1. TAACCCT On!
Highlights from the Topeka Conference

2. Pre-Conference
● Merlot Repository Services
o https://skillcommons.org
o dwalker@calstate.edu
● CC BY
o http://open4us.org
o taa@creativecommons.org
● Round 3 Breakout Session

3. Round 3 Breakout Session
● Critical efforts for Project Management
o How invested is your leadership?
o “It’s a grant requirement”
● General Tips
o Faculty involvement in professional development
o Student interest - building from bottom up
o Sustainability - thinking ahead to the end
● Success Stories

4. Round 3 Breakout Session - continued
● Communication
o Clear plan of implementation
o Project Lead
 Strong relationships with others working on the grant
 Necessary meetings
● Exciting Parts of the Grant
o Mobile Labs
o Industry excitement/buy-in to pipeline
o Potential to impact lives
o New buildings, equipment

5. DOL Speaker
Things the DOL is most excited about:
● Evidence-based approach
● Enabled online technology
● Credit for Prior Learning
● Strategies for “non-traditional” students

6. Concurrent
Sessions and
Round Tables

7. OER Management and Delivery
● Ensure the content is OPEN
o Awareness of open licensing requirements
o Copyright expert, copyright folder
o Use of original or open sources
● Ensure the quality of the materials
o Professional Instructional Design review
o Divide course development into stages
o Multiple reviews with rules for support

8. OER Management and Delivery
● Provide a deliverables list
o Clear Expectations and consequences
o Specific due dates
o People in charge
o Manage Openly
● Plan for sustainability
o Select a delivery system open to changes
o Avoid completely relying on LMS
o Make a plan for maintenance

9. OER Management and Delivery
● Check on accessibility
o Have a professional accessibility expert review
content (ADA compliance)
o Provide guidelines and training at beginning
● Plan for data collection
o Create a clear research plan
 Quantitative
 Qualitative
o Notify project participants of research at beginning

10. OER Management and Delivery
● Faculty and Administrative Support
o Share the benefits of using OER
 Saving student money, instructional responsiveness, active and
wide collaboration, diverse course content, reflective teaching,
convenience of use
o Set up encouraging climate for use of OER
o Provide easy pathways to access OER
o Projects, initiatives & mini-grant opportunities
o Have a local expert
o Provide basic ground level trainings

11. Online Curriculum and Labs
● National Convergence Technology Center
o Revitalize IT, reactive to layoffs
o Addressing lack of teamwork in educational system
● Virtual Labs
o NetLab platform
o Intuitive for students, enhance the learning process
o http://nisgtc.org/nter4collin.html
o http://connectedtech.org (42+ courses & growing)

12. Evidence-based Course Design
● Flipped classroom online course feedback
guides in-class activities/focus
o Student centered
o Component skills
o Use action verbs
o Observable or measurable
● Skills mapping
o Scaffold necessary skills to achieve main objective
o Identify skills from prior knowledge/objectives

13. Evidence-based Course Design
● Instructional activities
o Metacognitive questions have students assess
themselves on the component skills required
● Assessments (summative/high stakes)
o Feedback Hints:
 Where do students struggle?
 What are common misconceptions?
 What are appropriate hints?
o Faculty/Instructors are essential for this
development

14. Business & Industry Leadership Team
● Building engagement
o Quarterly Meetings
o No HR representatives
● Business LEADS the work
● Identify trends before the need
o Forecast the need for future
employers
o Allow time to develop curricula
● Involvement in recruitment
events
o Interview workshops
o Role-playing
o Resume review
o Tips
● Postcards to share information
● Solid process to determine
o Knowledge
o Skills
o Abilities
● BILT provides:
o Internships
o Externships
o Shadowing (for faculty)
o Business Mentoring
o Guest Speakers
o Hire graduates
● Recently retired community
members

15. TAACCCT Promotion and
Successes
● Focus of outreach and promotion
o Industry
o Student awareness
o Constituents/Partners
● Integration with College/University efforts
● Who are you addressing?
o Administration - leverage grant through inclusion
o Prospective students -Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
o Potential employers/Industry Partners

16. TAACCCT Promotion and
Successes
● Sharing non-quantifiable success
o Find someone who writes with passion
o Make them feel good OR give them purpose
● Website promotion:
o Individual success stories (website or promotional)
o Develop messages that potential students will be
susceptible to (TRAC7: “Don’t settle, succeed”)

17. TAACCCT Promotion and
Successes
● Military/Veterans
o Establish relationships and trust upfront
 Make contact with Veteran Representatives
 Officers can be your door in
o Education and Job Fairs
o Recruiting Offices
o National Guard - Recruit sustainment program
o Veteran’s Affairs Office on campus/VA Center
ALWAYS THANK PEOPLE FOR THEIR SERVICE

18. Military Transition Program
Five Stages:
● Consortium Program Awareness & Relationship
Building
● Military Outreach Efforts
● Continuous Research, Improvement & Training
● Collaboration with Industry, Business, Educational
Institutions & Employment Agencies
● Support and Veteran Questionnaire

19. Military Transition Program
● Outcomes are vital
o Share statistics
● Grant doesn’t cover tuition; however we will:
o Work with students for financial aid needs
 Federal Pell Grant (not coordinated with GI Bill)
 FAFSA, assistance with questions/concerns
o Assess and provide Credit for Prior Learning
● Job Pathway
o Jobs are out there and this is the educational path

20. Military Transition - CPL
● Process Guide/Comprehensive Database
o Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC)
o Military Operation Specialty (MOS)
o Navy Enlisted Codes (NEC)*
o http://cislinux2.washburn.edu/KHESV/MainMenu.php
● Present process, turnaround time
o Always follow up within 12-24 hours
o Nothing official until signed (SHOULD v. WILL)
o Process Status updates

21. Military Transition - CPL
● Challenges
o Institutional support - back up your word
 Collaborative assessment, not random application
o Numerous Specialty Codes
o Constant change
 Combinations
 Additions
 Subtractions
o Education and Training

22. Data Management
● Consortium Management System
o College Management System
o Employment Security Validation
o Student Records
● Access front end, Excel spreadsheets
● Reports to track program success
● Report cards

23. Participant Tracking
● SurveyMonkey
o Model questions that DOL asks
● TrackVia
o Allows parent tables
o Everything you need to report
● Texting Service
o Employment/Wage - self-reported data

24. Participant Tracking
● Social Media
o Not only promotion, but post-graduation contact
● Incentivize students to participate
o Practice Interview Days for CHAMP
o Congratulatory Meals for completion of certificates
o Private tours with Industry Partners
● Document Collection
o Participant forms online
o Campus Partnerships

25. Recruiting TAA-eligible participants
● Workers must petition for eligibility
o http://doleta.gov/TRADEACT/taa/taa_search.cfm
● Stress WHERE the jobs are
o List Key Employers
o Outreach with employer partners
o Outreach to Workforce Centers
o Send employment opportunities to students

26. Questions?

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