1. Critical Conversations in CTE
Doing What Matters – Pending Efforts in the CCCCO EWD/CTE Division and Federal OVAE/Perkins
Wheeler North, ASCCC Executive Committee
Phil Smith, ASCCC Executive Committee

2. Authorization and Reauthorization
State
Economic Workforce and Development (SB1402)
CTE Pathways (SB1070)
Perkins 1B Leadership and Other
Federal (Everything on Hold – Sequestering)
Perkins – Local Perkins 1C Student Based
TAACCCT (Trade Adjustment Assistance CC and Career Training)

3. Out With the Old
Ten EWD Initiatives now called Sectors with some changes still being fleshed out.
Main sectors will drive EWD work but allow for alignment with 15 primary sectors used by CDE and the Fed.
Regional Consortia being revamped to include regional decision-making beyond curriculum.

4. Out With the Old
Funding will be regionally deployed with expectations:
Competitive granting
Regional integration
Performance metrics
“Braided” funding – intermixed or leveraged where allowed
Regional leveraging and partnering required

5. Doing What Matters For Jobs and the Economy Four parts
Give Priority
Make Room
Student Success
Innovate
Is pretty much what we already do… in a new pair of shoes.
Give Priority - Consider labor market needs when making budget, course & program decisions.
Make Room - Decide on program capacity as a region.
Retool programs that are not working or not meeting a labor market need so that students can study what MATTERS.
Student Success - Adopt common metrics and skills panels in CCCCO RFAs.
Strengthen regions with new skill sets.
Innovate - Solve a complex workforce training need so that our system can better deliver for employers and sectors.

6. New Sectors Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Transportation & Renewables
*Agriculture, Water & Environmental Technologies
*Energy (Efficiency) & Utility
Health
Life Science/Biotech
*Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)/Digital Media
Trade Export & Logistics
Small Business
*Retail/Hospitality/Tourism “Learn-and-Earn”
* = new or highly modified

7. Technical Assistance
Two previous Initiatives revamped into service units
COE (Centers of Excellence) provide data and research capacity to EWD/CTE needs
Training and Development (and other coordination )
A third line-item effort is research and reporting as required by the authorizing legislation.

8. Critical Conversations
14 already held or to be held around the state
Mixed results
Hosted by college CEOs versus reflecting regional representation
Increasing focus on CTE and EWD role
Have not made clear distinctions between serving students versus serving industry
Not empowering regional consortia all that well

9. Federal OVAE – Perkins Blueprint
Federal Budget was built on gimmick – default cuts of 8% January 1st. (Sequestering)
Includes Perkins but not Pell (Pell does have structural problems)
Perkins Blueprint released in April 2012 – but funding extended to next year under old plan
Elections put a hold on all until after December

10. Federal OVAE – Perkins Blueprint
ALIGNMENT between CTE and labor market [sectors]
COLLABORATION among secondary and postsecondary institutions, employers, and industry partners [via consortia]
ACCOUNTABILITY for improving academic outcomes and technical skills
INNOVATION supported by systemic reform of state policies and practices
(Does this look familiar?)

11. Federal OVAE – Perkins Blueprint
Consortia based funding
Private sector match requirements
Intra-State competition for funding
Common data and definitions
Competitive local innovation funding
Increase State’s role in funding allocation
Required partnering with industry, agency and educational segments.

12. Summary Greatly increasing Regional Consortia roles
Regional Consortia currently not equally prepared for these higher stakes
Expectations much higher than current status and roles of Consortia players (faculty and deans versus CIOs and CEOs)
Added layer of negotiations
Competitive allocation model shifts focus from need to performance

13. Questions
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