1. Washington State Centers of Excellence: A Vital Strategic Asset
Association of Community College Trustees’ Presentation
October 16, 2015

2. Panelists Jim Lowery, Trustee, Centralia College
Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Clean Energy, Centralia College
Shana Peschek, Director, Construction, Renton Technical College
Dr. Meg Ryan, Director, Global Trade & Supply Chain Management, Highline College
Mary Kaye Bredeson, Executive Director, Aerospace & Advanced Materials Manufacturing, Everett Community College

3. Session Outcomes
Describe the Center of Excellence model and the benefits of an industry-sector strategy.
Describe examples of innovative partnerships that promote best practices.
Identify high expectations for sector strategies for the New Community College Model.

4. History
A targeted industry is identified as one that is strategic to the economic growth of a region or state
Each Center focuses on a targeted industry that drives the state’s economy
SBCTC selected 10 community and technical colleges to serve as Centers of Excellence
Washington's State Board for Community and Technical Colleges selected 10 community and technical colleges to serve as Centers of Excellence.
Centers of Excellence are colleges designated as statewide leaders in specialized workforce education and training for industries that help the state's economy grow.
Centers serve as a point-of-contact and resource hub for industry trends, best practices, innovative curriculum and professional development opportunities.
Centers maximize resources by bringing together workforce education and industry partners in order to develop highly-skilled employees for targeted industries.
A targeted industry is identified as one that is strategic to the economic growth of a region or state.

5. Washington’s Centers of Excellence
Aerospace & Advanced Materials Manufacturing
Agriculture
Allied Health
Careers in Education
Clean Energy
Construction
Global Trade & Supply Chain Management
Homeland Security & Emergency Mgmt.
Information & Computing Technology
Marine Manufacturing & Technology

6. Celebrating 10 Years Vision Mission Become national model to
develop partnerships:
Business
Industry
Education
Organized labor
Workforce system
Economic development
Liaison between partners and
the state’s education system to:
Drive the economy
Create highly skilled workforce
Provide consistent curriculum
Meet industry needs
Provide state-wide
coordination

7. Convene ~ Problem Solve ~ Disseminate
Sector Strategy
Selected and hosted by colleges with sector expertise
Funded by State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Supplemented with grant funding
Codified
Barbara to complete.

8. Convene ~ Problem Solve ~ Disseminate
Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA)
“WIOA is driving Sector Strategy Pathways. Washington’s Centers of Excellence are our system’s answer! “
- JoAnn Baria, VP Workforce, Pierce College, WA

9. 21st Century Skilled Workforce
How do we recruit, train, and retain them?

10. Core Expectation #1:
Economic Development Focus: Serve as partners with various state, local, regional, national, and global agencies and organizations to support economic vitality and competitiveness in Washington State’s driver industries.

11. Economic Development Focus
Skilled Workforce
Jobs and Placement
Statewide Outreach
Programs across the state
Centers of Excellence as an asset
Draws Industry
Advisory Board
Skill Standards
This is Jim’s slide…looks like his perspective is on the benefits of all of the centers. You’ll see a pattern…that each slide that is an example is titled according to the focus…so the audience can identify the specific core expectation.

12. Core Expectation #2:
Industry Sector Strategy Focus: Collaboratively build, expand, and leverage industry, labor, and community and technical college partnerships to support and promote responsive, rigorous, and relevant workforce education and training.

13. Employer Engagement is Key
Platform for Collaboration:
Translate
Celebrate Success
Industry Led
Engagement:
Student Activities
Curriculum/Program Development
Legislative/Policy Advocacy
Industry Credential Recognition
Host Meetings

14. Strategic Planning: Construction Center of Excellence
Members are engaged
Strategies developed for implementation
Raised awareness of Center’s capacity, resources and realistic outcomes
Created long term vision

15. Sector Strategy: Leadership
Labor Market Research
Convene industry subject matter experts
Identify knowledge skills and ability aligned to industry standards
Courses and certificates are created; industry endorsed curriculum developed

16. Core Expectation #3:
Education, Innovation, and Efficiency: Leverage resources and educational partnerships to create efficiencies and support development of curriculum and innovative delivery of educational strategies to build a diverse and competitive workforce.

17. Center of Excellence for Global Trade & Supply Chain Management
Ports of Seattle & Tacoma comprise the 3rd largest container gateway in Northern America
40% of all jobs can be tied to trade-related activity

18. Make it in Washington: Increasing Manufacturing Capacity

19. Make it in Washington
3 Federal funding resources for education, training, and strategic consulting opportunities
Options to improve their staff, expand productivity, plan for critical staff retirements, and improve their business' profitability

20. Make it in Washington: Progress
Actively Participating Counties
Qualifying Counties
Non-Qualifying Counties

21. Core Expectation #4:
Workforce Supply and Demand Focus: Research, analyze, and disseminate information related to training capacity, skill gaps, trends, and best practices within each industry sector to support a viable new and incumbent workforce.

22. Emerging Trend: Mechatronics
Convene partners to identify WA State common course curricula and lab requirements for Mechatronics training that will meet industry standards.

23. Mechatronics
Mechatronics is a field that combines the following skill sets:
Electrical
Mechanical
Programming
Welding
Hydraulics
Programmable logic controls (PLC)
Robotics
Fabrication
Mechatronics technicians install, maintain and repair industrial equipment

24. Large need across industry sectors
Movement towards Automation and Robotics

25. Ten Years of Investment
$16,431,420 total investment by WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
$71,953,745 total grant dollars generated by Centers of Excellence
U.S. Depts. of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Homeland Security and Labor
WA State Dept. of Commerce
National Science Foundation

26.
Thank you!