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Why?
• $1.5B spent on green training through ARRA
• Thousands of new/revised programs
• What will sustain?
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Speakers
Ray Hernandez, Dean, Science, Math & Technology, Skyline College
Aaron Wilcher, Program Coordinator,
Skyline College Celia Canfield, Founder, EcoVertex Ed Thomas, Executive Director,
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UtilityExchange.org
Overview Story of Strategy to Sustain AND GROW! a
program Ray Hernandez, Skyline College
College leadership, culture, and mission
Aaron Wilcher, Skyline College Institutionalization: from grant program to
associate’s degree
Ed Thomas, UtilityExchange.org Engaging energy and construction
industries
Celia Canfield, EcoVertex From industry feedback to curriculum: the
case of energy ESHIP, and the business case for energy
About Skyline San Mateo County Community College District 10,000+ students 42 Associate Degree Programs 52 Certificate Programs
Sustainability as Strategic Priority
Mission, Vision, Goals: To empower and transform a global community of learners
• Workforce development
• Business, community relations
• Quality/accessibility of programs &
services
• Transfer
• Degrees and Certs
• Equity
• Sustainability
Leadership - Institutional Support
• Support – Administrative – Workforce Development – Community (Advisory Board) – District Board
• Institutional Directives/Initiatives – Innovation – Strategic Plan – Certificates/Degrees – Career Advancement Academies
Program Establishment
• Plan – 3-5 Years – Ramp up – Needed Resources
• Needed Resources – Champions – Program Faculty – Coordination Time – Community – Advisory Board
Grants BOOM! From 1 course to . . . . . . Bay Area Clean Energy Careers
(BayCEC, 2008) $1.9 million DOL CBJTG, 260
participants Solar and energy efficiency
Home Energy Retrofit Occupations (HERO, 2009)
$2.5 million DOL CBJTG, 480 participants
Single family EE, business development
Grants: the good, the bad, the . . . . Opportunities
Curriculum Faculty Industry Pathways Partners Equipment/Facilities Students !
Challenges LMI Lead Time One-offs: occupational
focus
Training Design vs. A.S. Program Design • No clean division • Designed as for-credit
• Screening and recruitment: built in
pathways
• Faculty designing multiple courses with industry advisors
• HS/CBO program feeders • Adaptations to the marketplace
– market-driving curriculum in sales, marketing, finance
Energy efficiency pathway diagram for multiple courses from May 2011 faculty retreat. How do they “stack”?
What Industry Can Teach College What do you do and how do you do it? What kinds of people work at your company? Labor market information: what are your hiring
needs? Are there skill gaps? Is curriculum up-to-date and serve HR needs for
skill requirements? What certifications are recognized? What policies and markets are “trending”? Will
that pose a gap in skills? Do you have curriculum or faculty for leverage?
Understand Market Needs Pulled an advisory group together from local industry players and
asked a larger group to give us survey information. Not DACUM, but getting a sense of the landscape at a higher level Idea of “Convergences” and emerging business strategy for delivering
services vis-a-vis who is getting into the household How can you do a DACUM approach when things are changing so
rapidly XFinity and smart grid solutions
What Industry Taught Us
Soft skills needed badly Complexity is inherent in business, in almost any industry,
and is causing convergence and academia needs to understand the dependencies and evolve as needed
Need for “critical thinkers” was a universal declaration Students need to learn about effective teamwork and
collaboration
Soft Skills As Important As Technical Skills Interdisciplinary, systems thinking Critical thinking Research skills Customer-centric orientation Team problem solving Business knowledge
A modern version of a “Renaissance” worker!!
Next step: Critical Look Through Industry-Specific and Entrepreneurship Lens
Evolve and determine: Are the marketing classes up to date? Reflective of social media, psychographics,
localized communication and guerilla marketing tactics? Are the business fundamentals classes teaching enough about business processes and
project management? We need to train effective workers, managers and small business owners.
Are we reflecting the strongest segments of our local communities with the right
emphasis on growth industries? Emerging industries? Can we cross pollinate in classes so industry sectors learn good business practices from
each other? Can we make sure technical students get exposed to good business communication,
basic math and business project management curriculum.
Energy
ESHIP/Small Biz Mgmt TRACK New Econ Marketing
ESHIP and Sm Biz Management
Management 100
Accounting
Business Law
Energy Efficiency
TRACK Field Mentoring
Home Performance Assessment
Home Performance Retrofitting
HVAC
Construction basics
Solar TRACK
Intro to Solar Thermal Design and Estimation
Advanced Commercial PV Finance & Sales
PV Solar Design
PV Solar Finance and Estimation
PV Installation
Fundamentals of Electronics
• Management 100 • Principles of Building Science • Intro to Solar PV Systems and Markets
Core 2 (for AS only)
(5 units)
• Business Communications • Math Analysis for Business • Energy Markets, Policies, and Industries in California
Core 1 (for AS and Certs)
(7.5 units)
• Business Plan writing and competition • Capstone project for Energy Technology
Capstone (for AS and certs)
Choice of 1
• Courses in other tracks • Special topics at the energy centers and at Skyline
Electives (for AS and certs)
The program design for associate’s and certificates as it stands
Best Practices… and Lessons Learned “It takes a village . . . .” er, a campus . . . . Advisory council at the 30k foot level and on the ground. Leverage where possible . . . The importance of connecting emerging to staple
Build in pathways to recruitment and job development. Institutionalize early and often across campus . . . . . Leverage!
Make curriculum broad…… adapt for class
Perhaps relationships can enable flexing between not-for-credit and for credit.
Creativity and Innovation Rule for curriculum and management.
Take economics and LMI and traditional “widget” approach with a grain of
salt, build in transferrable skills, connections to industry, multiple pathways.
Don’t be shy about whom you engage to design and teach!!!
Learn more at www.skylinecollege.edu/envs Contact: Aaron Wilcher, MA, MCP, Faculty Program Coordinator, Environmental Technology [email protected] (650) 738-4498
New Report! Green Genome How to integrate green WFD and sustainability into the college’s DNA Including free self-assessment! Release: October 1 at www.theseedcenter.org
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