1. TAACCCT ON Presentation – October 2, 2014
Building:
TAACCCT ON Presentation – October 2, 2014
Supported by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Training and Administration’s (DOLETA)
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program (TAACCCT)

2. Presenters
Colleen Nienaber
Central Community College
Beth Vavrina
Southeast Community College

3. “W”s – Who/What/When/Where
Round 2, $5.6 million Single-State Consortium project serving the manufacturing sector in Nebraska.
CCC is the lead institution of the Consortium consisting of CCC, MCC, NECC, SCC, WNCC, and UNL (in a support role).
CCC
WNCC
NECC
MCC
SCC
UNL

4. Nebraska Community Colleges

5. Purpose
Serve veterans, TAA-eligible workers, unemployed, and under-employed workers.
NE has 3.5% unemployment
96 TAA eligible workers in NE as of July
Who is the target population for your TAACCCT grant? Why?

6. Purpose
Aligned with nationally-recognized certifications for manufacturing workers
New Diversified Manufacturing Technology Certificate (DMT)
Jointly-articulated
Portable
Stackable
Flexible
Focuses on core manufacturing competencies
Grow the pipeline of High-Wage, High-Demand, High-Skill workers in Nebraska

7. Purpose Fall 2014, Consortium is offering a new DMT Certificate
Intro to Industrial Safety – 3 semester credits
Intro to Quality & Continuous Improvement – 3 semester credits
Intro to Manufacturing Technology – 3 semester credits
Intro to Maintenance Technology - 3 semester credits
Project IMPACT Homepage

8. Eligible Participants
11/16/2012
Eligible Participants
Unique Participants Served: The total number of individuals for the year who entered any of the grant-funded programs offered to date.
Instances of “grant-funded” programs and courses include, but are not limited to:
a course where the curriculum was developed, purchased, or modified using grant funds;
a course for which training equipment that is required for the course were purchased using grant funds;
a course that is taught by an instructor whose salary is paid for in whole or in part with grant funds;
an internship program developed with grant funds;
a course that uses classroom supplies purchased with grant funds;
and a course held in classroom space that was altered with grant funds.
What comments and/or questions are there about participants?

9. Curriculum Features
New Diversified Manufacturing Technology Certificate
Each DMT course is aligned with a Manufacturing Standard Skills Council (MSSC) Certified Production Technician (CPT) national certification module
CPT addresses core technical competencies in manufacturing focusing on safety, quality, production, and maintenance

10. Curriculum Features
New Diversified Manufacturing Technology Certificate
DMT is part of pathway to multiple manufacturing programs:
Advanced Manufacturing/Precision Machining
Mechatronics/Electromechanical
Quality
Drafting & Design
Welding
Instrumentation/Electronics
Energy Operations
Diversified Manufacturing Technology

11. MSSC Alignment to DMT Certificate

12. Curriculum Project DMT curriculum is on OneDrive
What cloud-based systems are used for managing other consortium communications?

13. Curriculum Tooling U SME: online, interactive text resource from
Tooling U accounts assigned to students at the beginning of the term
Aligned with the MSSC CPT credentials
Project IMPACT and Tooling U staff available to assist students, instructors, and staff
Supplemental online interactive virtual simulation components (developed by UNL)

14. Curriculum
Contextual remediation components aligned with DMT course for students who need additional work on math, reading, and writing
Two courses contain foundations math components
Two courses contain foundations English components

15. Enhanced Coaching Resources
Behavioral support
Objectives
Develop and support participant psychological capital, stress management and resilience
Improve training program retention and completion
Psychological Capital - improve students’ Hope / Efficacy / Resiliency / Optimism (HERO) – administered by Participant Coaches
Behavioral Assessments - administered by trained staff (UNL)
Conducted under IRB approval

16. Enhanced Coaching Resources
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Other Characteristics (KSAO)
Objectives
Develop and deliver KSAO assessments to predict participant’s ability to meet the physical and cognitive demands of 14 manufacturing-related SOC/O*NET job descriptions
Conduct assessments at Consortium sites with mobile work simulator
Administered by trained staff (UNL)
Conducted under IRB approval

17. Second Life - Interactive Resource
Second Life is
3D virtual world environment developed in 2003
Characters are called avatars and interact with millions of other users around the world
Used as grounds for research and education
Objectives
Engage current and future participants
Provide innovative instructional support
Host Participant Coach workshops
Recruiting and Outreach activities
Help transform the perception of manufacturing
Provide career exploration

18. Online Resources Project IMPACT Website Project IMPACT on Facebook
Project IMPACT on Twitter
Project IMPACT OneDrive cloud storage
Second Life islands:
Project IMPACT NE island
Central Nebraska Career Academy

19. Assessment External Evaluation – Formative and Summative
Quantitative data originates from participant intake at each college
Participant intake forms are available as examples.
Each college assigns a unique, confidential identity to participants and provides that information to the external evaluator for aggregate analysis
Each college tracks participant performance for DOL reporting purposes and reports aggregate data to the lead institution
A statistical analysis is performed by the External Evaluator to help document project efficacy
Written reports are provided quarterly
Qualitative case studies document on-going progress
Every quarter, the External Evaluator meets independently with each Consortium college to document the project’s progress
Quarterly written case study update reports are provided to the Project Manager
Internal/External project surveys are conducted on a semi-annual basis
An External Evaluation Advisory committee meets quarterly to discuss project events, activities, and progress
Business, Education, and Nebraska government agencies are part of this committee
Evaluation training is conducted for internal and external partners on an annual basis

20. Questions/Lessons Learned
Hiring and startup activities take time
Build in sustainable activities from the start
Coordinating within a Consortium takes much more time than working with a single institution
Communication is important
Regular meetings and accountable activities keep the project on a timeline
Use multiple means of communication
Don’t assume that you and someone else have the same understanding
Don’t create something new unless you must – new endeavors take more time and there are many high quality resources available
Train and follow-up – everyone tends to forget what is not in front of them
Involve business, local community groups, government agencies

21. Consortium-Wide Project Staff
11/16/2012
Consortium-Wide Project Staff
Dan Davidchik
Project Manager
Central Community College /
Jamey Peterson-Jones
Curriculum Development Specialist /
Sue Baer
Administrative Assistant /
Mark Funkey
Associate Dean / Co-PI & Budget Officer /
Colleen Nienaber
Virtual Site Coordinator
Central Community College /
David Vanderheiden
Programmer / Media Producer /
Tiffany Hartwell
Website Developer /
Kevin Grosskopf
Co-PI
University of Nebraska-Lincoln /

22. College-Specific Project Staff
11/16/2012
College-Specific Project Staff
Ashley Weets
Participant Coach
Central Community College /
Tammy Green
Site Coordinator
Metropolitan Community College /
Robert Caldwell /
Shanelle Grudzinski
Coordinator/Coach
Northeast Community College /
Beth Vavrina
Site Coordinator
Southeast Community College /
Kate Loden
Participant Coach
ext /
Doug Mader
Coordinator/Coach
Western Nebraska Community College /