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THIS OPEN MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS AUTHORIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.001 THROUGH 551.146. VERIFICATION OF NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR. PER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.1282 THIS MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.128
[1. Certification of Notice Posted for the Meeting]
I, JOE D.MAY, SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
[A. Expanding HVAC Programs Presenters: Joe Seabrooks, Christa Slejko, Eddie Tealer, Pyeper Wilkins]
DISTRICT, DO CERTIFY THAT A COPY OF THIS NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2018,1) IN A PLACE CONVENIENT TO THE PUBLIC IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 2) TO JOHN F.WARREN, COUNTY CLERK OF DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND 3) ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AT WE HAVE PRESIDENT -- AND PIPER WILKINS PRESENTING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS PLATFORM.
WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AN OPPORTUNITY USING THE NETWORK.
WE HAVE APPROACHED THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDRESSING THOSE.
CURRENTLY THERE'S ABOUT 18 JOBS POSTED IN THE D.F.W.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING 21% OF GROWTH IN NEW JOBS AND 20% OF THE WORKFORCE WILL BE RETIRED BY 2020.
>> SO THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR HVAC ANTICIPATING GROWTH AND IF YOU LOOK AT RETIREMENT, BY 2022 THERE'S OVER 1,500 JOB OPPORTUNITY.
2016-2020 IT DOUBLES FROM OVER 46,000 TO 92,000 AND AGAIN PROJECTED OUT THROUGH 2022 WE ARE 115,000.
>> I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE D.F.W. TEXAS NUMBERS.
HVAC TECHNICIANS AND THOSE WITH RELATED SKILLS MAKE A GOOD LIVING, AVERAGE OVER $40,000 A YEAR.
YOU ALREADY HEARD ONE STATISTIC ABOUT JOB GROWTH BUT THROUGH 2027 THEY ARE LOOKING AT A 28.5% GROWTH RATE OF THOSE JOBS.
BEFORE WE SEGUE OUT OF THE STATISTICS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING CURRENTLY, I WILL TELL YOU HOW NORTH LAKE ADDRESSES THAT PIECE.
THE OTHER COLLEGES WILL DO THE SAME.
OFFER HVAC TRAINING AND NON-CREDIT AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE INCUMBENT WORKERS WHOSE EMPLOYERS ARE PAYING FOR THEM TO GET ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN HVAC.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, NORTH LAKE COLLEGE OFFERS HVAC CERTIFICATION FOR COMMERCIAL HVAC TECH.
IN THAT PROGRAM WE HAVE ABOUT 115 STUDENTS A YEAR.
COMPLETIONS ARE LOW FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
WE ARE ONLY AVERAGING ABOUT 10 COMPLETIONS OF CERTIFICATE A YEAR.
BUT THAT'S ONE BECAUSE THESE ARE INCUMBENT WORKERS ALREADY WORKING FULL-TIME.
THEY GET THAT VERY BASIC REQUIRED TRAINING AND TEN THEY JUMP OUT.
AND BECAUSE THE WORK ENVIRONMENT IS SO ROBUST THEY ARE GETTING RIGHT BACK INTO WORK.
THEY AREN'T STAYING TO FINISH THEIR SCHOOLING BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PIPELINE, NORTH LAKE IS STARTING TO DO CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN OUR P-TECH AND WE MAY DO WITH OTHER SCHOOLS BUT THAT'S STILL A VERY SMALL NUMBER.
STUDENTS THAT ARE ELECTING THE PATHWAY FOR CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, THEY CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND PIPE FITTING OR HVAC, SO WE ARE STARTING THAT HIGH SCHOOL PIPELINE AS WELL BUT WE HAVE THIS BIG CHUNK IN THE MIDDLE AND THAT'S WHERE THESE TWO COLLEGES TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
>> YOU SAID TEN? OUT OF HOW MANY?
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 115 ON AVERAGE STUDENTS A YEAR TAKING COURSES.
>> AND [INDISCERNIBLE] WHAT DO YOU FEEL GOOD, IF IT WENT TO WHAT?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE CURRICULUM ALIGNED SO WHEN THEY DO TRAINING FOR THEIR EMPLOYER THEY GET CERTIFICATION HAND TO HAND.
WE AREN'T THERE YET AND OUR CERTIFICATION IS A COUPLE EXTRA CLASSES THAN THE EMPLOYERS ARE PAYING.
SO IT'S TRYING TO GET THEM TO STAY LONG ENOUGH TO FINISH THAT OUT.
I KNOW OF YOUR STUDENTS IN THE
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PROGRAM ARE EMPLOYER PAID, IS IT PRETTY CLOSE T 100%?>> IN HVAC AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
HVAC IS 100% -- PARTNERSHIP -- WORKERS.
>> DO YOU HAVE CAPACITY FOR MORE REGULAR TUITION STUDENTS IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE IT?
THERE'S PROBABLY CAPACITY BUT RIGHT NOW THOSE COURSES ARE SET UP AS THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO SET UP A DIFFERENT KIND OF SITUATION, WHICH AGAIN IS --
>> CURRENTLY BETWEEN THE TWO OF US WE ARE HOVERING AROUND 300 STUDENTS WHO WILL GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. HOWEVER AT CEDAR VALLEY WE ARE EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENTIAL.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PUT STUDENTS IN THE WORKPLACE FROM THE COMMERCIAL SIDE BECAUSE OUR PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO RESIDENTIAL ONLY.
ENROLLMENT IN OUR COMPLETION, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE JOB MARKET FOR THE MOST PART, THIS 1800 NUMBER IS THE VAST MAJORITY I THAT IS COMMERCIAL.
SO WE'RE NOT MAKING A DENT AT ALL IN THIS AREA AND EAST FIELD HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
>> WE HAVE A STAND ALONE RESIDENTIAL WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND CAPACITY ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.
WE WORK WITH CARRIER MAINLY ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.
>> SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.
,000 THIS WAS BASED ON OUR INITIAL -- BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF DR. BRUMBACH PUT TOGETHER COMPRESSION PLANNING AND WE HAD NINE MAJOR EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATE.
AND THEY ABSOLUTELY CONFIRMED THE SENSE OF URGENCY ACROSS-THE-BOARD.
PARTICULARLY WITH THE TECHNICIANS, WITH LEAD MECHANIC INSTALLERS, THE QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNICIAN CONTROLS IS HUGE.
WHERE STUDENTS MAKE THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION, THEY EARN $75,000 RANGE.
SO AT THIS POINT CEDAR VALLEY HAS ENGAGED MUCH OF THAT TRAINING AND I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE, SO WE SEE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN AND RECEIVE IMAGES FROM THAT.
THERE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY DAY, I CAN'T EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE, DR. BRUMBACH DID AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB MOVING THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD.
SO FOR US, WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS PARTICULAR IITIATIVE ALIGNS SMACK ON WITH OUR CONTINUED PRIORITIES.
PARTICULARLY 65/30 IMPLEMENTING THE HIGHER EDUCATION NETWORK.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS NOT ONE CAMPUS CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD ALONE.
AND THEN AS THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE D.F.
WE FEEL THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND OBLIGATION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND IF WE WERE TO FIGURE THIS OUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES THAT ALIGNS WITH PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND ADDRESS CRITICAL INDUSTRY NEEDS.
WE SEE A TREMENDOUS ALIGNMENT AND THEREFORE WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT FACILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY TO CONDUCT A PHYSICAL PLANT FEASIBILITY STUDY PARTICULARLY FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE PIPELINE.
WE HAVE DETERMINED THROUGH COMPRESSION PLANNING AND OTHER AVENUES THERE IS AN INTENSE NEED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPING OUR PROGRAM WHILE EXPANDING EAST FIELD'S PROGRAM BY COORDINATING WITH THE FOUNDATION IN CONSULTATION WITH MY TWO COLLEAGUES PRESENT THE CASE FOR PROSPECTS SPONSORSHIP AND EQUIPMENT.
BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR MOVING FORWARD.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF RESOURCES TO SUPPORT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
WE WANT TO EXPLORE THAT WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THEN EARLY 2019 WE WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT OUWE HAVE LEARNED.
THE FEASIBILITY OF ALL OF THIS
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AND SEE IF IT WARRANTS PROCEEDING.THAT CONCLUDES OUR FORMAL PRESENTATION.
>> TO DO THIS REALLY, REALLY WELL, WE WOULD HAVE -- TO THIS FIELD IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE WOULD HAVE STUDENTS THAT JUST WALK INTO OUR COLLEGES WHICH IS HOW WE GET A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEN WE HAVE EMPLOYERS THAT TAKE CARE OF THEIR INCUMBENT BUT IF WE COULD CONNECT THOSE PIECES TOGETHER, I'VE OFTEN HEARD FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION LEADERS THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PIPELINE.
SO FILLING THIS PIECE WOULD FRONT LOAD THAT PIPELINE.
IF YOU SHOW STUDENTS THAT HAVE AN APTITUDE WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HIRE THEM AS THEY ARE STARTING AND PAY THEM TO FINISH.
IF WE BUILD AS ONE CONTINUOUS PIPELINE I THINK WE COULD REALLY MAKE SOME GAINS.
>> THE OTHER PIECE, THE NEED IS SO GREAT THAT WE HVE VERBAL COMMITMENTS FROM MULTIPLE PARTNERS AND SOME ON THE LIST THAT YOU SAW WHO HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO SPONSORING, HELPING SPONSOR CASH DONATIONS OR PROVIDING EQUIPMENT FOR THESE TRAINING PROGRAMS. SO CHRIS AND I WORKED EXTENSIVELY OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS TO DEVELOP A REALLY ROBUST PLAN FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY BUILDING AT NORTH LKE, PUTTING TOGETHER A GREAT PROSPECT LIST.
WE HAVE COMMITMENTS FOR MULTIPLE SYSTEMS AND PIECES OF SYSTEMS AND WE ARE GOING TO COORDINATE THIS EFFORT SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD SO ALL PROSPECTS ARE IN ONE BIG PLACE.
MANAGING THE ASKS THAT WE ARE MAKING FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW.
SO WE AREN'T ALL OUT THERE ASKING FOR THE SAME THING.
WE ARE COORDINATING OUR EFFORTS TO MEET THE NEEDS ACROSS-THE-BOARD.
>> WHAT WE DO AS FAR AS INITIATIVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, WE CAN TALK ALL DAY LNG BUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? WHAT IS THE KEY?
>> THE FIRST IS THE FEASIBILITY STUDY SO WE KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR.
LET'S GO INTO THESE EXISTING LABS TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO PE -- BE DONE.
FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WILL COST US SO WE CAN GO BACK AND DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF THAT NEEDS TO BE PUBLICLY FUNDED VERSUS HOW MUCH PRIVATE SUPPORT WE COULD GET FROM THE EMPLOYERS AND OTHERS IN THE INDUSTRY.
>> ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> IT'S MY HOPE AND EXPECTATION WE CAN COME BACK EARLY IN 2019 WITH MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
HOWEVER, HAVE TO WORK IN COORDINATION WITH JOHN ROBERTSON AND HIS TEAM TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
>> JL S. WILLIAMS: MARCH, APRIL MAY?
I WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH JOHN WHEN THAT WOULD BE BUT I WOULD SUSPECT BY FEBRUARY WOULD BE THE LATEST.
>> SO YOU ARE PLANNING ON DOING FEASIBILITY --
>> FUNDING FROM PROJECTS PULL THE DOLLARS AS WELL AS GETTING COMMITMENTS FROM PRIVATE DONORS TO MAFRP MATCH WHAT THEY ARE PROVIDING.
>> SO WE HAVE VERBAL COMMITMENTS AT THIS POINT BUT NOTHING FINALIZED.
>> SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO GIVE YOU? JUST AN OKAY ON THE STUDY PART?
>> YOU HAVE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO MOVE FROM RESIDENTIAL ONLY AT EAST FIELD TO COMMERCIAL TYPE PROGRAM.
DO YOU HAVE SOME IDEA WHAT THAT MIGHT BE, BUT YOUR TWO SCHOOLS WILL REQUIRE THE PROGRAM BECAUSE ARE STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S MIC] [INDISCERNIBLE] WE ARE THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE SO WE REQUIRE A BIT OF AN INVESTMENT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRAINING.
WHAT DO THE DONORS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED, SO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS REQUIRED TO HLP US UNDERSTAND THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BALL GAME THAN FIXING YOUR FOUR TON AT HOME.
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>> DOES BOTH BUT WE NEED MORE CAPACITY SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- AND EQUIPMENT.
>> THE TIMING IS REALLY NICE BECAUSE AS PYPER SAID WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUT TO THE INDUSTRY SEEKING INTEREST IN INVESTING IN THE BUILDING AND OF COURSE MOST OF THESE FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO OFFER US THINGS, SYSTEMS. WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE AND LET'S JUST MATCH WHAT YOU HAVE WITH THE PROJECT.
>> D. ZIMMERMANN: WHAT WERE SOME OF THE COMPANIES WHO WERE REPRESENTED HERE?
>> I THINK THERE'S A SLIDE THAT LISTS ALL THE COMPANIES PARTICIPATING.
>> YEAH, THE LIST IS IN THERE.
I CALLED THE C.E.O. OF SEVERAL OF THESE COMPANIES TO LOOK TO SEE IF INTEREST WAS THERE.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, IF THEY WERE TO RUN OVER THAT DAY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
NOT ALL OF THEM ARE FACING THE EXACT SAME SKILL SET SHORTAGE AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT THEMES IN THERE AND FRANKLY SOME ARE MAURICEAU FISTCATED THAN OTHERS AND I THINK WE HEARD AT A LUNCH MEETING SOME TAKES EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THEY WILL LET THEM TOUCH CERTAIN PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, EVEN ON THE JOB.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT FOUNDATION OF STUDENTS.
>> AS DR. SEIBERT SAYS THAT'S A HIGHLY TECHNICAL JOB.
THAT REQUIRES A WHOLE DIFFERENT SKILL SET.
>> IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DON'T TEACH RIGHT NOW?
>> JL S. WILLIAMS: CAN WE ASK TO COME BACK FEBRUARY, TO GIVE TIME TO COME BACK ON WHERE THEY ARE?
>> YES, SIR, I WILL CHAMPION THAT AND I WILL NEGOTIATE WITH JOHN AND OTHERS TO DELIVER THAT PROMISE.
>> EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH PROCEEDING WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY?
[B. Industry Sector Report: Finance Services Presenters: Justin Lonon, Mark Hays]
>> NOBODY WANTS TO COME HOME TO A 90° LIVING ROOM.
>> JUSTIN LONON AND MARK HAYS ON INDUSTRY SECTOR REPORT.
>> WE PESENT THIS WITH THE EXPECTATION IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE HEARD WITH [INTERFERENCE] WILL ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE DONE AN INDUSTRY SECTOR UPDATE.
THIS DEMONSTRATES AS THE CHANCELLOR SAID SOME OF THE WORK DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO LOOK AT THE MARKETPLACE, SEE WHAT THE DEMAND IS, SEE WHAT SORT OF PENETRATION WE HAVE INTO THE MARKETPLACE IN TERMS OF OUR OUTPUT.
SO THIS IS THE WORK THAT IS REGULARLY ONGOING AND IT GOES ONTO OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN.
MUCH OF THE WORK WILL HELP SUPPORT THAT AND DRIVE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS DATA.
SO AGAIN, TODAY IS JUST A SNAPSHOT WORKING WITHIN THE FINANCE SECTOR MARK WILL GO THROUGH IN SOME GREATER DETAIL.
>> MARK: I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AS AN INTRO TO THIS, FINANCE IS A SECTOR THAT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING, TURNING AROUND A LOT OF TIMES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT.
THIS USED TO BE CALLED F.I.R.E., FINANCE INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE.
THEY HAVE PRETTY MUCH TAKEN REAL ESTATE OUT.
THIS IS THE SECTOR IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA THAT PAYS MORE THAN ANY OTHER SECTOR.
IT ALSO HAS MAJORITY OF THE WORKERS IN THIS SECTOR ARE FEMALE.
THE DOWN SIDE IS THAT MOST OF THOSE JOBS THAT THE FEMALES OCCUPY IN THE SECTOR ARE THE LOWER PAYING JOBS.
THIS SECTOR IS ALSO GROSSLY UNDER REPRESENTED BY MINORITIS.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT PROBABLY NO OTHER SECTOR BEING AFFECTED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAN THE FINANCE SECTOR.
AN EXAMPLE OF BIG PLAYERS IN THIS INDUSTRY IN THE REGION SAY IF YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH
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THEM, UNLESS IT EXCEEDS $1 MILLION AD SOON TO BE $3 MILLION, YOU DON'T TALK TO A PERSON.WHEN YOU CALL IN, YOU THINK YOU ARE TALKING TO A PERSON, BUT YOU AREN'T.
YOU ARE TALKING TO BOTS, CHATTING WITH BOTS.
THIS IS MORE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED THE FACT COMPUTERS ARE DIRECTING FINANCIAL DECISIONS RATHER THAN PEOPLE IN THE FLESH.
WHY DO WE NEED MORE FNANCE WORKERS IN DALLAS? SIGNIFICANT SECTOR GROWTH AS WE WILL SHOW YOU.
THERE ARE MORE WORKERS, WAGES HIGHEST ANY OTHER SECTOR.
B. OF A. HIRING MORE, MORGAN CHASE IS OUR FOURTH.
WE CAN POSITION OURSELVES TO DEVELOP ENTRY LEVEL JOBS AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS FOR INCUMBENT WORKERS LOOKING TO ADVANCE.
AND WE NEED EASIER ACCESS FOR OUR TRANSFER STUDENTS FOR TRANSITIONING WHERE THE HIGHER SALARIES START TO KICK IN, IN THIS SECTOR.
OUR JOB POSTINGS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ABOUT 40,000 IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA.
WE ALSO PULL THE UNCLASSIFIED POSTINGS, A LOT WON'T ADD UP BECAUSE IT'S PULLING UP DUPLICATES BUT YOU SEE THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER FOR PEOPLE WITH LESS THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
I WILL SUBMIT EVEN THOUGH SAYING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER, A LOT OF THOSE JOBS REQUIRE LESS THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF ONLINE APPLICATIONS SO THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY PUT THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN THERE EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T REQUIRE IT.
IT FOCUSES MORE ON THE CERTIFICATION SIDE THAN ON THE DEGREE SIDE.
SOME OF THOSE CERTIFICATES FOR EXAMPLE ARE FENRA CERTIFICATES.
THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH MANDATORY.
IF YOU WANT TO MOVE UP IN THIS INDUSTRY, THE BLOOMBERG CERTIFICATE, WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
ANOTHER AREA YOU USE TO MOVE UP.
THE I.T. CERTIFICATIONS ARE ALSO BECOMING MORE AND MORE CRITICAL.
PERHAPS NO MORE INDUSTRY HAS MORE SOPHISTICATED I.T.
REQUIREMENTS THAN THE FINANCE INDUSTRY.
OUR COMPLETIONS, THE ACCOUNTING OF COURSE IS THE BIG GUY IN THE ROOM HERE AS FAR A DCCCD IS CONCERNED.
YOU SEE MORTGAGE TRAINING CERTIFICATES THERE AS WELL.
THERE'S SOME TAX PREPARATION-TYPE CERTIFICATES BUT EVEN THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE OUTDATED.
IF YOU ASK IN THIS ROOM HOW MANY DO THEIR OWN TAXES WHETHER THROUGH TURBOTAX OR ANY OF THAT SOFTWARE, MAJORITY OF THE HANDS IN THE ROOM ARE DOING THAT.
WHERE THE TAX PREPARATION IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE CRITICAL IN THIS AREA ARE THE REALLY SOPHISTICATED INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES THAT HAVE COMPLEX TX RETURNS AND THOSE AREN'T THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WE ARE TURNING OUT.
WE ARE TURNING OUT THE 1040 EZ.
>> I BLIEVE AT MOUNTAINVIEW WHERE WE HELP FOLKS PREPARE FOR THE C.P.A. EXAM.
>> JUSTIN: IMPORTANT WITH CORPORATE RELOCATIONS AS WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAMS THAT TYPICALLY YOUR C.P.A.'S MAY TRAVEL AND MOVE TO A NEW RELOCATION BUT THOSE ACCOUNTING TECHS AND OTHER POSITIONS WILL LOOK LOCALLY TO SEE WHAT THE MARKETPLACE OFFERS.
>> A MAGNET FOLKS AT FIDELITY TELL ME THIS IS THEIR LARGEST EMPLOYEE BASE SURPASSING, EXPANSION OF J.P. MORGAN CHASE IN THE FRISCO AREA SO THIS IS A LOT OF INCOMING GROWTH.
>> SCHWAB ANNOUNCING 60,000-70,000 MORE WORKERS THAT'S JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET CMPARED TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS ENTIRE REGION.
>> THOSE WOULD BE CERTIFICATES.
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PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE OCCURRING.KUDOS TO DEAN PAT WEB AND TO PRESIDENT DAVIS FOR TRYING TO EXPAND GETTING PEOPLE INTO THE RETAIL BANKING SIDE OF THINGS.
A LOT OF THESE ARE ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS BUT IT'S A SITUATION WHERE YOU WANT TO GET THEM IN THERE AND MOVE THEM UP RATHER QUICKLY AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THE MAJOR BANKS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.
MEDIAN WAGE A LITTLE OVER $57,000 A YEAR.
HERE IS THE ANOMALY IN THE SECTOR.
THE AVERAGE WAGE, NOT THE MEDIAN BUT AVERAGE IN DALLAS FORT WORTH IS $96,000 IN FINANCE.
WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE IN FINANCE, THE TOP MAKES A HECK OF A LOT OF MONEY.
THERE IS SOME SERIOUS MONEY AT THE TOP OF THE SECTOR BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MEDIAN, IT'S STILL ABOVE ANY OTHER SECTOR, $56,934 A YEAR.
BUT THE TOP END, THESE ARE SERIOUS JOBS THAT PAY SERIOUS WAGES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SECTOR IN DALLAS.
YOU SEE WHERE MOST OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE LOCATED.
CONCENTRATION DOWNTOWN IN THE NORTH, YOU SEE WHERE WE SEE THE BIGGEST CONCENTRATIONS.
STATE FARM NEEDS 4,000 PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY PUBLIC ABOUT THIS.
YOU START OUT IN THE CALL CENTER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SERIES 6 LICENSE, YOU ARE JUST TAKING INBOUND CALLS THEY WILL PAY YOU AROUND $15 AN HOUR.
IF YOU GET YOUR SERIES 6 LICENSE THEY WILL START YOU AT $18 AND THEN YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SELL INSURANCE AS THE INBOUND CALLS COME IN AND YOU GET COMMISSION ON THOSE AS WELL.
YOU COULD MAKE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY IF YOU HAVE THE SERIES 6 LICENSE WHERE YOU CAN SELL THE INSURANCE.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS FOLKS THAT COME OUT OF OUR PROGRAMS. THE ACCOUNT COLLECTORS, COMMODITIES, SERVICES SALES AGENTS.
A LOT WILL WANT PEOPLE WITH BACHELOR'S DEGREES BUT NOT NECESSARILY, THEY WANT PEOPLE WHO CAN SELL.
THEY SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IF THEY CAN SELL, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE DEGREE, CAN THEY SELL AND HAVE THE RIGHT CERTIFICATIONS TO DO THIS LEGALLY.
LOAN OFFICERS THEN YOU GET IN THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE AREAS AND THEY MOVE INTO THE REALLY SIGNIFICANT WAGES.
OTHER THINGS LIKE TELLERS, FOR EXAMPLE, GOING AWAY.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THAT.
MORE AND MORE WE SEE, YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH ANYONE IF YOU WALK INTO A BNK YOU WILL BE INTERACTING WITH THE MACHINE MORE AND MORE.
AND IT'S VERY SOPHISTICATED SOFTWARE BEING USED.
THEY TOLD US OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE NEED PEOPLE WHO KNOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HOW TO GET INTO THIS SPACE AND HOW TO WRITE THOSE PROGRAMS AND HOW TO GENERATE THE KIND OF SOFTWARE THAT WE NEED FOR THIS INDUSTRY.
WE SHOW YOU THIS, THE WHAT-IF SCENARIO.
THIS GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF HOW ROBUST OUR WORKFORCE IS IN THIS AREA.
THIS IS THE WHAT-IF SCENARIO FINANCE BRANCH.
THIS TELLS ME, THESE ARE THE KIND OF EMPLOYERS I NEED.
THIS SHOWS THEIR WAGES AND POTENTIAL CANDIDATE TO OPENING RATIO, ANY NUMBER OVER 50 SHOWS THERE'S A ROBUST SUPPLY OF THOSE WORKERS IN THE REGION.
NOW, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET THEM? THAT'S UP TO YOU.
ARE YOU COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE? FOR THOSE WRKERS THERE'S NOT A SHORTAGE OF THOSE WORKERS, THERE'S SHORTAGES, THERE'S OPENINGS BUT IT'S A SITUATION OF WHERE I CAN COME IN AND I CAN GO AFTER THOSE POSITIONS IF I'M COMPETITIVE WITH THE WAGES.
YOU COULD SEE THERE ANYTHING OVER 50.
SITE SELECTORS SAY THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM FILLING THOSE JOBS.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THESE MASSIVE EXPANSIONS GOING ON IN THIS SECTOR IN OUR REGION.
WHAT COULD WE DO ABOUT THE SHORTAGE OF WORKERS, GETTING THEM TO MOVE UP IN THIS SECTOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT AND TALKING WITH EMPLOYERS, THEY WANT PEOPLE WITH BLOOMBERG CERTIFICATIONS AND THE FINANCE LAB IS THE WAY WE ARE LOOKING
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AT DOING THAT.IF YOU HAVE TIME GO TO BLOOMBERG.COM/EDUCATION AND LOOK AT WHAT BLOOMBERG IS DOING BUILDING THESE FINANCE LABS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
YOU SEE THE NUMBERS, WE HAVE 1900 TERMINAL USERS IN DALLAS, 3200 -- 8,000 IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE THE KIND OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT COMES ACROSS.
IT'S THE STANDARD OF THE INDUSTRY.
NOTHING ELSE COMES CLOSE, IF YOU HAVE SEEN "THE BIG SHORT", "MARGIN CALL", "WOLF OF WALL STREET" YOU WILL SEE THESE TERMINALS.
THIS IS WHAT THE INDUSTRY USES TO GET THEIR WORK DONE.
SEVERAL CAMPUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY HVE BLOOMBERG FINANCE LABS.
THEY ARE VERY SOPHISTICATED AND MODERN.
MOST O THESE ARE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS AND BLOOMBERG IS STARTING IN COLLEGE AND EVEN HIGH SCHOOL AREAS THEY HAVE ASKED HOW CAN WE GET THESE TERMINALS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AREAS.
STUDENTS GO THROUGH THIS AND GET THE BLOOMBERG CERTIFICATION, ALMOST STANDARD GOING TO SOME OF THESE INVESTMENT HOUSES, BANKS TO WALK IN AND SAY I'VE GOT THE BLOOMBERG CERTIFICATION, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMINAL, I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMINAL.
>> WHERE DID THE NAME COME FROM? BLOOMBERG?
>> MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK, IT'S HOW HE GOT RICH.
>> CURRENTLY ON THE STREET WE HAVE ISSUED AN INTERNAL R.F.P.
TO OUR COLLEGES ASKING TO SUBMIT PLANS FOR A BLOOMBERG FINANCE LAB.
WE WILL ASK THE BARD IN DECEMBER FOR THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE FIVE OF THESE TERMINALS.
BLOOMBERG WILL MATCH IT WITH 15 TERMINALS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER TO LABS, 10 TERMINALS EACH.
WE HAVE ASKED HOW THEY WILL CREATE NEW CURRICULUM.
BASICALLY HOW THEY WILL HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEN GET THEM IN THE INDUSTRY WITH THESE CERTIFICATIONS WORKING WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS.
THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW STUDENTS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS WITH THE AMOUNT OF TERMINALS WANTING TO PURCHASE.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE ON SITE WITH LAPTOPS OR HAVE EASIES AT HOME.
WHAT WE LOOK AT IS WITH THE BLOOMBERG CERTIFICATION AND OTHER CERTIFICATION SUCH AS A SERIES 6, SERIES 7, SERIES 63, SOME OF THOSE CERTIFICATIONS LIKE THAT GETS THESE INDIVIDUALS INTO THESE COMPANIES FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY HAVE.
BECAUSE THESE COMPANIES ARE LOOKING FOR THESE CERTIFICATIONS RATHER THAN DEGREE.
>> MARK, THIS BLOOMBERG THING SOUNDS INTERESTING IN TERMS OF OPERATING AND QUALIFICATIONS BUT EARLIER SLIDES SHOWS WE ARE ONLY GRADUATING 75 STUDENTS IN THE FINANCE AREA A YEAR.
THEN THE NUMBERS YOU HAD JUST ONE 500 PERSON -- WE AREN'T MEETING DEMAND, WE AREN'T EVEN SCRATCHING IT.
WILL THIS BLOOMBERG STRATEGY INCREASE THE VOLUME AS WELL AS QUALITATIVE IMPROVEMENT IN OUR OFFERING AND HOW MUCH?
>> MARK: WE ANTICIPATE, THE BLOOMBERG CERTIFICATION DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF TIME, I THINK 8-10 HOURS.
THEY ARE SHOWING YOU HOW TO WORK YOUR WAY AROUND THE TERMINAL.
AND THE OTHER THING TOO, YOU CAN SEE EVERY PERSON IN DALLAS WHO IS ON THAT TERMINAL.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH THESE TERMINALS.
JOE SMITH AT BANK OF AMERICA IS A USER, HERE IS HIS JOB TITLE AND WHAT HE DOES.
IT WILL SHOW THAT ON THE TERMINAL.
SO STUDENTS CAN GO IN THERE AND LOOK AND BASICALLY CREATE THEIR OWN JOB, BLOOMBERG CERTIFICATION.
THE THING WE'VE GOT TO DO IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET BLOOMBERG CERTIFICATION AND HOW DO WE GET, AS YOU SAID, THE SCALE, NOT ONLY BLOOMBERG BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE THE SERIES 7.
THE FENRA CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND THEN WORKING WITH INDUSTRY, THIS IS CRITICAL AS WELL TO SAY CUT OUT THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE REQUIREMENT IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, AND IT OPENS YOU UP FOR A WEALTH OF STUDENTS WHO CAN COME IN AND HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS BUT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A BACHELOR DEGREE.
LIST THE SKILLS OF THE CERTIFICATIONS.
HAS EVEN TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO BUILD A SIMULATED TRAINING FLOOR LIKE WESTLAKE.
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TRAINING FLOOR.THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAKE MORE MONEY THEN THOSE IN THEIR CALL CENTER.
>> MARKET SECTOR ANALYSIS, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
HOW DO WE MAKE POTENTIAL DECISIONS ON INCREASING VOLUME.
HOW MANY GRADUATES SHOULD WE BE PUTTING OUT THREE YEARS FROM NOW AND DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO GET THERE?
THIS IS PART OF THAT PLAN IS TO START WITH THE CERTIFICATION SIDE OF THINGS.
AND SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO YOU TURN OUT $2,000-$3,000 A YEAR.
HOW DO YOU WORK WITH THE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS TO TRANSITION STUDENTS INTO THE BACHELOR AND MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS? PART OF IT IS, AGAIN, IT'S JUST LABOR MARKET.
THERE'S MORE JOB OPENINGS THAN PEOPLE TO FILL THEM RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S WHAT W TELL EMPLOYERS WHEN I SPEAK WITH THEM ALL THE TIME, WHETHER IT'S THIS OR APPRENTICESHIPS.
IF YOU KEEP DOING WHAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE YOU WILL KEEP GETTING WHAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS GOT.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ATTRACT TALENT THAT YOUR COMPETITORS MAYBE AREN'T.
>> WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE EDUCATIONAL MSTER PLAN, LET'S SCOPE WHAT'S OUT THERE.
WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, WE KNOW WAT WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING.
THERE'S THIS OLD ADAGE THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT RUNS COUNTER CYCLICAL TO THE ECONOMY, THAT'S BASICALLY TRUE IF YOUR PROGRAMS AREN'T ALIGNED WITH THE ECONOMY THAT'S THERE.
BUT IF THEY ARE, YOU TEND TO SEE THE OPPOSITE IMPACT.
TURNS OUT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THESE CERTIFICATIONS AND GETTING THE JOBS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND WITHOUT CLOSER ALIGNMENT, WITHOUT PUTTING IN THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED, WE KNOW EVEN FROM DATA, SOMETIMES -- ALL THAT DOES IS GET YOU AN INTERVIEW.
IT DOESN'T GUARANTY YOU GET A JOB.
SOMETIMES WE NEED ADDITIONAL CLASSES.
WE COULD INCREASE THE SALARY BY ADDING CODING TO A PERSON'S CREDENTIAL, SUDDENLY MAKES THEM MORE EMPLOYABLE INSTANTLY THAN WITHOUT IT.
>> JUSTIN: SO THE SECTOR ANALYSIS AND PROGRAM REVIEW ANALYSIS WE TALKED ABOUT FEED INTO THE EDUCATIONAL MASTER PLAN TO REALLY HELP US TO DO THAT.
AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO FOCUS WHICH COLLEGES TO FOCUS AND EXPAND.
>> YOU WULD THINK A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, THE CARROT IS HUGE AT THE END.
NO MATTER AT WHAT LEVEL YOU START IN, IT'S PRETTY HIGH.
BUT AT THE VERY END, THAT'S A HUGE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
SO YOU KNOW, WITH 7400 AVAILABLE POSITIONS REQUIRING LESS THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE ARE PUSHING ALL THE TIME.
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR PEOPLE TO BE STEERED IN THAT DIRECTION.
INCLINATION TOWARD MATH AND NUMBERS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
ARE WE DOING THAT? IS THIS LOADED INTO OUR CALCULATOR AND PEOPLE CAN SEE IT?
I THINK WHAT -- I THINK TELLING THE STORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN, IN A LOT OF WAYS, HAS BEEN OUR DOWN FALL IN A LOT OF THIS.
A LOT OF THIS IS THE INDUSTRY.
I WILL PUT IT ON THEM AS WELL.
WHAT IS IT YOU NEEDED, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I WILL GET TO YOUR QUESTION TRUSTEE JAMESON.
WE ARE WILLING TO HIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATES AND ASSOCIATE DEGREE FOLKS BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PATHWAY TO GET THEM INTO BACHELOR AND MASTER'S DEGREE MORE SOPHISTICATED PROGRAMS. THEY SAID WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COLLEGE AND WE WANT YOU TO WORK WITH THE COLLEGES, WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT M.B.A.'S.
WE WANT MASTERS DEGREES AND BACHELOR'S IN FINANCE.
WE DON'T WANT M.B.A.'S, WE WANT CYBER SECURITY.
ONE OF OUR BIG CLIENT IS MAJOR HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
WE NEED HEALTH I.T. OCCUPATIONS.
SO LISTENING TO WHAT THE EMPLOYERS DEMAND, YEAH WE WILL BRING THEM IN ON THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE SIDE.
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MOVE THEM UP.IT'S TO THEIR BENEFIT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHERE THE BIG MONEY STARTS.
I CALL FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THIS IS A FRUSTRATING PART OF THE JOB IS THIS EDUCATIONAL ELITISM, WHEN YOU TALK TO FIRMS WHO PAY HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
I GET THAT, YOU WANT MASTERS DEGREE IN FINANCE, YEAH BUT NOT ONLY, WE WILL OLY HIRE IVY LEAGUE GRADS IN THE TOP 5% OF THEIR CLASS, IS ALL WE WILL TALK TO.
I SAID WELL EERYBODY WANTS TO TALK TO THEM.
THE INVESTMENT BANKING, WEALTH MANAGEMENT, THERE'S GOOD LIVINGS BEFORE THAT BUT HOW COULD WE MOTIVATE STUDENTS AND SHOW THAT PATHWAY, THAT YEAH, YOU CAN GET HERE.
HOW DOES THIS, LET'S TAKE FINANCE, HOW DOES THIS SECTOR ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION WE ARE RECEIVING TODAY FEED THE GUIDED PATHWAYS PROGRAMS AND HOW WOULD IT ULTIMATELY FEED THE EDUCATIONAL PLAN.
HOW DO WE START MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THIS --
AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE HAD SOME INFLUENCE AT THE STATE LEVEL DOING FIELDS OF STUDY, FOREVER THEY ONLY HAD TEN BUT NOW ROLLING OUT 27.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FIELDS OF STUDY BEING DEVELOPED.
WE WERE AT EAST FIELD EARLIER TODAY WHERE EARLY CHILDHOOD IS ALSO A FIELD OF STUDY BEING DEVELOPED THERE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES WE ARE DESIGNING IN CNJUNCTION AS WE SEE HERE, REALLY DOES HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT PATHWAY, REALLY GOING BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL WHICH WE ARE DOING NOW AND STARTING WITH OUR PARTNER HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT THEN TRANSFER INTO PROGRAMS THAT LEAD.
AND THE FIELD OF STUDY WILL STREAMLINE THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
I WILL SAY THAT HISTORICALLY THIS IS A DIFFICULT AREA FR TRANSFER BECAUSE UNIVERSITIES KIND OF CHART THEIR ON COURSE IN MANY WAYS.
THEY WILL MAKE SOMETHING JUNIOR LEVEL WE HAVE AS A SOFT MORE LEVEL THEREFORE THEY WON'T TAKE IT AND TRANSFER.
SOME IN THE STATE WILL BE CRITICAL IN ALIGNING, WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS PARTICULARLY WITH U.N.T. DALLAS BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH AND ROLL THAT OUT.
>> THERE ARE MORE FIELDS OF STUDY THAN GUIDED PATHWAYS.
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE NINE OR TEN GUIDED PATHWAYS? HOW MANY?
>> THERE ARE DOZENS OF FIELDS OF STUDY.
>> THAT'S WORKING WELL AS WE ARE ALIGNING THOSE.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD PARTNERS IN THIS EFFORT.
WE ARE PUSHING BACK OR DOWN INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL, THAT ALIGNMENT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE FEEDBACK.
U.N.T.D. AS WELL PARTNER TO CREATE THAT PATHWAY RIGHT OUT OF THE 8TH GRADE.
THAT'S REALLY DRIVING, IT'S NOT JUST THE PROMISE, BUT THE ENTIRE CREATION WHERE YOU, WE CAN LET A PERSON KNOW THERE'S ACTUALLY A PATHWAY FORWARD TO A DEGREE.
AND NOBODY COULD TALK ABOUT IT.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT A PLATFORM WHICH YOU COULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND ACTUALLY START EARNING CREDIT AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
>> FINALLY, THE DISTRICT-WIDE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FEEL IT'S CRITICAL GETTING THESE EXECUTIVES FROM MAJOR EMPLOYERS HERE IN DALLAS TO SAY HERE IS WHAT WE NEED.
IT'S ALSO TO SAY GET THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE DOWN OFF YOUR WEBSITE IF YOU DON'T NEED IT.
QUIT USING THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE AS A SCREENING TOOL IF YOU DON'T NEED IT.
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BASICALLY TRUSTEE WILLIAMS, TO YOUR POINT, HOW DO WE GET MINORITIES IN THIS FIELD.IT'S GROSSLY UNDER REPRESENTED, HOW DO WE GET STUDENTS INVOLVED.
HOW DO WE GET INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A CERTIFICATE DEGREE BUT HAVE TIME FOR A BLOOMBERG CERTIFICATION, FEW HOURS OF COURSE WORK AND TAKE THE SERIES 7 TEST.
IF I SELL STOCKS I WILL NEED SERIES 7 LICENSE, IF I SELL INSURANCE, I NEED A SERIES 6 LICENSE.
HOW DO WE GET TO THAT MIND SET INSTEAD OF THINKING I NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR X NUMBER OF YEARS.
YOU CULD MAKE A GOOD LIVING IN SOME OF THESE FIELDS WITH SOME OF THE CERTIFICATIONS WE SHOWED.
>> JUSTIN: THAT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW AGAIN HOW WE ARE USING SOME OF THIS LABOR MARKET INTELLIGENCE, TO YOUR POINT, HELP DRIVE, HELP ALIGN PROGRAMS INTERNALLY AND HOW WE ARE WORKING EXTERNALLY WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO HELP ALIGN THAT CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS AND ALSO HOW WE ARE USING IT WITH ECONOMIC -- FOLKS AND SITE SELECTOR FOLKS.
WHEN WE PUT UP THAT SLIDE WHICH SHOWS THEM WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
HOW MANY THEY MIGHT NEED IN EACH AREA IT'S BEEN HELPFUL WITH SOME OF THOSE SITE-SELECTING TEAMS THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME OF THAT ANALYSIS AND DATA BUT NOT TO THE DEPTH WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE.
>> D. ZIMMERMANN: I ENJOY YOUR ENERGY BUT AT THE POINT YOU ARE LOOKING TO RUN AN INVESTMENT AND THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE -- NOT TO BE ELITIST BUT HOW SHOULD I PUT IT, THEY DON'T COMPORT THEMSELVES?
>> D. ZIMMERMANN: SO SOMETIMES THE VOICE O THE PHONE IS THE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY.
SO JUST GETTING A CERTIFICATE ISN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO GET THE JOB.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE LISTEN TO WHAT COMPANIES ARE SAYING, CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS AND HOW YOU HANDLE YOURSELF AND BASICALLY DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE, HOW DO WE PUT IT, WEALTHY, IT'S A DIFFERENT MIND SET THAN FROM THE DAIRY QUEEN.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT MIND SET.
AND THEY LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
WHO ARE PROFESSIONAL AND HOW TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES.
THAT'S AS MUCH AS PART OF THE TRAINING.
THE LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS ARE, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS TOO THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT BLOOMBERG EMPHASIZES IS THIS CONCEPT OF STUDENT INVESTMENT CLUBS TO GET STUDENTS ENGAGED IN INVESTMENT TO WHERE THEY ARE ACTUALLY INVESTING FUNDS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T PUT THEM IN NTS THAT REQUIRE MARGIN CALLS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT T COME TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SAY WE HAVE A STUDENT INVESTMENT CLUB WITH A $50,000 -- WE WANT YOU TO COVER IT.
BUT WE WANT TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO THAT DIFFERENT AREA OF INVESTMENT AND BLOOMBERG WANTS TO HELP WITH THAT, THERE'S PRECEDENT, THEY HAVE THEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SEE IF THEY CAN TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK, JUST GETTING A CERTIFICATE IS ONE THING BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND, YOU DON'T ALL HAVE TO TALK OPTIONS OR DERIVATIVES, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS YOU CAN GET BY WITH BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO BASICALLY COMPORT YOURSELF AS IF INDEED YOU COULD BE MAKING THE OTHER GUYS TRANSACTION, BECAUSE YOU AREN'T GOING TO TRUST SOMEBODY WITH YOUR MONEY IF THEY DON'T HAVE -- MIC] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[C. Texas Higher Education Fall Preliminary Enrollment Presenters: Justin Lonon, Giles Hawkins]
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> JUSTIN AND GILES WILL DO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
>> JUSTIN: WE WANT TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT 60X 30 AND WHAT ENROLLMENT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE STATE.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE.
SO JUST TO MENTION THE SOURCE FOR THESE SLIDES REALLY COMES OUT OF A PRESENTATION ABOUT TEN DAYS AGATHA THE COORDINATING BOARD STAFF PUT TOGETHER FOR THE COORDINATING BOARD AND SOME
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OTHERS THAT REALLY TAKES A BROAD VIEW AND SORT OF HIGHLIGHTS WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE STATE.>> THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, THIS IS BASED ON PRELIMINARY HEAD COUNT DATA.
YOU WILL SEE NUMBER THAT'S LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE SHOWN YOU FROM OUR DATA.
>> ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE HAD A CERTIFICATION DATE PRIOR TO THAT [INDISCERNIBLE] IT ACTUALLY SAYS THE CERTIFIED DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY '18, IT MEANS EARLY '19.
IT'S FOR ALL PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS IN TEXAS.
JUSTIN: THIS IS THE COORDINATING BOARD LOOKING AT A BROAD VIEW WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE AND REGION BUT ALSO THE DIFFERENT SECTORS, SO YOU SEE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND THE SHIFT IN ENROLLMENT U A LITTLE LESS THAN 1.5% BUT THE MAJORITY OF -- SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WITHIN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND AS ONE OF THESE SLIDES WE WILL GET INTO THE LARGEST GROWTH SINCE 2010 WITHIN COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
>> PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES COMBINED GREW 8,000.
>> JUSTIN: AGAIN IT REALLY IS COMMUNITY COLLEGES MEETING THE GOAL OF 60X30.
>> D. FLORES: AND OUR PIECE OF THAT IS 50,000 -- 55,000?
THIS SHOWS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHERE THERE'S BEEN GROWTH I ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE STATE.
AGAIN, THIS IS WITHIN ALL SECTORS.
BUT SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WITHIN ALL OF THESE AREAS AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN INCREASINGLY GROWTH IN OTHER WHICH SOME UNCATEGORIZED.
>> YEAH, THERE'S SOME MULTIPLE -- STUFF PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO CHECK WHEN THEY CHECK SPENDING.
THAT'S LARGER THAN AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S NOW A DOMINANT MINE -- MINORITY AREA FOR US.
>> JUSTIN: FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IT'S BEEN A TREND THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE WITHIN MALE STUDENT POPULATION.
AS YOU WILL SEE THAT TREND CONTINUES A LITTLE BIT HERE THIS FALL AS WELL.
>> JUSTIN: THAT'S AN ONGOING QUESTION THAT DIFFERENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE LOOKED AT AND THEN THERE ARE SUBSETS WITHIN THAT, AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC POPULATION AND BACK TO THE CHANCELLOR'S COMMENT EARLIER IS HOW ARE PROGRAMS ALIGNING WITH THE WORKFORCE AND ARE THERE MALES THAT CHOOSE TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE DIRECTLY THAN CHOOSING TO BECOME A STUDENT WITHIN A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
TWO COLLEGES HAVE SHOWN THE LARGEST AMOUNT O GROWTH SINCE 2010.
COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TWO-YEAR COLLEGES ACCOUNT FOR 53% OF ALL PUBLIC HIGHER ED WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO THIS SORT OF SHOWS THE MAP OF WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN POCKETS OF CHANGE AROUND THE STATE SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S BEEN FLAT IN EAST TEXAS.
CERTAINLY GROWTH IN THE NORTH AND THEN SOME DECLINE.
>> THAT'S DRIVEN BY ONE INSTITUTION.
>> JUSTIN: YOU WILL SEE IN A MINUTE.
>> JUSTIN: THE BOARD PULLED OUT
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SOME STAND OUTS THEY WERE TO HIGHLIGHT.LONE STAR COLLEGE THAT'S UP A LITTLE LESS THAN 13%.
LONESTAR WHEN YOU THINK WHERE THEY ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY, HOUSTON PART IN THE NORTHERN PART WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH, GEOGRAPHICALLY THEY ARE IN AN AREA THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
SO THEIR ENROLLMENT HAS GROWN DRAMATICALLY THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THE TREND WOULD INDICATE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO.
YOU LOOK AT OUR GROWTH, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH WITHIN THIS REGION AS WELL.
BUT IT GETS BACK TO MANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD EARLIER TODAY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ALIGN OUR PROGRAMS TO ENSURE WE COULD MEET THE DEMAND WITHIN THAT GROUP.
>> I POINTED OUT, ALL THE UNIVERSITIES GREW 8,000.
WE GREW MORE THAN ALL TE UNIVERSITIES COMBINED WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
OUR GROWTH RATE HAS BEEN, WHILE SOMETIMES THE PERCENTAGE DOESN'T LOOK THAT MUCH IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PIECE WHAT'S DRIVING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
THIS I HPPENING BECAUSE OF OUR WORK.
>> AND MOST OF THAT GROWTH IS PROMISE, RIGHT?
>> NO, IT'S ALL ACROSS THE MAP.
BUT WE CERTAINLY DID SEE A 40% INCREASE FROM THE PROMISE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ENROLLED WITH US RIGHT OUT OF THE SCHOOLS.
BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S A LOT OF WORK ON A LOT OF FRONTS AND WHILE TERE'S NOT A SILVER BULLET, WE KNOW OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PASSES HAVE ALLOWED MORE STUDENTS TO GO TO COLLEGE.
WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR FOOD PANTRIES ARE HELPING.
WE KNOW THE EXTRA SUPPORT AND INSURANCE UNDER PROMISE IS GETTING PEOPLE IN THE DOOR.
WE KNOW OUR NAVIGATORS ARE HAVING AN IMPACT IN MAKING THAT WORK.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS BUT PROBABLY WE ARE BENEFITING A LOT FROM THE P-TECH HIGH SCHOOL S WHERE FOLKS ARE GETTING INTO.
>> D. FLORES: A.C.C.P., ON A PANEL WITH [INDISCERNIBLE] AMARILLO TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE HELPING THEM HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS BUT WHAT STRUCK ME, HE SAID HE HAD ONE ADVISOR FOR 150 STUDENTS, IS THAT CORRECT?
THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE DOING, CREATED A PROMISE INITIATIVE, THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN THE FOOD PANTRY, PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION.
THEY HAVE DONE, PERHAPS A MORE, WHILE WE FOCUSED ON THE NAVIGATORS THEY REALLY PROVIDED MORE CASE MANAGEMENT FOR ALL THEIR STUDENTS.
CLEARLY IT'S HAVING AN IMPACT IN GROWTH.
AND IT'S IN AN AREA WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN DECLINE IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS OUT THERE.
IF YOU NOTICE THAT AREA ONLY GREW 4-5% UP THERE THAT'S BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOWN.
IT DOES SHOW -- AND THEY WENT TO EIGHT WEEK, THAT'S ALSO A BIG DRIVER.
>> CHAIR D. FLORES: WHAT STRUCK ME IS THE RATIO OF ADVISOR TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
>> D. FLORES: I DON'T KNOW, BUDGET WISE --
>> WE WILL BE ADDING MORE OF THE NAVIGATORS, REALLY THE CAREER COACHES.
THEY HAVE JUST DONE GREAT WORK AND REALLY TO PUT THOSE RESOURCES IN SO WE HELP STUDENTS REALLY NAVIGATE THE PROCESS.
IT'S SHOWING THERE'S A PATHWAY THAT COULD BE PAID FOR.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THAT $10 AN HOUR JOB TO EAT SO TRANSPORTATION CAN'T BE A BARRIER SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE DOING IT CLEARLY AT 10,000 STUDENT IMPACT YOU WOULD PREDICT.
WHEN WE ADDRESSED A SCHEDULING ISSUE.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT IN.
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>> WHAT DID AMARILLO DO TO GET 29% GROWTH AND WHY ARE THE TWO -- BASIN SCHOOLS DOWN BY 13?
>> THEY DID PROMISE, WENT IN WITH STRONG CASE MANAGEMENT STARTING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
REALLY KEEPING A PERSON ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
FOOD PANTRY, TRANSPORTATION, ALL OF THAT PLAYED A ROLE.
>> D. FLORES: AND PROBABLY THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS
>> AND THEY ARE DOING A LITTLE MORE WITH CHILD CARE, THEY MADE THAT A PRIORITY.
>> DOES THAT INCLUDE TEXAS TECH?
FRANK PHILLIPS, WESTERN TEXAS, CLARENDON.
-- SHORTAGE, THE OIL BOOM RESEARCH CAME BACK, THEY ARE BUYING PEOPLE, THEY ARE BUYING THEM RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE AND OFFERING THEM SOMETIMES SIX-FIGURE CHECKS.
NO DOUBT I WOULD SAY, BOTH SCHOOLS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
THEY HAVE DONE THE EIGHT WEEK ODESSA AS NOTED FOR AWARDING MUSTANG FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, A CAR.
SO THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS TO TRY TO ADDRESS IT.
>> JUSTIN: THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU THINK OF THIS PRESENTATION BEING GIVEN TO A COORDINATING BOARD FROM A STATE WIDE PERSPECTIVE AND FOCUS ON THE STATE WIDE POLICY OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, THAT AMARILLO IS DOING AND SOME OF THESE WRAPAROUND, AND PROMISE AND THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE LOOKS AT DAL CREDIT HOW THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE STATE'S FOCUS ON HOW TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF 60X30 AS THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
IT KIND OF GIVES A SENSE OF WHAT THE STATE IS LOOKING AT ON THE COORDINATING BOARD, IDENTIFY SOME POLICIES THEY WILL BE FOCUSING ON CERTAINLY AS WE LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THERE WLL BE FOCUS AND ATTENTION ON A NUMBER OF THESE AREAS.
>> THAT THIRD BULLET THEY ARE PREDICTING BIGGEST GROWTH GROUP WILL BE OTHER -- THAT WILL BE THE TREND.
[A. Education Workforce Item: Proceed with Application for Early Childhood Education Baccalaureate Degree Plan]
>> NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS EARLY CHILDHOOD BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PLAN.
>> I WILL ASK D. CHESNEY TO JOIN US TODAY.
ON THE REGULAR BOARD AGENDA THERE'S AN ITEM ASKING FOR YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO DESIGNATE BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE AS THE ONE AUTHORIZED TO OFFER BACCALAUREATE DEGREE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS IN PREVIOUS BRIEFINGS THAT ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS WE WILL BE GETTING TO IS NAMING WHICH COLLEGE AND AGAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZED US AND SOME OTHER COLLEGES TO OFFER LIMITED BACCALAUREATE DEGREES THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE HAVE SPENT TIME LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE.
WE HAD DELOITTE WORK WITH US WITH A TEAM TO HELP ANALYZE AND PUT TOGETHER THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS BUT NOW GETTING TO THE POINT THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING WHICH COLLEGE WILL OFFER THAT, AS WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS, THIS WILL TAKE A GROUP EFFORT AND SO THE PROGRAM HAD TO BE BUILT ON AN EXISTING ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PROGRAM S REALLY BROOKHAVEN AND EAST FIELD WERE THE TWO THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT ON AND WE WERE OUT AT EAST FIELD TODAY, YOU SAW THE FANTASTIC FACILITIES THEY HAD AND THE WORK THEY DO THERE AND SO BY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AUTHORIZATION OF PUTTING BROOKHAVEN IN THE LAD, EAST FIELD ISN'T OFF THE HOOK.
WE WILL STILL NEED THE SUPPORT OF THEIR PROGRAM TO HELP SUPPORT WHAT BROOKHAVEN IS DOING AND AS THIS GROWS, IN FACT, IT MAY BE OTHER COLLEGES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DRAW ONTO DO THOSE.
>> D. ZIMMERMANN: WITH EAST FIELD ALREADY UP AND RUNNING WE HAVE CLASSROOM SPACE THAT
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WASN'T BEING USED THAT WE ALREADY HAVE BASICALLY THE WORKING LABS AVAILABLE FOR THE INSTRUCTORS.WHY WOULD WE GO TO BROOKHAVEN?
>> JUSTIN: BROOKHAVEN HAS -- PROGRAMS AS WELL.
WHEN WE ARE DOING THE ANALYSIS, TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHICH COLLEGE COULD DO THIS, WE HAVE LOOKED AT AL THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, WHAT TE PROGRAM OUTPUT, CAPACITY, LOOK AT GEOGRAPHY TO SEE WHERE WE SEE WHERE THE PIPELINE MAY BE, LOOK AT FACILITY SPACE, THE LIBRARY SPACE THAT IS REQUIRED BY SACKS, SO TAKING ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND THE LEADERSHIP ASPECT AS WELL, THAT ALL THE COLLEGES, BOTH THE COLLEGES HAD A LOT TO OFFER BUT IT SHOWED BOOKHAVEN IS THE ONE BEST PREPARED TO TAKE ON THIS.
>> ALSO IF I MAY, TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A NETWORK DEGREE.
THE ONE COLLEGE GOING THROUGH THE LEVEL CHANGE AND GETTING THE APPROVAL TO OFFER THIS ONE BACCALAUREATE, FOR IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU HEARD THIS FROM THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT BEFORE.
WE ALREADY LOOKED A THAT PIPELINE O STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY TAKING COURSES AT ANY OF THE SEVEN COLLEGES RELEVANT, SEEING THEY WILL BE A NATURAL PIPELINE PATHWAY.
THEY ARE ON PATHWAYS WITHOUT NECESSARILY KNOWING IT IN SOME CASES TO THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE AND THEY ARE EXPECTING TO BECOME TEACHERS, THEY MAY HAVE SAID THAT A YEAR OR TWO AGO NOW WE GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THE PATH WITH THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND AT A MUCH REDUCED COST, THINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY AS WELL.
>> SAME THING OR JUST ONE COLLEGE CAN DO IT?
>> JUSTIN: IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS TO GO THROUGH A LEVEL CHANGE WITH SACKS.
THE NETWORK APPROACH, WHICH WE WILL TAKE WITH BROOKHAVEN IN THE LEAD, EAST FIELD TO HELP SUPPORT THAT WILL KIND OF BE THE MODEL WE WILL FOCUS ON AT THIS POINT.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE, BEYOND EARLY CHILDHOOD WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO OFFER BACCALAUREATE DEGREE WITHIN AN APPLIED TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO WITH NURSING SO THOSE MIGHT BE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE.
>> THAT'S NOT LIMITING FUTURE.
THE WAY THE STATUTE WAS WRITTEN AND AT LEAST THE WAY THE COORDINATING BOARD HAS INTERPRETED THE STATUTE, IT APPLIES, THERE COULD ONLY BE THREE PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT.
BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY RESTRICT HOW WE MANAGE THAT WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
WE KNOW WE WILL BE COMING BACK FOR SOME POLICY ISSUES, OBVIOUSLY TERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS, I THINK THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD A PROGRAM UNDER MORE EXTERNAL SCRUTINY THAN THIS ONE, THE FOLKS IN THE CHILD CARE FIELD INDUSTRY ARE REALLY COUNTING ON US TO SOLVE A BIG WORKFORCE PROBLEM THAT EXISTS HERE WITH OVER 4,350 UNFILLED POSITIONS OUT THERE.
AS WELL AS ADDRESS GETTING MORE QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
I MIGHT JUST REMIND THE BOARD.
NOT ONLY DO WE GET AUTHORIZATION BUT WE ACTUALLY CHANGE THE LAW SO THERE'S NOW AN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEGREE CERTIFICATION.
PRIOR TO THAT IT WAS EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH GRADE SIX.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS WHILE THERE ARE A LOT OF TEACHERS TECHNICALLY FOR THAT PRE-K AND EARLY CHILDHOOD, WE RESTRICTED WHAT WE CAN DO, ONLY APPLIS TO THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD AND WE WILL BE THE SOLE SOURCE FOR THE SPECIALIZATION IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ALL THE DATA SHOWED THAT WAS REALLY LACKING IN TEXAS.
SO AS WE SEE THE I.S.D., OTHERS GO WITH FULL-DAY PRE-K THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE PARENTS PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN THAT.
IF YOU ARE WORKING SOMEWHERE, YOU CAN'T GET OFF TO MOVE YOUR CHILD FROM A PRE-K PROGRAM TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND DO THAT.
SO WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE GROWTH GOING FORWARD, SO WE ARE WRAPPING UP TO MEET THAT NEED.
WE THINK WE COULD HAVE, BUT IT WILL BE CRUCIAL THAT WE OFFER
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IT THROUGHOUT AND WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST.BUT TRANSPORTATION IS AN ISSUE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE DIFFERENT WAYS FOR FOLKS TO ACCESS IT.
>> IF I COULD JUST DOVE TAIL RIGHT INTO THAT, TO THE CHANCELLOR'S COMMENTS.
YOU HEARD EARLIER ABOUT THINGS CALLED DISTRIBUTED PROGRAM, SO FORTH.
WITHIN A MATTER OF A COUPLE DAYS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT PENDING YOUR APPROVAL FOR BROOKHAVEN TO GO THROUGH THE CHANGE TO DO IT, WE HEARD FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND DALLAS COUNTY BASICALLY SAYING HOW CAN WE HELP? HOW COULD WE SUPPORT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WILL BE EXACTLY THAT, AS THEY LOOK FOR THAT NEED IDENTIFYING EARLIER ON EMPLOYEES IN THESE ROLES, LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOME OF THEIR EXISTING STUDENTS INTO A COLLEGE ATMOSPHERE SO THEY CAN BRING THEM OUT AS THEIR TEACHER SO THAT CAME UP IMMEDIATELY.
REGION 10 CONTACTED US AND WANTS US TO B A STRONG PARTNER.
THE EXPECTATION IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
THROUGH THAT MODEL, ONE COLLEGE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF STORM AND STRESS TO GO THROUGH A LEVEL CHANGE FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD STILL ABSOLUTELY BE PROVIDING AND ADMINISTERING AND MAKING SURE THE CORE SEQUENCES COULD BE HAPPENING AYWHERE ON OUR CAMPUS TO FILL THAT PIPELINE.
>> CHANCELLOR J. MAY: ONE OF THE THINGS, TRANSPORTATION AVAILABILITY IS EASIER FOR FOLKS TO GET TO JUST BECAUSE OF
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO SIFT OUR GESTALT, EVEN THOUGH BROOKHAVEN MAY HAVE THE LEAST IT'S STILL A SEVEN COLLEGE PROGRAM.
AS OTHERS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING MINDS OUT OF SHIFTING OUT OF THIS IS MINE KIND OF MENTALITY, THAT PHILOSOPHY IS SOMETHING AS WE MOVE FORWARD WILL BE SUCH A MUCH MORE POSITIVE THING TO FATHOM AS WE LOOK AT EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROGRAM.
>> YOU NEED AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE.
WE 100% SEE IT WHAT IS THE MEANS TO MEETING THAT NEED.
ONCE BROOKHAVEN HS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT ALL IT TAKES THEY MY NOT FEEL LIKE THEY ARE THE BIG WINNER HERE.
BUT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE IN THIS TO SUPPORT IT ALONG THE WAY.
>> YOU WANT TO MENTION THE DEAN POSITION?
>> JUSTIN: SURE AND TO THAT POINT, THAT QUESTION, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING INTERVIEWS FOR THE FOUNDING DEAN POSITION THAT WILL NEED THIS EFFORT THAT I REFERENCED THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
SO THE SELECTION GROUP AND COMMITTEE INCLUDES PRESIDENT OF EAST FIELD COLLEGE AND DR.
CHESNEY AND NUMBER OF EXTERNAL PARTNERS DR. MAY WAS REFERENCING.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF GREAT CANDIDATES FOR THAT POSITION.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME INTERVIEWS THAT ARE COMING UP.
SO WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WE WILL BRING A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT FOUNDING DEAN POSITION.
>> S.M.U. AND UNIVERSITY TEXAS DALLAS WILL BE GREAT PARTNERS IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND ACTUALLY A PERSON FROM S.M.U.
>> ACTING AS A CONSULTANT FOR US RIGHT NOW.
>> THERE'S BEEN GREAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT AS THE CHANCELLOR SAID.
SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT IN THIS PROCESS THROUGHOUT.
THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE AND HAD SOME VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF
[B. Policy Item - First Reading: Amendment to Policy Concerning Access by Individuals with Disabilities - CR (LOCAL) Technology Resources]
WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE.>> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE POLICY ITEM, FIRST READING OF THE
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AMENDMENT CONCERNING ACCESS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.>> JUSTIN: SO OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS ARE BACK AGAIN.
>> THE ACCESSIBILITY POLICY IS UP FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL AND WILL HOPEFULLY BE IN DECEMBER.
THE POLICY IS REALLY HOW WE SUSTAIN COMPLIANCE MOVING FORWARD.
IT REQUIRES ALL OF OUR INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TO COMPLY WITH ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS AND THOSE ARE SET BY W.C.A.G.
CURRENTLY IT'S WIDELY ADOPTED 2.0A.A. STANDARD, C.H.E. BUT THOSE DO CHANGE.
SO RATHER THAN INCLUDE THAT IN POLICY SPECIFICALLY WE INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS FOR SUCCESSOR STANDARDS.
AS AN ALTERNATIVE IF ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE TO THOSE STANDARDS ISN'T POSSIBLE, THE MATERIALS NEED TO BE APPLIED IN ALTERNATIVE MANNER THAT IS EQUALLY ACCESSIBLE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.
REALLY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DRIVE IS THIS MIND SET IT WILL BE ACCESSIBILITY THOUGHT DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, MANAGEMENT PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS MOVING FORWARD.
WE DEVELOP REGULATIONS UP TO THE STAKEHOLDERS AND AS WE SEE THEM WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES.
[A. Committee Notes]
>> NEXT ITEM? THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS COMMITTEE NOTES FROM OCTOBER 2ND EDUCATIONAL, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THAT?
>> IT KIND OF ENDS ABRUPTLY ON PAGE 9.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE BSINESS CLUSTER AND THEN IT SAYS STRENGTHS.
EVIDENTLY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY STRENGTHS BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY HERE [LAUGHTER] IT KIND OF ENDS ABRUPTLY.
>> MAYBE IN THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.
>> CHAIR D. FLORES: THERE'S MORE PAGES ON THE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
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