EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Community Advancement Division Council
Meeting Notes
April 10, 2009
Present: Martha Aaron, Jose Anaya, Maryann Cohan, Darling Garcia, LauraLee
Garinger, Maricela Vital
A scheduled meeting of the Community Advancement Division Council convened at
10:00 a.m. in the Business Training Center, Room 21.
Review of Minutes from March 9, 2009 meeting
Minutes approved as written.
Department Updates
o Workplace Learning Resource Center – Maryann Cohan:
Prisons
1) Mock Job Fair will be held May 13th. Practice interviews for participants will
take place April 20th through May 7th. Looking for businesses to participate.
2) AutoCAD contract has been approved. The class begins April 14th.
3) Parenting and Welding classes are still on hold.
4) Parenting classes continuing at the detention center.
Computer Lab
1) A new partnership with Los Angeles Urban League has developed and they
are sending students for computer training. The agreement has a 20%
retention of the payment to us until the student finds employment. Help in
notifying the Computer Lab of any job leads is important.
2) One Stops sending laid off workers for training. A new program with Foster
Care children will have classes on Saturdays.
Maritime Training Classes
1) The next Standard for Training Certification and Watch keeping (STCW) class
will take place on April 21st and is full. There is a waiting list. The next class
is scheduled for May 19th. The Lifeboat class is scheduled for May 12th.
There has been an increase in students this month due to workers being laid
off. The maritime program will participate at the Career Expo at El Camino
College on April 22nd.
Solar Training
1) The training room is being refreshed to accommodate future Solar Power
Training.
o Center for Applied Competitive Technologies – Darling Garcia:
1) Received $500,000 grant from Chancellor’s Office. $400,000 to continue
Robotics and Engineering training for high and middle school students.
$100,000 for cooperative grant for middle schools.
2) HUB grant from CCCO for $120,000 to benefit CACTs statewide by
developing more partnerships with industry.
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3) Fastener Program’s second graduation will take place on April 10th.
4) Grant to Department of Labor to develop leadership curriculum for the
Fastener Program to apply for short term training and moving to academic
side (Compton).
o Center for International Trade Development – Darling Garcia:
1) Intern from Belgium, Marika, will be here for six months. She is helping with
the Best Market Reports. Bronwen is working on reports for the CITD. Grant
renewal is taking place and quarterly reports are due. Writing IDRC for more
trade and export compliance.
2) Preparing for upcoming conferences: Export/Import Bank Annual Conference
in Washington, DC; CALED/CCCEWD Joint 2009 Annual Conference April
15-16 in Monterey, CA; NASBITE International 22nd Annual Conference April
19th – 22nd in San Diego, CA.
3) Jim Hoffman is writing a proposal for a grant to export “green” technology
education to China.
4) During World Trade Week, will create awareness of careers in the
international field aimed at high school students.
5) Successfully completed the second Customs Brokers Training and Licensing
preparation course with 36 students.
o Small Business Development Center – LauraLee Garinger:
1) Star Van Buren will be attending a mandatory California Small Business
Development Center Conference April 13 and 14 prior to attending the
CALED & CCCEWD Joint Conference April 15-17 in Monterey, CA.
2) NxLevel classes are booked to capacity. They are scheduled from April 6 th to
June 11. The end product is a business plan for each participant.
QuickBooks classes are in progress. There are four beginning classes and
two advanced classes.
o Contract Education & Community Education – Maricela Vital:
Cristallea Byun will be attending the CALED and CCCEWD Joint 2009 Annual
Conference on April 15-16 in Monterey, CA.
Employee Training Panel (ETP)
Four companies are in progress with training. Nine companies will be starting
training soon. Economy is affecting the number of classes. Toyota is close to
signing their contract.
Contract Education
1) City of Redondo Beach’s Customer Service training continues through
07/30/09.
2) City of Torrance’s contract for Customer Service Training has gone forward.
3) Providing Customer Service training to two cohorts of youth starting April 15th.
Discussion
o Security: When leaving after 5:00 p.m., make sure that outside doors are
locked. Always be on the look-out for anything suspicious and report it to a
manager.
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o Student Learning Outcomes and Program Review: SLOs are part of the
accreditation process. Funded centers do not have to do them. Inglewood
Center, Foster Care, Community Education and the El Camino Language
Academy will need to do them. Program reviews will be completed by June
30th.
o Director Job Postings: The Director positions for the Center for Applied
Competitive Technologies, Contract and Community Education and the
Workplace Learning Resource Center have been posted on-line.
o Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Opportunities: A lot of opportunities will
become available due to the stimulus money for training the unemployed.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m.
Next meeting: May 11, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
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