Winter 2014 CESC Meeting Notes
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Thursday, January 31, 2014
Welcome & Check in w/Sites, Opening Remarks
ITV Meeting (Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Big Bend CC, Clark College)
Teresa McDermott (CESC President), Demetra Biros (Workforce Development, LWIT)
Welcome from Host College, LWIT
Dr. Amy Goings (President, LWIT)
Introductions and Ice Breaker Activity
Dave Knapp and Brian Davidson led an activity based on the I/E dichotomy of the MBTI type assessment
Executive Committee Reports
President & President Elect (Teresa McDermott and Karen Brasch)
 Teresa McDermott acknowledged the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the CESC. She recognized
the contributions of past CESC board members: Edie Blakely (Past President), Danny Marshall (Past
Treasurer), and Josh Staffieri (Past Secretary) and presented them with a token of appreciation.
Treasurer (Marybeth McCarthy)
 CESC current account balance is $2706.32. Quite a few additional membership payments are
expected.
Secretary (Kate Conant)
 Noted that there were no minutes of the CESC Fall meeting to approve since the CESC Fall meeting
(planned to coincide with the BFET meeting) was cancelled because of the Federal budget crisis and
resulting cancellation of the Fall BFET conference.
Member at Large (Dave Knapp)
 Noted that 22 had signed up for today’s meeting but it seemed that about 18 members were in
attendance. Urged those present to encourage their colleagues to be involved in CESC.
Past President (Brian Davidson)
 Elections for the Executive Board positions of President Elect and Member at Large will be held at
the Spring CESC meeting at the Student Services Conference in Tacoma. Members were asked to
consider nominees and forward the names to the current President Elect (Karen Brasch).
 Last Spring Brian presented the CESC white paper regarding Career Assessment recommendations to
the Washington State Student Services Commission (WSSSC).
Professional Development Roundtable Discussions
The following were topics for small-group breakout sessions:
 What Employers want from Career Services/Center partnerships
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Keys to establishing and maintaining faculty partnerships
Helping students use social media during their job search
Career Services/Center branding
Internship trends
Guest Speaker - Amy Johnson, Strategic Consultant Association of Washington Business (AWB) Institute
 AWB Institute is nonprofit research wing of AWB. Summary:
 Amy can put us in touch with employers in our area for career center events, program advisory
boards, trustees, and college promotional events
 Amy reviewed the Institute’s 2013 Skills gap study where AWB institute hosted 10 Industry forums
to conduct temperature-taking sessions with Businesses representing all aspects of the WA state
economy.
 Employers were asked about skills that were missing from employment candidates. The need for
employability skills was a theme frequently echoed by employers. The SBCTC system is reviewing
models for increased training in soft skills.
Working Lunch/Small Group Discussions
CESC members met in informal groups with employer representatives before the employer panel and
discussed business needs and hiring practices.
Employer / Recruiter Panel
Topic: “Online Applicant tracking systems and Social Media use in Recruiting” Participants:
 Evergreen Health (Health Care): Wendy Stockholm, Senior Recruiter
 WA State Department of Enterprise Services (Government):
o Tom Rawlings, Veteran’s Outreach Recruiter
o Don Chavez., Recruiting Technology Consultant/Executive Recruiter
 Kelly Services (Staffing Agency): Brandy Phelps, Amazon Account Representative
 Pacific Medical Centers (Healthcare): Trehia Rohde, Human Resources
 Widenet Consulting (Information Technology): Joseph Rogel, Senior Technical Recruiter
Summary of Discussion points:
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Employer expectations of education levels continue to rise as Bachelors emphasized:
o Wendy (Evergreen) BSN will be the expectation in the next 3-4 years. Nurses being asked to put
together a plan on how they will get there.
o Joe (Widenet) looks for Computer Science Bachelor’s degrees exclusively
o Brandy (Amazon/Kelly Services) requirement of Bachelors for Admin Assistant jobs
Several employers use passive search on Linked In, but isn’t a large part if their strategy.
Internships important. Employer & LinkedIn recommendations important.
Brandy did a demo of LinkedIn use and CESC members discussed how to advise students regarding
effective use of the tool.
Council Liaison Updates:
Admissions and Registration Counsel (ARC) – Katie Headlee, Counsel received CTCLink updates at Fall
meeting
Washington State Association of Student Employment Administrators (WSASEA) - Diana Baker – Topics
at Fall Town Meeting: All Work Study funds that were allocated last year were used, Viewed a TED talk
on “Getting people to do something” and “Getting involvement “by Sean Akers. No real change to
Work Study programs this year in contrast to recent past. Next meeting May 5, 6, 7 at Rainbow Lodge.
Workforce Education Council (WEC) – Susan Cable – Session involved Committee work:
Committee #2 “Career Pathways Project” Goal: To create pathways for High School to 4-year. Would
be useful to have this group talk about their work to CESC
Committee #4 “Prior Learning”: Different colleges are at different points with implementation. Group
is processing the issue of “How much prior learning can we allocate to students?”
Committee “Economic Development Group” Comparing Data tools in order to make a
recommendation for statewide system adoption. Data tools products under consideration include:
Burning Glass, EMSI, Workforce Explorer
Committee “Veterans Workgroup” defining transition points for veterans, and credit for military
experience in the areas of IT, Nursing, Transportation & Logistics
Advising and Counseling Counsel (ACC) – Edie Blakely – ACC Fall meeting included a discussion regarding
reciprocity. Talk on topic: “CTC Link, Why and what’s been Happening”. First CTCLink sites are being set
up now. Concerns expressed about SBCTC Technology use and DSS requirements. ICRC Report
presented including discussion of RN to BSN transfer degree pathway. Demo of the “My CC majors”
system. Edie’s comment: “It was an interesting demonstration of the need for partnership, or
awareness of, Career Services.”
Washington State Student Services Commission (WSSSC) Liaison Report (Dennis Long, President of
Student Services LWIT)
 Acknowledged receipt of CESC white paper regarding Early Career Assessments. He will talk to
WSSSC to see if they need further information from the CESC. WSSSC is looking for demonstration
projects in this area to get ideas, and is most interested in identifying a pilot site where a model is
starting to work. The WSSSC will be interested in whether the model is scalable.
 The WSSSC meeting is next week and they will be working on important state-wide issues.
 CTCLink’s work is important and they will engage with campus teams. Good source of information is
to check their blog occasionally.
 Some areas of WSSSC work:
o Common policy development
o Student Conduct code changes in response to legal changes
o Upcoming WSSSC conference is in a scheduling conflict with WEC conference so there may be
some movement in dates.
 CESC President Teresa McDermott asked Dennis Long to ask Student Services VP’s to encourage
participation and advocate for support of the CESC at the Student Services Commission
 Dennis Long pointed out that many of the CESC members had organizational reporting relationships
through V.P.’s of Instruction as well, and encouraged CESC to engage the instruction side. He
applauded the CESC for having members on other counsels and not being insular.
In terms of trends that CESC members might take advantage of:
 Jobs are being created in particular programs with titles such as “Student Success Coach” and
“Student Completion Coach”. These positions are charged with development of Internships and Job
opportunities for a particular program.
 These positions are symptomatic of a higher education emphasis on completion. CESC may be able
to get out ahead of the trend, but they would need to cross over to Instruction to be part of this
conversation.
 Applied Baccalaureate degrees will put new demands on Career Services.
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Workforce grants with Support Services built in – and associated services-fragmentation arising
among grants. Career Centers not being considered as part of the discussion in creation of these
grants and positions.
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Liaison Report – Edward Esparza, Policy Associate
State Board
 Handed out 2 State Board Student Services position announcements
 Applied Baccalaureate Degrees are showing rapid growth - from first graduates 2 years ago from 8
colleges with 9 or 10 degrees, to 18 colleges with 29 degrees expected by next year. Results
reported in the State Board’s “Outcomes Report for Applied Baccalaureate degrees”. A wage
progression of 28% from the start of the degree to post-graduation employment was reported for
these degrees.
 Need to assess the new Applied Baccalaureate degrees from a Student Services perspective. If you
have concerns, you can send Edward a note.
 In his role, Edward will encourage others to participate in CESC.
 Edward urged CESC to be proactive with the State Board Liaison, Student Services Commission and
State Board in order to ensure that access and inclusion continue to be part of our agenda.
 As part of revised approval process for Applied Baccalaureate degrees, colleges have been asked to
demonstrate a relationship with one of the State’s Centers of Excellence.
 Teacher Education is an area of Applied Baccalaureate expansion because there is a feeling that
currently teachers don’t reflect the communities that they serve – and community colleges do.
Question: Will Applied Baccalaureate Degrees be coded Prof Tech or Transfer? The type of coding has
an impact because some of the grant programs are awarded outcomes only in the case of Prof Tech
degrees/certs. Answer (Dennis Long): Applied Baccalaureate is a technical degree and therefore will be
counted toward outcomes.
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The legislature is in a 2nd year “Short Session” State Board “Watch List” of Legislation:
o House Bill 1817 – favored by State Board – Did not pass last year. Not much hope at this point
for passage this session
o House Bill 5318 – favored by SB – Resident Tuition for Vets. Failed to pass last year. Still
pending for this session.
o Senate Bill 5969 – favored by SB – Academic credit for Military Experience
o Senate Bill 6129 – not favored by SB – Paraeducator education standards as employment
requirements
 Upcoming Council and Committee Conferences:
Feb. 17 Council of Unions and Student Programs (CUSP) Student Rally Day, Capital Campus Olympia
April 17-19 Multicultural Student Services Directors Council (MSSDC) Students of Color Conference
April 30 - May 2 WSSSC – All Student Services Conference, Tacoma
May 9 -10 Student Legislative Voice Academy, North Seattle Community College
College Updates and Announcements:
 Highline CC Volunteer and Internship Fair - Feb 26th
 Big Bend CC Job and Career Fair – April 17th
 Highline Health and Healthcare Informatics Job Fair – May 5th
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LWIT Open House - March 6th
Whatcom Community College announcements:
o Info. for your Culinary Students: 4-5 National Hotel chains are opening Bellingham locations in
the next year. Airport is growing based on international travel.
o Cybersecurity program at Whatcom has transfer degree to Bachelors of Science in Computer
Security at Western Washington University – has been very successful.
Dave Knapp and Brian are enjoying their new degree planning tool at Whatcom called “Agile Grad”
and offered the CESC group a demo at a future meeting.
Meeting Adjourned – 3:30 PM