Henry Ford Community College The Role of Educational

Henry Ford Community College The Role of Educational Institutions in the Creation of Green Jobs

Key Questions What do we bring or what can we contribute? § How do we partner effectively? § What do we need?

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute? History/track record of career and technical education: Construction Technology, Energy Technology, Electronics, Engineering Technology, etc.

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute? § Academic skill building: assessment and placement tools, remediation, and contextualized learning in reading and math, tutoring and other educational supports.

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute? § College credits § Certifications § Curriculum Development

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute? § Established relationships: governmental agencies, business and industry, community organizations

What Do We Bring Or What Can We Contribute? § Infrastructure: Access to fulland part-time faculty, articulation agreements with other colleges, Boards of Trustees, Advisory Boards, facilities and equipment

Why Does This Matter? § Capacity building § College credits § Career pathways § Industry certifications § Increasing access for lowerskilled workers

Why Does This Matter? § Increased funding opportunities § Work with governmental rules and regulations § Increased leverage in partnership with others

How Do We Partner Effectively? § Equal partnership among all stakeholders § Early identification of roles and responsibilities: who leads at which stage?

How Do We Partner Effectively? § How do we hold each other accountable? § Use your expertise but acknowledge the expertise of others

How Do We Partner Effectively? § Joint planning on the front end § Consensus on the goal

What Do We Need? Change in a Large Institution § Where are the green jobs? (Chicken and egg problem) § Alternative delivery formats: (nights, weekends and out of the classroom)

What Do We Need? Change in a Large Institution § Credit for prior learning § Non-credit or Credit: It is all education

What Do We Need? Change in a Large Institution § Not Being “in charge” § Technical expertise from elsewhere: Veteran faculty may not have the green expertise

What Do We Need? Change in a Large Institution § Your rules and our rules: red-tape stranglehold § Finances: How do we share a smaller pie? How do we afford this? § Public relations: sharing a spotlight