cecp report alan barefield mississippi state university southern rural development center
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CECP Report
Alan Barefield
Mississippi State University
Southern Rural Development Center
Definitions
Competencies– This is what you want the “student” to learn
Taxonomies– The lesson plan that allows you to teach the student and
let him/her achieve the competency Ideally, the competency should be identified first
and then the taxonomy should be developed We did it backwards for some of the topics
Where Do We Stand?
Taxonomies for several different areas have been developed
An abridged set of taxonomies to be used as search topics for the CECP campus is derived for the taxonomy areas
Draft competencies for 12 subject matter topics have been identified
A catalog of subject matter specialists has been begun
Competencies
Overall Economic Development
Business Skills (w/ E-commerce; these need to be combined)
Tourism Leadership
Development
Civic Engagement Strategic Planning Community Data
Analysis Public Issues
Education
Where Do We Go From Here?
Flesh out the list of subject matter specialists
Review the draft competencies that have been identified
Identify competencies for other areas Develop and expand taxonomies (lesson
plans) for those areas Create teams to begin work on CECP
modules to deliver educational programs
Problems
Lack of response and participation Lack of knowledge (on my part) about
faculty qualified and willing to review developed curricula
No identification of potential team members No identification of curriculum specialists,
IT people, middle management person, etc. Should be overcome through CECP Steering Committee
Two Examples Taxation Types of taxes
identified, but what about the other issues associated with taxation and public revenues
Community Services– Electronic Infrastructure
– Emergency Preparedness
– Emergency Medical Svcs
– Healthcare Systems
– Housing
– Public Education
– Telecommunications
– Transportation
– Water and Waste Systems
Where Do We Go From Here?Part II
Meeting with Rod Howe, Dick Senese, Janet Ayers on developing national core competencies
What does this group consider core competencies to be?
Review process for competency identification and taxonomy development