Building A Statewide Higher Education and Training Program in Disaster Management and Homeland Secur

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Building A State-wide Higher Education and
Training Program in Disaster Management and
Homeland Security Third Annual National Defense
and Homeland Security Summit The George
Washington University March 13, 2009 Dennis
Skip Parks, Dean Continuing Education and
University Outreach California Polytechnic State
University
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• Introduction and Background Information
• California Disaster Resources Assessment Project
• Cal Poly - CEMA Partnership
• Goals, Programs, Impact
• CSU Council on Emergency Management and Homeland
  Security
• Future Program Development Efforts
• State-wide Masters Degree
• Replication in Other States
• Questions

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So where is Cal Poly, San Luis
Obispo?
Cal Poly, SLO is located on the Central Coast of
California about halfway between Los Angeles and
San Francisco.
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A Little Background Info

• California State University (CSU)
• 23 campuses approx 440,000 students largest
  system of higher education in nation
• Governors Office of Emergency Services (OES)
  located in Sacramento
• California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI)
  Training Branch of OES located in San Luis
  Obispo
• Governors Office of Homeland Security (OHS)
  located in Sacramento
• January 1, 2009 OES and OHS become the
  California Emergency Management Agency (CEMA)

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The California Disaster Resources Assessment
Project

• A state-wide inventory of disaster management and
  homeland security programs in California and a
  gap analysis of whats needed
• A joint project of the California Emergency
  Management Agency and Cal Poly, SLO
• Conducted in 2007-2008 draft/public comment copy
  currently being reviewed

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The California Disaster Resources Assessment
Project

• Those inventoried
• Federal, state and local DMHS personnel in all 58
  counties
• More than 400 training academies, community
  colleges, public and private colleges and
  universities

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The California Disaster Resources Assessment
Project

• Selected Significant Findings
• Public expectation for excellence and
  professionalism is very high
• The profession is searching for a clear identity
  and purpose
• DMHS is becoming a first choice career path
• Local government public sector employers are
  demanding higher educational standards

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The California Disaster Resources Assessment
Project

• There is no recognized or accredited core
  curriculum the community colleges and
  universities can use (unlike the fire
  service/protection sector)
• There are essentially no associate degree
  programs in EM/HS
• There are no bachelors degree programs offered
  by public universities (one offered by a private
  university.)
• Masters degrees are very limited in California.
  Related programs are at CSU Long Beach, SDSU

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The California Disaster Resources Assessment
Project

• Because of the shortage of educational programs
  in EM/HS, employers are hiring employees with
  alternate degrees and providing additional
  training
• CSTI is the most commonly used practitioner
  training site for career professionals
• CSTI and FEMA comprehensive programs offer the
  most promise for a guide to developing a
  standardized EM/DM/HS certification

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Cal Poly CEMA/CSTI Partnership

• A long negotiation process first discussions in
  2002
• Remember CSTI is the training branch of the
  California Emergency Management Agency
• CSTI offers 40-50 training programs each year to
  500-600 professionals
• Has its own FT faculty plus PT faculty

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Cal Poly CEMA/CSTI Partnership

• Initial Concept
• Develop an educational pathway for those employed
  in emergency management and homeland security
  associates through masters degrees
• Challenge
• How to take high level training courses from a
  state agency and blend them into academic
  programs offered by the California State
  University

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Cal Poly CEMA/CSTI Partnership

• Solution mutually recognize selected courses
  offered by both the California Specialized
  Training Institute (CSTI) and Cal Poly
• Initially six CSTI courses selected that
  composed the core - each about 40 hours of
  instruction
• Cal Poly reviewed the courses, modified some and
  put them through the academic approval process

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Cal Poly CEMA/CSTI Partnership

• DMHS prefix created and assigned to CE
• Courses cross-listed with two other colleges
• BOTH CSTI and Cal Poly can offer the courses
• If offered by CSTI, Cal Poly will award academic
  credit
• If offered by Cal Poly, CSTI will recognize them
  for their certificate programs

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Cal Poly CEMA/CSTI Partnership

• Cal Poly will recognize them as courses taken in
  residence for the BA in Interdisciplinary Studies
• Cal Poly used the courses to create the
  Certificate in Disaster Management and Homeland
  Security
• online program
• Meets the new national standards for a Certified
  Emergency Management Specialist and DHS funding

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Cal Poly CEMA/CSTI Partnership

• Agreement calls for Cal Poly to be the lead CSU
  institution for recognizing CSTI courses
• Students completing the curriculum will be
  eligible to receive CSTI certifications
  regardless of where they are taken
• Courses can also be applied to an undergraduate
  minor in the College of Agriculture, Food and
  Environmental Sciences, Department of Natural
  Resources Management

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CSU Council on Emergency Management and Homeland
Security (CEMHS)

• A voluntary council of academics and
  professionals interested in the broad areas of
  emergency management and homeland security.
• Initial members included Fresno, Long Beach,
  Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose, San Luis Obispo,
  Maritime Academy, and Chancellors Office

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CSU Council on Emergency Management and Homeland
Security

• Stated educational goals
• Assess the state of CSU EMHS programs
• Investigate methods to improve availability,
  access, quality and knowledge/skills areas in
  EMHS within the CSU
• Research key educational/training skills needed
  in California
• Strategize how to achieve CSU-wide educational
  and training objectives
• Apply findings toward multi-campus applications
  for California students and the future workforce

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CSU Council on Emergency Management and Homeland
Security

• Research and External Grant Goals
• Identify common areas of faculty research
• Facilitate identification of state, county, and
  local agencies areas of common interest and
  grant opportunities
• Promote system-wide and multi-campus consortia
  grant applications
• Collaborate on basic and applied research

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CSU Council on Emergency Management and Homeland
Security

• Chaired by Keith Clement, CSU Fresno
• Held first summit in June 2008 at CSU
  Chancellors Office
• Outlined short and long term goals
• Next summit planned for June or July 2009

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The System-Wide Masters in Disaster Management
and Homeland Security
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE PLUNGE
INTO THE ETERNAL FIRE
OF BUREAUCRATIC HELL
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The System-Wide Masters in Disaster Management
and Homeland Security

• First arose last year with a grant proposal to
  the California Emergency Management Agency
• Submitted through the Chancellors Office as the
  Agency Head for the CSU
• Not funded but asked to resubmit
• Second proposal, much scaled back, was submitted
  in August 2008

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Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Disaster
Management and Homeland Security

• Basic concept to create a system-wide core
  curriculum enhanced by the ability for campuses
  to add areas of specialization
• Some core courses borrowed and modified from the
  masters degree in homeland security offered by
  the Naval Postgraduate School
• Program being developed by Cal Poly-SLO with
  funding from the CSU Commission on the Extended
  University
• Will probably be a Master of Professional Studies
  academic debate

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MPS in Disaster Management and Homeland Security

• Core would be offered online and/or blended
  format
• An interdisciplinary Faculty Program Committee
  created
• Masters degree offered as a special session no
  FTE battles, only money discussions

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MPS in Disaster Management and Homeland Security

• Barriers
• Whose degree is it?
• Joint, e.g. Cal Poly and CSU Fresno
• Residency can we develop a new model that
  utilized any CSU courses approved for this
  program as counting for residency?
• Advising? Centralized or campus based?

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MPS in Disaster Management and Homeland Security

• CSU campuses can create their own specialization
  or use the entire curriculum from Cal Poly
• Maritime specialization in port security
• Northridge specialization in knowledge
  management
• Long Beach specialization in emergency services
  administration
• Not restricted to California can be moved
  around the country as needed

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MPS in Disaster Management and Homeland Security

• Many options for multi-campus partnerships
• Simply advertise the program with a percentage of
  the net revenues going back to the respective CE
  unit
• Offer a specialization
• Incorporate the entire curriculum into their own
  course offerings
• Develop individual courses

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• Thank you
• Any Questions?
• For more information
• http//www.continuing-ed.calpoly.edu