activities, outcomes and products to all community college providers of VTEA collaborative specific discipline/industry cluster education.
c) Assist with professional development activities: The Central Region Consortium Office provided assistance with professional development activities as follows:
VI. Collaborate with the Economic Development Initiatives through Regional Centers and Initiative Directors.
VII. Conduct, in coordination with the California Community College Association of Occupational Education (CCCAOE), seminars to address workforce needs.
VIII. Expand professional development that provides academic and vocational faculty and counselors with the knowledge and skills required to implement economic development and workforce preparation and ensure responsiveness to special populations.
1. Industry perspective was the focus for the Central Region’s third annual Economic Development Summit, held November 17, 2005 at Harris Ranch in Coalinga. The focus for Summit III was on the food manufacturing industry. Invitations to participate were extended to over 450 food-manufacturing contacts and to local WIB partners. Industry leaders identified specific training and skill gaps for their business and offered concrete ideas for how the community colleges can be responsive to their workforce needs. 2. A successful Construction Industry Summit at Harris Ranch on May 4, 2006, set the foundation for region colleges to build a response to industry needs. Invitations to participate were extended to over 170 construction business owners and local WIB partners. Mr. Bob Hawkes, Consultant for the Center of Excellence, provided an industry scan to highlight the growing need for skilled workers in all areas of this industry. Five leaders from the construction industry identified specific industry training needs and skill gaps during a panel presentation. In response, Central Region community colleges worked to develop an action plan that would address the needs and gaps as presented. These plans will be revisited in June during the Region’s Annual Planning Retreat, as several action items involve collaboration and a regional effort.
IX. Participate in statewide and regional workforce development marketing efforts. Encourage regional collaboration to market workforce development.
X. Facilitate the dissemination of information, articles, position papers, and products developed by Career Technical Education and Economic and Workforce Development Program projects to colleges, and education and economic development entities in the region. Link regional Web site to the Chancellor’s Office Web site.
XI. Sponsor regional meeting/workshops: a. For Career Technical Education and Economic and Workforce Development funded projects to promote the regional economic development plan, networking, sharing of best practices, and updates on legislative and other current events impacting the regions.
b. For Career Technical Education and Workforce Development initiatives to promote collaboration and linkages between the Local Workforce Investment Boards that will encourage local community college participation in the One-Stop system.
c. In coordination and collaboration with the CCCCO Career Development Advisory Committee, provide faculty and counselors with access to professional development conferences and workshops to learn the latest research and best practices for conducting career development/career management student support services and/or integrating career management activities in the classroom. Each region will receive $10,000 for this purpose.
d) Conduct Program Improvement Planning Workshops for college teams in the California Community Colleges. The training will focus on use of data to do a gap analysis and effective strategy search for planning program improvements and to have participants train others on their campus to do that analysis and planning. Nine (9) Program Improvement events were completed in the Central Region in 2005-2006: November 4, 2005 – Student Learning Outcomes Promote a New Paradigm for the Role of Student Services Staff. Host: West Hills College Lemoore. (63 registered participants) October 28, 2005 – Student Learning Outcomes – Program Level Development, Fresno City College. Lisa Brewster facilitated session. (17 participants) January 20, 2006 – SLO Assessment 101 with Dr. Larry Kelley at Gavilan College (69 participants) February 2, 2006 – At the Movies with Student Learning Outcomes. Starring Dr. Norena Badway. (55 participants) May 1, 2006 – Bakersfield College SLO Assessment Wine-Tasting/Reporting-Out (65 participants) Student Learning Outcomes activities were also completed by Columbia College, Hartnell College, Merced College, and San Joaquin Delta College. Participant totals will be reported in final report. XII. Maintain Internet connections with the CCCEWD home page. The http://www.crconsortium.com Web site LINKS button provides easy access to the http://www.cccewd.net home page. XIII. Facilitate and coordinate assistance efforts to colleges that will be used to enable special population students to meet state adjusted levels of performance.
· Central Region Consortium office helped to market Region V workshop, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, and provided online event registration via the Consortium Web site. Event held on April 28, 2006 in Salinas and funded by the Hartnell College RHORC. (62 registered participants) XIV. Conduct one statewide conference for Special Populations program personnel. This may be coordinated with the California Department of Education. · Provided funding to support the California Joint Special Populations Leadership Training Conference, Careers Have No Gender, Success Has No Limits, in Sacramento, February 22-23, 2006. (274 participants representing K-Adult and community college education and private industry) XV. Conduct a statewide conference for new and/or prospective Vocational Education Administrators.
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