Developing New CTE Programs – From Inception to Approval and the Importance of Being Intentional Lori Bennett, Executive Vice President, Moorpark College Jim Lancaster, Dean Curriculum, CTE, and Cont. Ed, Citrus College; LA/OC Regional Program Approval Lead John Stanskas, Vice President, ASCCC

Overview Ideas on Napkins Ensuring Need Advisory Committees and Curricular Design Local Processes for Curriculum Committees and Academic Senates Local Processes for Budget and Boards Regional and State Approval Where do you get hung up/Questions?

The Napkin Artists (or co-artists) Faculty, Program Review Labor Market Analysis Advisories (regional or state) Trade/Labor Organizations Industry surveys Economic Development Reports/Scans Politicians????

LMI Analysis Idea! (Napkin) Advisory Committee/Validation Program Development Local Approval Regional Approval (credit only) CCCCO Approval

Napkins to Advisories So you have a bright idea, now what? Assessing the need Using data effectively Advisory Committee Who’s on the committee? What are they going to do? Industry Analysis Staffing Patterns Occupational Data Program Data Decision!

Analyzing LMI (Industry) Industry Analysis Data elements to consider Jobs Start End (projected) Change Percent Change Location Quotient Start, End (projected) Number of Establishments

Analyzing LMI (Industry) Growth (jobs) National Growth Effect Competitive Effect Expected Change Earnings Demographic Information

Economic Impact Locally Traded Regionally Traded Driven by the local population Imports Examples: ???? Regionally Traded Increases wealth in the regional economy Exports

Staffing Patterns: Occupations Employed in the Industry Staffing patterns are used to identify the current and future workforce needs of a sector Consider Supply chain

LMI Analysis (Occupational) key data elements to consider Quarterly Census of Earnings and Wages (QCEW) Jobs Historical, current, projected Counts (gain/loss) Projected change (%) Earnings Median 10/25 percentile 75/90 percentile Living Wage Calculator - http://livingwage.mit.edu/

LMI Analysis (Occupational) Job Postings Careful using this one Demographics Age Gender Ethnicity/Race Inverse Staffing Who employs these occupations

Net Demand Look at historical data (one or two years back) Regional Demand-Regional Completers=Net Regional Demand Other factors Aging industry/occupation High projected growth High competitive effect Etc.

Napkins to Advisories Faculty, Industry, and Curricular Design How do advisories support the Faculty? How do faculty know what to teach?

Advisory Councils Local, Regional, State For a new program, who is invited to the table? Why? Do they get a seat license?

Engaging Local College Processes Academic Senates have purview over program creation – what would they want to know about a new program? Curriculum Committees need to evaluate all credit and noncredit course outlines and programs

Budgets and Boards Budget – where does money come from? Is there grant money? Local businesses willing to donate equipment? New CTE Money from the state? Does this need to start as a contract education program?

Budgets and Boards What does a local Board of Trustees want to know about new programs? Fit with Mission Local employer demand Fit within college, district, region Student demand Cost

Regional and State Approval What is the Regional Consortium’s role in Program approval? Utilizing your Regional Consortium effectively When to consult? What perspective does the regional bring? Does the consortium have resources to help?

Regional and State Approval State Approval Processes Degrees Certificates Must have State approval prior to marketing or adding to the Catalog

Accreditation Process New Programs, degrees, certificates must be submitted to the ACCJC for approval After state approval Prior to offering the program

Questions? Where do ideas go on your campus? Where are processes stuck? Have you started Regional Curriculum discussions? Other questions?

Thanks for Coming! Go forth and innovate!