Presented by:
Camille Preus, CommissionerAugust 23, 2012
Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development
Education and Skill Development Continuum
Increasing the Skills, Knowledge, and Career Opportunities of OregoniansFind Your Future
Good Jobs
General Educational
Development (GED)
Apprenticeship
Career & Technical
Education (CTE)
Accelerated Learning
Opportunities
On-the-Job-Training (OJT)
National C
areer R
eadiness
Certific
ate (NCRC)
Oregon P
athways fo
r
Adult Basic S
kills
Work
forc
e Training
Lower Divisio
n Colle
giate Livable Communities
Engaged Citizens
• Provide opportunities for 372,469 students each year to advance their education and acquire new skills.
• Postsecondary education and skill development programs:
– Lower Division Collegiate
– Career and Technical Education
– Accelerated Learning Opportunities
– Adult Literacy and English as a Second Language
– Adult Continuing Education
• Work with local businesses to deliver Customized Workforce Training programs designed to meet local labor market demand.
Oregon Community Colleges are the key access point for postsecondary education.
Full-Time and Part-Time Enrollments - FTE
Oregon Community Colleges Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment by Program Area 2010-11
Total: 124,988
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) by Program
• Degrees and Certificates prepare students for direct entry into employment.
• “Middle-skill jobs, which require more than a high school diploma but less than a four-year degree, currently make up the largest segment of jobs in our economy, and will continue to do so for years to come.”
• Occupations and Career Pathways:– Licensed Practical Nurses– Fire Fighters– Computer Support Specialist– Accounting Technician– Machinists– Heavy Truck Drivers– ElectriciansSource: Oregon’s Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs, February 2009
Career and Technical Education
Source: Oregon’s Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs, February 2009
Oregon’s Community Colleges are meeting the training needs of local employers in their communities:
• Providing customized training/industry certification
• Over 270 employers served
• Over 980 trainings for more than 15,889 adults
• Maintaining high employer satisfaction with customized training:
• 99% of employers would contract with the college again
Local and Customized Workforce Training
Source: 2008-09 performance results reported in the Annual Performance Progress Report (APPR) submitted in the EBL August/September 2010
Five subject areas, passing these tests certifies that test taker has American high school-level academic skills
General Educational Development (GED)
“I’ve always been great at learning things, but the cookie-cutter methods of teaching in high school bored me to death.”
2010-11 Oregon GED Tests
Completed Passed0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
Source: GED Testing Service
11,767
9,039
Accelerated Learning Opportunities – High School to College Credit
The Middle 40
06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 14-15 19-20 24-250
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
Total Certificates Trendline Total Associate Degrees
2025
Trendline to 40-40-20
WorkSource Oregon CustomersWIA IB Participants and Number Trained
2010 2011
239,004
4,122
Participants ServedParticipants Trained
232,259
2,973
WIA IB Training by Category
PY 2011 Total Particiapnts: 232,259 Total Trained: 2,973
ABE or ESL with Training
3 Vocational ESL Training
1 On the Job Training433
Occupational Skills Training3,695
Entrepreneurial Training
4
Professional Technical Training
5
Skill Upgrading/Re-
training5
PY 2010 Total Participants: 239,004
Total Trained: 4,122
Vocational ESL Training
1
On the Job Training745
Occupational Skills Training2,143
Entrepreneurial Train-ing8
Customized Training2
Professional Technical Training
2
Skill Upgrading/Retraining
97
PY 2011 Total Particiapnts: 232,259
Total Trained: 2,973
• Created by HB 2398 (2009)• Championed by OWIB, Oregon businesses• Responds to employer needs• Verifies skills workers need to be successful in the workplace
• Reading for Information, • Locating Information, • Applied Mathematics
• National, Portable Credential
Current NCRC Sites by County
Certificate Total (as of August 2012)
19,473Bronze 11%Silver 53%Gold 35%Platinum 1%
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Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.
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Updated 09/20/10
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• Efficient use of public funds to increase student success and access to quality educational materials.
• Everything else (including all existing business models) is secondary.
Only ONE thing Matters:
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Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development
For additional information:
Camille Preus, Commissioner
255 Capitol Street NESalem OR 97310
503-378-8648
http://www.oregon.gov/CCWD/