360 eTECH high school presentation, July 2016
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360 eTECH High School Program Jeremy Leffelman, Director 360 Center of Excellence 07-27-16
Transcript of 360 eTECH high school presentation, July 2016
360 eTECHHigh School Program
Jeremy Leffelman, Director360 Center of Excellence
07-27-16
AGENDA
• 360 Overview
• 360 eTECH HS Program
• Purpose and Concept
• Research and Proposal
• Planning and Outreach
• Launch and Refinement
• Successes
• Future Planning
• Review of 360 eTECH Student Portal
• Benefits
• Key resources for design
360 Overview
360 is an innovative education and industry collaboration to RECRUIT, EDUCATE, and TRAIN
workers for dynamic careers in advanced manufacturing.
• 360 Manufacturing and Applied Engineering ATE Regional Center of Excellence
• Bemidji State University serves as lead institution– Began in 2006 with
7 institutions– Comprised of
fourteen 2-year technical and community colleges
360 ACTIONS TO MEET THE CHALLENGE
• Industry Driven Curriculum– Career Success Skills– Robotics– Taking Shape Summits– Program Improvement
Funding– New Education Models
• Enhanced Pipeline– Dream It. Do It.– Tour of Manufacturing– Youth Outreach STEM
Events– Robotics Competition– 360 eTECH Consortial
Programs
360 eTECHHigh SchoolProgram
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE “STUFF” COMES FROM?
• EVERYTHING IN THIS ROOM WAS MANUFACTURED!
Strong Minnesota companies
need people with skills!
WHY MANUFACTURING?
Earn a great wage and benefits!
$43,450/year in Manufacturing in MinnesotaOn average, people in manufacturing make $15-$20/hour, with
another $10-$14/hour in benefits (health, dental,
PTO, sick time, etc.) $52,000 - $70,000
$16,640/year at minimum wage ($8.00/hour)
Entry level wages - Service sector jobs
Fast food restaurants, convenience stores, discount stores,
etc.
Work in a safe and clean environment!
360 eTECH is offered through 9 MnSCU 2-year collegesTraditional enrollmentHigh School program
• Enrolling and teaching institutions may vary• Student will take courses from multiple
institutions• Dual credit
PROGRAM AND PARTNERS
The 360 eTECH High School Program offers certificates in various specializations.
• Consists of 2 certificates• Production (16cr) ~HS• Welding (30cr) ~HS
• 8 week courses, 2 sessions per semester• Mainly online, some courses have onsite labs
CERTIFICATES
BENEFITS OF360 eTECH• STUDENTS CAN LEAVE
HIGH SCHOOL WITH A HS DIPLOMA, COLLEGE CERTIFICATE(S), AND NATIONAL CERTIFICATION
• GIVES THEM A LEG UP IN INDUSTRY AND SETS THEM ON A CAREER/EDUCATIONAL PATHWAY
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
16 CREDIT CERTIFICATE100% ONLINE EDUCATION8-WEEK COURSESCAN GO THROUGH OCHS ARRANGEMENT OR 360 ETECH HS PROGRAMSOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, SENIORS
Technical MathematicsPrint ReadingIntroduction to ComputersSafety AwarenessManufacturing Processes and ProductionQuality PracticesMaintenance AwarenessCareer Success Skills
NOTE:
Students completing the Production
Technologies Certificate will have gained the
knowledge required to pass the MSSC full
certified Production Technician Certification
MSSC - Manufacturing Skill Standards Council
msscusa.org
WELDING TECHNOLOGY
30 CREDIT CERTIFICATEONLINE EDUCATION & ON-SITE LABS8-WEEK COURSESALL INSTRUCTION AND TESTING DONE IN ACCORDING WITH AWS STANDARDS360 ETECH HS PROGRAM ONLYSOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, SENIORS
Interpreting SymbolsOxy Fuel WeldingShielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) -
Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)Metallurgy
Technical MathematicsIntroduction to ComputersPrint ReadingSafety AwarenessManufacturing Processes and
ProductionQuality PracticesMaintenance Awareness
High Schools can participate via the following ways:
• PSEO• Contract w/ Bemidji State• Concurrent Enrollment• Listing of participating high schools
– Blackduck High School– Cook County High School– East Central High School– Fairmont High School– Lake of the Woods High School– Red Lake High School– Voyageurs Expeditionary School
HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
• 360 eTECH began as an NSF project in August 2010, known as The eTECH Project (NSF-ATE Award #1002893)
• Goal was to augment the 360 Seamless Career Pathway– Integration of industry approved credentials within curriculum– Offering enhanced curriculum online to reach maximum number of
learners and workers• As part of NSF-ATE Award #1204550 (2012), expansion to 3 high
schools was the goal• Process of research and planning began in early 2013, with an
expected launch date of Fall 2014
PURPOSE AND CONCEPT
• Research occurred during most of 2013• Research included review of:
– Minnesota state statutes– PSEO (Post-Secondary Enrollment Options) program– Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) policy/guidelines– MnSCU policy– Pilot programs in the state of Minnesota (traditional PSEO)
• Original plan was to launch Fall 2013, but window of HS registration and promotion was missed, in effect delaying the project until 2014
• Meeting and planning with 360 Pathways Team– Review of what was learned– Design of program– Development of proposal
RESEARCH AND PROPOSAL
• Meetings with partnering colleges– Required paperwork– Registration process
• Proposal developed based upon planning and discussions with various entities
– Overview of program– Pricing structure– Eligibility
PROPOSAL
• Invited to present at Pathways to Postsecondary events in Minnesota
• Email sent to school districts in the state of Minnesota with attached proposal
– 20+ schools responded– Phone and email
• Onsite or WebEx meetings scheduled• Travel to high schools throughout the
state• Follow-up meetings (on site and WebEx)
PLANNING AND OUTREACH
• Schools committing to pilot year (Fall 2014)– Barnum High School, Barnum, MN– Carlton High School, Carlton, MN– Cook County High School, Grand Marais, MN
• Fall 2014 – Pilot Program– Began with 22 students– Finished with 11 students
• Identified opportunities for improvement• D2L Training and navigation• Some schools did not order books• Misperception of online learning• Misperception of rigor
LAUNCH AND REFINEMENT
• Identified opportunities for improvement• D2L Training and navigation
– Students review video– Written instruction– Webinars
• Some schools ordered wrong books– Follow-up in advance of semester to ensure books are
ordered properly– Checklists for schools and students developed
• Misperception of online learning– Review of example courses– On-site and virtual orientations
• Misperception of rigor– Meetings with counselors– Meetings with faculty– Meetings with students
REFINEMENT
Students Successes
• Fall 2014, Cook County High School served as a pilot school for the launch of this program
• 3 students ‘stuck with it’, and graduated May 2016 with their 30-credit certificate in Welding Technology through Lake Superior College
• 1 of the 3 students decided to pursue college after participation in the program
SPRING 2016
CCHS STUDENTS
Timothy Miller
Leo Johnson
“I believe the information and skills that I have learned through 360 eTECH will help benefit my future career.” – Timothy Miller
Future Planning
• Fall 2016 will have 7 high schools participating– 1 via PSEO– 7 via contract– 1 via concurrent enrollment (24 students, 1 course)
• 21 students registered for PSEO/contract– 5 females– 6 Native Americans
• Online College in the High School consortium– 57+ high schools– Additional students participating (8-10)
• Welding labs to be located at– Northwest Technical College, Bemidji, MN– Lake Superior College, Duluth, MN
• Other locations being considered as program expands– Metro (Twin Cities)– Southern Minnesota– Western Minnesota
FALL 2016
• Expansion to 12 high schools by Fall 2017 (36-40 students)• Expansion to 20 high schools by Fall 2018 (60-75 students)• Welding lab expansion in next 2-3 years
– Expand to Twins Cities– Expand to Southern Minnesota– Expand to Western Minnesota
• Certificate attainment– Production Technologies
• Spring 2017 (7 students)• Spring 2018 (26 students)• Spring 2019 (50 students)
– Welding Technology• Spring 2018 (15 students)• Spring 2019 (25 students)
FUTURE PLANS
360 eTECHStudent Portal
• In a consortial program, with partnered courses, students taking multiple courses needed to access each individual college website and input username and password to access courses
• Tedious and time consuming
PURPOSE OF THE PORTAL
• The portal allows students to log-in 1x with their username and password
– All courses show up on same page
• Internal messaging feature – direct communication between instructor and students
BENEFITS OF THE PORTAL
• Rochester Community and Technical College (Rochester, MN) was instrumental in designing and launching the portal
• Relatively inexpensive for design, annual maintenance fee• Requirements each semester
– Course information– Faculty information– Faculty places widget on home page
• Key contacts:– Dennis Kronebusch
• 507-280-3195• [email protected]
– Kristi Kiehne• 507-529-6136• [email protected]
PORTAL DESIGN RESOURCES
QUESTIONS & ANSWERSTHANK YOU
Jeremy Leffelman, [email protected]
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