1. Alamo Colleges Alamo Area Academies Danine Tomlin Economic & Workforce Development

2. Four Industry Driven High School Academies

3. A Cooperative Effort  The Alamo Colleges  Industry Partners  Independent School Districts, Charter and Private Schools  Multiple Cities: San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, Floresville, Boerne  Chamber’s of Commerce  Local Universities  Many More Partners

4. The Academy Program  High School Juniors and Seniors Region-Wide  Students Enrolled in Their Home High School  2½ Hours at an Academy Each Day, Multiple Sites  Industry-Driven Curriculum Developing Work Ready Skills  Dual Credit  27-35 college credit hours aligned to certifications  No personal cost to student or parents  Industry Paid Internships  First NAM cohort of 24 students to graduate with a high school diploma + MSSC Certification in Spring 2012.  Proven ability to be successful in a college program  Pathway to career, high paying job and beyond

5. The Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Academy  All Academy curriculum is integrated with work readiness skills which support the ACT Career Readiness Certification  The ATMA curriculum gap analysis began in 2009 to MSSC-Production Technician Certificate competencies  Students began their integrated academy curriculum in Fall of 2010

6. MSSC Credit Course Integration MCHN 1171 Safety & Workforce Training INMT 1248 Manufacturing Process ENTC 1301 Robotics 1 INMT 2303 Mechanical Drives MCHN 1302 Machinist II MCHN 1320 Precision Tools and Measurements MCHN 1426 Introduction to CAM MCHN 1438 Basic Machine Shop MCHN 2266 Practicum QCTC 1243 Quality Assurance TECM 1303 Technical Math WLDG 1200 Introduction OXY and Arc Welding ELPT 1311 Basic Electrical Theory

7. The Process  One of our Alamo Colleges, Northeast Lakeview College, administered the ACT Work Keys Career Readiness Certification Exams to three of our ATMA locations from March to May 2010  Two manufacturing instructors from St. Philips College travel to Indiana to become approved instructors in August 2010  St. Philips College becomes an approved MSSC-CPT testing site by September 2010

8. The Results  Twenty eight students received Career Readiness Certificates by May 2010  Gold-4  Silver-18  Bronze-6  Twenty eight students successfully passed their first exam towards the MSSC-CPT certification in Safety in December of 2010  Continuous improvement of curriculum is ongoing