TECH PREP

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TECH PREP BUSINESS/INDUSTRYPARTNERING FOR THE
FUTURE
Bettye Hutchins, Executive Director Michele
Padilla, DCCCD Coordinator Kristin Walker,
Navarro Coordinator Donna Reynolds, TCC
Coordinator
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WHO WE ARE
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WHO WE ARE
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KEYS TO PARTNERSHIP

• LOCAL INVOLVEMENT
• PARTICIPATION IN AAS PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEES
• ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT
• SHARED VISION

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KEYS TO PARTNERSHIP

• Active Involvement
• Listen to BI needs, concerns, ideas
• Utilize board time to address concerns, strategic
  planning (send out minutes, budget reports,
  sector reports, etc before meetings)
• Give Business and Industry Reps time to make
  presentation and/or make comments at meetings
• Give Business and Industry some real power in the
  consortium (Ownership).

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Shared Vision
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PARTNERSHIPS

• DCCCD / TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
• History
• Fall 1996 TI RLC partnered and developed the
  TechKNOW-Ed Program
• The partnership was created out of local, state,
  and national demand for skilled SMTs.

• Program Purpose
• To promote career awareness and exploration of
  the SMT field
• Tech Prep agreements were established for ISDs
  electing to participate

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PARTNERSHIPS

• DCCCD / TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
• Program Process
• Orientation
• Student Tours
• Summer Student Chip Camp
• Summer Faculty Development Workshop
• Internship (paid)
• Flex schedule to allow students to attend college
  full-time
• Not guaranteed a full-time position at TI upon
  graduation but in almost every case, the
  participating students were hired

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PARTNERSHIPS

• DCCCD / TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
• Program Data
• 26 students participated 19 still employed by
• TI (most in technician positions)
• Current Status
• Still in existence
• s fluctuate depending
• on industry needs and
• based on current
• industry recruitment
• model in practice
• (ie. use of temp agencies)

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The John Deere TECH Program at Navarro College

• Partnership involving close cooperation
• John Deere
• Corporate
• Dealers
• Navarro College
• Three full time faculty
• Administration
• Students

When I graduate, the program will have fully
prepared me to be a good technician, and a good
person. Jason Young, Melancon
Equipment Lafayette, LA
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The John Deere TECH Program at Navarro College

• Power Up Your Career
• Apply to NC JD TECH Program
• Take Accuplacer and
• Mechanical Reasoning tests
• Obtain/maintain sponsorship
• with JD dealership
• Programs AAS degree or Certificate
• Ag Mechanization Technology
• Commercial Consumer Equipment Tech

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The John Deere TECH Program at Navarro College

• NOTHING PREPARES YOU FOR TOMORROW LIKE TRAINING
  WITH JOHN DEERE TECH
• Curriculum
• Designed by John Deere Navarro
• Lectures and hands-on labs
• John Deere Dealership paid internships are
  mandatory winter and summer breaks
• Hydraulics, electrical, engines, power trains,
  air condition, machine adjustment,
• DTAC service system

Internships are a critical component of the TECH
Program. There is so much students learn at the
dealership what being a service technician is
all about. They know if they study hard and work
hard, theres a bright future out there. Kip
Whorton, Instructor
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The John Deere TECH Program at Navarro College

• Key components to our partnership
• Advisory Committee
• Dealers
• John Deere College Partnership Manager
• Instructor
• Meet annually
• Attend Start Up
• Paid Internship
• Commitment from dealers and
• Navarro College

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Birdville ISD

• Media Tech
• Instructor Karen Seimears

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Goals

• Prepare students to be successful in entry level
  positions within the television/film industry
• To excel in post-secondary education
• To work their way through college in industry
  positions

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Student Participation

• First day of school, Ms. Seimears had over 60
  students enrolled and several more on waiting
  lists!
• Limit to class size is due to computer
  availability
• Ms. Seimears has been with Birdville ISD for 5
  years

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Local Industry Internships

• Our industry is not typical in that most
  production companies do not have typical offices
• Media Tech focuses on projects during the summer
• Examples 30 second commercials for a local
  church, daycare facility, hotel chair, physical
  therapist, insurance company and car rental
  company

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Win Win!

• This is a Win-Win situation because the kids do
  quality production work less expensive than if a
  company hired a full production company
• The kids gain valuable experience and the
  experience of working with a client and a budget
• Example TexPrompt Inc.

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Share the vision!

• Share the dream with your administration. How to
  raise the bar?
• Provide the advanced class student a laptop with
  10 gigs of internet storage so each student will
  have their own editing station at home.
• The key to their success . they found the kids
  will spend as much time on their videos as you
  will give themwith laptops they will work 24/7!

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Apples Final Cut Pro Certification

• Birdville ISD offers it as part of the standard
  curriculum no cost to the students
• Certification generally costs 1500 at a
  corporate training center
• Birdville ISD offers the certification to the
  community after hours for 600 per class
• These classes help pay for the students exam
  costs and certification fees

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Benefits for Business/Industry
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP

• SKILLED WORKERS
• MORE PROFITS less time and money spent on
  employee training
• MORE COMPETITIVE in the Global Economy

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Benefits for Tech Prep
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP

• COMMUNITY SUPPORT for Technical Education
• VOICE OF SUPPORT with Policy Makers on the state
  and national level

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Benefits for Texas
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP

• BETTER TRAINED WORKFORCE
• MORE HIGH WAGE JOBS AVAILABLE
• MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTRIBUTE to the STATES
  ECONOMIC BASE
• FEWER INDIVIDUALS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE