Workforce Development Trust Fund

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NGA Policy Forum Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Dr. Keith W. Bird, Chancellor Kentucky Community
and Technical College System
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Kentucky Community and Technical College System
KCTCS- A Strategic Partner In Kentuckys Economic
and Workforce Development System
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Kentuckys 2020 Goals for KCTCS

• Access throughout the Commonwealth to
  certificate, diploma, technical and transfer
  degrees
• Training to develop a workforce with the skills
  to meet the needs of new and existing industries
• Remedial and continuing education to improve
  the employability of citizens

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Why was KCTCS Created?

• Recognition of the critical role of workforce
  development for future economic growth in
  Kentucky
• Utilization of KCTCS as the primary strategic
  partner for workforce initiatives in support of
  economic development
• Increase responsiveness to business and industry

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Kentucky Community Technical College System

• 25 Colleges in
• 16 Geographic
• Districts

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KCTCS By the Numbers

• 67,812 credit-seeking full- or part-time students
  
• Responsiveness 710 New Programs
• 125,995 community and economic development
  students
• Increased access to new populations

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Continuing Challenges

• The college going rate 56
• For every 20 students entering 9th grade, 14 will
  graduate, 8 will go to college, and 3 will
  receive a bachelors degree
• Only 17 of GED graduates enroll in postsecondary
  education
• 1 million of Kentuckys 2.4 million workers are
  functioning below the 9th grade level in math
  and/or reading

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Strategic Initiatives to Increase Access

• Governors Office of Technology Digital Divide
• Ready-to-Work Program
• Ford Foundation
• Bridges to Opportunity Grant
• Governors Summit on Quality of Life

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Secondary

State Level Cabinets (CFC, WDC, KDE)
Postsecondary
School to Careers
Adult Education
Focus onStrategic Partnerships
New Economy Initiative
CommunityBasedOrganizations
Business Industry
Local Workforce Boards and One Stops
Training Consortium Network
EconomicDevelopmentAgencies
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Education Ecosystem

• Create an Education Ecosystem with value and
  opportunity for Cisco and for Strategic
  Alliances, Partners and Academy Sponsors.

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KCTCS Workforce Development System An
Organizational Development Approach
Consultation / Needs Analysis
Initial Plan Development
Assessment
Training
Credentialing
Evaluation
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Kentuckys Strategic Economic Development
Initiatives

• KY Postsecondary Education
• Improvement Act of 1997 (HB 1)
• Kentucky Education Reform Act
• (1990) (KERA)
• Adult Education (SB 1)
• New Economy Initiative

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Workforce Trust Funds HB 1

• KCTCS Kentucky Workforce Investment Network
  System (KY WINS)
• Market-driven, just-in time services
• Serve new and existing businesses
• Minimum 25 cost-sharing
• College credit awarded
• Transferable credentials

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KY WINS Infrastructure

• 12 million Incentive Funds for Training,
• Assessment, Curriculum Development,
• Equipment, Consulting, and Needs Analysis
• 50 projects serving over 17,000 individuals
• 120 staff consisting of a statewide network
  of
• KY WINS Training Consultants and Community
• and Economic Development Coordinators

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KCTCS as a Strategic Partner with KERA

• Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Opportunities
• Articulation
• Discover College
• Teacher Education
• Expanding Student Access
• Kentucky Virtual High School
• Kentucky Virtual University

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KCTCS A Strategic Partner with Adult Education

• Workforce Alliance
• Kentucky Community Technical
• College System
• Cabinet for Workforce Development
• Cabinet for Economic Development
• Kentucky Workforce Investment Board
• Adult Education Literacy

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Workforce Alliance Goals

• Create seamless delivery systems for
• providing adult basic education in the
• workplace
• Eliminate duplication to maximize resources
• Build statewide infrastructure through
• cross-training
• Provide easy access to services for business/
  
• industry through multiple entry points

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Owensboro Exemplary System

• Building Pool of Certified Workers through
  Kentucky Employability Certificate
• Employer Driven
• Administered by Owensboro Community and
  Technical College
• Partners include Chamber of Commerce, Green
  River WIB, Economic Development, and Local
  County Governments

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Kentuckys New Economy Initiative

• Mission Statement
• To create a globally competitive innovation
  process that is fueled by world-class resources
  and sustained by an entrepreneurial climate,
  resulting in a continuously higher standard of
  living for all Kentuckians.

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New Economy Goals

• Research and Development
• Commercialization
• Workforce Development
• Culture of lifelong learning
• Shared content
• Principles of learning

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New Economy Clusters

• Biosciences
• Environmental and Energy
• Technologies
• Human Health and Development
• Information Technology
• Communications
• Materials Science Advanced Manufacturing

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KCTCS A Strategic Partner in the New Economy
Initiative

• KCTCS Center for Excellence in IT
• KIT Center
• IT Fast Track
• 121 Cisco Academies
• AACC Microsoft Working Connections
• ACT Centers
• Microsoft Regional Academy

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KCTCS A Strategic Partner in the New Economy
Initiative

• Center of Excellence for Lean
• Manufacturing and Service Industry
• Partnership with University of Kentucky Center
  for Manufacturing Robotics
• Provided training for 100 businesses
• Lean Simulation
• Lean Certification Program (development funded by
  Toyota)

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Credentialing and Certification

• KCTCS A primary provider of industry driven
  and recognized credentials and certifications as
  a tool for economic development.

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Perkins Profiling Project

• WorkKeys/DACUM Profiles for Every KCTCS Degree,
  Diploma and Certificate Program
• Curriculum Revision
• Competency Assessment of Entering and
  
• Exiting Students
• Employability Certification
• Employer Recognition and Value
• Data Collection Analysis

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Benefits to Business Industry of Profiling
Project

• Influence curriculum by identifying and
• verifying job-specific skills
• Define standards for foundational skills as
• they relate to entry level jobs
• Verify skill levels of potential or existing
• employees
• Hire employees whose skills are directly
• aligned to the job

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Benefits to Students

• Improved basic skills through targeted
  instruction and assessment
• Technical, academic and employability skills
  linked to workforce development needs
• Verification and documentation of achievement

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Certifications

• Kentucky Manufacturing Skills
• Standards
• Kentucky Employability Certificate
• (KEC)
• Embedded Industry Recognized
• Certifications

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Kentucky Employability Certificate

• Based on WorkKeys System
• Three Types
• Gold
• Silver
• KCTCS
• Program Specific

Based on skill areas Reading for
Information, Applied Mathematics and Locating
Information
Skill areas vary and are based on KCTCS Program
Profiles
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Certification Audit Project

• Chauncey Group and League for Innovation in
  Community Colleges
• Audit of Existing Certification Programs
• Focus on Establishing Database of Certification
  Offerings
• Strategic Tool for Engaging Community Colleges in
  Certification Process

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Workforce Training Credentialing

• Award Academic Credit for Workforce Training
  Programs
• Eliminating Barriers Between Traditional
  Credit/Non-credit Programs
• Modular Training Programs - Fractional Credit
• Aligned to Existing Academic Programs
• Flexible Delivery Systems
• Corporate College Dual Credit
• General Occupational Technical Degree

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Elements of a Responsive System

• Multiple Entry/Exit Points
• Chunking Curriculum
• Fractional Credit
• Alternative Delivery Systems
• Entrepreneurial Models
• RD Functions
• Managerial Structure
• Team Approach
• Eliminate Silos
• Lean

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The Kentucky Journey
Random Acts of Progress Best Practices
Strategic Systems
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Questions?