Henry Ford Community College The Role of Educational Institutions in the Creation of Green Jobs

Key Questions What do we bring or what can we contribute?  How do we partner effectively?  What do we need?

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute? History/track record of career and technical education: History/track record of career and technical education: Construction Technology, Energy Technology, Electronics, Engineering Technology, etc. Construction Technology, Energy Technology, Electronics, Engineering Technology, etc.

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute?  Academic skill building: assessment and placement tools, remediation, and contextualized learning in reading and math, tutoring and other educational supports.

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute?  College credits  Certifications  Curriculum Development

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute?  Established relationships: governmental agencies, business and industry, community organizations

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute?  Infrastructure: Access to full- and part-time faculty, articulation agreements with other colleges, Boards of Trustees, Advisory Boards, facilities and equipment

Why Does This Matter?  Capacity building  College credits  Career pathways  Industry certifications  Increasing access for lower- skilled workers

Why Does This Matter?  Increased funding opportunities  Work with governmental rules and regulations  Increased leverage in partnership with others

How Do We Partner Effectively?  Equal partnership among all stakeholders  Early identification of roles and responsibilities: who leads at which stage?

How Do We Partner Effectively?  How do we hold each other accountable?  Use your expertise but acknowledge the expertise of others

How Do We Partner Effectively?  Joint planning on the front end  Consensus on the goal

What Do We Need? Change in a Large Institution  Where are the green jobs? (Chicken and egg problem)  Alternative delivery formats: (nights, weekends and out of the classroom)

What Do We Need? Change in a Large Institution  Credit for prior learning  Non-credit or Credit: It is all education

What Do We Need? Change in a Large Institution  Not Being “in charge”  Technical expertise from elsewhere: Veteran faculty may not have the green expertise

What Do We Need? Change in a Large Institution  Your rules and our rules: red-tape stranglehold  Finances: How do we share a smaller pie? How do we afford this?  Public relations: sharing a spotlight