EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Community Advancement Division Council
Meeting Notes
February 20, 2014
Present: Martha Aaron, Phil Sutton, Maryann Cohan, Darling Garcia, LauraLee Garinger, Jennifer
Hutcherson, Veronica Mendoza, Maricela Vital
A scheduled meeting of the Community Advancement Division Council convened at 1:30 pm at the
Business Training Center in Room 21.
Review of Minutes from January 9th meeting
Minutes approved as written.
Department Updates
o Career Pathways (CP)– Megan Ruane: (not present)
o Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) – Darling Garcia:
1) Semester started at ECC and Compton. We continue to support machine tool technology
and welding courses. We will provide students with additional training in Green 101, Lean
Manufacturing, Tool U and career readiness. Students are getting their degree, their
classes, their credits, but they also get their stackable certificates which are very appealing
to industry.
2) Conducting internal audits of our records to ensure that all documentation is in place.
3) Continue to coordinate training for the Mentor Protégé program. Currently undergoing
training in leadership for high level executives.
4) Participation in different events that support the CACT mission. We attend trade shows,
conferences and workshops. We are meeting with people, partnering up and trying to
advance our mission.
5) Finishing Certified Six Sigma Black Belt exam prep course.
6) Planning activities and training for the upcoming quarters.
o Community Education – Veronica Mendoza:
1) Kid’s College 2014 scheduled for June 23-August 1st: Schedule is complete and courses
are available for registration. Marketing will begin no later than April 4th.
2) Summer catalog is in the final planning stages and should be available the first week of
April.
3) Reserving classrooms on campus still remains an issue. As divisions are moved around
and buildings are remodeled, I continue to get a lot of push back when requesting rooms
and computer labs which is making scheduling difficult. However, having a dedicated
Community Education classroom and using the other rooms within our current space has
helped tremendously in dealing with this issue.
4) Community Education has completed the classroom component for the first series of our
new in-house Pharmacy Technician program. Students completed all 9 parts successfully
and are now awaiting externship placement in local pharmacies.
5) Community Education’s Medical Billing and Coding Series continues to be very successful.
We do not include job placement; however, with the instructor’s advice and guidance, a
third of the students from our last expedited series were able to secure jobs before they
completed the program.
6) We have our first Ten Years After history series event coming up on February 27th;
Facebook Launches with special guest, Gary Metzker. Tickets are only $5 for ECC
students and staff.
7) Summer 2014 scheduling and catalog design is underway. Room reservations, contracts
and all other department tasks are in process for the current semester and summer 2014.
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Center for Customized Training (CCT) – Maricela Vital:
1) ETP 14-0800 AB118 Alternative & Renewable Fuel & Vehicle Technology Contract: We
are working with Cerritos Community College, College of the Desert, City College of San
Francisco and other cities, municipalities and companies to coordinate training.
2) ETP 13-0125 Two-Year Contract: Remaining funds have been allocated to Esterline
Defense Technologies. Supervisory, Lean Manufacturing & Root Cause Analysis classes
are taking place. Cerritos is using funds from this contract to provide training.
3) ETP ET14-0217 Two Year Contract: Our training partners Cerritos Community College
and Quest have launched training at six companies.
4) Contract Ed: Space Exploration Technologies continues with SQL (Structured Query
Language) training. City of Torrance has scheduled DDI (Development Dimensions
International) training to start the first week in March. Weber Metals completed OSHA
(Occupational Safety & Health Administration) 30 the week of 02/10/14. Hazwoper 24
training is taking place 02/19/14 with nine participants.
5) Other Activity: Our department will attend Space Tech Expo in Long Beach on April 1-3.
Grants – Jennifer Hutcherson:
1) Received AB86 Notification of Intent to Award on March 5th for $317,128. Partners are
Centinela Valley, Inglewood, Torrance and Redondo. They’re also talking about Workforce
Investment Boards but haven’t signed anything. Also, there’s a company called Growth
Sector in northern California. They’re going to give Industry and Technology $25,000 to
plan an advanced math program where they’re hoping to get students to a trigonometry
level within two semesters. Hopefully they will want to partner with ECC on their H1B grant
to fund that program. The Career Advancement Academy received a grant award for over
$1 million. Performance period is 2/1/14-2/20/16. There was a mini grant through Solano
Community College, a small Sector Navigator grant. One of the Business Management
faculty, Melissa Som de Cerff, gets $4000 to develop programs for entrepreneurs. Other
grants submitted were: 1) Mathematics Department - guest math teacher program to the
NSF and 2) Fellowship for ECC Physics major. In progress is the California Career
Pathways Trust. We’re going to be a partner; we’re going to be a lead; we’re going to be
partnering with everybody. Investing in Manufacturing Community partnership: this is to
get a designation for the southern California area to be a manufacturing community. That
will lead to more grants in the future if we have that designation. We’re partnering with
USC and the mayor’s office and all the universities. They have San Diego and Orange
County as well.
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) – Laura Garinger:
1) The Los Angeles Regional Profession Development Day was held on February 12 in Long
Beach which included all SBDC centers under the Long Beach Lead Center. Our advisor,
Charlie Lowe received the Samantha Sproson’s Spirit award for all of his exception hard
work and milestones he achieved working with his clients throughout the 2013 year.
2) Charlie Lowe took the CGBP test and became a “Certified Global Business Professional.
This certification is through the North American Small Business International Trade
Educators Professional Association.
3) Cosmetology on campus wants to work more with the Small Business Development Center
to help their students decide if they want to start their own businesses after graduation.
4) Workshops due to take place for the remainder of February are the QuickBooks Series
currently in progress through 3/11/14, Import/Export workshop 2/20/14, How to Work Your
Cash Flow on 2/24/14, Federal/State Basic Payroll Tax Seminar on 2/25/14, and The
Basics of Starting a Business on 2/26/14.
Workplace Learning Resource Center (WpLRC) – Maryann Cohan:
1) Terminal Island: Welding Contract in final year.
2) Parenting contract: submitted bid and waiting for award to be announced.
Metropolitan Detention Center:
3) Parenting 5-Year Contract on-going.
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STCW-95 (Standards for Training Certification and Watchkeeping):
4) STCW Class: Full class on March 18-22.
5) Lifeboat Class: Full class on March 11-15.
6) Advanced Fire: Depends on ECC Fire Chief.
7) Tankerman: Minimum of 5 students needed
8) Medical Provider: Minimum of 5 students needed.
9) Security Awareness for all Seafarers half day class: First class on February 10th.
10) Security Awareness for Seafarers with Specific Security Duties: (recently approved 8-hour
class): Minimum of 5 students needed. We sent syllabus and textbook for approval by
Coast Guard.
11) Vessel Security Officer: February 19, 2014 sent revised class outline for 20 hours.
12) Effective February 1, 2013 all workers who tend to off-shore rigs must have fire training.
Ten plus students are waiting for Advanced Fire class
Discussion (Phil Sutton)
a) Potential Incident Protocol – Incident happened at the Business Training Center last week. An
instructor came in without identifying himself and asked for some books. No one knew what
books. It was our Welding instructor, Henry Jackson. He didn’t identify himself properly at the
front desk. The potential for an incident was there.
Protocol: First thing is to go get the dean. If he’s not available go get any manager. Most
important thing is your safety. Be conscious of safety for everyone. Don’t try to take care of
things yourself that are potentially dangerous to a lot of people.
Jose also mentioned the recent powder in an envelope incident on campus.
b) Clery Act – Jeanne Ann Clery was a student at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. In 1986
she was raped and murdered on campus. In the 1990s, to protect people, the Clery Act was
passed that requires all higher educational institutions that get Title IV money (financial aid) to
report and document any criminal activity on their campus or adjacent public spaces (like the
sidewalks outside). There are serious ramifications under Federal Law – Title IV. It’s being
modified even further so it’s not just sexual assault but any kind of abuse or any kind of
happening on campus. Institutions have to make a report and make it public. The presentation
given to the Deans Council was provided by our Chief of Police. There is mention of further
training. Hopefully you will hear more about this and get more information. It talks about
training on what constitutes consent. To clarify that and to make sure these things are
followed up, there’s going to be further training and clarification of the additional parts of the
Clery Act.
I recommend that everyone sign up for the Campus Emergency Alerts that are sent directly to
your cell phone.
In an emergency, call 911 to reach Campus Police and the Hawthorne Police Department.
Adjournment at 2:30 pm
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