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Creating World Class Training Opportunities
• Overview
• The Texas Skills Development Fund
• Success Stories
• Facilities and Infrastructure
• Training Options
• Process and Implementation
• Texas Legislature created in 1995; Implemented in 1996
• State General Revenue appropriation
• Funds customized training for a business, consortium of businesses, or trade union
• Goal is to increase the skills levels and wages of the Texas Workforce
• Fiscal Year 2010-11 biennium, $90 million appropriated to Skills Development Fund
* Information Courtesy of Skills
Development Fund
• Public community or technical colleges, the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), or a 501(c)(3) Community-based organizations (CBOs) in partnership with a college
• Colleges partner with a business, a consortium of businesses or trade union to develop customized training; customization can include instructional, scheduling, and site-specific adaptations specific to employer needs
• College completes and submits grant application to TWC for award consideration
• College coordinates delivery of training and is expected to directly provide most of the instruction
* Information Courtesy of Skills
Development Fund
In addition to public community or technical colleges, partners include:
• Businesses
• Private for profit entities with one or more employees, or private non-profit hospitals
• Work with college to develop training program
• Ensure workers available to attend training and provide required data to college for training
• Pay prevailing wage for the occupation in the local area
* Information Courtesy of Skills
Development Fund
• Local Workforce Boards: convenes business partners; advises business of Skills Development Fund, provides comment on Skills projects.
• Employment Service (ES) and Business Services Unit (BSU) assist Skills
outreach by:
• Introducing local employer partners to Skills
• Connecting employers to eligible training partners
for potential projects
• Assisting with posting job openings for new trainees on
WorkInTexas.com
• Economic Development Entity: Inform new and expanding businesses of Skills opportunities; maintain relationships with colleges and workforce boards.
* Information Courtesy of Skills
Development Fund
• Cost per trainee target of $1,420
• Single-business project can be up $500,000
• Equipment costs for training purposes may be allowed for multiple business projects.
• 12-month training period
* Information Courtesy of Skills
Development Fund
http://skills.texasworkforce.org
• Complete application package with submission instructions
• Prevailing wage tutorial
• Business partner information
• Board comment form
• FAQs
* Information Courtesy of Skills
Development Fund
The Training Development Model
Skills Development Fund
Alamo Colleges AFCEA Membership
ExpertiseTraining
Funding
The Rackspace Workforce Skills Development Grant
• Awarded in 2008, $4.7 million grant to train new Rackspace employees
• Project funded by Texas Workforce Commission Skills Development Grant
• Skills in advanced technology such as networking, information security, and operating systems
• Over $700,000 budgeted for new equipment including Cisco Lab, and mini “cloud” to conduct virtualization training
• Northeast Lakeview College is the lead college, but training has been conducted by 4 out of 5 colleges in Alamo College system
Accomplishments to Date:
• 6 professional vendor-certified instructors with skills in Information Security, Operating Systems, Networking, Project Management and Open Source
• Northeast Lakeview College official Microsoft Learning Provider, official EC Council Learning Partner
• Northeast Lakeview College only academic institution in the world to achieve Cisco Learning Partner status.
• SDF in 2010-2011 with San Antonio premier defense industry contractor General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems.
7 Fully Equipped Classrooms
• Over 100 computer workstations
• Cisco Certified Network Training Lab
• Standalone security lab for network security, attack/defend training
• The only “cloud” computing training environment in San Antonio
• Hands on training in networking and computer building, configuring and troubleshooting
State of the Art Infrastructure
Certification Training Options
• Cisco Certified Learning Partner
• Microsoft Certified IT Academy
• Project Management
• Linux Red Hat RHCE
� CCNA
� CCNP Certification Prep
� CSSOC
� Intro to Project Management
� PMI PMP Certification Test Prep
� ITIL Foundations
� Microsoft Project
DoD 8570 Training Options
• EC Council Certified Training Partner (Certified Ethical Hacker)
• CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+
• CCNA Security (and other exclusive Cisco Training options)
• Related training platforms
Cyber Security Training Options
• Wireshark TCP/IP Traffic Analysis
• CISSP Test Prep
• Cyber Security Awareness
• IPv6 Fundamentals
• IPv6 Troubleshooting in a Windows Environment
• IPv6 Troubleshooting in a Linux Environment
• Customized Training – 47 Courses Built to Date
Development
• Establish Consortium Working Group (1 month)
• Define Training Requirements
• Determine trainee numbers
• Assemble required documentation
• Create proposed training schedule
• Write Grant Proposal (1 month)
• SDF Review and Editing (2 weeks)
• Formal Submission
• Processing (1 month)
Implementation
• Create Board of Advisors
• Consists of HR Representatives, Subject Matter Experts and Alamo Colleges Instructors
• Creates MOU document for consortium and Alamo Colleges defining roles and responsibilities
• Works with Alamo Colleges Grant Liaison to implement project
• Verify training schedule
• Procure materials
• Commence training
TWC Skills Development Fund
Business Outreach and Project Development Team:
877 463 1777
http://skills.texasworkforce.org
BILL JEFFERS512 475 0582
Contact Us
TOD BRUNINGRackspace Grant Liaison
Alamo Colleges7990 Pat Booker Rd.
San Antonio, Texas 78233Tel: (210) 485-0708 | Fax: (210) 485-0622
Thank You!