1. KCTCS Responsiveness: Program Suspensions Career Pathways Soft Skills

2. Program Status Credentials Deactivated:
These are credentials that have been deactivated—but may include a ‘teach-out’—for any level (Certificate, Diploma, or Associate) and for parts of the program (tracks) within the credential level.
Program Suspensions:
These are programs that have been officially removed from the CPE Program Inventory and include all levels of a program (Certificate, Diploma, and Associate) and for all parts (tracks) within the credential level.

3. Credentials Deactivated 1998-2016
Total Credentials Deactivated by Academic Year AA AS
AAS
Tracks
AAT
Diplomas
Certificates
Total by Year 1 2 11 15 27 3 6 5 20 4 9 19 35 18 25 12 7 8 36 22 31
158
216 13 14 56 89 66
104 17 70
110 21 34 63
119 57 23
113
175
159
259
Totals 59
177
224
829
1314

4. Program Suspensions 2015-2016 College
# of Complete Programs Removed from College Inventory
Program Titles
Ashland CTC 1
Construction Technology
Big Sandy CTC
Horticulture
Bluerass CTC 5
Auto Body/Collision Repair Technology, Horticulture, Homeland Security/Emergency Management, Medical Laboratory Technology, Geographic Information Technology
Elizabethtown CTC
Quality Management Systems
Gateway CTC 7
Exercise Science, Visual Communication: Design & Technology, Visual Communication: Multimedia, Pharmacy Technology, Computer Aided Drafting and Design, Medical Information Technology, Interactive Design
Hazard CTC
Interactive Design
Henderson CC
Hopkinsville CC
Education
Jefferson CTC 6
Industrial Chemical Technology, Horticulture, Wood Technology, Zoo Technology, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Real Estate
Madisonville CC
Air Conditioning Technology
Maysville CTC 2
Applied Engineering Technology, Engineering and Electronics Technology
Owensboro CTC
Auto Body/Collision Repair Technology, Construction Technology, Horticulture, Broadcast Television Production, Mechatronic Systems, Computer Aided Drafting and Design
Somerset CC
Education, Paralegal Technology
Southcentral KY CTC
Administrative Office Technology
Southeast KY CTC
Historic Preservation Technology, Funeral Service
West Kentucky CTC
Advanced Integrated Manufacturing, Applied Engineering Technology, Historic Preservation Technology, Construction Technology, Natural Gas Technology, Workplace Safety Specialist, Industrial Chemical Technology
TOTAL 44

5. Career Pathways
Identified a career pathway template that KDE and KCTCS can use.
Brought together secondary faculty with KCTCS faculty to design/define career pathways.
Developed a timeline of five pathway programs to implement this year.
Aligned pathway programs with job forecasts for KY by region and institution.
Coordinated pathways with four-year institutions for sector- targeted transfer opportunities.

8. Industrial Maintenance Technology
Nursing
Construction
Welding
Information Technology

9. Soft Skills Two colleges with established soft skills programs:
Southcentral Workplace Ethics Agreement;
Madisonville Personal Effectiveness Skills (PES).
Survey of current KCTCS business and industry partners in early spring (731 responses) revealed top twelve essential soft skills.
This fall the best practices from current institutions combined with survey data, market research, and the need for scalability to develop faculty-led strategies for insuring soft skills across the curriculum for all students.

10. Expectations of the Southcentral Workplace Ethics Agreement
Common workplace behavioral expectations:
Being Present and Punctual;
Participate in academic activities;
Maintaining Professional behavior.
Wide-scale implementations in all classes to ensure a consistent and sustained effort:
Faculty agreed to implement in all face-to-face courses taught on campus and to support uniformly;
Workplace expectations are incorporated into course expectations;
Agreement is placed on all on-campus course syllabi;
Students must sign the syllabus.

11. Impact at Southcentral Since Implementation in 2011
GPA, retention and persistence have increased.
Loans awarded and Return to Title IV funds has decreased.
Morale is high – Voted Best Place to Work in KY, each of the 5 years the program has been in existence.
SKYCTC tracks the impact of the Agreement through surveys sent to local employers of recent SKYCTC graduates.
SKYCTC programs’ advisory committees members are asked bi-annually about the impact they observe and for any recommended changes.
Local businesses have been surveyed about recommendations for changes to the Agreement.
Workplace Ethics was created and implemented by faculty.
The agreement has been well received by the students who appreciate classes not being interrupted by late-comers, for example.
.  They appreciate that the classroom environment is more professional and class is not interrupted by late comers.
he faculty.

13. Madisonville Personal Effectiveness Skills Madisonville decided in 2013 that “Madisonville Community College is committed to student success and improving employability of the students. Personal and professional attributes and behaviors are necessary to be successful in college and in the workplace. These skills include, but are not limited to dependability, initiative, integrity, effective oral and written communication, teamwork, attendance, time management, and workplace ethics.”
The classroom rubric has been edited and refined while the topics of Communication, Commitment to Learning, Responsibility, and Behavior have remained.
Numerous Pilot Projects throughout the past three years have evolved into a standard mandatory rubric for in-person classes.
A standard online rubric is being considered and examined.
What has remained intact from the beginning is the 10% of the course grade component! This 10% makes it important to students AND faculty!

14. Madisonville Accountability and Results
Personal Effectiveness Skills (PES) Goals on PPE’s.
Faculty Evaluation of Instruction includes this question: “This instructor uses a Personal Effectiveness Skills (PES) Rubric to provide constructive feedback.”
PES Rubric Trainings.
Professional Development Sessions on PES Topics.
Personal Effectiveness Skills are addressed in all classes - technical, general education, and dual credit.technicl general education, dual credit
All Faculty and Staff at MCC in each interaction with our students have the opportunity to be a positive role model.
Setting goals for improvement and attending workshops give us motivation and direction toward more fully developing our professionalism.

15. Madisonville Personal Effectiveness Skills Rubric

16. Employer Identified Soft Skills January 2016

17. Targeted Soft Skills Soft Skill? Course? Strategy?
Intended Outcome(s)?
Assessed?
Reported?