1. Minnesota Advanced Manufacturing Partnership

2. Presenters
Dr. Annette Parker President South Central College Marsha Danielson Senior Associate to the President Anne Willaert TAA Consortium Grant Director

3. Agenda Skills Gap in Advanced Manufacturing
Accelerating Pathways & a restructured academic framework with stackable, portable credentials
Industry Recognized Credential and Credit for Prior Learning
Veterans and Credit for Prior Learning
Effective Models to Address the Skills Gap
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4. Critical Middle Skills Gap
Manufacturers need more technically trained employees
67% moderate-to-severe shortage of qualified workers
56% expect shortage to worsen next 3 to 5 years
5% jobs unfilled due to lack of qualified candidates
Source: 2011 Skills Gap Report (The Manufacturing Institute & Deloitte Consulting LLP)
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5. The National Focus
President Obama’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) Steering Committee 2.0
5 work groups within the AMP initiative:
Transformative Technologies
National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI)
Scale-up Policy
Image of Manufacturing
Demand–driven Workforce Solutions
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Dr. Parker served on President Obama’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee 2.0
and led the national initiative on demand driven workforce solutions.
SCC wrote a 15 million dollar consortium grant with the same focus areas

6. The Minnesota Workforce Solution
Goals
Greater number of technically trained employees
Fill vacant manufacturing jobs
Support growth in manufacturing
Minnesota Advanced Manufacturing Partnership
Advanced Manufacturing Education Pathways
National Credentialing System
Bridging Modules for Veterans
Apprenticeship Models
Variety of Instructional Models
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Seamless career pathways in advanced Manufactuirng that offer stackable industry recognized credentials
Core Curriculum aligned to industry standard
Competency-based approach
Expand and refine articulation agreements
Create/Update Adv Mfg programs that meet needs identified by employers
Align to credentials created by industry so its easier to compare and contrast graduates knowledge, skills and abilities
Develop long term partnerships with employers through employer-driven competency based apprenticeships
Provide professional development to up skill current employees
Establish credit for prior learning for active service men and women to

7. A project of the Minnesota Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (MnAMP)
Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor – 15 Million
12 colleges, 360 and MNCEME Centers of Excellence
Three disciplines of manufacturing
Machining
Mechatronics
Welding
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8. Consortium Century College Dakota County Technical College
Lake Superior College
Minneapolis Comm & Technical College
MN State Comm & Technical College
MN West Comm & Technical College
Normandale Comm College
Northland Comm & Technical College
Ridgewater College
Riverland Comm College
St. Paul College
South Central College
360 – Bemidji State
MNCEME-MSU
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9. Learn Work Earn Strategies
Create seamless career pathways in advanced manufacturing that offer stackable and portable credentials.
Create/Update academic programs in advanced manufacturing to match employer needs by aligning industry recognized credentials within pathways.
Develop long-term collaborative partnership with manufacturing employers.
Improve job placement and retention through learner support and wrap around services.
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An Establish employer-driven apprenticeships and dual training programs
Provide professional development for employers and other stakeholders to instill the value of industry credentialing
Enhance the image of manufacturing and raise awareness of high-wage jobs 
Improve Job Placement & Retention—
Implement a plan that emphasizes intrusive advising and job placement services
Improve basic academic skills through integrated education (FastTRAC) and occupational English services
Seamless Pathways—
Implement a core curriculum that directly aligns with the Certified Production Technician Certification awarded by Manufacturing Skills Standards Council
Develop a consistent competency-based approach to award credit for prior learning that aligns with national industry standards
Collaborate with MnSCU Centers of Excellence to expand/refine articulation agreements 
Update Academic Programs--
Align curriculum with National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) endorsed credentials (NCRC, MSSC, NIMS, PMMI and AWS.)
Engage employers, faculty, and other stakeholders in development of course content, coursework, and learning experiences 

10. Career Pathways
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Help move adult learners (Adult 1 = ABE/Low level learners, 2 = Traditional Students, 3 = incumbent workers or vets through CPL) in to meaningful, industry-relevant educational pathways and ultimately into the workforce.
Seamless career pathways in advanced manufacturing that offer stackable portable industry-recognized credentials.

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14. Industry Recognized Credentials
Recognize an individual’s skills as measured against industry standards
Connect different levels of training
Provide an HR tool to recruit, hire, place, and promote
Sets expectations for employee advancement
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Certifications Make Signals Clear to the Market
Industries with skill certification programs enable students to directly control the focus of their career development.
Aligning manufacturing education with industry standards and skills certification sets high expectations and establishes an effective and critical talent pipeline.
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16. History of Skills Certification
The Manufacturing Institute established a consortium of partners to align industry certification to an Advanced Manufacturing Competency Model, the result is the Skills Certification System.
The System aligns industry competencies to manufacturing education and career pathways.
Why Certifications Matter….
Opportunity to elevate and standardize
the programs offered by community and technical
colleges across the country.
Credentials also carry a prestige that
conveys respect on both those individuals
that have earned the credential and the
occupations that demand it.
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17. MnAMP Core Curriculum
Manufacturing Skills Standards Association – Certified Production Technician
Four courses – CMAE course code
Participant received 8 credits pathway to certificate, diploma and/or degree in a manufacturing program of study
Quality Practices
Safety Awareness
Maintenance Awareness
Manufacturing & Production
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18. Third-Party Certifying Associations
AWS - American Welding Society NIMS - National Institute for Metalworking Skills MSSC - Manufacturing Skills Standards Council PMMI - Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute Others as earned in a college program of study or as determined by the employer
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19. MnAMP Credentials
MSSC Pre-requisite to entering Dual Training or Registered Apprenticeship
Faculty Credentialing
Test Sites
Non-Credit vs. Credit
Credit based classes – face to face/online – 360
Telepresence with employers
Credit for Prior Learning for credential
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20. Charting the Future for a Prosperous Minnesota Competency/Certification & Credit for Prior Learning
All 31 institutions over a 3 year period
A tool kit for College & University Implementation
Military & Industry Recognized Credentials
Technical and Liberal Arts Programs
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21. Benefits of CPL
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CPL is proven to increase retention rates. In 2010, CAEL did a survey of over 62,000 adult students at 48 institutions who were 25 years or older and they found that students who earned college credit for what they already knew were more persistent, took more courses, and decreased time to degree completion. Finally students who earned CPL were two and a half times more likely to graduate. That number increases to 8 times more likely to graduate when looking at students of color.
have better graduation rates, compared with those who do not earn CPL
…have better persistence
…earn their degrees in a shorter period of time
Council for Experiential & Adult Learning. (2010, March). cael.org. (R. Klein-Collins, Ed.) Retrieved November 2014, from

22. Military Branches Curriculum
Standardized occupation related training
Syllabus driven
Texts, manuals and references
Classroom + field experience
Outcome oriented instruction
Competency based examination
Awarded Occupation
Earn levels and ranks through continuing education, experience and performance
US Military
Army
Military Occupation Specialty (MOS)
Marine Corps
Occupational Field
Navy
Rating or Designator
Air Force
AFSC
Coast Guard
Group and Rating
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23. Military CPL
Mapping military experience to college courses to provide Veterans CPL
Veteran’s Education Transfer System (VETS)
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26. Two Paths to Learn Work Earn Dual Training/Registered Apprenticeship
3 Apprenticeship Models
MRTP – Required Instruction through +Connect
College Enrollment – Work Learn Earn – Cohort
Company Based
Funding
Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative
Pipeline - Legislative
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27. What is +Connect
A series of 8 week training courses led by live instructors via mediated telepresence. Employees can train right at their company, making +Connect ideal for incumbent workers and those in apprenticeships or dual-training programs.
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28. The Right Signals Initiative
Existing industry-recognized credentials
National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS)
American Welding Society (AWS)
Reframed strategy
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration (HVACR)
Auto Body and Collision Technology
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29. Questions. Annette Parker, President 507-389-7211 annette
Questions? Annette Parker, President Marsha Danielson Senior Associate to the President Anne Willaert TAA Consortium Grant Director