Dr. Keith Bird

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• Dr. Keith Bird
• Kentucky Community and Technical College System
• June 25, 2009

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• National dialogue of the role community colleges
  and Career Pathways play in workforce and
  economic development
• Institutional transformation and innovation
• Internal and external alignment is critical
• Kentuckys Implementation of Career Pathways
• From random acts of collaboration to strategic
  partnerships

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• Foundations Focus on the Role of CC and the
  Importance of Business Engagement and Credentials
• Gates
• Lumina
• Ford
• Mott, etc.
• Strategies For Postsecondary Success in
  Educational Attainment (Working Adults and
  Non-traditional Students)
• Importance of attainment
• Demand of labor market for skills and
  credentials
• Role of CC for students with no/little PS and
  younger non-traditional students who face
  barriers in traditional programs increase
  access and new delivery strategies

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• The National Governors Association
  Evidence-Based Education Policy for Tough Budget
  Times How states can use community colleges to
  spur economic growth.
• Fifty percent of high school graduates begin
  their postsecondary career in a community college
  while 65 percent of adults start at a community
  college. How community colleges can (and do) help
  the nation increase postsecondary attendance and
  completion for all students and increase the
  quality and relevance of courses offered at these
  institutions.

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• Washington State Tipping Point Research (2005)
• Community Colleges Impact and Function within
  the American Economy
• Tony Carnevale, Georgetown Center on Education
  and the Workforce
• Pathways to Boosting the Earnings of Low-Income
  Students by Increasing their Educational
  Attainment
• Hudson Institute

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• Tough Choices or Tough Times (National Center on
  Education and the Economy)
• The Future of Middle-Skill Jobs (Brookings
  Institute)
• From Bolognas Qualification and Tuning
  Methodology to Luminas Tuning USA
• The American National Standards Institute
• New international standard for accreditation
  process
• National Association of Manufacturers
• Manufacturing Skills Certification System (NCRC
  core foundation to specific manufacturing skills
  certification)
• ARRA Access and Completion

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• February 09 President Obama identified skills as
  a key component of economic recovery and called
  for a commitment to at least one year of training
  past high school.
• April 09 We need a fundamental rethinking of
  our job training, vocational education, and
  community college programsto create a
  comprehensive policy that addresses our
  comprehensive challenges.
• May 09 Career pathway programs are clear
  sequences of coursework and credentials, each
  leading to a better job in a particular field,
  such as healthcare, law enforcement and clean
  energy. (proposed new Career Pathways Innovation
  Fund)

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• Career Pathways A Framework for Institutional
  Transformation and Student Success...Solving the
  Career Pathways Puzzle
• A presentation by NCWE to the AACC National
  Convention, April 2009
• Charting A Path An Exploration of the Statewide
  Career Pathway Efforts in Arkansas, Kentucky,
  Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin
• Seattle Jobs Initiative, May 2009
• College and Career Transitions Initiative
  League for Innovation

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• Blueprint for American Prosperity Americas
  Community Colleges A Federal Policy to Expand
  Opportunity and Promote Economic Prosperity
  (Brookings Policy Brief May 2009)
• Americas Challenge
• Limitations of Existing Federal Policy
• A New Federal policy new goals/performance
  measurement system/student data systems
• double support/stimulate innovation

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• Goals
• Accelerated learning and student success to meet
  business/labor market needs
• New models of business engagement
• Create a system of multi-level industry based
  certifications/credentials (DACUM/Delphi)
• Commitment to sector-based Career Pathway
  Frameworks and Focus on Pipeline and Career
  Transitions
• Competencies Matter Modularization (chunking
  curriculum)
• Fractional credit
• Student Mastery/Formative and Summative
  Assessment
• Award college credit for business training
• Eliminate silos External and Internal

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WORKFORCE ISSUES CEO Dialogue Sessions
December 2006 - May 2007 302 Business
Industry Leaders 17 Sessions Across the
Commonwealth
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• Goal
• KCTCS will re-engineer its workforce education
  and training divisions to be more responsive to
  the needs of business and industry
• Focus areas
• Commitment to a Career Pathway Sector Strategy
• Foster KCTCS collaboration across agencies and
  institutions, with focus on industry sectors
• Healthcare
• Transportation
• Energy
• Environmental jobs

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• Career Pathways industry-driven, sector-based
  strategies
• Business/sector partnerships
• Siemens mechatronics/multi-skilled technician
  education
• Advanced Automotive Manufacturing-AMTEC
• Coal industry
• Horse industry (NARA)
• Healthcare industry
• Finance
• Utilities
• Public Workforce system (WIBs/One Stops)
• P-20/Pipeline Strategies
• STEM
• Economic Development
• Bluegrass State Skills Corporation
• Dept. of Innovation and Commercialization

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• 24/7, open entry, self paced modules
• Providing credit for prior learning
• Modules short units of instruction
• Award academic credit
• Stackable for credentials
• All modules will lead to a credential
• Competency based
• Quality assurance for course modules
• Peer review process
• Based on quality rubrics and standards
• Employer centered competencies
• Toyota and Automotive Collaborative (AMTEC)

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• Collaborative approach
• Education and Workforce Development Cabinet
• Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE)
• Local WIBs
• Universities
• KCTCS ARRA Objectives
• Coordinate with local WIBs (Career Transition
  Program)
• Leverage existing and create new career pathways
• Focus on competency based, industry driven
  programs/credentials
• Streamline admission and financial aid processes
• Maximize use of KCTCS Online

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Implementation Progress

• Developed White Paper for Gov.s Kentucky at Work
  Program
• Held state and regional forums for priority
  sectors
• Identified over 120 short-term, accelerated,
  high-demand/wage career certificates
• Worked with state and local WIBS to respond to
  Dislocated Worker, Adult and Youth Programs
• Identified Career Transitions Coordinator at each
  college

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Implementation Progress

• Developing proposals for state recovery funds
  with the public universities in the areas of
• College Readiness
• STEM
• E-Health
• Technology/Networking
• Energy
• Homeland Security
• Provide weekly updates on collaborative efforts
  with key stakeholders
• Developing competitive grants in High Growth and
  Emerging Industry Sectors (with priority to
  health and energy related industries

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• A new national movement
• But what are they and why
• are they so important within the
• context of innovation and alignment
• TECH-PREP
• Pipeline CP
• Re-Entry CP
• CCTI
• A new way of doing business!

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A systemic framework for developing a series of
connected instructional strategies, with
integrated work experience, and support services
that enables students to combine school and work
and advance over time to better jobs and higher
levels of education and training. Career
pathways are targeted to regional labor markets,
focused on employment sectors, and provide a
framework for workforce development by
integrating the programs and resources of
community colleges and other education providers,
workforce agencies and social service providers.
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Manufacturing Careers Pathway
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Manufacturing Engineering Technology degree with
Associated Certificates

• Manufacturing
• Engineering Technology Core Requirements
• (10 courses and 2 labs)
• Electrical Circuits
• Statics and Strengths of Materials
• Intro to CAD
• Manufacturing Processes
• Intro to Business
• Co-op Education
• Production Mgt
• Manufacturing Capstone
• Intro to Quality Systems
• Statistics for Quality I

• General Education Requirements
• (10 courses)
• Intro to College
• Writing I II
• College Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Calculus I OR Elementary Calculus
• Basic Public Speaking OR Intro to Interpersonal
  Communications
• General Physics OR Applied Physics
• General Psychology
• Heritage / Humanities elective

• Elective Courses (6 -8 credit hours for
  completion of degree)
• Electives can be chosen from a wide variety of
  disciplines
• OR
• Electives may be chosen is a particular
  sequence to earn an additional certificate
• Additional Certificates
• Earned within the AAS degree by taking elective
  courses
• Can also be earned independent of the AAS degree
• Electronics Tester
• 2 courses with 2 labs in
• Electrical circuits
• Robotics and Automation Helper
• 3 courses with 2 labs in
• Electrical circuits
• Fluid Power
• Exploratory Machining
• 2 courses in
• Machine Tool
• Quality Control
• 7 courses (2 electives) in

EMBEDDED CERTIFICATES Are earned with the General
Education and Technical Core Courses within the
AAS degree Can also be earned independent of the
AAS degree

• Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Certificate
• (6 courses with 2 labs)
• Electrical Circuits
• Intro to CAD
• Manufacturing Processes
• College Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Statics and Strengths of Materials

• Manufacturing Operations Certificate
• (6 courses)
• Basic Public Speaking OR Intro to Interpersonal
  Communications
• Intro to Business
• Production Mgt
• Intro to Quality Systems
• College Algebra
• Statistics for Quality I

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• Not a program, but a systemic framework for a new
  way of doing business
• A strategic tool for institutional and
  instructional transformation
• Mission integration
• Policy and funding levers (WIBs)
• Create a pipeline of skilled workers within a
• P-20 framework
• An economic development tool focused on industry
  sectors

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• A tool to strengthen and formalize connections to
  business
• A tool to enhance community strategic
  partnerships, with particular focus on the public
  workforce investment system and adult education
• An upward mobility tool for individuals
• An accountability tool

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• All students will enter the workplace
• Separation of institutional missions in
  workforce, academic, remediation, student affairs
  and categorical programs promotes silos with
  impact on student and employer (and societys
  customers)
• Public policy reinforces these silos and changes
  in public policy can improve mission integration

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• 22 Pathways (to date)
• Allied Health (14)
• Advanced Manufacturing (3)
• Construction (2)
• Transportation (1)
• Business (2)
• KY WINS (Workforce Training Incentive Funds)
  commitment of 6.1M
• Projected project revenue of 2M
• Cash and in kind contributions of 9M

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• Approximately 7,133 students served Fall 2004 to
  Spring 2008
• Career Pathways students earned 3,659 credentials
  since July, 2004
• 907 Associate Degrees
• 487 Diplomas
• 2,265 Certificates
• Career Pathway students had a higher retention
  rate than the KCTCS student population from Fall
  2006 to Fall 2007
• Career Pathways Students 73
• KCTCS population 51

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• Strategic
• Systemic
• Synergistic
• Sustainable
• Scalable