EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Community Advancement Division Council
Meeting Notes
July 11, 2012
Present: Martha Aaron, Jose Anaya, Maryann Cohan, Alexis Estwick, Darling Garcia, LauraLee Garinger,
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 2.
Review of Minutes from May 9th meeting
Minutes approved as written.
Department Updates o Center for Applied Competitive Technologies – Darling Garcia:
1) Working on NSF (National Science Foundation) Center Grant which will be $1.6 million over 3 years. Current NSF grant ends July 30 th .
2) Visiting Vought Triumph to propose manufacturing training for them. Workforce Innovation
Partnership grant is $250,000. It covers training for high school students in Machine Tool
Technology.
Alicia Zambrano:
Summer and Spring Programs at Compton: 1) Spring semester – completed our first year of the
Career Advancement Academy program (CA) graduating 19 students from the MTT/Aerospace and
23 students from our Welding programs. Welding students – Six students got their D1.1
Certifications, four graduated with their state certification and passed the Los Angeles City license.
Two were placed with the Pipe Fitters Apprenticeship Program. MTT students – Placed 4 students in jobs with our local Aerospace Industry. Had a Job Fair as a culmination of the program where we had
13 employers in attendance. 2) Summer: WIP program – Offering 2 classes; MTT 40 and MTT 101 averaging 26 to 31 students in each class, mostly high school students from local feeder schools
(11/12 graders). All students will be prepared to take the NIMS Manufacturing Certification. IDRC
(Industry Driven Regional Collaborative) program is offering: Blueprint Reading (30 students) and
MTT 101 abcd/Aerospace Training Program (30 students). UCLA Robotics offering MTEC 70 which is basic robotics class for high school students only in the 11/12 grade. Students are coming from all districts to UCLA to take the class through their SMARTS (Science Mathematics Achievement and
Research Technology for Students) Summer CEED (Center for Excellence in Engineering and
Diversity) Program. We have 23 students enrolled. o Center for International Trade Development – Maryann Cohan:
1) Maurice Kogon working on IDRC (Industry Driven Regional Collaborative) grant. Bronwen has
STEP grant that ends in 2013.
2) CA State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Project: Bronwen Madden preparing for Food Expo in Hong Kong August 16-20 th .
3) Kerry Bonner continues recruiting participants to promote their products/services at the CA
Cleantech Trade Mission to China (funded by STEP) now moved out to September 17 th – 28 th . o Community Education – Veronica Mendoza:
1) Kid’s College 2012: Thanks to Dr. Arce’s office, room for Kid’s College classrooms was confirmed a week before the classes started. Strong positive feedback from Kid’s college parents as we move into the second session on Monday, July 11, 2012. Gross revenues generated from Kid’s
College class fees are on par with last year’s generated revenues – the program continues to be valuable and necessary for meeting the needs of community parents with kids grades 1-12.
2) Fall 2012 Catalog: Courses such as Personal Fitness Trainer, Nutrition Technician, Medical
Coding and Billing, CPR/First Aid/BLS, and Computer Basics for Older Adults are being added/reexamined/revised. Delay with creation/production of catalog/instructor contracts due to pending revisions mandated by HR/Payroll regarding conversion of contractor instructors to ECC casual employee status and late assignment of Kid’s College classrooms.
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o Center for Customized Training (CCT) – Maricela Vital:
Employment Training Panel (ETP)
1) ET11-0204 Two-Year Contract – Program audit will take place the end of July.
2) ET12-0143 Two-Year Contract: Funds have been fully allocated and training is coming to an end for BTC companies as well as training partner companies.
3) ET11-0806 AB-118 Alternative & Renewable Fuel & Vehicle Technology Contract: First
Responder Training courses are being postponed until September due to summer fire season.
4) ECC fire Academy conducted the second class for first responders on June 22 nd . A local car dealer volunteered a Chevy Bolt for the participants to observe. Channels 4 and 9 were present as well as the local city of Hawthorne News Station. Unfortunately, a power outage in Burbank that same evening prevented our story from being aired. We hope that ECC PR is able to get a copy of the interview that the City of Hawthorne taped.
5) ET-12-0702 Two-Year Contract: In the process of submitting an application for a new contract.
Jose will be in Sacramento in August for the panel meeting.
6) We will participate in the PIHRA (Professionals in Human Resources Association) conference in
August in Anaheim.
Alexis Estwick – Foster Care:
1) Model Approaches-Partnerships (PS MAPP): graduated twelve participants.
2) YESS (Youth Empowerment Strategies for Success): graduated 13 participants.
3) Foster and Kinship Care Education (FKCE): In June we didn’t have a lot of classes. Received an augmentation to hold an AB112 workshop. We had 52 participants (30 youth and 22 adults) who requested follow-up workshops. This is to teach them about social services and community systems. Adults need training for youth and transitioning.
4) Model Approaches-Partnerships (PS MAPP) graduated twelve participants. o Small Business Development Center
– Laura Garinger:
1) Attended Mock Job Fair at Terminal Island Prison on June 27 th . It was a very rewarding experience to let the inmates know that when they are released they can become small business owners and be their own boss. They were told to research their business ideas and see who their competition is, and what to do to make them stand out over their competitors. Many inmates were interested in becoming business owners and several had their own businesses before entering prison.
2) Oh July 18 th the SBDC will be hosting a workshop held by Constant Contract with Kelly Flint teaching the workshop. It will be held at the Hermosa Beach Theatre in Hermosa Beach. Social
Media Made Simple always draws a large crowd.
3) Star Van Buren will be attending the annual ASBDC Conference in New Orleans September 11 th -
14 th . This is an annual mandatory event held every year at different locations for Small Business
Development Centers through the Unity States.
4) The SBDC is implementing a new workshop on How to Estimate Start-Up Costs. We have found through our Orientation workshops that many attendees do to not have the money to fund their start-up business, or have a clue as to how much they will need to get their business started. o Workplace Learning Resource Center – Maryann Cohan:
1) Terminal Island: Classes currently in progress: Blueprint Reading and AutoCad. Welding and
Parenting have finished and will start again October 1 st . Solar classes haven’t been offered. They are looking at Wheelchair Repair. Mock Job Fair held June 27 th was very successful.
2) Maritime Training Schedule: Lifeboat – July 17-21, and Tankerman – July 24 th – 28 th .
Discussion o BTC Year-End Update: Financially ended the year well. Changing all key pads and the alarm system codes into the building. o Bond Measure: A survey was done by the college to see if a construction bond would pass. The response came back positive. There will be a campaign like the one for the previous bond issue. o Division Picnic: Picnic will be in set in late August. Asking staff to bring side dishes and managers will provide main course.
Adjournment at 3:00 pm
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