1. Enhancing Programs for IT Certification (EPIC) Workforce and Employer Leadership Council

2. Enhancing Programs for IT Certification (EPIC) WELCOME

3. INTRODUCTIONS Name Title Organization

4. ACTIVITY What? Answer the questions: What did you really want to be when you grew up (as a kid)? What do you kind of wish you had become? Why? What was behind it?

5. What is EPIC?

6. EPIC Enhancing Programs for IT Certification and is an expansion of Learn on Demand

7. EPIC EPIC consists of a consortium of six (6) KCTCS colleges with a mission of providing students with access to online programs/courses in CIT and MIT. Big Sandy Community and Technical College Hazard Community and Technical College Jefferson Community and Technical College Somerset Community College Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College West Kentucky Community and Technical College Building on the Learn on Demand format, EPIC will offer: Five (5) new degree programs in CIT/MIT Eleven (11) embedded certificates

8. EPIC EPIC will serve: TAA-eligible workers Veterans Unemployed Underemployed Low-skilled Underrepresented other potential students Assist with: increased student supports adaptive learning technologies improved student tracking enhanced modules and courses to ensure success in online learning and employment EPIC will build relationships with regional and national organizations and employers to offer the best path for students allowing them to earn credentials in less time at a lower cost. We are building tomorrow's workforce today! Ready | Set | Learn

9. What is Learn on Demand? http://learnondemand.kctcs.edu KCTCS Colleges – A Success Story Innovative Educational Delivery

10. Learn on Demand Key Features Accredited Start Most Mondays Competency-based Education Authentic Assessments 24/7 Student Services & Bb Technical Help Student Success Coaches Early On Quality Assurance – Courses and Instruction (FaCT) Digital Content – Access First Day

11. GRANT GOALS Strategy 1: Improve Access to Online Competency-Based Pathways Strategy 2: Implement Comprehensive Systems Strategy 3: Develop High Demand Stacked and Latticed Credential and Degree Pathways Strategy 4: Create a Suite of Workforce Strategies

12. COMPONENTS OF EPIC New IT Career Pathways Online College Readiness Job-Readiness Training Accelerated Remediation

13. STRENGTHS System experience with grants Process for working with businesses through program advisory committees (each program /college has advisory committees) State wide curriculum committees Engagement with business and industry College PACs KCTCS Curriculum Committees Statewide PAC (WELC)

14. GROWTH/ IMPROVEMENTS/ ENHANCEMENTS Improve and enhance Learn on Demand Increased collaboration through the consortium New Intake System Start Tomorrow Portal Increase capacity and skills Earn credit for skills and experience/ PLA Additional credentials offered in the LoD format Work based learning opportunities Apprenticeships /Internship Online and Onsite Workforce readiness

15. OPPORTUNITIES Student Support Serve Diverse Groups Industry Partnerships Employability Flexible Learning Recruitment

16. CHALLENGES Course Development Turn around time on development Institutional Processes Reporting Meeting outcomes / deadlines Employer engagement

17. GRANT EVALUATION Scorecard External Evaluator – CCRC Third Party Evaluator of deliverables – TBD Quarterly and Annual DoL Reports

18. Questions