breaking down silos - shared content between corporate training & academics
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Presenting: Dr. Eric A Roe, Director of Engineering Technology, Principal Investigator, Director, Polk State College and Howard Drake, MBA, Program Manager, Florida TRADE/ETAM, Polk State College and Glenn Goonis, CPT, JD, Program Coordinator, ETAM, State College of Florida Description: This presentation addresses the ongoing challenge to corporate training and academia, namely linking both sides of the college to the current demands of industry via industry certifications and articulated credit ladders on the talent development pathway that provide a route to success for all learners. Additionally, the ETAM initiative was truly innovative connecting the three college consortium with curriculum development and the corresponding shared delivery allowing for the maximization of resources.TRANSCRIPT
This program was partially funded by a grant awarded under the President's Community-Based Job Training Grants as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment & Training Administration.
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64th Annual AFC Convention
November 13 - 15, 2013
Breaking Down the Silos—
Shared Content Between
Corporate Training &
Academics
POLK STATE COLLEGE ● TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ● STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA
ETAM Engineering Technology & Advanced Manufacturing A US DOL CBJT funded initiative
In 2010, Polk State College awarded $2.91m US DOL
Community Based Jobs Training Grant award, the
Engineering Technology/Advanced Manufacturing Initiative
• Partnered with Tallahassee Community College and
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
• Goal: To bridge the gaps between advanced
manufacturing employers, unemployed workers, and AS-
degree seeking students using:
• Joint development and delivery
• Industry Certifications and latticed credentials
• Technology-based learning
The ETAM Initiative - Overview
How
Created and deployed a model for effective and efficient
credentialing is built from the following elements:
• shared, common curricula (built from industry
needs and competency maps with laddered
credentials);
• delivered with Technology-based Learning
(cloud-based services) with basic student support
services; and
• credentialed by colleges and employers through
alignment with national industry certifications tied to
articulation pathways to college credit & employer
hiring and promotion practices
Why?
Employers need skilled workers
Large number of unemployed workers & underskilled candidates
Updated course content needed on both the academic and non-credit sides
Desire to align with national industry certifications
Value in collaboration to create effective and efficient delivery systems
Advanced Manufacturing is a Major Economic
Driver in the State
• Accounts for $36.7 billion of the total output in
the state
• Responsible for 85% of Florida’s exports
• Average Annual Compensation in Manufacturing
$62,859
• Compensates 54.8% higher than other sectors
in the state.
5 Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Manufacturing Jobs Require Higher Skills
6
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Manufacturing Employment by Skill Group, 2003 through 2010
Sources: Chmura Economics & Analytics and Current Population Survey.
High
Mid
Low
Index 2003=100
7
“With thousands of jobs available, but a lack
of skilled and appropriately educated and
trained workers, one of the critical
impediments to greater manufacturing
success in Florida is an industry-ready
workforce.” - Steve Lezman – Chair, AIF Manufacturing-Aerospace-Defense
Council
Previous Approaches
Silos – Intra-Institutional (For-Credit or Non-credit) & Inter-Institutional (service boundaries)
On-the-job training – reduced because of slim margins
Vocational Career Centers – programs going away due to changing technology & changes in funding
Community colleges – frequently AA focused
Registered apprenticeship - programs often too long
• Development of courses to be deployed for
both credit and non-credit providing value to
today’s workforce and employers
• Create linkages to national, portable,
stacked and latticed industry certifications
• Demonstrate industry certification-based
articulation (local and statewide) of training
completion with college credit
• Demonstrate the value of inter-institutional
partnerships to create, share, and deploy
educational and training materials
• Delivery via technology-based learning and
hybrid courses to meet participants needs
• Identify benefits of partnerships with local
workforce boards to provide training grants
to assist industry offset their non-credit
training costs
The ETAM Solution
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 1
Collaboratively developed content for industry-defined
competencies through industry certification alignment
• Non-credit training (resulting in industry certifications)
were integrated and articulated to credit-bearing
programs
• Training and education pathways designed for stackable
skills and credentials
• Each college partner developed content based on their
strengths and core competencies
• Both classroom and cloud-based learning models were
considered during development
• Prepared workers for exams leading to nationally-
recognized certification in advanced manufacturing
• Manufacturing Skill Standards Council’s (MSSC)
Certified Production Technician (CPT)
• Statewide articulation agreement provides awardees
15 credit hours (roughly a $1500 tuition value)
• Applies to AS degree in Engineering Technology
• Recognized at 11 community and state colleges
in Florida
• Program taught to unemployed and incumbent workers
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 1
(example)
Industry Certification (i.e. MSSC)
A.S. Degree
(Eng. Tech.)
Eng. Tech. B.S.
Degree
Incumbent Training
Programs
Entry-Level
Training Programs
Instructor Training
Statewide Articulation
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
Inter-institutional shared delivery via technology-based
learning
• Non-credit training was delivered via online synchronous
sessions – One college delivered the course (hosted the instruction)
– All college partners could enroll participants at their institution
• Joint course marketing materials were developed and
then customized for each college
• Participants had local student support services for all
classes (irrespective of which college hosted the course)
• Resulted in high-quality, high-touch, low-cost courses that
meet local needs & align with national industry
certifications
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
• Specifically the partner colleges created ten classes
• Major subject matter areas:
– Quality
– Instrumentation and Automation
– Mechanical and Electrical
– Robotics
• All classes can be delivered in non-credit corporate
training classes and utilized in credit-bearing courses
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2 Q
UA
LIT
Y
•Certified Quality Improvement Associate (ASQ)
•Bronze Lean Certification (ASQ/Shingo/SME)
Instr
um
enta
tion
•Mathematics for Instrumentation Technicians (ISA)
• Introduction to Process Instrumentation (ISA)
•Fundamentals of Process Control (ISA)
•Safety Instrumented Systems – Design, Analysis, and Justification (ISA84) M
ech
anic
al/E
lectr
ica
l •Surface Mount Technology (IPC)
•Electrical Technology (ISCET)
•CNC Machine Operator (NIMS) R
obo
tics
•Robotics Applications (FANUC)
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
(marketing)
• All college partners purchased the same lab equipment for hybrid components
• Equipment brings new hands-on opportunity to new and existing courseware
– MAS-200 Robotic Work Cell from SMC
• Electronics / Mechatronics
• Pneumatics
• PLC’s and networking
– V-Flash Rapid Prototyping Machine (3-D Printing)
• Shared with ET students, art students, and industry
• Creates working models quickly
• One instructor (from host college) with three locations through out the state
ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2 (Common
equip.)
ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2 (Common
equip.)
Industry Feedback
Industry Certification Alignment
Leverage Experts for
Content
Develop Update Training
Provide Professional Developmen
t
Incorporate into Existing Cert’s and Degrees
Review Graduate Success
Value Add No. 2 (Cont’d)
Technical Workforce Training Remains
Current with Industry Requirements
• Institutional Collaboration
– Intra-institutionally (for-credit & non-credit)
– Inter-institutionally (college to college)
• Workforce Collaboration
– Funding
– Recruitment
– Placement
• Scalability
ETAM Solution - Value Add No. 3
Benefit No. 3 (Cont’d)
• Unemployed Workers recruited by workforce boards
• Tallahassee, Polk County, and Sarasota/Manatee work together with the colleges to recruit unemployed workers
• Students are screened with Florida Ready to Work (Work Keys) to ensure they can keep up
• Dedicated career specialists work with local employers to place graduates (Avg. starting wage in our regions is over $16/hour)
• Workforce boards can pay for training using WIA funds
• Both unemployed and employed workers are enrolling in college, something that many students had not previously considered
ETAM Deliverables
June 2013:
• Served 995 participants
• 982 completed training activities
• 288 received their MSSC certification
• 473 received an advanced manufacturing certification
• 45 have earned (or are in process of earning) their AS in
Engineering Technology
• 230 have gained employment or promotions due to training
Scalability & Replication
• TAACCCT round 2 funding for “Florida TRADE”
• The ETAM developed curriculum leveraged and deployed by the 12 college consortium
• Shared course deployment via Technology Based Learning [TBL] utilized to reduce costs and increase efficiencies
• Industry certification based training is the new standard for workforce skill development – MSSC CPT is the entry point pathway for employment and
articulated college credit
• Training and educational pathways are aligned
• Development and deployment of asynchronous methodology to increase flexibility
ETAM Breaking Down the Silos:
Shared Content Between Corporate
Training and Academics
Contacts:
Eric A. Roe, PhD - [email protected], 863-669-2838 Director of Applied Technology, Polk State College Principal Investigator, US DOL ETAM Initiative P.I. / Director, Manufacturing Talent Development Institute (ManufacturingTDI)
Howard Drake, MBA - [email protected], 863-297-1010 x4086 Program Manager, ETAM Initiative @ Polk State College
Glenn Goonis, JD., CPT, Program Coordinator @ State College of Florida Rick Frazier, Co-PI, ETAM Initiative @ Tallahassee Community College