EDUCATION
- BUSINESS LINK
Mission: Through the active involvement
of private sector representatives and educators, create an internationally competitive
education system that yields an employable base rich in knowledge, culture and ethnic
diversity.
Strategy #1: Recruit permanent
Business-Education Action Team.
Objectives:
- Create an industry advisory group that will
strengthen existing partnerships and establish a formal, on-going link between education
and specific industries.
- Coordinate, review and encourage active methods to
link education and business interests as they relate to future workforce.
| Action
Plan #1: |
Date of
Completion: June 1996 |
| 6.1.1 |
Action Date: |
January 1996 to June
1996 |
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Action: |
Recruit Action Team
members building on existing membership, with particular emphasis on adding business
leaders: |
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a)Employer Criteria
From cluster industries
Both large and small businesses
Business training department representatives
b)Education Criteria
High school districts, County Office of Education
Community Colleges
Local 4 year colleges & universities
Job training providers
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Resources: |
Existing Action Team,
CCC/OE/JTED |
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Budget: |
Program: $-0-
Staff: Team $15,600; SAMCEDA $660 |
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Fund Source: |
EDAC |
Strategy #2:
Develop and promulgate a statement on minimum standards for all high school graduates that
is endorsed by business and education.
Objectives:
- Impact curriculums from analysis of the skills
needed in cluster industries.
- Define required knowledge and skill levels of
workforce needs by industry.
- Provide verification of student acquisition of
required skills.
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| Action
Plan #2: |
Date of
Completion: December 1996 |
| 6.2.1 |
Action Date: |
April 1996 to December
1996 |
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Action: |
Create
business/education subcommittee to: |
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a) Review various measurement tools, standards
and resources currently used by educators as well as human resources departments by June
1996
b) Define base standards required by the business sector for future labor pools supportive
of global competitiveness by July 1996
c) Draft initial standards and prepare business survey to solicit
ratification/endorsements by August 1996
d) Distribute proposed standards statement through a questionnaire to businesses, and
include a Programs and Innovation Directory by September 1996
e) Compile and analyze results
f) Prepare position paper with specific recommendations for implementation by December
1996
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Resources: |
Action Team, CCC |
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Budget: |
Program:$200
Staff: Team $14,625; SAMCEDA $ -0- |
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Fund Source: |
Foundations/Grants;
EDAC |
| Strategy #3: improve and expand
communications between education and business. Objectives:
- Facilitate an internationally competitive
education system by improving its linkage with regional and international business
interests.
- Create industry advisory groups that will
strengthen existing partnerships and establish a formal, ongoing link between education
and specific industries, especially those with high growth.
- Complete an in-depth analysis of workforce needs
and skills by industry.
- Project changes in industry needs/demands on which
to base appropriate education and training programs.
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| Action
Plan #3: |
Date of
Completion: March 1997 |
| 6.3.1 |
Action Date: |
May 1996 to March 1997 |
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Action: |
Create a subcommittee
to: |
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a)Prepare Scope of Work for Study by July 1996
Identify criteria for analysis
Determine resources required
Identify asset base for resources needs
Identify reporting/measurement methods
b)Conduct Study through identified sources (consultant or
otherwise) by February 1997
c)Analyze Study results and identify parameters for
modifications by March 1997
d)Prepare Report with recommendations, action plans,
comparisons with innovative effort already underway,
curriculum modifications, specific responsibilities of
education and business sectors, and next steps by March
1997
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Resources: |
Action Team, CCD,
Office of Education |
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Budget: |
Program: $20,000
Staff: Team $232,050; SAMCEDA $ -0- |
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Fund Sources: |
Program:
Foundations/grants |
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Staff: |
Community College
District |
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