Los Angeles/Orange County Workforce Development Leaders College Centers of Excellence Centers of Excellence Cerritos College Citrus College Coast Community College District Coastline Community College Coastline Community College East Los Angeles College El Camino College El Camino College Glendale Community College Glendale Community College Glendale Community College Glendale Community College Golden West College Golden West College JPL Irvine Valley College Irvine Valley College LA Community College District LA Community College District LA Mission College Meeting Minutes – April 9, 2009 Glendale Community College Attendees Name College Audrey Reille LA/OC Regional Consortium Lisa Lewenberg LA/OC Regional Consortium Nick Kremer LA Trade Tech College LA Valley College Jim Lancaster LA Valley College Raine Hambly LA Valley College Harold Bouley Joumana McGowan LA Valley College Gayle Brosseau Long Beach City College Cathy Brinkman Mount San Antonio College Phil Sutton Mount San Antonio College Mount San Antonio College Cynthia Dorroh Mount San Antonio College Kristin Bruno Linda Serra Orange Coast College Scott Rubke Pasadena City College Mary O’Connor Pierce College Omid Pourzanjani Rio Hondo College Rich Alvidrez Saddleback College David Gatewood Saddleback College Rachel Manders Saddleback College Diane McBride Santa Monica College Felicito Cajayon West Los Angeles College Ed Zayas West Los Angeles College Name Lyla Eddington Susan Coleman Marcia Wilson Bahram Badiyi Deborah DiCesare Nona Matattva Richard Kahn Michelle Whitfield Angela Moore Darrow Soares Madelyn Arballo Sarah Daum Corine Doughty Doug Haines Jose Luis Fernandez Mike Slavich Ken Patton Mary Williams Tamara Rice Patricia Ramos Buck Stapleton Linda Clowers Agenda Welcome and Introductions Discussion Lyla Eddington welcomed everyone and introduced Kristin Bruno, Dean of Instructional Services at Glendale Community College who also welcomed everyone and introduced Ron Nakasone, Vice President of Administrative Services. Ron welcomed everyone to the campus and briefly relayed what was going on at the campus including the new parking structure, new Health Sciences building and the expansion of the South Campus. Self-introductions proceeded around the room. I. Approval of Minutes ● Minutes from the March 12, 2009 LOWDL Meeting at CCCAOE Spring Conference in San Francisco were approved with two corrections - the addition of two attendees. Follow-up II. Announcements of Intent & Recommendations for Approval A. Announcements of Intent If you have any questions or concerns contact the colleges directly and copy Jessica Gallardo as well. 1. Los Angeles Trade Tech College – Biodiesel Technician. New Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Leticia Baraja, Dean, Academic & Workforce Development at (213) 763-7071 or BarajaL@lattc.edu. 2. Los Angeles Trade Tech College – Hybrid Vehicle Technology. New Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Leticia Baraja, Dean, Academic & Workforce Development at (213) 763-7071 or BarajaL@lattc.edu. 3. Los Angeles Trade Tech College – CNG/LNG Transportation. New Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Leticia Baraja, Dean, Academic & Workforce Development at (213) 763-7071 or BarajaL@lattc.edu. 4. Los Angeles Trade Tech College – Medical Assistant (Clinical). New Degree and Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Leticia Baraja, Dean, Academic & Workforce Development at (213) 763-7071 or BarajaL@lattc.edu. B. Programs for Approval – All Programs were APPROVED. Consent Agenda: Reminder: Consent agenda programs are programs that were previously locally approved programs that are under 18 units that now need to go through LOWDL to get regional approval. The procedures are on www.laocrc.com. 1. Glendale Community College – Unix System Administrator – New Certificate of Achievement program; 12 units. For more information contact Linda Serra, Business Division Chair at (818) 240-1000 ext. 5525 or lserra@glendale.edu. APPROVED 2. Glendale Community College – Insurance Professional – New Certificate of Achievement program; 18 units. For more information contact Linda Serra, Business Division Chair at (818) 240-1000 ext. 5525 or lserra@glendale.edu. APPROVED Action Agenda: 1. Los Angeles Valley College – Commercial Music – Substantial changes to program in Commercial Music. Add Certificate of Achievements in Jazz Studies, Music Arranging, Music Notation, Music Technology and Songwriting. For more information contact Richard Kahn, Professor, Music Department at (818) 947-2778 or kahnr@lavc.edu or Laurie Nalepa, Office of Academic Affairs at (818) 947-2326 or nalepl@lavc.edu. APPROVED Richard Kahn stated it is a fast growing sector in the music industry. There are many Master’s and Doctorate programs in music and LA Valley wants to upgrade their program and bring it in line with Title V. The purpose of the curriculum is to bring everything in line with the music industry of today. The program is already in place this is just a revamping of the program. He stated that everything has already passed through their District and the college. He also noted that individuals who complete the A.A. degree program will have earned most of the Certificates of Achievement as well. 2. Los Angeles Valley College – Sustainable Construction Management – New A.S. Degree and Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Ronald Reis, Technology Department Chair at *818) 947-2582 or reisra@lavc.edu or Bahram Badiyi, Architect at (818) 331-0827 or bbakiyi@aol.com. APPROVED Bahram Badiyi stated it is a very important and diverse program, especially looking at energy concerns being looked at by the state and the entire country. The program provides training to entry-level managers in the areas of human information, record keeping, architecture, construction and all areas needed for today’s construction managers. They incorporated the ideas from many managers in the industry as well as those that work closely with managers. They hope to add Certificate of Achievements in the future. It is projected there will be 120,000 jobs in the solar area alone in the next two years. It is also projected that in the next four years 40% of those in the construction industry will retire. 3. Golden West College – Software Development –New A.A. Degree and Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Don Nielsen, Professor at (714) 892-7711 ext. 51099 or dnielsen@gwc.cccd.edu. APPROVED Omid Pourzanjani stated this was not a new program. 4. Glendale Community College – Computer Applications Technician. New Certificate of Achievement program; 17 units. For more information contact Linda Serra, Business Division Chair at (818) 240-1000 ext. 5525 or lserra@glendale.edu. APPROVED This is taking the place of 7 mini certificates and combining them into one. 5. Glendale Community College – Computer Applications Specialist. New Certificate of Achievement program; 17 units. For more information contact Linda Serra, Business Division Chair at (818) 240-1000 ext. 5525 or lserra@glendale.edu. APPROVED This is the larger certificate of the Computer Applications. The Computer Applications Technician fits into this program. 6. Coastline Community College – Real Estate. Substantial changes to an approved credit program; replace existing program from Certificate of Achievement to a Degree program. For more information contact Joumana McGowan, Dean, Career/Technical Education at (714) 241-6209 ext. 17301 or jmcgowan@coastline.edu. APPROVED Joumana McGowan stated that Coastline took the existing program and repackaged them. 7. Coastline Community College – Emergency Management. New A.A. Degree and Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Joumana McGowan, Dean, Career/Technical Education at (714) 241-6209 ext. 17301 or jmcgowan@coastline.edu. APPROVED Joumana McGowan said FEMA and the Office of Homeland Security approached Coastline college to train more individuals in emergency management. Coastline has an online program and they want them to be able to reach more people in the profit and not for profit sectors. 8. Saddleback College – Mental Health Worker. New A.S. Degree and Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Rajen Vurdien, Vice President for Instruction at (949) 582-4309 or rvurdien@saddleback.edu or lbashor@saddleback.edu. APPROVED Tamara Rice stated Saddleback College was approached by the Orange County Health Association regarding the need for mental health workers. Saddleback already has several of the courses set up as well as internships already set up in the credit and noncredit area. Corine Doughty from Orange Coast College asked if they have identified employers for clinical placement. Tamara Rice said most of their students will go to Pacific Clinics for paid internships and/or they will utilize existing facilities in the South Orange County area. 9. Saddleback College – Medical Lab Technician. New A.S. Degree program. For more information contact Rajen Vurdien, Vice President for Instruction at (949) 5824309 or rvurdien@saddleback.edu or lbashor@saddleback.edu. APPROVED Saddleback College recognizes the need in the state for medical lab technicians. Saddleback received a $425,000 grant for this program. Those that go through the program can go onto school to become a clinical science lab tech. 10. West Los Angeles College – Fire Technology. New A.A. Degree and Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Buck Stapleton, Chairperson at (310) 287-4221 or buckstapleton@yahoo.com. APPROVED Buck Stapleton said this was a program that was previously offered at West Los Angeles College as Fire Science. However, it was not offered for 10 years and removed from the list of programs. They are now bringing the program back as Fire Technology. Sarah Daum inquired whether West LA intends to start a Paramedic program in the future. Buck stated this was an Administrative Justice Fire Technology program and he is not aware of any future plan to start a paramedic program. 11. West Los Angeles College – Pharmacy Technician. New A.S. Degree and Certificate of Achievement program. For more information contact Todd LeGassick, Director of Allied Health at (310) 287-4464 or legasst@wlac.edu. APPROVED Todd LeGassick stated this was a follow-up program to the Pharmacy Clerk program they brought to LOWDL last year. There is a great need for placement of Pharmacy Technicians. The Labor Market continues to be very strong. III. HigherEdExpress website Felicito Cajayon from Los Angeles Community College District displayed the new website HigherEdExpress.com. It is a list of the short-term training programs for all the community colleges in the Los Angeles/Orange area. Due to the new stimulus package providing funding to the WIBs to provide short-term training in the near future LA Community College District created this list in hopes the WIB/One-Stops will refer to it when searching for a short-term training program. They are willing to list all the short-term training programs available by community colleges. There is no fee and no contract or agreement to fill out and completely voluntary. Simply provide them with your information and they will post it. In the future they hope each college will have their own page dedicated to this and not just the links to the individual colleges. The pricing on the website is per individual. A lot of funding will be available to the short-term training programs and they are going to look at the ETPL but it might be outdated. They will also look at iTrain but the community colleges don’t always fit in with that list. They hope the One-Stop Centers will gravitate toward this list. The main goals of the list are: it is up-to-date; useable to end users; and provides useful links. Felicito is hoping to promote this throughout the entire community college system. It is recommended that each college have supporting Labor Market Data so when a One-Stop manager calls and asks for that information they will have it readily available. The website is currently in the draft stage even though it is live. It was suggested that a search feature be added. If you have further suggestions contact Felicito Cajayon. www.higheredexpress.com Each college should review the information and provide updates/changes if necessary. A template for submitting the information will be developed by Felicito and distributed to the LOWDL group. Send all information or inquiries to cajayof@email.laccd.edu. Each college needs to contact Felicito Cajayon to give him the OK or if you prefer not to be on the list let him know He would also like you to provide contact information and links to include with the information. cajayof@email.laccd.edu. A. System (Chancellor’s) Office – Ron Selge, Chancellor’s Office, Career Technical Education IV. Reports B. 1. CTE – 2. CTE Monthly Updates are available on the Chancellor’s website. http://www.cccco.edu/SystemOffice/Divisions/EconDevWorkPrep/CTE/Monthly Updates/tabid/510/Default.aspx Economic and Workforce Development – Mary O’Connor from the RHORC said the RHORC has lots of resources to share. Their newest product is the Fundamentals of Computing. It provides basic computing and record keeping training for use in the medical field since many are transitioning to electronic record keeping. All materials and resources are available through their website and all are free. You can order them online at www.healthoccupations.org. www.healthoccupations.org B. CCCAOE Vice President’s Report – Paul Creason, Vice President, CCCAOE Fall Conference – Date Change – October 28-30, 2009 at Long Beach. Currently they are calling for proposals. More information can be obtained from their website www.cccaoe.org. www.cccaoe.org C. The Ideal Partnership – WIB Initiative – Lyla Eddington, Ed.D., Chair, Los Angeles/Orange County Regional Consortium College Contact list for the WIB/One-Stop Centers – Susan Coleman. The list was sent out to all the WIB/One-Stop Centers in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. If you have any changes or updates please send them to Susan Coleman at scoleman@occ.cccd.edu. D. Counselor’s Regional Workshops – Susan Coleman Orange County – Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Kaiser Hospital, Irvine, CA Los Angeles County- Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at Santa Monica College. E. LA/OC Regional Consortium – Lyla Eddington, Chair, LA/OC Regional Consortium 1. Leadership Institute – April 22-24 at the UCLA Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead. 2. 2009-2010 LOWDL Meeting Sign-Up – Proposed dates: scoleman@occ.cccd.edu September 17, 2009 October – CCCAOE Fall Conference November 19, 2009 December 17, 2009 January 21, 2010 February 18, 2010 March – CCCAOE Spring Conference April 15, 2010 May 20, 2010 June 17, 2010 The time will be kept from 10 AM to 2 PM. If anyone knows of any obstacles to these dates please let us know. Sign-ups will begin at next month’s LOWDL meeting. 3. Tech Prep Directors and Coordinators meeting – April 28, 2009 at North Orange County Community College. Be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend. Agenda to include a presentation by Robin Harrington on the Tech Prep Renewal on-line process as well as a panel sharing successful projects within their consortium. CTE Deans encouraged to attend with Tech Prep Directors. 4. Los Angeles Regional Coordination Tech Prep Steering Committee meeting will be May 5, 2009 at Sheraton Cerritos. RSVP to Terry Adams at tadams@citruscollege.edu. Program will include a panel of EWDP Centers as well as a panel presentation on Dual/Concurrent Enrollment and other high school activities. CTE Deans encouraged to attend with Tech Prep personnel. V. Other RSVP Required! RSVP to jgallardo@citruscollege.edu RSVP Required for lunch. RSVP to Terry Adams – tadams@citruscollege.edu JPL Externships for LOWDL Faculty – Summer 2009 – Rich Alvidrez, Community College Initiative Education Office PowerPoint presentation provide as well as handouts of the presentation. JPL is the largest employer in the San Gabriel Valley. Their product is creating new knowledge and creating new technology. The NASA Summer Faculty Research Program is a 10 week summer program with most participants being from the 4-year college or research universities. Community College faculty have participated as well. It currently includes several colleges in the Southern California area and would like to expand the program to more colleges. For more information go to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov or directly to the Faculty Program website at https://jsfrp.jpl.nasa.gov or contact Petra Kneisl-Milanian, JPL Summer Faculty Research Coordinator at (818) 354-0726 or Petra.A.Kneissl_Milanian@jpl.nasa.gov or Rich Alvidrez, Community College Initiatives at (818) 354-1214 or Alvidrez@jpl.nasa.gov. VI. Next LOWDL Meeting May 21, 2009 LOWDL meeting at Orange Coast College Deadline for agenda items is May 14, 2009. Program Applications are due by May 7, 2009. VII. Lunch VIII. Input for Hilda Solis on the reauthorization of the WIA X. Adjournment A discussion regarding the input for the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act ensued after lunch. The suggestions and ideas will be typed up, sent out to the group for review or to add more input then sent to Diane McBride who will then send it to Marvin Martinez who will then provide the information to Hilda Solis.