EWCHEC

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EWCHEC
Education Open Source, February 2-4 Westin
Galleria Houston.
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multiple paths to high school graduation and
postsecondary training and education will
helpreduce the skilled-worker gap and could help
reduce dropout rates current state policy
focuses ona single path to a four-year degree
Texas Works, Susan Combs, Comptroller State of
Texas
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TCAT Enrollment History

• YEAR Total Enrollment
• 97/98 413
• 98/99 683
• 99/00 843
• 00/01 898
• 01/02 983
• 02/03 1172
• 03/04 1414
• 04/05 1655
• 05/06 1796
• 06/07 1948
• 07/08 1980

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EAST WILLIAMSON COUNTY HIGHER EDUCATION
To deliver a seamless, comprehensive pathway for
educating and training East Williamson County
area citizens for college and workforce readiness
beginning in high school through college
culminating in high-skilled employment.
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EWCHEC Master Plan
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PartnershipsLegacy Early College High School
Texas State Technical College -Taylor ISD
-Welding -Temple College at Taylor -Small
engine repair   -Auto mechanics
-Culinary Arts (possible)

• Dr. David Borrer
• Superintendent
• Hutto School District

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Legacy Early College High SchoolDual
CreditTaylor High School and the EWCHEC campus

• Dr. Bruce Scott
• Superintendent
• Taylor School District

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Career and Technical Programs

• Fred Khozein
• Director -TSTC/EWCHEC

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• Partnership
• Current Programs And Activities
• Future Programs Activities

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Partnership

• Temple College
• Hutto ISD
• Taylor ISD
• Hutto and Taylor Economic Development Corporations

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Partnership Criteria

• No duplication of Programs
• Technical Courses Offered by TSTC
• General Academic Courses Offered by TC
• Collaborate In Corporate Training
• Collaborate In Marketing

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Current Programs/Activities

• Dual Credit-
• Automotive, Welding
• Workforce Training
• Community and ISD Outreach
• Assist Economic Development Corporations

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ISDs and Community Activities

• The Texas Renewable Energy Education Consortium
  sends mobile energy lab to Hutto and Taylor High
  School.

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Renewable Energy Mobile Lab
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Corporate Training and CE Courses

• Weld Facility In Temple

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Future Plans

• Electronics / Biomedical Core Course Offering
• Automotive Certificate Program
• Dual Credit at Hutto ISD
• Other Dual Credit programs
• Advanced Technology Center

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Mr. Jason Ford, President/CEO

• Economic Development today is driven by access to
  talent and training (ranked 1)
• Incentives still play a big role in the
  site-locating process (training is an incentive)
• Brain drain is already a major factor today
• Keeping the future talent pipeline full is
  critical
• Must have flexible programs for existing primary
  jobs and attract new industry, or youll export
  your people instead of products.

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The Traditional Process of Eco Dev.

How do we eliminate this leakage?
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Open Source Economic Development

• The Economic Development process changed
  gradually over 50 years, then took a dramatic
  shift in the late 1990s when the Internet access
  became ubiquitous.
• After 2003, green-living, sustainability and
  development of open-source software began to
  shift public perception beyond usual
  public-private partnerships competition
• Today, Open Source Economic Development is an
  emerging model for sustainability in economic
  growth.

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The Myths in Workforce Development
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From the womb to the workforce
Career
Certifications
Pre-K
K-12
2 years of college
4 years of college
10.00per hour
Lost job
Entry level
Dependency Cycle
Working Poor
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The old model The new model

• Hierarchies
• Command
• Control
• Withhold Information
• Protect Boundaries

• Develop networks
• Collaborate
• Align
• Share Information
• Strengthen Cores

Successful communities will move their thinking
from hierarchies to networks. - Ed Morrison
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Core Team (before) Core Team (after)

• Traditional View
• Centralized
• Single Leader
• Command and Control
• Lead from the front

• Emerging View
• Distributed, Shared
• Many Leaders
• Link and Leverage
• Lead from the front or the rear

"Civic networks emerge in the space beyond
government or the market, serving citizens' need
for knowledge that can enable them to be more
active, resourceful, creative and influential."
University of Oxford
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Our Core Team
Source Ed Morrison
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Commissioner of AgricultureMr. Todd Staples

• I must say this was well attended by a good cross
  section of Texans who want to see our
• economy tackle the tough issues of affordable and
  reliable energy, workforce development and a
• sound economic model to attract business, jobs
  and capital investment.
• My message was a simple one What are we doing to
  prepare our children to be competitive in
• an ever-changing economy that is constantly
  challenged by advancements from other countries?
• Capturing our kids imaginations is the answer.
  We must do that with choices in our educational
• structure like those occurring at the East
  Williamson County Higher Education Center. There,
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• consortium of Taylor and Hutto school districts
  in partnership with Temple College, Texas State
• Technical College, Tarleton State and Texas Tech
  University has formed a group called Legacy
• College High School that will enable kids to
  graduate from high school with 60 hours of
  college
• credit. The students have the choice to pursue
  career and technical classes with rigor or the
• traditional academic route.
• Local leaders took the initiative to develop this
  platform of success. We need local leaders
• partnering with state leaders to duplicate this
  success story all over Texas. We must prepare our
• children for successful futures and to meet
  future job demands prepare them with rigor and
• accountability as they go on to take the lead
  in Texas.
• Posted by Todd Staples at 305 PM

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