1. DOL Round 4 TAACCCT Grantee Convening
Utilizing Data And Innovation To Create A New Way To Do Business

2. Presenters – South Central College
Anne Willaert Frank Braswell TAA Consortium Grant Director Dean, Business Career and Technical Education Barb Embacher Dean, Workforce Education and Training Andrea Moore Anton Bergie MnAMP Project Coordinator MnAMP Project Coordinator

3. Outcomes Quick overview of Grant
Manufacturing Core Curriculum and College Career Pathways
Utilizing Data
Innovation

4. 15M grant from US. Dept. of Labor
12 Community and Technical Colleges and 2 Manufacturing Centers of Excellence
3 Disciplines of manufacturing
Machining
Mechatronics
Welding

5. Consortium Members Century College Dakota County Technical College
Lake Superior College
Minneapolis Community & Technical College
MN State Community & Technical College
MN West Community & Technical College
Normandale Community College
Northland Community & Technical College
Ridgewater College
Riverland Community College
Saint Paul College
South Central College
360, Bemidji State University
MNCEME ,Minnesota State Mankato

7. Manufacturing Foundation Certificate
Implement a core curriculum that directly aligns with the Certified Production Technician certificate awarded by the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC)
Manufacturing Foundation Certificate
Consists of four, 2-credit classes (safety, quality, process and maintenance awareness)
Meets basic skills gap in mfg., and is portable, transferable and stackable
8 Colleges fully embedded the core into manufacturing pathways
2 Colleges partially embedded the core

8. Industry-Recognized Credentials
Nationally-Recognized
Third-party assessment
Portable and stackable
HR tool to recruit, hire, place, and promote
Sets expectations for employee advancement

9. Other NAM-Endorsed Credentials

10. Curriculum crosswalk with credentials, NIMS, AWS, PMMI, MSSC –
Create academic programs in advanced manufacturing to match employer needs and industry recognized credentials
Curriculum crosswalk with credentials, NIMS, AWS, PMMI, MSSC –
Credentials Earned
123 CPT
80 NIMS
56 AWS
1 PMMI

11. Faculty Credentialed 75 Credentialed Faculty 1 IPC 37 MSSC 13 NIMS
13 AWS
10 PMMI
1 Mastercam

12. Test Centers 9 colleges are established as national training centers.
2 colleges are IPC training centers
1 college is a PMMI test center
6 colleges are working toward accreditation and granting NIMS credentials
3 colleges in process of becoming AWS Accrediting Test Centers

13. College/Career Pathways

15. Manufacturing Certificate Program for New Americans
American Manufacturing Workforce Basics
Adult Basic Education
Job Search Nuts and Bolts
NW Private Industry Council
Manufacturing Workplace skills
Northland Technical Trades

16. NW Minnesota Manufacturing
Promoting incumbent workforce
Expanding companies with a small population
Developing a core to serve multiple industries

18. Ridgewater Video

21. Data

22. LWE (pronounced as ‘Louie’) Database
Assigned login password
24/7 access
Different levels of access (college and consortium)

23. The LWE Database Developed specifically for TAACCCT programs,
Enables tracking a student from program entry, through program participation, and into further education and/or employment,
Data entry by file upload and manual entry screens,
Captures and automatically aggregates data to facilitate preparation of Annual Performance Reports (APR),
Web-based, real-time availability 24x7,
Secure against unauthorized access, and
Provides each member college with student–level data for tracking student progress and success.

24. Use of the online database provides real-time access to the annual performance report.
As schools throughout the consortium enter information, the APR measure key performance indicators.

25. Data Based Decision Making
College
Participant Goal
Count of Participants
Percent to Goal
Century College
100 73
73.00%
Dakota County Technical College
152 62
40.79%
Lake Superior college
173
162
93.64%
M State community & Technical College
104 78
75.00%
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
175 72
41.14%
MN West Community and Technical College
144
127
88.19%
Normandale Community College 37 9
24.32%
Northland Community and Technical College
118
61.86%
Ridgewater College
474
253
53.38%
Riverland Community College 94 65
69.15%
Saint Paul College
500
266
53.20%
South Central College
824
618

26. What Do The MnAMP Students Look Like?

30. Partnerships

34. Learn Work Earn OJT Opportunities 3.1
Dual Training and Registered Apprenticeships
Registered Apprenticeships - 53 Apprenticeships with currently 12 companies, growing rapidly (MAI Funding)
Dual-Training - 15 Companies over 117(Pipeline Funding) Private Investment, Public Education, Labor and Industry Experience

35. Current Learn Work Earn CohortsRA
Participants through +Connect 10 Companies 42 RA’s
Face to Face – employer site – Welding (aligned with AWS) – 10 RA’s
Cohorts in machining & mechatronics – 1 RA
Working toward Open Lab Concept
MAI Funding = $5000 x 53 = $265,000
PIPELINE Project – Dual Training
Customized or traditional
Work directly with employers
MN Pipeline Project = 117 x $6,000 = $702,000

37. Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) Strategy 1.2

38. MnAMP CPL Guidebook

39. Military CPL
Four Colleges have mapped their safety course to the VETS program. (M-State,SCC,Northland and Ridgewater
Mapping military experience to college courses to connect Veterans to manufacturing careers
Veteran’s Education Transfer System (VETS)

41. Develop Long-Term, Collaborative Partnerships with Employers

42. Employer Involvement 2.2 Involvement by over 354 Employers
Advisory Board Meetings, Equipment purchases, Dual-Training, RA’s, Workshops, Curriculum Design, Recruiting Participants, Internships, Hiring Commitments, Provide Training Space, Job-Fairs, Tour of Manufacturing, +Connect

43. +Connect: Overview Hybrid training courses Collaborative model
Live instruction via virtual classrooms
Pinnaca VCaaS Powered by Acano
Online course content in D2L
Collaborative model
Minnesota State system
Customized Training departments
Short-term sessions
1-3 hours per week for 8 weeks

44. +Connect: Demographics
Incumbent Workers
Upskill current employees
Apprenticeships and dual-training programs
Unemployed
Through Workforce Center partners
Others
Working toward industry or academic credentials

45. +Connect: Benefits to Students
Increased knowledge
Improved on-the-job skills
Pathway toward industry or academic credentials
Connect to class easily and from any location
Little to no cost for many students
Employer-paid tuition and books
Apprenticeship/Dual-Training programs
Grant funding
Dedicated remote advisor
Networking with other industry employees

46. +Connect: Growth

47. +Connect: Benefits to Employers
Upskills current employees
Provides related instruction for apprenticeships and dual-training programs
Provides a variety of trainings to fit employer needs
Eliminates the need to take all employees off the production line at once
Enables employees to connect from the job site
Minimal equipment requirements to connect
Computer, Webcam, Microphone

48. +Connect: Employer Participation

49. +Connect: Benefits to Colleges
Revenue from tuition
Headcount
Ability to offer a wider variety of trainings
Fill courses with participants from multiple companies and locations
Consistent curriculum and branding
Registration and billing through one location
Dedicated remote advisor

50. $59,054 paid out to 5 participating colleges
+Connect: Revenue
$59,054 paid out to 5 participating colleges

51. +Connect: By The Numbers June 2016 – August 2017
660 Enrollments
375 Unique Participants
52 Employer Partners
50 Courses

52. Thank You!