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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ATCOLLEGE OF DUPAGE

FY 10 ADDENDUM

HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW ACTIVITIES

(as of 09/25/09)

GRANTS FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY DIVISIONCenter for Entrepreneurship:

IL DCEO Grant for Disaster Assistance and Preparedness

CONTINUING EDUCATION DIVISIONABE/ESL/GED

: ICCB Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development/English as a SecondLanguage (ABE/GED/ESL) Department; have received $1,366,549 for Adult ESL, ESL Family Literacy,ABE (Reading, English and Math), GED Preparation in English and Spanish, Citizenship, and ESL forCitizenship; expect to serve 7,350 students this FY.

GRANTS OFFICEFY10 GRANTS RECEIVED AS OF 9/25/09 ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD (ICCB)

Perkins Postsecondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program

. Provide opportunities forhigh school and college students to build academic, career and technical skills, with partnershipsamong secondary education, postsecondary education, and industry to promote student success.Project Director: Glenda Gallisath ($612,296)

FY10 GRANTS SUBMITTED: PENDING FUNDING DECISIONS

ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD (ICCB)

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program Improvement Grant

. Enhance instruction andacademic support activities to strengthen and improve CTE programs and services. Project Director:Glenda Gallisath (Expected: $77,093)

Partnership for College & Career Success (formerly Tech Prep)

. Lead is DuPage Area OccupationalSystem (DAOES). Career Pathways Advisory Board will create pathway sequences from high schoolto college in designated Career and Technical Education program areas. Project Director: Ann MarieRosen (Expected COD Portion: $30,000)

Workforce Development Grant (Business and Industry Grant)

Implement contract and customized job training; entrepreneurship seminars and workshops; business counseling and managementassistance; and contract procurement assistance and employment/training for unemployed orunderemployed participants.

Project Director: David Gay (Expected: $166,029)

FY10 GRANTS IN DEVELOPMENT AS OF SEPTEMBER 2009

ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD (ICCB)

Career and Technical Innovation Grant

College of DuPage will work in collaboration with localhigh schools and the DuPage Area Occupational Education System to align curricula; developprograms of study and models of integrated curriculum; and improve the preparation of students forcollege and careers. Project Director: Ann Marie Rosen ($64,015 pending)

CREDIT AND NON-CREDIT CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMDEVELOPMENT FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

CREDIT

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

The Electronics Technology program recently received approval from the College CurriculumCommittee to offer a new certificate in Renewable Energy

in response to Workforce Board’s request

to offer programs aligned with new federal stimulus money allocated for training vouchers.The following short-term certificate programs are under development to help retrain the areaworkforce:

HVAC: Energy Audit

Interior Design Sustainable Interiors

Horticulture: Sustainable Gardens

Electronics Technology: Electrician Preparation

Manufacturing: MSSCReal Estate program recently received approval from the College Curriculum Committee to offer anew certificate in Property Management

HEALTH & SCIENCES DIVISION

New Homeland Security Certificate program.AAT Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care - pending BoT and ICCB approval.New Early Childhood Education Assistant Teacher Certificate - pending ICCB approval.Course revisions made on three ECEC Administration courses to remove the lab hours which were abarrier for the directors taking the courses.Course revisions made on five ECEC electives to remove the lab hours so the courses are moremarketable to the ECEC workforce for continuing education credit.

LIBERAL ARTS DIVISION

Graphic Arts Technology curriculum revised for Fall 2009 is implemented to meet industry standards.Curriculum has been revised for Fall 2009; program name change to Graphic Design for curriculumcompatibility with market need

urriculum revised for Fall ’10; updated the Television degree and Motion Picture Television

certificate; will be offering a new degree - Digital Broadcast Journalism.

STUDENT SERVICES DIVISION.

Counseling faculty have worked with CTE faculty to assist in the redesign of COD programs for thenational and state mandated "16" clusters.(http://www.careerclusters.org/)

Major goal for spring ’10

is to develop and hold a Career/Major Fair utilizing these clusters.

NON-CREDIT

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY DIVISIONCenter for Entrepreneurship

ITAR Compliance (International Traffic in Arms)NAFTA Seminar

CONTINUING EDUCATION DIVISION

ABE/GED/ESL Department. Inclusion of American College Test (ACT) WorkTrain curriculum intoexisting ABE and GED instruction to prepare students to take and pass the ACT WorkTrain tests to

obtain national certification as “workforce ready”. Expand

ing scope and marketing of the programimmediately to include referrals from WorkNet DuPage and the DuPage Workforce Board.

STUDENT SERVICES DIVISION

A shortened version of the Career Exploration Workshops, conducted for recently unemployed adults,are offered at least twice per semester/term free of charge. This is a collaborative effort betweenCounseling, Career Services, and the Library.

KEY CLIENTS AND PROJECTS THROUGH BPI (NOW COD BUSINESSSOLUTIONS) AND THE CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Center for Entrepreneurship

Conducting entrepreneurship training at IL Development Council

–

a basic economic developmentcourse.

COD Business Solutions

Acquisition and implementation of Advanced Client Tracking software to assist department personnelin the tracking of client data, client activity, sales activity and revenue.After six weeks with the new staff, the client base consists of 34 businesses; estimated net revenue of$18,361.

HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKPLACE READINESSINITIATIVES

HEALTH & SCIENCES DIVISION

Criminal Justice - assisted Technology Center of Du Page (TCD) in the development of their criminal justice curriculum; now serving on their advisory board.Project Lead the Way (PLTW) - PLTW is a national program that supports Engineering courses at thehigh school level and provides schools with curriculum material; exploring ways to launch PLTW inthe local area.New Dual Credit contract at the Technology Center of Du Page (TCD) and Fenton High School.

HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE

Hosting at least 17 events in FY ’10 for area high school s

tudents and educators.

Dual Credit

Course Offerings

Dual Credit provides high school students with the opportunity to enroll in selected courses for which theywill receive both college and high school credits. So far, new Dual Credit schools

for FY ’10 a

re:Fenton High SchoolMontini High School

PARTNERSHIPS AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES RELATED TOWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

The division offers these program and courses in new state-of-the-art TEC building: ArchitectureTechnology, Construction Management, Interior Design, Horticulture, Heating and Air ConditioningTechnology, Automotive Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Electronics Technology, Electro-Mechanical Technology, and Welding.