Perkins End of Year Evaluation McDowell Technical Community College

Perkins funding made a difference at our college by: Providing tutoring to Technical and Vocational students, and purchasing much needed equipment and supplies for Technical and Vocational programs.

Our college’s best practice using Perkins funds is: Transitioned from using Perkins funds to support personnel costs to using the funds for much needed instructional supplies and equipment.

Our College Perkins Team: NameTitle Phone Ladelle HarmonDirector of Institutional Effectiveness du

1. We strengthened the academic, career and technical skills of our students by: Providing tutoring Purchasing equipment for Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology, an industry in need of employees. Purchasing equipment and instructional supplies for Computer Integrated Machining, an industry in need of employees. Purchased equipment for Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration. Purchased equipment for Automotive Systems Technology.

2. We linked career and technical education at the secondary level with career and technical education at the postsecondary level: We expanded our Career and College Promise offerings with 2 new Health Information Technology certificates (Billing & Coding, and Health Informatics) and adapted the Nurse Aide certificate to meet industry needs. We hosted K-12 Counselors on our campus for their monthly meetings which included presentations and tours of our campus.

3. We provided students with strong experience in, and understanding of all aspects of an industry by: Our ongoing Manufacturer’s Pipeline Committee where Work-Based Learning opportunities with Baxter Healthcare have emerged. We offer a Summer Experience for a number of high school students who tour various aspects of the county, to include several manufacturers.

4. We developed, improved, or expanded the use of technology in career and technical education by: Telemedicine ATI Electronic Resource Education Evolve Teaching Concept Based Curriculum Omnicell Training Course 2016 National Nurse Educator Summit: "Making it Happen: Enhancing Education Through Technology“.

5. We provided professional development by: Offering Camtasia training classes that lets you record a video of what’s on your computer screen. Use it to make lessons, tutorials, or product demos. Turn your screen recordings into compelling videos. Held ADA Compliance training for documentation and websites with features accessible for people with disabilities.

6. We developed and implemented evaluations of our career and technical education programs by: Each CTE program completes an Institutional Effectiveness Plan each academic year. Each CTE program has recently undergone a comprehensive program review. Each CTE class with at least five (5) students, completes a Course/Instructor Evaluation each spring semester.

7. We Initiated, improved, expanded, and modernized quality career and technical education programs, including relevant technology by: The equipment purchased for Automotive Systems Technology, Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology, Computer Integrated Machining, and Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology is state-of-the-art and technology that our graduates will use upon entering the field.

8. We provided services and activities that are of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective as evidenced by: For academic year we have served approximately 1,060 CTE students. 433 in fall in spring in summer 2016 Graduation will occur in August 2016

9. We provided activities to prepare special populations students who are enrolled in CTE courses by: No special activities were provided.

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