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Kingdom of Morocco. Dr. Bryan Albrecht President, Gateway Technical College Kenosha, Wis. [email protected]. French. Sharing a Story: Demonstrating Collaboration. President Obama Community College Initiative Jordan 2009 Symposium - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kingdom of Morocco
French
Dr. Bryan AlbrechtPresident, Gateway Technical
CollegeKenosha, Wis.
•President Obama Community College Initiative •Jordan 2009 Symposium •Presentation on Automotive Diagnostics/Snap-on Corporation partnership •Meeting with Dr. Benazzi from Universite’ Mohammed I Oujda/Ecole Superieure de Technologie (EST) in Morocco•Certification & Partnerships•Entrepreneurial project & Auto Scale-up opportunity
Sharing a Story: Demonstrating Collaboration
Entrepreneurial ProjectEmbedding Entrepreneurial
programming throughout EST
Mechatronics lab & programming
Creation of ‘Biz Squad’ unit for EST & local businesses
Automotive DiagnosticsFirst-ever automotive diagnostics programming in the Middle East
Regional “Center of Excellence”
Connectivity with global & local industry partnership for EST
Workforce development through regional outreach Jordan, Sudan & Egypt
Building Institutional & Human Capacity at Home & Abroad
The projects focus on educational and workforce development along with entrepreneurial capacity building in the Broader Middle East & North Africa region (BMENA).
Entrepreneurial Project
Rock Valley College – EIGERLab, Ill.
Representatives from:
The National Business Incubation Association
The WI Business Incubation Association
Auto ProjectShoreline Community College, Wash. Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Okla. EuropEFE, BMENA Region, SpainBusiness Education Partnerships Group (BEPG), Okla. Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Va.Industry partners & organizational support: Snap-on Corporation National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3)
Partners Gateway Technical College partnered with Ecole Superieure de Technologie, Oujda,
Morocco and partners in education, industry and advocacy associations.
Shifting Paradigms
• Understanding & developing cultural competency is key
• Passion for project objectives must be shared by all partners named in the agreement to ensure success
• Our colleges and students are more similar than different
• Paradigms can be shifted incrementally • Opportunities to grow our schools and the local,
national & global economies exist through collaboration abroad
Lessons Learned
Entrepreneurial ProjectThe Mechatronics department will partner willindustries to provide advanced technologysupport to the communityEntrepreneurial efforts will be inclusive of the
business community to include an advisory committee
The ‘Biz Squad’ will model after Gateway’s ‘Biz Squad’ serving as a resource to the community
Auto Project Scale-up efforts to include an energy component, additional industry certifications, & Information systems
Targeted outreach to local and regional education & industry partners
Sustainability Sustainability is intended through the development of human & institutional capacity,
support systems for the continual development of self-sufficient programming.
While separate projects, each will intersect to bridge entrepreneurialism in the auto project through either mechatronics or the ‘Biz Squad’ services.