New software was pur-chased to upgrade the Business student labs. The joint Business/Office Administration Commu-nity Advisory Board met to discuss program status and review plans for the coming year. Lab

support has been expanded to meet much needed student support requirements.

The Administration of Justice Program’s faculty continue to review and revise curriculum as appropriate. Staff development activities are in the planning stages as is their next advisory

committee meeting.

Business, Behavioral & Social Sciences

The Fire Science Program used career & technical education funds to purchase the Bullex Fire Extinguisher Training Simulator for $11,000. Extinguisher Training for our Fire Science classes has already started. The final quotes on the trailer and vehicle extrication equipment has been completed. The cost for this equipment will be near $13,000. The last item the Fire Science Program will need to purchase will be the wild land hose packs.

Fire Science/EMS

Modesto Junior College February 2011

2nd Quarter Report

3/3/11 Budget Status

Reports & Reallocation

Proposals Due

REMINDER: CTE Deans,

3rd quarter reports due

4/10/11

CCCAOE Spring 2011

Conference 3/23-3/25/11

April-Local Applications

Due

Mark A. Anglin

CTE Project Director

209.575.6198

Melissa Beach

CTE Project Monitor

209.575.6742

Exciting developments continue to take place within MJC’s Career & Technical Education programs! In September

the annual CTE Proposal Meeting was conducted giving each CTE manager the opportunity to bring specific pro-

posals for projects designed for program improvement within their area. The proposal applications must address

the following criteria: Be a part of the program’s current local CTE plan; have received advisory team input; ad-

dress core indicator issues (If any); address programmatic need(s); be vital to program development; address the

College’s strategic goals; assess anticipated outcomes; and finally be feasible. The successful proposals for this

year included the following: Agriculture - 2 Lincoln Electric c300 Power Wave welders, Refrigeration units for egg

transport and storage to meet mandated regulations; Electronics - conduit bender; Auto Tech - electrical course

board and Hunter Alignment System Lease to own Project; Engineering & Architecture - tablet PC; Journalism –

funding for a student lab assistant; Radio/TV - established a contract with a vendor to upgrade TV, Radio and Re-

cording equipment; Dental - simulated dental treatment equipment; Culinary Arts - point-of-sale equipment,

tables, and chairs for the student ran café; EMS - fire extinguisher training prop and other (cont. on pg.5)

Career Technical Education

The Medical Assisting program purchased a pediatric exami-nation table. The table has the ability to weigh and meas-ure length. This is an added advantage for their practical clinical experience beginning in the Spring term. Supplies for the students were pur-chased for both semesters.

The Registered Nursing pro-gram purchased necessary items for our skills lab. The students use the supplies in their practice of ‘modules.’ When they have finished their ‘modules’ they are tested to be sure they under-stand the concepts of the proce-dures. The students also use the sheets and linens in our skills

Allied Health

Family Consumer Sciences

Technical Education

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lab and these items must be laundered and placed back on the beds in the skills lab at the hospitals. The rental of pagers were used for student access while in the clinical setting.

The Respiratory Care program pur-chased 3 types of Self evaluation

Entry level examina-tions to help the stu-dents verify the extent of their knowledge thus far in the pro-gram. This has be-come a helpful tool for the students to measure their pro-gress in the program.

The Vocational Nurs-ing program pur-chased much needed

glucose monitors with accessories to give the students a chance to enhance their skills in assisting diabetic patients. Wheeled carts were purchased to transport sup-plies and equipment to the class-rooms since our students

CTE funds provide instructional support needed to assist the faculty with purchasing and organizing materials and sup-plies for students and children enrolled in the child develop-ment lab practicum. The in-structional aide also has a positive impact on students by role modeling best practices as she works with children, par-ents and the faculty. For the

culinary arts program, the in-structional support aide works with the faculty to ensure a safe learning environment for stu-dents in the kitchen setting. CTE funding is also used to provide an instructional support assistant for the interior design pro-gram. This assistant is available in the laboratory setting to help students with various projects, which enhances student success.

The Industrial Tech, Welding, Auto Tech,

Graphic Design, Electronics Tech, Auto

Body and Mechanical Tech program’s

director attended the local YROP Board of

Directors meeting to discuss articulation

efforts, 2+2, the current budget situation

and impact on CTE programs. Tech Ed’s

programs participated in the delivery of

classes for Semester 2 of the ACT Pro-

gram, a program that organizes Tech Ed

classes in a way that allows students to

complete their certificate and go to work

in 2-3 semesters. Electronics Tech mem-

bers participated in the Stanislaus County

Manufacturing and Maintenance Jr. Ap-

prenticeship Committee meeting and

planned a meeting with Computer Elect-

ronics lead instructor and the Direc-

tor of Tech Ed addressing curricular

modification questions and Academic

Senate questions related to updating

the Computer Electronics programs

to have emphasis in Computer Sci-

ence, Computer Hardware and Tele-

communications. The Auto Tech

program delivered workshops via

partnership with ATG and delivery of

fee base Smog 2011 Update Work-

shops for professional technicians.

High school outreach was performed

with 4th Annual Careers in Advanced

Manufacturing Scholarship (CAM) for

graduating high school seniors

are scheduled in a different building from our usual classrooms.

The Dental Assisting program re-newed their radiology tube license during this period. It is necessary to renew this license every 2 years and in the Spring semester the students use this equipment for their practi-cal experience taking dental x-rays. Simulation work bases were pur-chased to mount the practice den-tal heads to a table. The students work on the manikins to simulate working on a patient during an exercise for their classes. CTE funds were also used to repair the sanitiz-ing machine.

pursuing certificate or degrees in Indus-

trial Tech, Electronics Tech, Communica-

tion Graphics, Welding, etc. Adult work-

force training was held with the Home

Energy Performance Contract training

provided for CVOC Weatherization cli-

ents. The Auto Body Collision program

partnered with Fastenal Inc. by schedul-

ing minor repair work for students on

Fastenal fleet trucks and also held auto

body courses where students can earn I-

CAR Points and two full vehicle paint

projects were completed per semester

using vehicles to establish the MJC Lab

Fleet look. All Tech Ed CTE programs held

their advisory meetings this quarter.

Science, Math & Engineering

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences In addition to the two

welders the program

was funded to upgrade

the current plasma

torches and flow regula-

tors. Also support for the

Dairy Cattle judging

team competition was

provided enabling the

team to develop skills in

Dairy cattle selection

evaluation, critical think-

ing, and public speaking.

Support for the Livestock

Judging team competi-

tion was provided ena-

bling the team to de-

velop skills in Livestock selection and evaluation,

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the Port of Oakland, and the Berkeley Farms Dairy. In addition speakers included: Dr. Lynn Huntsinger, UC Berkeley Professor of Rangeland Management; Dr. J. Keith Gilless, Dean of the College of Natural Resources; Dr. Barbara Allen-Diaz, Associate Vice President, Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives, Director of the Research and Extension Centers, and professor and Russell Rustici Chair in Rangeland Management, UC Berke-ley; Mel Dewsnup, Executive Director of the Postsecondary Agricultural Student Organiza-tion , PAS; and Dr. Glenda Humiston, Califor-nia State Director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. Instructional support for the Agriculture faculty was accomplished through the payment for a lease, and maintenance agreement for a copy machine that is utilized in the Division Office which benefits the entire program.

critical thinking, and public speaking. CTE support was provided for faculty members to attend professional in-service activities provided through the CATA Fall Regional meeting and the California Community College Ag Collabora-tive Mid-Winter Insti-tute. Opportunities included but were not limited to: Tours of the UC Berkeley Bo-tanical Gardens and Forestry department, the Fos Maritime and

In Architecture/Engineering, approxi-mately 90% percent of funding was spent during the previous quarter on a single piece of equipment for the materials testing lab. During this quarter, there were no purchases made as most of the funding has been depleted. The equipment pur-chased for the materials lab is a con-crete compression tester. The equip-ment has been a tremendous asset to the program. Students are able to perform compression testing on test samples of concrete using state-of-the-art equipment. Previous methods were unreliable and inaccurate. Fig-ure 1 below is a sample of data col-lected from the equipment which shows the compressive strength of

concrete (for various water content values) over a 28 day period. Addi-tionally, the new equipment has allowed students to use the same method as used in the construction industry. In fact, concrete samples were tested from the new Science building on West Campus during construction! The purpose was to compare the quality of commercially available concrete with concrete that had been mixed by students. The engineering instructor used CTE funding to attend the Engineering Liaison Council meeting at UC Santa Cruz in late October. The council is comprised of community college, CSU, and UC instructors and counsel-ors. The purpose is to discuss transfer

issues for engineering students, curriculum, best practices and legislation that affects colleges and universities. It is an opportunity for community college instructors to talk with other instructors, which is valuable since most engineering departments only have

a single instructor. It’s a chance to network and share ideas.

**Figure 1 – Test data from the new compression tester for concrete. Note the consistently increasing strength values over time. Previous equipment provided inconsis-tent results that fluctuated with time. The inaccu-

rate results were difficult to correlate with textbook concepts.

CTE funds were used in the Tutoring Center to help provide tutoring ser-vices for vocational and technical career students and they continue to provide expanded services to stu-dents on West Campus. They also continue to provide support services to vocational students using the cen-ters, and provide use of books, stu-dent success handouts and educa-tional materials.

The Early College program’s Director served as a member of the YROP Board of Management and partici-pated in regional advisory meetings for the following industry sectors: Child Development, Multi-media, Fashion/Marketing/Sales. She partici-pated in an AG articulation workshop where 20 requests for new or renewal articulations were submitted. She attended the Joint Special Populations Conference in Sacramento in Decem-ber and Collaborated Stanislaus Part-ners in Education to support

business-educational partner-ships and plan internship place-ments; supervised Early College activities and collaboration with K-12 schools; was Liaison to Valley Charter High School, an Early College High School on the MJC campus; Liaison to Arches Col-laborative, a partnership with K-12, County Office of Education and CSU and UC to promote a college-going culture in the area. The articulation review process continued with contact of teach-ers who have new or renewal articulations and students are being enrolled into the programs at the high schools. Students recently graduating from high school received Certificates of Completion for 2 + 2 courses and were awarded priority registra-tion for fall semester. The Tech Prep database was updated to track students who are entering

MJC and they earned credits posted at the end of the first semester of e n r o l l m e n t . Passport to College stu-dents who were fifth grad-ers in Years 07-08, 08-09 and 09-10 are being tracked as they move into upper grades. Annual activities are planned to connect them to MJC and the programs offered at the middle schools and high schools.

The Library used CTE funds to pay 25% of the salary for one computer lab staff member and paid salary for certain computer lab student assistants.

and their academic progress moni-tored. The Learn-ing Disability Spe-cialist engaged in providing learning disability assess-ment to students served by the Col-lege’s Disability Services unit.

The Counseling Center com-pleted a Job Faire for stu-dents, assisted Agriculture 115 courses: Industry and Careers. Also provided ED plan review for students in career tech programs; Main-tained counseling and advis-ing services for vocational/technical students. The Coun-seling Center also Continues to provide career assessment services and job placement.

Major improvement to the Animal Science

Poultry program was provided by the purchase

of a refrigeration unit placed on a pickup. This

provides the opportunity for students to haul

eggs to market which includes delivery of eggs

to den Dulk Poultry Farms, Inc. In addition,

this equipment upgrade has enabled the

program to develop additional markets at the

San Francisco, Pleasanton, and Modesto

Farmer’s Markets and to meet all regulations

for the sale of fresh eggs. The addition of two

Lincoln Power Wave 300C MIG Welders has

greatly enhanced the Agriculture Mechanics

welding program. These welders allow stu-

dents the opportunity to be trained on current

industry standard machines. The welders

allow for pulse and spray transfer, wire or stick

welding capability, weld out of position using

wire feed, and will weld on any type of metal.

CTE Across Programs

Students with dis-abling conditions enrolled in career and technical educa-tion programs of study were provided academic follow-up and accommodation services. Students referred by the De-partment of Voca-tional Rehabilitation are tracked

Modesto Junior College

435 College Ave.

Modesto, CA 95350

We’re on the Web

http://mjc.edu/facultyinformation/cte/index.html

Phone: 209-575-6742

Fax: 209-575-6169

E-mail: anglinm@mjc.edu or beachm@mjc.edu

Career Technical Education

Arts Humanities and Communications The Journalism department has hired a student lab assistant this year. The student works with the instructor to setup the lab and checks out equipment to other stu-dents working on assignments in the field. Equipment purchased this quarter includes a Canon still and video camera, Flip video camcorder, haze filter, lens hood and monopod. The equipment has been used to support the production of both the online and print editions of the stu-dent newspaper. Video and audio elements have been integrated into the online paper edition. The online edition of the newspaper has been enhanced this year. The student staff updates the web edition with content more frequently than the paper edition. Students are ex-pected to follow their story using methods developed by media com-panies producing both online and printed content.

The Radio/TV department pur-chased equipment this quarter

The student assistant also checks out equipment and maintains an inventory of supplies for the depart-ment. The Radio department also purchased two digital recorders to allow students to record interviews,

”man on the street” mini-interviews, and event coverage on a portable hand-held device. These recorders are used by industry professionals and re-place analog devices in the department. The Radio-TV-Film advisory committee has stated that students must have access to state of the art equipment. All

equipment in our department is used to assist students with comple-tion of final projects.

including 4 shotgun micro-phones, 3 High Definition Cam-corders, and a tripod and video mini-head. These purchases were added to their equipment inventory which is used to loan out to students to complete their as-signed projects. Last year the demand for equipment surpassed what they had in stock and students were asked to make arrangements with each other to share the loaned equip-ment. Many students did not meet their assigned deadlines. With the addition of the new equipment purchased with CTE funds,

requests for equipment were filled and assigned deadlines were met by a higher number of students. (No student cited equipment access as a reason for not meeting a deadline.)

Two student aids have been hired to assist with classroom and lab setups for the program.

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REMINDER

MJC CTE Annual Local Planning Team Advisory Meeting

WHEN: Wednesday, March 16, 2011

TIME: 5:15pm—8:30pm (approximately)

WHERE: Stanislaus County Agricultural Center-Harvest Hall East

3800 Cornucopia Way, Modesto 95358

We have arranged for an outstanding program, and are looking forward to meeting with all our committee

representatives. Our main focus of the evening will be developing our 2011-2012 Modesto Junior College CTE

program local plans with valuable input from our industry members!

We look forward to seeing you!

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(cont. from Page 1) fire training equipment. It is rewarding to witness the Deans work together to meet as many program needs as possible

while still enthusiastically supporting the needs of individual divisions! This meeting is filled with teamwork and collegial support. In all, $113,900

funded these program improvements!

In an effort to expand industry input for the overall MJC CTE plan we have invited the committee chair and a faculty member from each program

area to attend the annual MJC CTE planning meeting. It is exciting to announce that there are almost 100 individuals expected to attend the CTE

Local Planning meeting in March!!! Thanks to the dedicated staff, program leads and devoted industry/community to make this happen!

Expansion and improvement of the MJC CTE website continues. Please send announcements, ideas, special news, program successes, etc. to

Melissa Beach in order for them to be posted to the website. In order to increase the involvement of the industry and program representatives

Melissa is working very hard to provide them with much more CTE information regarding annual plans, final reports, etc. The goal is to educate

them as much as possible regarding the process and to garner their valuable input for developing the overall MJC CTE program improvement

plans that will ensure quality programs for future MJC CTE students.

Planning for the upcoming CTE Annual Advisory Meeting to be held on March 16, 2011 is progressing. (see below)

With the current dismal budget situation, it is crucial to keep CTE alive. It takes everyone: students, faculty, managers, and staff, along with in-

dustry and community members, to make this happen. Input, involvement, constant striving to improve programs, thorough planning and re-

porting, is what WILL keep the CTE grant thriving! Here’s to an incredible 2011-12 Career Technical Education year, at Modesto Junior College!

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