1. 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

2. 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?

3. 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????

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

5. 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!

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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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
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11. LMI Analysis (Occupational)
Job Postings
Careful using this one
Demographics
Age
Gender
Ethnicity/Race
Inverse Staffing
Who employs these occupations

12. 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.

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

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

15. 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

16. 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?

17. 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

18. 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?

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

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

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

22. Thanks for Coming!
Go forth and innovate!