______________________________ From the First Blind Date to a Happy Marriage, Non-Credit/Credit Relationship Pathway Bill Lamb, Vice President, Academic Affairs Stephanie Bredman, Iowa New Jobs Training Manager

Non-Credit and Credit The Training & Outreach department works with business and industry in our seven county service area Credit works with preparing students to complete a degree or program designed to enter the workforce, or prepare students to transfer to a four-year institution

Credit and Non-Credit Partnerships Work on partnership opportunities increased with the new VP of CE&TS (2012) Pathways and PACE program accelerated collaboration Internal goal to get CE&TS courses and certifications articulated New courses and certificates created to be articulated opportunities before designing curriculum Developed the Credit for Prior Learning policy Designed program credit and non-credit combinations

Factors That Brought Non-Credit and Credit Additional Collaborative Opportunities Declining Credit Enrollment Declining Unemployment The rise of the Middle Skills Gap Increasing need of employers to find a skilled workforce National Career Pathways discussion State of Iowa funding programs that provide opportunities for credit and non-credit to work together (WTED and ACE)

Outcomes of Working Together Discovered ways to serve a larger population of students Partnered with local companies to develop curriculum and provide a pipeline of skilled workers Created a pathway for students into a credit program Identified the need for pathway navigators to assist first generation college students or those experiencing external barriers Strategically utilized multiple funding sources to off-set shortfalls in the general fund

Kirkwood Enrollment Fall 2011 17,610 Fall 2012 16,661 Fall 2013 15,345   Fall 2010 highest enrollment of 18,456 CE&TS serves between 60,000 and 70,000 students each year in non-credit programming

Unemployment in Our Seven Counties 2011 5.5% 2012 5.0% 2013 4.9% 2014 3.8% 2015 3.2%

Funding for Community Colleges Community colleges primarily are funded through state appropriations, local property tax dollars, some federal and private funding, and student tuition and fees In 1990 state funding represented by far the largest share of funding for community colleges (48.8 percent) with student tuition and fees accounting for 32.8 percent and local property taxes 8.2 percent Today state funding is about 25% and student tuition makes up about 65% We had to find ways to be creative in developing new programs and partnerships working with both credit and noncredit sides of the college to utilize all of our resources to the fullest

Report: More jobs than unemployed in Corridor, December 2015 Job vacancies exceed the number of unemployed people within the greater Corridor area, according to a recent report from the state's Iowa Workforce Development group About 10,900 unemployed persons and roughly 18,500 job vacancies, according to numbers provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Middle Skills Jobs Outlook for Our Region Middle-skill jobs already make up the majority of the jobs (55%) in Iowa’s labor market. Yet, only 32% percent of working Iowans likely have the skills and credentials for these types of jobs.

Industries in Kirkwood’s Seven County Region Bioprocessing/Food Ingredient Logistics/Distribution Food Processing Wind Energy Process Manufacturing Electronic Equipment Insurance and Financial Information Technology Educational Services

Working Together Toward Common Goals Implemented career pathway model Utilized state funding more strategically than in the past Created Sector Boards CE&TS involved credit in company meetings Using new sources of data to make decisions

Barriers Find a partner and share one or two barriers that may exist—challenges that impede making change or working through cross department collaborative projects.

At Kirkwood Location Past Perceptions Individual Mission Relevance Funding—not so much Other examples from your discussion?

Workforce Training & Economic Development Fund This fund has become an important source of financing for community college new program innovation, development, and capacity building, particularly for career and technical education The monies in the Workforce Training and Economic Development Fund may be used to support the following community college programs: Career Academies Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs Entrepreneurship Education and Small Business Assistance General training, retraining and educational initiatives for targeted industries National Career Readiness Certification (NCRC) National Advanced Manufacturing Certification (NAM)

WTED Continued In FY 13 the college developed a strategic method of allocating funds across the college A core team of VP of Academic Affairs, AVP of Academic Affairs, Dean of Students, VP of CE&TS, and Ex. Dean of Distance Learning (academies) meet to determine how the WTED funds are used each year

Example of Non-Credit and Credit Using WTED Funds Non-credit used WTED funds to create short-term training programs to help with the unemployed and underemployed   Worked with the Industrial Technology Dean and faculty to create non-credit to credit pathways so students could earn college credit from short term training Accelerated CNC Training – 4 months, 4 NIMS Credentials, articulates into 16 credit hours for credit students moving into CNC Machining and Programming 19 students enrolled and completed the program, 6 moved into credit, 12 moved into employment The success of this model paved the way for additional pathways between non-credit and credit

Accelerated Career Education Program The Accelerated Career Education (ACE) program is designed to provide businesses with an enhanced skilled workforce. This innovative program assists Iowa’s community colleges to either establish or expand programs that train individuals in the occupations most needed by Iowa businesses   The ACE Job Credits funding is a payroll tax diversion from sponsoring employers. In other words, companies have the opportunity to divert a portion of the payroll taxes from the state to Kirkwood Community College The benefit to the college is it provides “gap” funding when tuition does not cover costs to run the program Sponsoring organizations will contribute a cash OR in-kind donation to the program Provide internship experience for students Sponsoring organization can serve as a guest lecturer or adjunct faculty for the program Donate new or used equipment Provide tuition assistance for students Provide job shadow experiences for students Provide clinical time

Sector Boards Creation of Sector Boards began 15 years ago Advanced Manufacturing Insurance, Financial and Customer Service IT Healthcare Transportation Deans and Faculty attend sector board meetings Discussion drives curriculum alignment and short- term training opportunities

Corporate Calls Created goal two years ago Goal was to get in front of employers to educate on Kirkwood employer services, have Kirkwood understand needs of employers and how we can partner together better  CE&TS began including credit Deans, VP’s and faculty to meet with local employers Employer Engagement Meetings Company tours Becoming an effective partner in the talent supply chain which ultimately provides the basis for fulfilling one of the college’s overarching mission, providing student success in life Still a work in progress but we are learning how to educate our companies on being better “customers” of our employer services

Sharing Data EMSI, Industry Reports, Workforce Needs Assessment, Iowa Workforce Development Labor Shed information EMSI has data on occupations, industries, programs, demographics in our region which can be used to help drive new programs to meet the need of occupations most in demand Provides data on annual openings, average wage, if occupation is increasing or decreasing in demand, hot jobs, unemployment by occupation

Competency Based Development – New for 2017 Adding as an “instructional modality” rather than a program Limited by Financial Aid requirements and Accreditation Potential benefit for adult learners—Adult Accelerated program will be the pilot population with seamless articulation to a four-year private