Welcome to

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Welcome to Miami Dade College E-Technology Career
Cluster Curricula Review
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Consortium Membership
       Central Florida Community
College Florida Community College at
Jacksonville Seminole Community
College Valencia Community College St.
Petersburg College Miami-Dade County Public
Schools Lively Technical Center Manatee Technical
Institute Winter Park Tech Florida Atlantic
University Nova Southeastern University
Miami Dade College
Cisco Systems Dell Inc National Center for
Simulation T.H. Buscaglia Associates
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Meeting objectives
         Review project proposal         
Review project objectives          Discuss
current education and industry needs         
Create committees and roles          Review
project timeline and action plan          Review
deliverables and target dates
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Meeting Agenda
800 830 Continental Breakfast    830
840 Introductions and meeting
objectives 840 1000 Review Original
Project Proposal and Project Objectives
1000 1015 Break 1015 1140 Discuss
current education and industry needs
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Meeting Agenda
1140 1200 Identify committees and
roles 1200 100 Lunch ( provided) 100
230 Breakout groups 230 245 Break 245
345 Group reports back to consortium 345
430 Summary, action plan and
deliverables
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E-Technology Career Cluster
Community Colleges Database/E-Commerce Security
Database Technology E-Business
Technology Internet Services Technology IT
Project Management Digital Media/Multimedia
Technology Digital Television and Media
Production Graphic Arts Technology Graphics
Technology Web Programming Services (Lively
Technical)
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E-Technology Career Cluster
Colleges Universities Information
Technology Information Studies E-Business
tracks Digital Arts/Digital Media Graphic
Design Graphic Communications
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E-Technology Career Cluster
Postsecondary vocational Digital Design Printing
and Graphic Arts Multimedia Design New Media
Technology Web Design Services Digital Printing
Technology
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E-Technology Career Cluster
Secondary Academy of Database and Programming
Essentials Academy of Information
Technology Digital Design Web Design Services New
Media Technology
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Consortium Membership
       Central Florida Community
College Florida Community College at
Jacksonville Seminole Community
College Valencia Community College St.
Petersburg College Miami-Dade County Public
Schools Lively Technical Center Manatee Technical
Institute Winter Park Tech Florida Atlantic
University Nova Southeastern University
Miami Dade College
Cisco Systems Dell Inc National Center for
Simulation T.H. Buscaglia Associates
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Break 1000 1015
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Current education and industry needs

• Identify jobs for which industry needs trained
  workers
• Identify areas where workers are lacking
  competency
• Technical Skills
• Non-Technical Skills
• Review Soft Skills Survey (See Appendix B)
• Identify limitations for workers or company
  getting the appropriate training
• Discuss existing curricula that educational
  institutions are using to provide workforce
  training in the targeted programs
• Discuss current long distance learning programs
• Accelerated Workforce training in the specified
  areas

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Committees and Roles

• Curriculum
• Information and Internet Technologies Committee
  
• E-Business/E-Commerce/Databases
• Digital Media
• Reading Skills
• Best Practices/ Academic Excellence
• Marketing Initiatives/ Budget Implementation

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Information and Internet Technologies Committee
Colleges Universities Information Technology
Information Studies Secondary Academy of
Information Technology Community
Colleges Internet Services Technology Web
Programming Services
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E-Business/E-Commerce/Databases Committee
Colleges Universities Business
Tracks Secondary Academy of Database and
Programming Essentials Community Colleges IT
Project Management Database Technology Database/E-
Commerce Security
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Digital Media/Graphic Design Committee
Colleges Universities Digital Arts/Digital
Media Graphic Design Graphic Communications Postse
condary vocational Digital Design Printing and
Graphic Arts Multimedia Design New Media
Technology Web Design Services Digital Printing
Technology  

• Secondary
• Digital Design
• Web Design Services
• New Media Technology
• Community Colleges
• Digital Media/Multimedia Technology
• Digital Television and Media Production
• Graphic Arts Technology
• Graphics Technology
•  

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Lunch 1200 100
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Breakout Groups

• Academic committees
• Technical Competencies
• Academic Requirements
• Articulation Agreements
• Soft Workplace skills
• Distance Programs
• Accelerated Workforce Education
• Instructor qualifications
• Hardware and software requirements

• Industry committees
• Technical competencies
• Academic Requirements
• Soft Workplace skills
• Needs for distance learning
• Needs for accelerated Workforce Education
• Other committees
• Reading Skills
• Best Practices/ Academic Excellence
• Marketing Initiatives/ Budget Implementation

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Break 230 245
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Discussion of Committee Results

• Hardware and software requirements
• Academic Requirements
• Needs for distance learning
• Needs for accelerated Workforce Education
• Reading Skills
• Best Practices/ Academic Excellence
• Marketing Initiatives/ Budget Implementation

• Soft Workplace skills
• What are the technical competencies
• Instructor qualifications
• What are the existing articulation agreements
• Current long distance programs
• What are the instructor qualifications for each
  program

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Summary and Action Plan
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Timeline
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