1. Leveraging Resources Within the Institution and Region Sponsored by: National Council for Continuing Education & Training Presented by: Stephen B. Kinslow, President, Austin Community College Sandra Gaskin, NCCET Executive Director Kirk White, Austin Community College District

2. Agenda Partnerships in a Region Scope of the I-35 Corridor Partnership Partnerships within a College Examples of successes Lessons learned Q&A

3. I-35 Corridor Collaborative Why: –Hosted Regional Green Economy Forum (business/industry, workforce groups, academia ) To create coordination & sharing of green programs To formalize regional collaborative/enhance competitiveness I-35 Corridor Collaborative then created –ACC formed Federal Stimulus Response Office To track funding opportunities Linked to Workforce Education, Governmental Relations, Grants, and President’s Office

4. I–35 Collaborative Goals Goals: –Form collaborative group of education and training partners focused on green/sustainable programs –Leverage resources by sharing curriculum and faculty development –Pursue grants and training opportunities –Contribute to the development of a sustained regional Green Economy

5. I-35 Collaborative Enhance communication and collaboration Enhance higher ed/workforce investment boards collaboration Enhance competitiveness for federal stimulus dollars

6. Partners Agree to: Design curriculum materials on a regional basis, and to share existing materials Design and share faculty professional development activities and materials Develop regional proposals for funding Green Economy initiatives Develop processes to facilitate a high level of cooperation and coordination

7. Members Alamo Colleges – San Antonio Austin Community College District - Austin Dallas County Community College District – Dallas Temple College - Temple Texas State Technical College System - Waco Central Texas College - Killeen McClennan Community College - Waco 8 Workforce Investment Boards associated with the colleges Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities (non-profit group facilitating industry interfaces)

8. Impact of Collaborative Grant development and funding Much larger impact Sharing of resources Avoid duplication of effort Potential for collaborations beyond the I-35 Corridor

9. Impact of Collaborative Current Projects: –Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Curriculum Development Project [$1,133,186.00] –I-35 Life Sciences Cluster Regional Cooperation Grant [$380,094.00] –Health Information Technology (HITECH) Community College Consortium Project [Year 1 - $683,705.00; Year 2 - $533,133.00 (requested); plus access to HITECH curriculum developed under another $10 million dollar project]

10. Leveraging Resources Within an Institution Utilizing Continuing Education as a way of expanding or initiating new workforce training in an institution Creating strong internal partnerships to benefit students

11. CE as an Incubator Strengths of Continuing Education –Quality driven with competitive pricing –Typically follows a business model –Responds quickly to community needs –Generates revenue to pay for development –Flexibility & entrepreneurial approach to program development –Not limited by many “credit” related barriers

12. CE Strengths for Success Responsiveness – often the “front line” of the college Leveraging of Resources – maximize what is available Sustainability – build it so it can stand on it’s own

13. Responsiveness Community often comes to CE & customized training first with requests for new programs Used to creating new programs within weeks/months rather than years Frequently engaged with community groups – Chambers, Workforce Boards, Community Based Organizations

14. Leveraging of Resources Working with college credit departments Sharing of faculty & expertise Utilizing specialized classroom, lab space, and internship sites Joint use of expensive equipment Sharing revenue with credit departments Coordinating grant funded projects

15. Sustainability Building program on identified need Building the CE program with the goal of becoming a credit program Integrated courses (or program) Flexibility for various student groups Demonstrate success before committing significant college resources

16. Models that Work Video Game Development Renewable Energy

17. Video Game Development Began in CE based on industry request Advisory council with game companies Three college departments, 2 Deans 3 identified tracks / degrees Joint work with credit faculty to move to “Game Development Institute” (GDI) GDI Director position

18. www.viscom.austincc.edu/gamesgroup

19. Renewable Energy Started in CE at request of industry Emphasis on solar technologies (both certifications and degree/certificate) Several grants that leveraged funding for resources & development Shared equipment, space and faculty I-35 Corridor Consortium & TREEC

20. www.austincc.edu/ce/renewable

21. www.austincc.edu/green

22. www.austincc.edu/ce/greentraining

23. Lessons Learned Importance of departments / partners working together to develop programs Developing with the end in mind –Credit course hour requirements –Credit faculty credentials –Ease of transition / articulation for students –Who “owns” the program after it grows into a credit program?

24. Lessons Learned (cont) Transcript issues need to be resolved with CE offering a letter grade Students need to be recognized by the college as a “student” regardless of how they are registered (CE or Credit) All college resources need to be available to all students (advising, library, etc)

25. “Leveraging resources” means capitalizing on what each partner does best. Questions?

26. Contact Information Stephen B. Kinslow, President, ACC president@austincc.edu Kirk White, Associate Dean of CE ACC, kwhite@austincc.edukwhite@austincc.edu Sandra Gaskin, Executive Director NCCET, nccet@sbcglobal.netnccet@sbcglobal.net