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National Council for Workforce Education 2014 Conference October 30, 2014 ~ Pittsburgh, PA National Council for Workforce Education 2014 Conference October
National Council for Workforce Education 2014 Conference
October 30, 2014 ~ Pittsburgh, PA National Council for Workforce
Education 2014 Conference October 30, 2014 ~ Pittsburgh, PA.
Advancing Prior Learning Assessment as an Acceleration Strategy
Retraining the Gulf Coast Workforce Through IT Pathways
Consortium
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Welcome! Christian Lagarde, GCIT Grant Manager Ellen Hewett,
Director National College Transition Network at World Education,
Inc. Martha Claire Drysdale, Dean Career and Technical Education,
Mississippi Delta Community College Dr. Gail Baldwin, Curriculum
Specialist, Bossier Parish Community College, LA
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GCIT OVERVIEW $14.9 million Round 2 TAACCCT Grant 9 schools
Louisiana and Mississippi Cyber Security, Health Information
Technology and Industrial Technology
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Importance of PLA Its in the SGA! (We had to do it p.39!) DOL
and DOE Acceleration Recruitment Targeted Population TAA and
Veterans Leveraging the Round 1 in MS
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System-wide Approach NCTN Role Values to guide work Strategies
to employ Information to collect Questions to consider
Collaborations to build
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MS Corridor Consortium Round 1 TAACCCT Grant 8 Northwest MS
Community College Northeast MS Community College Itawamba Community
College East MS Community College Partnership Health Care Advanced
Manufacturing Educational Attainment Minority Business Prior
Learning Assessment
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MS Corridor Consortium Success Fostered coordination between
Workforce and CTE, credit and non-credit (e.g., development of
challenge exams) Developed a regional pathway offering greater
flexibility and mobility for student training. Allowed flexibility
for displaced workers, incumbent workers, under-employed and
unemployed. Piloted a career pathway and an alternate developmental
studies pathway that can be implemented in other areas.
Enhanced/updated existing programs and facilities. 9
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Unintended Benefits All Corridor Consortium colleges have
implemented internships in the pathway Various method for payments
Job pass- industry recommend addition to the CAP program Other
source funding to prove sustainability. GCIT builds upon challenge
exam success
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Faculty engagement Institutional policy change Areas of
skills/knowledge assessed Lessons Developing Challenge Exams
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GCIT Building on PLA Success June 2014 administered the
Business Communication Challenge Exam to 20 GCIT students. 18
students passed the challenge exam and are eligible to receive
college credit. 6 of these 18 students are Project Success students
(Statewide Womans Grant). Funds paid their credit fees. This is so
exciting.staff reported that the difference in the student
achievement is the team teaching approach!
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Ground Zero What if you have no policy? Can you do it? Who
should you involve?
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P L huh??? Do you know what PLA is? Poll your colleagues
Research, research Make friends
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Building Your Foundation Get the right team on the bus
Admissions Financial aid Registrar CTE ABE/GED Public relations VP
of Instruction Industry Prior Learning Assessment
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MAKING THE SALE COST EFFICIENT RESOURCE MAPPING DEVELOP A
MARKETING PLAN TAKE IT TO THE PEOPLE
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Progress to Date Accomplishments Challenges Lessons