Centers of Excellence

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Centers of Excellence

• Industrys Partner for Emergency Preparedness

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Introduction

• Overview
• Washington COEs
• COE for Homeland Security Discussion
• Interface between industry, Community and
  Technical Colleges
• Skill Panel
• Questions

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The Role of Washingtons Community and Technical
Colleges in Economic Development

• Worker Training
• Strategic industries
• The Concept

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Workers Needing Community and Technical College
Education and Training Today

• Washington employers need workers with more than
  one year of college, but less than, four years of
  college to fill skilled labor pool.

Source Workforce Training and Education
Coordinating Board
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Community and Technical Colleges Response to
Skills Challenge

• Centers of Excellence
• Strategic industries
• High Demand
• Strategic occupations
• Worker Retraining
• Dislocated and unemployed workers
• Job Skills Program
• Matching grants for customized training
• Customized Training
• Contracted training for business and industry
• Integrated Basic Skills
• WorkFirst
• Apprenticeship
• Tech Prep

21st Century
professional 20
skilled 65
unskilled 15
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Center of Excellence Concept

• 11 Flagship Institutions---
• Focus on targeted industries that drive the
  states economy
• Maintain an institutional reputation for
  innovation, flexibility, and responsiveness
• Act as a library and broker of resources
• Translate industry research into best practices
• Drive seamless educational transitions
• Provide coordination, coaching, and mentoring

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Centers of Excellence
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• Established
• June 2004

To Facilitate, Coordinate and Support
Homeland Security Initiatives of the Community
and Technical Colleges in the State of Washington
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• The Homeland Security COE
•     Serves as system leader for all 34 Community
  and Technical Colleges
•     Forms advisory committees and facilitates
  related meetings
•     Provides logistics management for education
  and training programs
•     Facilitates curriculum development in
  related programs across the system
•     Researches and seeks funding sources at
  national, state and local levels
•     Connects with fed/state educational
  resources across multiple disciplines
•     Disseminates information and markets the COE
  

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Web List serve
Communication
Partnerships
COE Support WAOL
Skill Panel
Sub-Committee
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Community and Technical College (CTC) Working
Initiatives
CTC and Public Works
CTC and Emergency Management Regions
CTCs and Community
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CTC Projects
Cyber Security
Ag-Terrorism
Community Connections
Model Certificate Program
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Homeland Security Skill PanelA Project Funded
by

• Washington State Workforce Training and Education
  
• Coordinating Board

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Homeland Security Skill Panel

• Overview
• Homeland Security-related employment
  opportunities are developing rapidly.
• An assessment of emerging skill sets for both
  incumbent and new workers is needed.
• Pierce Colleges Center of Excellence has formed
  a skill panel that will research several industry
  disciplines to determine homeland
  security-related training needs and skill
  content.

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Homeland Security Skill Panel

• Project Goals
• Goal 1 Form and Convene Homeland Security
  Steering Committee, Skills Panel, and establish
  Skills Panel priorities.
• Goal 2 Identify current and emerging
  education and training programs in Homeland
  Security and related disciplines.
• Goal 3 Conduct a regional industry or
  "industry cluster" labor market analysis and
  publish/distribute results.
• Goal 4 Develop Plan to Identify Homeland
  Security Skills Sets related to basic
  requirements across disciplines

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Homeland Security Skill Panel

• Targeted Industry Disciplines
• Public Works
• Public Health
• Health Care
• Emergency Communications
• Emergency Management
• Special Teams (HAZMAT)
• Government agencies
• Fire
• Law Enforcement
• (10) Emergency Medical Services
• (11) Volunteer Organizations
• (12) Cyber Security
• (13) Private Sector (Safety, Security or Building
  Managers)

Where we need you!
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Homeland Security Skill Panel

• For more information about the project contact
• Center of Excellence for Homeland Security
• Pierce College
• 9401 Farwest Drive S.W.
• Lakewood, Washington 98498-1999
• Phone [phone]
• http//www.pierce.ctc.edu.homelandsecurity

www.pierce.ctc.edu/Homelandsecurity
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• QUESTIONS ?