| Initiative Title | Take advantage of third-party educational initiatives. |
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| Submitted in Previous Year(s) | No |
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| Critical Information, Notes, Justification, Rationale | There exist a wealth of extant educational resources and industry vendor certification paths which could potentially be of benefit to our students. Most technology students seek to avail themselves of a variety of vendor certifications. Such certifications attest to a set of specific technical skills and serve to attract potential employers. Since the majority of our students will be pursuing third-party certifications, our goal is to offer them as much preparation as possible, ideally with materials garnered directly from the certifying vendors. As such, we seek to partner with several vendors who offer widely sought after skill accreditations including:
vmWare IT Academy
EMC Academy
RedHat Academy
Oracle Academy
Amazon Educational
Following up on our becoming a recognized Cisco CCNA Academy, we hope to prioritize the above list and explore at least one additional vendor certification relationship within the next year. In addition, since we are now a certified Cisco Academy, in order to fully utilize the Cisco materials, our Networking courses must be staffed with certified instructors. As such, we are asking to send two additional instructors for certification this summer. |
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| Consequences of this initiative not being funded | Our current plans include leveraging vendor specific certification materials. If we cannot create such partnerships, the quantity of material we can present to our students will be diminished, and our programs will suffer. |
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| Department Goals | Expand and enhance our offerings and programs to create a larger student pool and broaden the technology skills of our graduates., Continue to provide a high-quality educational experience for our students while improving content and delivery. |
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| Programs | |
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| Locations | Main Campus, Newburgh Campus |
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| Estimated Completion Date | |
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| Will this initiative span multiple budget years? | No |
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| Importance | High |
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| Funding Source | |
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| Created | 11/30/2018 12:13 pm |
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| Updated | 11/30/2018 12:14 pm |
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Institutional Goals
| Goal |
How will the initiative support this institutional goal? |
- COLLEGE GOALS as of 2011
- 1. To provide high quality academic courses and programs that prepare a diverse student population to achieve its educational, employment and enrichment goals.
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Since these partnerships are tied to vendor certifications, they will better prepare students for employment and make them more attractive to potential employers. |
- COLLEGE GOALS as of 2011
- 3. To establish public and private partnerships and provide programs and services that support and serve our county’s educational, economic, civic and cultural needs.
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This initiative creates partnerships with industry vendors and ties our curriculum to vendor certification paths. |
- STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-2020
- PRIORITY II: Student Support and Success: We will support our students in achieving their educational and career goals.
- c: Increase student retention, completion, transfer, and employment readiness.
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As this initiative prepares students for vendor certifications, it increases employment readiness. |
- ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN 2016-2020
- Programming
- Objective #1: Offer valuable academic programming by maintaining relevance and timeliness of programming throughout the college.
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This partnership ties our degree sequences to current vendor certification paths. |
- ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN 2016-2020
- Programming
- Objective #3: Establish strategic partnerships that assist in developing new programs as well as in improving existing credit programs.
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This initiative allies us with industry partners to increase the relevancy of our courses by relating them to current vendor certification paths. |
- ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN 2016-2020
- Programming
- Objective #5: Offer noncredit education and workforce development opportunities that support the needs of public and private organizations in the community.
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This initiative is being pursued in collaboration with CAPE, so we intend to offer non-credit training as well. |
Action Steps
| Action Step |
Responsible Party |
Order |
| Wait for funding |
Bruce Roman |
1 |
Expected Outcomes
| Outcome |
Order |
| At a minimum, expansion of our Cisco-certified staff from the existing three instructors to four. |
1 |
Assessment Methods
| Method |
Description |
Other Method |
Responsible Party |
| Certification or Licensure Exam |
These standardized tests are developed by outside, professional organization to assess general knowledge in a discipline. |
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Bruce Roman |
Resources
| INITIAL YEAR COST: |
$10,000.00 |
| RECURRING COST: |
$0.00 |
Equipment
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Facility
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
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$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Supply
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Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Staffing
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
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$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Training
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| CCNA Academy Instructor certification for two additional instructors |
$10000.00
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- Computer Science and Technology
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| TOTAL: |
$10,000.00 / $0.00 |
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Marketing
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Other
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Prioritization
This is initiative is ready for prioritization.
Assessment
| Date | Department Name | Status | Cost to Date | Funding Source | |
| No results found. |