1. BUILDING SUPPORT FOR NEW WORKFORCE EDUCATION PRACTICES THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING October 17, 2013
Dr. Shawn Mackey
Associate Executive Director
Workforce, Career and Technical Education
Mississippi Community College Board
Jack Mills
Director
National Network of Sector Partners
Insight Center for Community Economic
Development
Shawn and Jack – introduce ourselves

2. OVERVIEW Mississippi Community College System History
Coordinating Board
Funding for system
Funding for Workforce Education
Workforce Education
Credit (CTE)
Non-Credit
Strategic Planning focused on non-credit
Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Mission: Helping people and communities become, and remain, economically secure
National Network of Sector Partners
Encourages the use of industry sector-focused workforce development initiatives
Shawn re MCCB
Jack re Insight and NNSP

3. CONTEXT FOR STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT
External
New Governor
New leadership in state offices
Marketing vs. training delivery methods
Decline in Workforce Training Fund
Internal
New Community College Presidents and Workforce Administrators
Demonstrate effectiveness
Shawn – main presenter
Add
- Ongoing process of developing policies through collaboration between MCCB WCTE and workforce education administrators in the 15 colleges
- Mississippi Workforce Advantage as a result
Jack: color
Variation among community colleges re workforce education
Some more quickly/more fully have adopted the new, effective policies/practices contained in MS Workforce Advantage
Some innovators re community college consortia (e.g., MS Corridor Consortium)
Variation among community colleges on importance of workforce education

4. STRATEGIC PLAN MISSION & VISION
Vision: Community College Workforce Training provides a flexible, innovative, and responsive system of skill development that exceeds customer expectations, provides Mississippi’s business and industry with clear competitive advantage, and assures Mississippi’s working-age adults have the opportunity to achieve economic security.
Mission: The mission of community college workforce training is to provide Mississippians the skills needed to be productive to obtain high-skilled and high-wage jobs, and to provide businesses and industry with a highly skilled, world-class workforce.
Workforce Training
Strategic Plan
September 4, 2012
Shawn: main presenter -- what strategic plan aimed to change
High quality/effectiveness by college’s workforce education
Full adoption of policies in Mississippi Workforce Advantage
Greater capacity to meet the regional economies’ needs: key industry sectors, job seekers, and workers
More efficient use of resources
Jack: color

5. SUCCESS FACTORS FOR STRATEGIC PLAN
Stakeholders
Workforce training administrators
Career and technical education administrators
Ownership of strategic planning process by workforce training administrators
Consensus approval of Strategic Plan by workforce training administrators
Approval of Strategic Plan by all 15 community college presidents
Shawn – main presenter: discuss in more detail why each success factor was crucial
Jack: color

6. Workforce Training Strategic Plan: 2012-2017
Mississippi Workforce Advantage Plan
Consortia
Curriculum Design
Program Design
Partnerships
Funding Development & Resource Allocation
Marketing
Accountability
Shawn: describe key elements of first four strategies by providing key elements of each that are in the strategic plan
Jack: describe key elements of last four strategies by providing key elements of each that are in the strategic plan

7. STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
Preparation work
Mississippi Workforce Advantage policies
Community college level strategic plans
Three-day session
Guidance during session on
High-impact practices in MS community colleges
Nationally-recognized practices
Manage process to produce outcomes owned by workforce administrators
Consensus building process
Jack: key presenter
- describe why preparation work was crucial
- provided understanding of agreed directions for workforce education
- provided information on high impact practices at the community/junior colleges
Three day session
Provide examples of high-impact practices by community/junior colleges
Provide examples of nationally recognized practices
Describe process that brought ownership by workforce administrators of outcomes
Describe consensus building process
Shawn: color

8. IMPACT OF STRATEGIC PLAN
Approval by all community college presidents
Community college consortia selection
Assistance in maintaining use of WET funds by community college Workforce Education rather than third parties
Assistance with expansion of WET funds
MCCB allocation of $1.5 M for consortia
Shawn – key presenter
Describe how strategic plan helped bring about impact slide identifies, and describe impact in more detail
Jack: color

9. NEXT STEPS
Proposals by community colleges in each of the three consortia for use of WET funds to support consortium development
Action plans ( ) for implementation of Strategic Plan under development
Shawn: discuss proposals for use of WET funds
Jack: discuss action plan development

10. QUESTIONS