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>> THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BEING HELD FOR THE REASONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA IS AUTHORIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.01 [READING] AS REQUIRED UNDER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SESSION -- THIS MEETING AND ANY PORTIONS IS BEING BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET FOR THE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
THAT'S PART OF OUR AUGUST SESSION.
BEFORE WE ATUALLY GET INTO THE AGENDA OF THE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF SOME HOUSEKEEPING DETAILS.
I PLACED A PACKET AT EACH OF YOUR DESKS THAT LOOK LIKE, THE THING WITH THE MAP ON IT.
ON COMMITTEE STRUCTURES, YOU DON'T HAVE THE LIST BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL OR LOOKING AT MY EMAIL FOR THE COMMITTEES I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SERVE ON AND FOR ACCEPTING THE CALL.
THE WORK WE DO CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
AND IN SEPTEMBER THERE WILL BE A LIST WHO IS ON WHICH COMMITTEE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? CONFERENCE DAY DEADLINE HAS PROVIDED US WITH SOME DETAILS.
THEY PREFER WE GET THERE FOR BREAKFAST AND PREFER THAT WE STAY THROUGH TO THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER, SO BASICALLY FROM 9:00-11:00.
THERE WILL BE A V.I.P. ROOM IF ANYONE WANTS TO HAVE BREAKFAST BETWEEN 8:00-9:00 IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET THERE FOR BREAKFAST BUT THOSE WHO ATTEND THE PREFERENCE IS YOU STAY UNTIL 11:00.
THE FOUNDATION BOARD, THEY HAVE 15 BOARD MEMBERS.
SIX OF THEM WILL BE THERE CONFERENCE DY, SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FR US TO INTERACT AND GET TO KNOW SOME OF THE DCCCD BOARD MEMBERS.
THEY DO GOOD WORK IN TERMS OF RAISING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS AND PROMOTING GOODWILL THROUGH THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS AND DEFINITE IMPACT ON THOSE STUDENTS, SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THEM.
THEN, YOU HAVE IN THAT PACKET THE BOARD MEETING CALENDAR FOR 2018-2019.
THESE DATES COULD ALWAYS CHANGE BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE AN INITIAL IDEA.
I DON'T THINK OUR REGULAR MEETING DATE WILL CANGE IN TERMS OF THE MONTHLY MEETINGS OTHER THAN JANUARY, WE ARE NO LONGER MEETING, CORRECT? AND JULY POSSIBLY WE WON'T MEET THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, MAYBE THE SECOND, OR LIKE THIS YEAR MEET AT THE END OF JUNE AS THE JULY BOARD MEETING.
YOU HAVE THE AGENDA FOR AGUST 21ST AND 28TH MEETING DATES.
WE HAVE TO HVE THOSE TAX RATE HEARINGS.
SO THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO HAVE EXPANDED A MEETING ON A DATE, NOT JUST COMING FOR THE TAX RATE HEARING, TYPICALLY DOESN'T LAST ANY MORE THAN 30 MINUTES, REALLY 5-10 MINUTES, IF THAT.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE CURRENT SCHEDULE CURRENT VERSUS PROPOSED.
DO WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT?
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS START BREAKFAST AT 9:30.
WAIT A MINUTE, IS THIS FOR THE TOUR?
>> CHAIR D. FORES: OKAY, THE TOUR WOULD HAPPEN AT 8:00, WE WOULD BE HERE AT 8:00 RIGHT?
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COMMITTEE MEETING, SINCE WE HANDLE SO MUCH IN COMMITTEE NOW ARE RUNNING LONGER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SCHEDULING.SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE START PRETTY MUCH A FLL DAY SO THAT WE AREN'T ALWAYS IN A RUSH, RUSH, RUSH.
WE HOPE YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH SETTING THAT DAY ASIDE SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL THE BUSINESS WE HAVE AS ABOARD AND MAKING SURE WE COVER ALL THE TOPICS THAT WE HAVE AND THEY WILL HAVE TO CUT ANY TRUSTEE OFF BECAUSE OF TIME LIMITATION BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO STATE WHAT WE HAVE TO STATE AND STAFF AND EVERYONE KNOWS THEN THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING PRETTY MUCH FIRST DAY ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS, IT KIND OF JUMBLES TOGETHER FOR ME.
AND THEN AS PART OF THE CONFERENCE AGENCY CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK HAPPENING THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER, SOME OF US HAVE INDICATED THE INTEREST IN TOURING AN URBAN COLLEGE VERTICAL VERSUS THE MAJORITY OF THE COLLEGE THAT WE HAVE HERE WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF LAND.
SO STAFF HAS SET UP FOR US TO TOUR THE BUROUGH OF MANHATTAN COLLEGE.
WE WOULD HOPE THOSE WHO AREN'T GOING TO THE CONFERENCE WHO JUST WANT TO GO TO THE TOUR TO BE THERE FOR THAT, STAFF IS WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU TO FLY IN AND FLY OUT THE SAME DAY IF YOU WISH, OR FLY IN THE DY BEFORE OR DAY OF AND GO OUT A DAY LATER.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S FLEXIBLE, BUT THE TOUR IS TAKING PLACE TUESDAY OCTOBER 23RD, 2:30-4:30.
BEING THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING OPTIONS, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO GET A CEAR PICTURE HOW IT WORKS OR MAYBE DOESN'T FOR A COLLEGE THAT IS AREADY BUILT VERTICALLY.
>> I THINK, MADAM CHAIR, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WILL SEE, BUROUGH OF MANHATTAN COLLEGE LOST ONE OF THEIR BUILDINGS, IT HAD ONLY BEEN UP FOR THREE MONTHS WHEN THEY LOST IT.
BUT THEY COMPLETELY REDESIGNED FOR SECURITY FOR AN URBAN CAMPUS.
I THINK YOU WILL GET A GOOD LOOK AT HOW THEY HANDLE THE VOLUME OF AN URBAN COLLEGE IN A HIGH DENSITY METROPOLITAN AREA WITH VIRTUALLY ALL COMMUTER STUDENTS COMING IN.
IT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE EL CENTRO.
>> CHAIR D. FLORES: I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO ADD SOME DORMS TO EL CENTRO.
VERY GOOD, ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS? THANK YOU.
CHANCELLOR, IF YOU COULD PLEASE
[1. Certification of Notice Posted for the Meeting]
CERTIFY TO THE POSTING OF THE NOTICE OF THE MEETING.[2A. Early Childhood Baccalaureate Program Update Presenters: Dr. Justin Lonon, Anna Mays, John Robertson]
THIS MEETING WAS POSTED PURSUANT TO CODE SECTION [INDISCERNIBLE]>> CHAIR D. FLORES: COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS, EARLY CHILDHOOD BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM UDATE, DR. JUSTIN LONON.
>> WE DO HAVE AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA.
CERTAINLY THESE FIRST COUPLE OF ITEMS, THERE WILL BE SOME MORE DETAIL COMING EVEN PERHAPS AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH, SO WE WILL TRY TO HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND MOVE THROUGH.
CERTAINLY TE EARLY CHILDHOOD BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY UP UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE AND YOU KNOW, REALLY TOOK SOME INTERACTION WITH TIME WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY COME TO US AND SPEAK TO THIS COMMUNITY NEED.
WHICH IS WHY WE LEAD OFF WITH COMMUNITY NEED ASPECT OF THIS.
REALLY THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF BUT IT REALLY TOOK A MEETING, SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS TO REALLY DEMONSTRATE THE NEED FOR THIS INITIATIVE AND THIS PROGRAM.
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AND SO WE HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OF TE FOUNDATIONAL ASPECTS OF IT.AS YOU RECALL, WE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WORKED WITH A GROUP AT DELOITTE WHO BROUGHT IN EXPERTISE TO, AGAIN, HELP US DO SOME EVALUATION.
HELPED US PROVIDE SOME ANALYSIS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOUNDATION AND SO THIS UPDATE PROVIDES THE BASIS OF SOME OF THAT.
SO A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET TO THIS POINT.
AND NOW WE MOVE ON A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIME LINE WHERE MUCH MORE OF THIS WILL START TO BECOME VISIBLE AS WE MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THIS AND STARTING WITH OUR FIRST OBJECTIVE TERE, OF HIRING A FOUNDING DEAN FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AGAIN THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE DONE BEFORE, WE HAVE BEEN THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATE AND WE HAVE TAKEN OUR TIME TO PLAN OUR WAY INTO THIS AND SO WE ARE TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE HAVE DEVELOPED A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR A FOUNDING DEAN THAT SHOULD HIT THE STREETS HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS SO WE CAN BEGIN RECRUITING FOR THAT POSITION BUT THAT RALLY WILL BE THE EXPERTISE TO HELP US LAUNCH THIS SORT OF THING AND THE FOUNDING DEAN REALLY IS A POSITION THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD PROBABLY BE UP TO ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO HELP US ESTABLISH IT AND THEN WE WOULD MOVE ON WITH A PERMANENT.
THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL OR UNCOMMON, CERTAINLY WITH U.N.T.
WITH THEIR NEW LAW SCHOOL THEY USED A SIMILAR SORT OF MODEL.
SO AGAIN, YOU BRING IN SOME EXPERTISE THAT CAN HELP GUIDE THROUGH THAT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE STEP WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
YOU WILL SEE HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WILL BE BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION ONCE WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO HIRE SOMEONE AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS, A COUPLE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES AND CERTAINLY FOLKS WITHIN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPACE TAT HAVE AN INTEREST SO AGAIN, BROAD SUPPORT FOR THIS BUT GETTING THIS PERSON ON BOARD REALLY IS CRITICAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS THING.
AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER STEPS AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THOSE IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL HERE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS.
THIS CAME UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT THE NEED FOR URBAN CHILDHOOD TEACHERS.
THE OVERALL POINT OF THIS THE RESEARCH SHOWS THE EARLIER WE COULD GET TO INDIVIDUALS THE BETTER OFF THEY WILL BE IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY AND MORE SUCCESSFUL THEY WILL BE, SO THE CHANCELLOR TALKED ABOUT THAT GAP WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS TAT LEAVE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE ACCESS TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
YOU KNOW, THIS WE LOOK AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS AND AGAIN I HAVE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE REGARDING THE NEED BUT PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY IS HELP ADDRESS THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINABLE GAP AND POVERTY GAP.
THIS INITIATIVE WILL HELP DO THAT.
AS YOU RECALL EVEN THOUGH WE ADOPTED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE THIS, WE DRAFT IT HAD TO BE A STOP GAP THAT THE VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES COULD ADDRESS THIS COMMUNITY NEED, THEN THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY NEED FOR US TO OFFER THIS PROGRAM.
AND SO HERE WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE POSITION OF BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY --
>> I MIGHT POINT OUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN BUT THEY HAVE JOINED US ASSISTING WITH THE EFFORT.
OUR UNIVERSITY PARTNERS, WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE COME TO THE TABLE AND BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS SPECIFICALLY
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WITH S.N.U. WHO RECOGNIZES THE NEED AND ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE IN HELPING US TO ESTABLISH THIS AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNED ABOUT US ENCROACHING INTO THEIR TURF.THE DEEPER WE HAVE GOTTEN INTO THIS, I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS EXPANDS THE PIPELINE.
SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE CONSIDERED A BACCALAUREATE, DRIVING TO DENTON, FOR INSTANCE, THAT MIGHT AS WELL BE EL PASO.
SO TO HAVE A LOCAL OPTION MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
I THINK ON THIS PAGE WE PROBABLY HIT MOST OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AS WE GO THROUGH.
FUTURE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO DEVELOP THIS QUALITY EDUCATION AND TO DEVELOP THE FAMILY COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF GETTING TO THESE YOUNG MINDS EARLY.
HERE IS WHERE WE GET INTO SOME OF THE PROCESS PIECES OF THIS.
IT'S VERY DETAILED, THE STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE TO UNDERGO THIS INITIATIVE.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS THE BOARD HAS A FORM WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THEM TO GIVE THEM NOTICE OF OUR INTENT TO DO THIS.
WE HAVE TO WORK ON SOME OF THE CURRICULUM ASPECTS AND THE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS TO THEN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO THE COORDINATING BOARD.
THAT'S WHAT THE FOUNDING DEAN WILL HELP US ON SOME OF THOSE CURRICULUM ASPECTS, AND SECURE THE COORDINATING BOARD APPROVAL.
WE WILL WORK ON A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIME LINE.
THIS FALL RELATED TO THE CURRICULUM ASPECT, WORKING WITH OUR CURRENT FACULTY WITHIN THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER APECT OF THIS IDENTIFY WHICH OF OUR COLLEGES WILL OFFER THIS AND SO TO THE COORDINATING BOARD ASPECT OF THIS, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH.
TWO MADE IT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND ONE PENDING RIGHT NOW SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS BY EARLY SPRING WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THESE ELEMENTS IN PLACE TO SUBMIT TO THE COORDINATING BOARD.
>> YOU TAKE YOUR NURSING COURSES IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND ACADEMIC COURSES IN THE LAST YEARS SO WE AREN'T HAVING TO CREATE A LOT OF NEW --
THE COORDINATING BOARD TIME LINE, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE BELIEVE OUR PROGRAM WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL COORDINATING BOARD FOR APPROVAL THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO COORDINATING BOARD STAFF AND SO ONCE IT CAN GET TO THAT INDIVIDUAL'S DESK, YOU KOW, THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
I SHOULD SAY THE TIME LINE, ONCE WE GET THE FOUNDING DEAN ON BOARD, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE WITH A LITTLE MORE DETAIL BEYOND A BROAD RANGE OF WHEN WE CAN GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS.
WE HAVE A TEAM THAT MEETS WEEKLY ON THIS PROCESS INTERNALLY AND SO I WILL JUST TELL YOU, THERE'S GREAT DEBATE EVEN AMONGST THE TEAM ON THE
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TIME LINE, THE FOUNDING DEANS BEGIN WORKING IN A DEEP SORT OF WAY ON THE CURRICULUM PROCESS WITH OUR CURRENT FACULTY.GREAT DEBATE AMONGST OUR GROUP INTERNALLY AND TREMENDOUS PRESSURE, SHOULD ALSO SAY THE COORDINATING BOARD, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WTH THE COMMISSIONER AND STAFF ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THE DELIBERATE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH WE HAVE TAKEN AND WE HAVE NOT JUST JUMPED RIGHT OUT THERE TO DO THIS.
>> WHAT YOU ARE PRESENTDING HERE SOUNDS MUCH MORE ACCELERATED WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE SUM OF THE NOTION.
>> I IS VERY AGGRESSIVE THAT IF, WE HAVE TO MEET SOME VERY AGGRESSIVE STEPS THAT BEGIN WITH HOW QUICKLY CAN WE HIRE THAT FOUNDING DEAN THAT STARTS THE CLOCK TICKING ON EVERYTHING ELSE, IT LOOKS AGGRESSIVE WOULD TAKE US TO ABOUT NEXT JUNE TO GET THESE APPROVALS COMPLETED.
THAT CHANGE, COULD BE, VERY WELL COULD BE AND SO WE ARE HENCE THE INTERNAL DEBATE WE HAVE AMONGST OUR TEAM.
THE NEXT SIDE COULD HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE AS WELL.
>> EVERY TERM WE WAIT THAT'S A CHILD OR CHILDREN NEEDING ACCESS.
SOMETIMES I THINK CASES LIKE THIS YOU HAVE TO GO IN A VERY METHODICAL WAY, YOU GO FAST AND IT TAKES YOU LONGER BECAUSE THEY KICK YOU BACK AND THAT SLOWS YOU DOWN.
WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY TRACTION AS WE GO FORWARD.
>> SAME SORT OF THING, I REFERENCE SACS BUT SPECIFIC TIME LINE, SACS WE WOULD HAVE TO LAND ON SACS BOARD MEETINGS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION, SO AGAIN, BACK TO THAT FOUNDING DEAN STARTS THAT CLOCK TICKING.
PART OF THE WORK WITH DELOITTE AND PART OF THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING INTERNALLY --
>> DOES SACS PROCEED IN PARALLEL TO THE BOARD REVIEW OR FOLLOW IT?
>> SO, THERE COULD BE SOME DEGREE OF OVERLAP, WE WILL HAVE NEEDED TO SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD, DIANE, YOU CAN CHIME IN, IF I'M WRONG.
BUT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR APPROVAL B THE TIME THE SACS BOARD CONSIDERS, THEY HAVE TO KNOW WE HAVE TAKEN THE STEPS AND DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE IS THAT --
>> IDEALLY WE COULD GET THE BOARD APPROVAL THE SAME MONTH THAT THE PROSPECTUS FOR SUBMITTAL CHANGE I SUBMITTED TO SACS, THAT'S AMBITIOUS TO HAVE THAT PARALLEL PATH GOING ON.
>> WE HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH SACS.
>> NORMALLY, I GUESS THE SITUATION HERE IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN SACS, IT'S NOT JUST YOUR TYPICAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, ADDING OF THE ABILITY
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TO OFFER A 4-YEAR DEGREE.>> THAT'S THE WAY THE COORDINATING BOARD WROTE THE RULES.
THEY AUTHORIZE A DISTRICT OR THREE, THE DISTRICTS IDENTIFIED, NOT INDIVIDUAL COLLEGES.
>> BUT AGAIN, THE HOSTING COLLEGE WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT PROSPECTUS TO SACS AS AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION.
>> THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GRADUATES AT THE INSTITUTION THAT IS SELECTED IN THIS FIELD, SO YOU ALREADY HAVE TO HAVE WHAT THEY DEEM A SUCCESSFUL ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PROGRAM AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAS A TRACK RECORD THERE OF FOLKS COMPLETING THE PROGRAM.
>> DO YOU HAVE [INDISCERNIBLE] IS THERE AN ADVANTAGE TO DOING THAT?
>> WELL, IT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOCUMENTATION REGARDING A PARTICULAR COLLEGE AND IT'S STRENGTH TO PRODUCE THE GRADUATES AS WELL AS THE PIPELINE.
THE IDEAL THING WITH US, WE HAVE POTENTIAL STUDENT PIPELINES FROM MULTIPLE COLLEGES AND MULTIPLE PROGRAMS, STUDENTS COULD BE COMING FROM THE ASSOCIATED APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM THEY COULD BE COMING FROM THE ASSOCIATE OF TEACHING PROGRAM, THEY COULD BE JUST GENERAL EDUCATION DEGREE MAJORS, A.A.A.S. MAJORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN TEACHING PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 3 NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THE NEW REGULATIONS FROM THE STATE, NOW ALLOW THIS SORT OF OCCASION WHICH IS BRAND NEW, DOESN'T EXIST IN THE STATE.
SACS APPROVAL FOR THE LEVEL CHANGE AND THEN OFFER THE PROGRAM.
THE RECRUITMENT COULD BE FOR MULTIPLE COLLEGES AND OUR NETWORK WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT.
>> SO PART OF THE WORK WE DID WITH DELOITTE IS TO DO A GAP ANALYSIS ON SOME OF THESE THINGS TO LET US KNOW WHERE WE STAND.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, THAT'S THE FOUNDING DEAN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
FACULTY LEANS MORE TOWARDS THE INADEQUATE SIDE, JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT DOESN'T MEAN OUR CURRENT FACULTY ISN'T COMPETENT TO DO THIS, IT JUST MEANS WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT MIX OR THE RIGHT NUMBER OF FACULTY, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD TO THAT FACULTY POPULATION.
RESOURCES, CERTAINLY WE HAVE HAD DIALOGUE OF CONVERSATION THROUGH THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN ABOUT SPACE.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS HERE RELATED TO WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN SACS APPROVAL, LEARNING AND LIBRARY RESOURCES WE ANTICIPATE WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD TO THAT.
THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME PROVISIONS TO WORK WITH A SENIOR INSTITUTION IN A PARTNERSHIP SORT OF WAY THAT MAY MAKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL SPACE, PART OF THAT WILL DEPEND ON WHICH COLLEGE IS SELECTED FOR THIS, HOW SPACE COULD BE UTILIZED.
FINANCIAL, CERTAINLY AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE HAVE SET ASIDE DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE AND AGAIN EARLY ON SOME OF THIS WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE RELATED TO PEOPLE AND LEADERSHIP.
WE WILL NEED TO EXPEND SOME DOLLARS FOR THIS.
THIS SLIDE, LOOKS FUNNY UP THERE.
BUT AGAIN, THIS JUST REALLY SPEAKS TO THE APPROACH WE HAVE
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TAKEN IN WORKING WITH OUR UNIVERSITY PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITHIN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPACE TO DEVELOP THIS ALL ALONG THE WAY AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THOSE FOLKS TO HELP US IDENTIFY IF THERE'S GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, OR SOME OTHER THINGS WE CAN TAP INTO.>> I WANT TO MAYBE EMPHASIZE [INDISCERNIBLE] TOOK TME TO GET OUT AND MEET WITH, I MET WITH TEN SUPERINTENDENTS -- WHY THERE WAS NOT A WAY TO DO IT BUT ALSO THAT PARTNERSHIP THEN CREATES SOME PRETTY HIGH EXPECTATIONS AMONG ALL THESE GROUPS.
>> AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE OUR PARTNERS IN RECRUITING POTENTIAL STUDENTS, INCLUDING SOME O THE I.S.D.'S WE WORK WITH AS THEY ARE GRADUATING STUDENTS FROM THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS FROM THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS WHICH WE PARTNER.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING IN PERHAPS CHILD CARE CENTERS NOW BUT REALLY WANT TO BE TEACHERS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING, HAVE A HIGHER SALARY.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS COULD BE RECRUITED TO THIS PIPELINE.
>> WE LOOKED AT ONE COHORT OF EXISTING EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE AN AVERAGE TENURE OF 22 YEARS WITH NO DEGREE.
SO THAT WILL BE A PRIME TARGET.
>> DEFINE STUDENT CONSOLIDATORS.
>> I THINK WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS BOTH THE EMPLOYERS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD PROVIDE COHORTS OF STUDENTS.
LARGE GROUPS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALLY RECRUIT STUDENTS.
>> DALLAS I.S.D. FOR EXAMPLE MAY HAVE --
>> THE CHILD CARE GROUP WE MAY LIKE TO HAVE AS A BLOCK FOR A PROGRAM.
AND SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THESE AGENCIES WHERE THE EMPLOYER IS ENCOURAGING THEM TO GO ONTO GET A DEGREE.
>> SLIDE 19, PROBABLY HAVE AN ADVISORY BOARD TO HELP SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE AS WELL.
>> CREATE PIPELINE FOR GETTING A MASTER'S.
>> SLIDE 20 JUST SHOWS THE MULTITUDE OF GROUPS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE, OR WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS TEAM THAT MEETS WEEKLY THAT WILL SOON EXPAND AS WE MOVE FURTHER AHEAD AFTER GETS DOWN TO BEING ON BOARD TO WORKING WITH THE COLLEGE THAT'S SELECTED TO DO THIS.
WE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE UNDER TIM MARSHAL'S LEADERSHIP THAT HELPS KEEP US ON TRACK.
DR. JOANA WANG WHO IS BACK HERE SOMEWHERE BEATS US UP ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH TO TRY TO STAY ON THE TIME LINE THAT WE ARE OPERATING ON.
QUICKLY THIS JUST SORT OF LYS THIS OUT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GET-GO OF THIS, SOME STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE.
IT'S VERY DELIBERATE ALL ALONG THE LINE AND THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE.
>> REMIND ME, IS THIS ON THE BOARD AGENDA TODAY FOR APPROVAL?
ONCE -- THE NEXT THING THE BOARD WOULD PROBABLY SEE ON AN AGENDA WOULD BE THE APPOINTMENT OF A FOUNDING DEAN.
WE DO FORMALLY HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD AS WE GO THROUGH THE STEPS AND SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE DEPENDENT ON WHICH COLLEGE, WE WILL NEED THAT FILLED IN, WHICH COLLEGE WILL PROCEED.
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>> DO YOU HAVE CERTAIN COLLEGES THAT YOU HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN THAT YOU HAVE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS THAT SHOW WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE CERTIFICATION HAVE THAT AS A SUCCESS POINT?
>> YES, SIR, THE PROGRAM HAS TO BE BUILT ON AN EXISTING PROGRAM SO TAT LARGELY IS EASTVILLE AND BROOK HAVEN WOULD BE CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE.
SO WE HAVE SOME CRITERIA AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND DEVELOPING THAT LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE CORE PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE, WHAT DO THE SUCCESS RATES LOOK LIKE? GEOGRAPHY.
THEY CAN DRAW STUDENTS FROM BEYOND WHERE THEY ARE NOW WHAT IS THE CURRENT FACILITY MAKE UP AND WHAT'S THE FACULTY MIX AND MAKE UP.
SO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT THE FOUNDING DEAN CAN, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION OF THOSE, WORKING WITH DELOITTE AND OTHER EXPERTS THAT THE FOUNDING DEAN CAN HELP US MOVE THAT.
>> A COUPLE YEARS AGO, PROBABLY 5-7 THE VOTERS OF SAN ANTONIO DONATED FOR PROGRAMS AND IT CREATED DEMAND FOR QUALIFIED STAFF.
IS THERE ANY BENCHMARK FOR THEM? WHAT DO WE KNOW OR WHAT SHOULD WE AVOID?
>> THERE'S A GROUP CALLED EARLY MATTERS THAT HAS STUDIED THAT EXTENSIVELY AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY KIND OF CREATED AN ENTITY IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
THIS HAS BEEN STUDIED EXTENSIVELY AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO SHOW THE REPORT THAT EARLY MATTERS PUT OUT.
AND FRANKLY WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF THIRD PARTY INTERVENTION SUCH AS A CITY AND TAX RATE IT WILL BE PRETTY DIFFICULT TO EVER FULLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
IS THAT ONE, YOU GO THROUGH A PROGRAM, YOU GET HIRED AT A SALARY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEM A LIVING WAGE, HOWEVER A LIVING WAGE IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO PAY FOR CHILD CARE SERVICE SO BE THEY WERE COMING UP WITH WAYS TO SUBSIDIZE THAT BECAUSE THE TWO WERE ECONOMICALLY OUT OF BALANCE WITH SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
THE SOCIAL NEED, THE ECONOMIC NEEDS DO NOT ALIGN AT ALL IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.
>> I THINK YOU SAID IT RIGHT, IT WAS CHILD CARE, IT WASN'T EDUCATION.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY ARE GOING FOR.
>> IT'S REALLY RELATED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THOSE EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS.
WE KNOW IN DALLAS COUNTY THERE'S AN OVER SUPPLY, TENDS TO BE, WHERE THERE'S THE MOST RESOURCE OF FAMILY INCOME.
YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT.
THE LEAST SUPPLY WHERE WE HAVE THE LOWEST MEDIAN FAMILY INCOMES IN THE AREA.
SO WE SEE A SITUATION WHERE FOLKS ARE FOLLOWING THE MONEY AS THEY SET THESE UP.
>> THAT'S KIND OF THE QUICK UPDATE WHERE WE ARE.
AGAIN, WE WILL BE COMING BACK ON A REGULAR BASIS NOW THAT THIS STARTS MOVING IN A LITTLE MORE RAPID SORT OF WAY.
>> CAN YOU ALL CLARIFY SOMETHING FOR ME.
MARSHAL, YOU HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT PROJECT MANAGER.
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HER NAME, WASN'T IT IN RELATIONSHIP TO SOME CONSTRUCTION PROJECT?
OFFICE HANDLES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.
>> C. ROGERS COMPTON: THAT'S WHAT I NEED CLARIFICATION ON.
SO YOU HAVE, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMINOLOGY, CLARIFY THIS FOR ME, HAVE YOU PROJECT MANAGERS ON BOARD THAT, DO THEY SPECIALIZE OR HAVE EXPERTISE IN ALL OF THESE AREAS, BECAUSE IT APPEARS NOW THAT YOU SAY THEY
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ARE WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS, THAT THEY ARE KIND OF JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE.WHEN YOU ARE TALKING AOUT AREAS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO A BRASS TAX AND SO FORTH.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HAS, BY DESIGN, PEOPLE WHO SPECIALIZE IN THE PROCESS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
YOU HIRE PEOPLE FIRST CERTIFIED IN THAT PARTICULAR PRACTICE.
THEY GET CERTIFIED IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
THE GROUP WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF DOING PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN PRIMARILY WORKING A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BACKGROUND WORKING LARGE CASINOS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HE BUILT LARGE BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS A PROJECT MANAGER.
HE IS CERTIFIED AS A PROJECT MANAGER BUT ALSO WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
>> C. ROGERS COMPTON: I KNOW WHAT A PROJECT MANAGER IS, AND I KNOW ABOUT THE CERTIFICATIONS, BUT FOR EACH, LIKE YOU SAID, THESE GUYS, EXPERTISE IN LARGE BUILDINGS AND THAT'S MY CONCERN.
EACH AREA HAS IT'S OWN UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS THAT HAPPEN ON CERTAIN POJECTS DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, AND SO FORTH.
>> THAT PROJECT MANAGER WORKS WITH A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER WHO ARE HIRE TODAY DO BUILDINGS.
SUCH A PROJECT MANAGER IS VERY SPECIFIC TO JUST CONSTRUCTION.
WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT COORDINATING ISSUES WITH A GROUP OR TYPICALLY KNOW AN I.T.
IT'S HRDLY EER DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT SIZE WITH JUST A PROJECT MANAGER.
IN THIS CASE A PROJECT MANAGER IS NEEDED BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING SURE WE ARE SPECIFYING A TIME LINE AND YOU HAVE STAFF NOT TRAINED IN DOING THAT, SO YOU HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER TO HELP THEM MAINTAIN TIME LINES.
THEY MAY NOT BE AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERT BUT THEY KEEP PEOPLE ON TASK AND LEARN WHICH TASKS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COORDINATING BOARD AND SACS.
BUT ALSO PEOPLE WILL FLOW IN AND OUT OF THE PROJECT AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
WE HAVE FIVE PROJECT MANAGERS NOW, WE HAVE SOME FROM DELOITTE SIMILAR TO THE ONES FROM CONSULTING, ONE FROM AT&T, ONE FROM CASINO, JOANA CAME FROM THE HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION WHERE SHE SUPPORTED 900 HOSPITALS AROUND THE WORLD SO YOU HAVE A WIDE RNGE OF EXPERTISE, NOT JUST PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUT TEXAS PROJECTS.
THIS OFFICE IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT ARE IN HIGHER EDUCATION BUT NUMBER OF PROJECTS WE ARE DOING, WE ARE FINDING THEY ARE VERY VALUABLE HELPING PEOPLE ATTRACT AND MAINTAIN MOMENTUM.
NEEDED WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT SPENDING $200-$400 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR OR SEVEN YEARS, MASTER PLAN I.T. OR ACADEMIC PROGRAM YOU NEED A PRACTICE THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES, THEN THE ACTUAL TASKS OF RNNING A PROJECT FROM FIRST --
>> C. ROGERS COMPTON: I GET IT.
>> SO THAT'S THE QUICK UPDATE ON THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM?
>> SINCE THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER UNDERTAKEN BEFORE WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES WHO HAVE DONE THIS, SO THAT KIND OF GIVES US SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
WE HAVE SOME EXPERTISE IN OUR TEAM INTERNALLY WHO HAS BEEN AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS WHO HAVE DONE A LEVEL CHANGE GOING FROM ONE DEGREE TO A HIGHER LEVEL DEGREE.
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I THINK WE HAD A SENSE WHAT THE PIECES AND PROCESSES LOOK LIKE, JUST TO LAY THEM ALL OUT THE SHEER MAGNITUDE TO DO IT, WHEN DELOITTE FINALIZE THEIR ANALYSIS, THE LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM, THAT LARGE TABLE, THERE WAS A SHEET OF PAPER THAT WENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THAT TABLE THAT REALLY LAID OUT THESE STEPS.JUST A MAGNITUDE WHEN YOU SEE IT, CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT PUTS IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
[2B. Summer Enrollment Update Presenters: Dr. Justin Lonon and Giles Hawkins]
>> CHAIR D. FLORES: VERY GOOD, WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, THE SUMMER ENROLLMENT UPDATE.
>> THIS SHOULD BE FAIRLY SHORT.
WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WHAT SUMMER LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT.
TYPICALLY WE COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER TO GIVE A SENSE HOW FALL ENROLLMENT IS LOOKING.
WITH SUMMER WE WERE UP ABOUT 2.3%.
ALL OF THE COLLEGES SHOW INCREASES EXCEPT RICHLAND WHICH YOU COULD NOTE OVER TO THE SIDE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT RELATED TO COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW GILES IS ENGAGED IN THAT
>> REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CONTACT HOURS THEY NEEDED SO THEY DIDN'T NEED TO ENROLL THEM IN A SUMMER PIECE.
>> TYPICALLY THEY WOULD ENROLL
>> I BELIEVE THE EXPECTATION IS YOU WILL SEE SOME LEVELIZING OF THAT.
>> HISTORICALLY -- REQUIRED, THIS YEAR THEY MADE AN AMENDMENT AND OFFERING SCHOOLS THE OPPORTUNITY.
SINCE THE HOURS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ARE 8-5 EVERYDAY, JUST WITHIN THE RANGE OF TRADITIONAL FALL AND SPRING SEMESTER OVER 81,000 HOURS SO IN FAIRNESS TO OUR STUDENTS AND IN ADDITION TO NOT HAVING THEM CONTINUE -- CREDITS, WE WILL NO LONGER NEED TO OFFER THE SUMMER SESSION.
SO ALL OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE IN TRADITIONAL FLL AND SPRING SEMESTER.
SO WE BSICALLY HAVE OVER 600 ENROLLMENTS FROM FALL 2017 THAT WE DID NOT HAVE.
>> SO THOSE THAT HAD INCREASES IN -- ACADEMY AND [INDISCERNIBLE] YOU DON'T MIND MORE QUESTIONS?
>> ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE THAT OPTION STAYING WITHIN THE 180 DAYS OR STAYING WITHIN THE MINUTES BUT FOR US SINCE THERE'S NOT A GOOD NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL HIGH-SCHOOL ONLY CREDITS W COULD OFFER, FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THEM ENROLL WOULD HAVE MEANT ADDING EXTRA HOURS BEYOND WHAT THEY NEED, BECAUSE BY LAW, WHETHER YOU ARE DOING THE 180 DAYS OR THE 75,600 MINUTES YOU HAVE TO HAVE 240 MINUTES OF TRUE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME EVERYDAY.
AND BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF OUR COURSES, WE MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AND THE 75,000 WITHIN THE BODY.
SO IN FAIRNESS TO OUR STUDENTS HAVING COME BACK LIKE THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD WHICH IS VERY NON-TRADITIONAL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEY WERE HAVING TO GO A LOT MORE DAYS THAN TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS WERE HAVING TO GO.
IT'S A BENEFIT TO OUR STUDENTS SO THEY HAVE A SUMMER BREAK.
IT'S ALSO A SAVINGS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL IN TERMS OF TEXTBOOK AND STAFF BUT IT'S JUST HOURS WE INCORPORATE THOSE PROGRAMS IN A DIFFERENT WAY SO THAT WE ARE NOT ADDING TO THE BURDEN OF EITHER THE BUDGET OR JUST FOR THEM TO ATTEND IN THE SUMMER.
>> THE 180 DAYS, HOW DOES THAT -- [INDISCERNIBLE] 180, 182?
>> OF THE 180 YOU HAVE TO HAVE 180 DAYS OF INSTRUCTION, LIKE TWO STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS, YOU COULD HAVE AN EARLY DISMISSAL FOR TESTING BUT THEY HAD TO GO THE FULL MINIMUM OF 180.
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SO NOW FOR OUR CHARTER THEY HAVE SAID THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WERE GRANDPARENTED INTO IT.WE TOOK THE 75,000 BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY GOING OVER BY THE SPRING AND FALL SEMESTER.
>> 180 MEAN WE WOULD HAVE TO START THE WEDNESDAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING, GO ALL THROUGH THE FALL AND ALL THROUGH THE SPRING SEMESTER.
NOW CHANGING TO MINUTES, WE NO LONGER NEED TO HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL DATES IN AUGUST.
>> THE QUESTION OF THE OTHER COLLEGES THAT HAD AN INCREASE, I ALWAYS HAVE THIS QUESTION WHEN I COME AND ENROLL THE NUMBERS, WHY THE INCREASE -- HOPEFULLY THE INCREASE WE CAN LEARN FROM IT AND REPLICATE, KNOW WHAT NOT TO DO.
>> KEEP IN MIND THIS IS THE SUMMER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT BEFORE IS SUMMER MELT AND WE ALSO TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT SUMMER PELL NOW BEING AVAILABLE AND SO WE NEED TO REMIND PEOPLE THERE ARE PELL DOLLARS AVAILABLE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT DATA ON THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES AND OVER TO THE RIGHT, THIS SHOWS THAT ONLINE IS UP, FACE-TO-FACE IS UP, ACADEMIC AND THE TECHNICAL SIDE ARE ALL UP, SO AS WE GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER WE TRY TO NAIL DOWN AND DRILL DOWN INTO WHICH PROGRAM AREAS, WHERE EVER THERE MY BE A MIX OR SHIFTS WE CAN THEN LOOK AT TRENDS.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SUMMERS ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER POPULATION SHOULD WE TAKE A BROADER VIEW AS WE MOVE INTO THE FALL BUT ANY OTHER --
>> ONE THING YOU JUST MIGHT MENTION AND YOU CAN PULL THOSE DATA AND LOOK AT IT, BUT I DID HAVE JOHN, WHERE IS JOHN? JOHN LOOK AT INCREASE IN PELL THIS SUMMER OVER LAST SUMMER AND I'M GOING TO GET IT WRONG BUT I THINK IT WAS LIKE FIVE-FOLD INCREASE.
BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME PELL WAS AVAILABLE DURING THE SUMMER.
SO THAT PROBABLY DROVE SOME --
>> ALL OF THE OTHER COLLEGES EXCEPT RICHLAND HAD AN INCREASE.
RICHLAND IS ATTRIBUTING THEIR DECREASE TO THE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
SO I'M ASSUMING THERE WAS NO GROWTH IN THE REGULAR CREDIT AT RICHLAND SO WHAT ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE AT THE OTHER COLLEGES? IS IT BECAUSE WE HAVE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY -- TAKING SUMMER COURSES OR IS IT BECAUSE THE REGULAR CREDIT STUDENTS, MORE OF THEM CAME TO US?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO BREAK SOME OF IT OUT A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK IF I TOOK OUT ALL THE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, WOULD SEE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF RICHLAND.
>> LET ME KIND OF FRAME IT A AGAIN.
I THINK SUMMER PELL ACROSS-THE-BOARD --
>> YOU THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF SUMMER PELL?
IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE, THEY ARE SLANTED SOUTH.
THERE'S NOT AS MANY UP NORTH BECAUSE WE WORKED ON THE HARDER TO SERVE SCHOOLS FIRST.
THAT'S WHERE WE APPLIED THE PROMISE PROGRAM SO THAT POPULATION OR THOSE 31 HIGH SCHOOLS GOT A FREE -- HIGH SCHOOLS IN DALLAS COUNTY.
I THINK IF WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MAP THERE ARE SIMPLY FEWER OF THEM UP NORTH.
>> I WAS GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION.
FOR THE MOST PART THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DON'T TAKE CLASSES, THERE MAY BE INDIVIDUALS REPEATING CLASSES OR TRYING TO GET AHEAD BUT THAT WOULDN'T ACCOUNT -- SO THAT DECREASE IS -- MIC] [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> COULD BE RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES THOUGH.
>> SO THEN THE QUESTION IS EVERY OTHER COLLEGE HAD AN INCREASE IN THOSE BUT RICHLAND DIDN'T.
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HERE, IF ANA IS CORRECT, IF THEY LOST ABOUT 600 IN THAT BUT THEY ARE ONLY DOWN 361, THAT WOULD SAY THERE WAS PROBABLY 300 NET.>> SO THIS IS UP 8.4%, WHICH IS GOOD.
WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE WHAT THEIR PERSISTENCE IS.
THEN IT'S SAYING THE DAY-TIME FACE-TO-FACE ARE DOWN.
BUT WE STILL HAVE AN INCREASE.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCREASE WITH SUMMER STUDENTS, NOT SURE I EXPECT TO SEE THEM IN THE FALL.
TEND TO BE PEOPLE PICKING UP CHEAP CREDITS.
>> IT MIGHT BE GOOD WHEN YOU PROVIDE US THIS INFORMATION TO GIVE AN IDEA, JUST GIVING THE NUMBERS.
>> WE GET A NUMBER OF TRANSIENT STUDENTS FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND WE ARE SEEING INCREASES IN THOSE.
>> CHAIR D. FORES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT SLIDE?
>> SIMILAR SORT OF QUESTION AND I ALREADY REFERENCED WHERE WE SEE THE INCREASES ON THE RIGHT, 2.3 INCREASE IN HEAD COUNT, ONLY 3.9 INCREASE IN CONTACT HOURS SO THEY ARE TAKING A LITTLE MORE WHILE THEY ARE HERE.
>> JUST A REMINDER THE RELEVANTNESS OF THAT, ON THE ENROLLMENT INCREASE WE GET BOTH TUITION, TRADITIONALLY AND STATE FUNDING.
THE CONTACT HOURS IS ONLY STATE FUNDING.
>> SO OVERALL WE HAVE SEEN ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL UP.
I THINK THE ONE I WAS ASKED ABOUT TRUSTEE ZIMMERMANN CHILD DEVELOPMENT I THINK THAT IS ALL E.D.O.C. COURSES.
1300 IS LEARNING FRAMEWORKS CLASSES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS.
INCOMING FRESHMEN TAKE IT AND AFTER YOU ASKED THE QUESTION IT'S THAT SMALLER GROUP OF COLLEGE FRESHMAN.
>> CHAIR D. FLORES: ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
LOOKING AT THE CHARTS, THE BIG SURPRISE WAS WE SUDDENLY SAW -- THEY ARE 18 YEARS OLD AND COMING TO COLLEGE, AS A PERCENTAGE THE OTHER GROUPS HAVE DROPPED OFF SLIGHTLY.
THE OTHER GROUP UP IS HISPANIC AND WHITE WAS DOWN.
>> IS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NUMBERS WITHIN THE COUNTY?
>> I THINK IT'S THAT AND IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS MAYBE DRIVING THEM A LITTLE.
>> AND THEN YOU ARE SAYING ON THIS BOX ON THE SIDE TO THE RIGHT, THAT GEN-XERS, IS THAT A TYPO?
I LOOK BACK AND THAT'S MORE TRADITIONAL DURING THE SUMMER.
IT TIGHTENS UP A LTTLE DURING THE FALL AND THE SPRING.
AND THEN NOT A GREAT DAL OF SIGNIFICANT GEOGRAPHIC CHANGE OTHER THAN WE CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS COUNTY.
>> SO AGAIN, WE WILL COME BACK HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WITH TE FALL SNAPSHOT AND SO WE WILL TRY TO DRILL DOWN THE PROGRAM WITH THAT AS WELL.
>> CHAIR D. FLORES: OKAY, QUESTIONS ON THIS PART OF THE AGENDA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2C. Education Workforce & Economic Development Overview Presenters: Dr. Justin Lonon and Mark Hays]
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I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AROUND.
THE WORK THEY DO IS CONSTANTLY AMAZES AND ASTOUNDS ME OF THE THINGS WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AS A TEAM AND TRY TO MOVE SOME THINGS FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S SFE TO SAY WE HAVE TO BE VERY AGILE GROUP KNOWING HOW BUSINESS CHANGES, HOW THE WORKFORCE CHANGES AND THEN HOW WE RESPOND TO BOTH MICRO AND MACRO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN DALLAS AND THE REGION.
WE CAME UP WITH OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT, OUR VALUE STATEMENTS LAST YEAR.
OUR GROUP GOT TOGETHER AND SPENT SESSIONS ON THESE, NOT TO READ THEM TO YOU OR ANYTHING BUT WE LIVE BY THESE AND THIS IS WHAT WE FOCUS OR EFFORTS ON, CUSTOMER SERVICE, FOCUSING RELENTLESSLY, DEVELOP ADVOCATE FACILITATING LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS.
>> IN THIS PRESENTATION DALLAS -- INSTEAD OF DALLAS COUNTY.
>> SAYING DALLAS COUNTY, YEAH.
>> YEAH, WE CAN PUT THE COUNTY AFTER THAT, SURE.
SO ANYWAY, OE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE IN WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE INNOVATORS, THINK ENTREPRENEURIALLY, THEY MAY NOT BE ENTREPRENEURS BUT THEY CAN HVE ENTREPRENEUR THINKING, THINK INNOVATIVELY HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR DIVISION, DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY BETTER.
>> IF I MIGHT MAKE A SUGGESTION, SINCE WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR WYS TO DO THINGS BETTER, I THINK LISTENING SHOULD BE IN THERE TOO.
>> WE CAN ADD, NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
>> THAT'S OE OF THOSE THINGS, IF YOU DON'T LISTEN, YOU'VE NOT LEARNED ANYTHING.
>> I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
>> DIVISION THAT DO LIFE-CHANGING WORK EVERYDAY.
>> THE ONE WHO INPUT, THE FONT SIZE IS SMALLER SO KIND OF STAND UP.
FOCUSING ON OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, WE LOOK AT DIVISION, POVERTY, HOW DO WE ELIMINATE POVERTY IN DALLAS COUNTY SKILLS GAP AND THE SHRINKING LABOR FORCE, THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS CLIMATE, GLOBAL AWARENESS AND CORPORATE INITIATIVE WE WILL TALK ABOUT.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE LOOK AT AND COMES AT OUR LABOR MARKET INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, DANIELLA RAMIREZ OUR D.I.S.
SPECIALIST THAT DOES OUR MAPPING FOR US, BLUE DOTS ARE GOOD, RED DOTS AREN'T.
WHAT THIS BASICALLY SHOWS IS A CHANGE IN POVERTY, INTENSITY FROM 2013-2014 TO 2014-2015.
AND WHAT WE SEE HERE IS THE AMOUNT OF POVERTY, THE INCREASE HAS BEEN SLOWED.
THIS DOES NOT MEASURE IN PARTICULAR INTENSITY.
YOU MAY HAVE A RED DT THAT SHOWS THE POVERTY MAY HAVE GOTTEN MORE INTENSE AT THAT PARTICULAR DOT BT OVERALL WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE CENSUS BLOCKS WE ARE SEEING THE POVERTY RATE DROP IN DALLAS COUNTY.
IT'S IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THAT'S FOR SURE, IT'S STILL SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE B.F.W.
RATE, THAT'S AROUND 14.5% BUT WE SEE THIS DROP IN DALLAS COUNTY AND THAT'S CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS.
>> IT VERY WELL COULD BE, TRUSTEE RITTER.
IF YOU SAW THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY SINCE 2008, THE BOTTOM HALF OF 2008 AND WE ARE SEEING THE ECONOMY SEEING.
WE HAVE SEEN IT IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN THE SURGE IN THE ECONOMY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOKED AT THIS MORNING IS BLACK AND HISPANIC, OR BLACK AND
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EMPLOYMENT ARE AT RECORD LOWS.ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL SEE IS THE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE IN A MOMENT.
THE LONG-TERM TREND LINE WE HAVE SEEN THAT PARTICIPATION RATE DROP BUT THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS IT STARTED TO TICK UP.
THAT BASICALLY TELLS US PEOPLE WHO CHECKED OUT OF THE ECONOMY FOR EXAMPLE WEREN'T COUNTED IN UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T LOOKING FOR WORK ARE NOW BACK IN THE LABOR FORCE.
>> THIS SHOWS CITY OF DALLAS, SO THIS IS DALLAS CITY INFORMATION?
>> ARE THOSE NUMBERS AVAILABLE FOR DALLAS COUNTY?
>> CERTAINLY, WE CAN PULL THOSE FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL.
WE STILL SEE OVER HALF DALLAS HOUSEHOLDS MAKE -- ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ON THE WORKFORCE WEBSITE IS THE LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR.
M.I.T. DID THIS FOR EVERY COUNTY IN THE NATION.
THAT'S WHERE THIS NUMBER COMES FROM, PARENT WITH SINGLE CHILD $22.55 AN HOUR.
THIS ALLOWS STUDENTS TO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE TOOL TO PUT IN THEIR FAMILY SIZE, CHILDREN ADULTS IN THE HOUSEHOLD, KIND OF WHAT THEY WANT TO BE WHEN THEY GROW UP, EVEN ASK FOR THEIR ZIP CODE AND WILL TELL THEM HERE IS THE KIND OF PAGE YOU NEED TO MAKE TO SUPPORT YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
SO IT'S AN EYE OPENER FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS.
WORK READY WE HAVE HAD GLORIA TALKING ABOUT HER PROGRAM.
THE LAST TWO YEARS, TIS PROGRAM WE TOUCHED 20,000 STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM.
A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS AGO WE HAD ROUGHLY 400 IN THE PROGRAM AND NOW WE HAVE TOUCHED 20,000 STUDENTS WITH WORK READY U.
THE CAREER PATHWAY EXPANSION AND COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
GLORIA AND HER STAFF ARE TIRELESS WRKERS GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM BETTER WHETHER IT'S WORKING WITH EMPLOYERS O COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN ALIGNING PROGRAMS WITH INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS SO INDIVIDUALS HAVE, IF THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO CONTINUE ONTO GET THE DEGREE THEY HAVE AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY SO THEY CAN GO OUT AND MAKE THAT LIVING WAGE.
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE WE HAVE SEEN THE UP TICKS, THE MEN AGES 25-54.
MEN AGES 25-54 IN THAT TOTAL BUT AGAIN HOPEFULLY WE ARE SEEING POSITIVE SIGNS HERE OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY CHOOSING TO GET BACK INTO THE LABOR FORCE THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF THAT PICTURE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
>> THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED TO SEE THE UPTICKS BUT THE LONG-TERM TREND WAS DOWN BUT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A SLIGHT UPTICK IN THIS RATE.
THE REASON, MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, ONE I SAW READ AN ARTICLE IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS THE CRACKDOWN OF OPIOID PRESCRIPTION RATES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE OPIOID CRISIS BASICALLY WAS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE.
SINCE A CRACKDOWN ON THAT GOING AFTER DOCTORS WHO COULDN'T WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS, AWARENESS MIGHT BE A REASON WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN WORKFORCE LABOR PARTICIPATION RATE.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING ON THE HORIZON, THIS -- WE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE NOT ONLY IN DALLAS BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR MANY YEARS.
THIS HOME BUYER AFFORDABILITY COMPOSITE INDEX IS AT A TEN-YEAR LOW.
PRIMARILY, OF COURSE YOU HAD THE REAL ESTATE VALUES BUT WHEN WE START TO SEE THE MORTGAGE RATES TICK UP.
THAT PUTS PEOPLE OUT OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ZONE IN A HURRY.
AS WE SEE THESE RATES TICK UP, WE WILL PROBABLY SEE THAT COMPOSITE INDEX, AFFORDABILITY INDEX CONTINUE TO DROP.
THE FED, IF THE PREDICTIONS ARE RIGHT, AND THEY GO TO 5.5% BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR YOU WILL SEE MORE PEOPLE SQUEEZED OUT OF BEING ABLE TO BUY HOMES.
>> IT'S A COMPOSITE RATE ON THE
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MORTGAGE, THE 30-YEAR, 15-YEAR FIXED AND ADJUSTMENT RATES AS WELL.>> THE BOX ON THE RIGHT IS HIGHER?
>> YOU SEE THE RATES TICKING UP FOR EXAMPLE, THE 30-YEAR FIXED RATE MORTGAGE.
YOU SEE A DAILY RATE CHANGE, YOU SAW IT DROP SOMEWHAT, BUT LONG TERM TREND LINE ON THESE FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS 5.25-5.5% FOR A 30-YEAR FIXED.
>> THE AFFORDABILITY IDEX, YOU WANT THAT UP.
USUALLY AS MORTGAGE RATES GO UP, AFFORDABILITY INDEX LINE WILL GO DOWN BECAUSE FEWER PEOPLE CAN AFFORD HOMES.
PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE INCREASES IN HOME PRICES AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN MORTGAGE RATES.
THE ABILITY TO AFFORD A HOME DROPS.
THE SKILLS GAP WE TALKED ABOUT, THESE ARE THE TOP JOBS IN DALLAS WHERE WE HAVE TE LARGEST AMOUNT OF SKILL SET.
HEALTH CARE CONTINUES TO BE WITH THE MOST OPENINGS, TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONAL AREA.
MANAGEMENT OCCUPATIONS YOU SEE THE HIGH, MEDIAN WAGE, THOSE AREN'T ASSOCIATE DEGREE HOLDERS BUT FOR BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND GRADUATE DEGREE HOLDERS.
YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE LINE WHAT SOME OF THESE JOBS CAN PAY SO WE STILL HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF GAPS IN THE DALLAS AREA.
OUR LABOR MARKET INTELLIGENCE CENTER.
I MENTIONED BEN MCGILL, HIS STAFF, DANIELLA, THE WORK THEY ARE DOING, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE INQUIRIES, WE SUPPLY A LOT OF DATA TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP, TO CITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT ASK FOR DATA WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITING NEW BUSINESSES FOR BUSINESS EXPANSION AND WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPLY THAT DATA.
I MET LAST WEEK WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKERS, FOCUSING ON DALLAS COUNTY AND INCREASING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN DALLAS COUNTY.
WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO SUPPLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPETING FOR BUSINESSES.
THIS IS CREDIT TO THE CHANCELLOR, WITH HIS VISION, HIS WHOLE IDEA OF THIS MATURING AND COMING INTO ITS OWN SOME OF THE DATA WE ARE SUPPLYING.
WE ARE ABLE TO USE COMPLEX ANALYTICS TO WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY COMPANIES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THEY ARE WANTING TO EXPAND OR MOVE YET BUT THE SIGNS ARE THERE LOOKING AT VARIOUS DATA POINTS, SHOWING THIS IS READY TO EXPAND OR READY TO RELOCATE.
WE CAN SPOT THAT AND THEN W CAN LET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS KNOW THAT, HEY, YOU MIGHT NEED TO BE KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR BECAUSE SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO BREAK LOOSE HERE.
WE GET THE NAMES OF THE COMPANIES AND WE CAN TAKE THAT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SO THEY CAN GO AFTER THEM.
>> CAN YOU PROVIDE THE DATA TO ALL THE CHAMBERS?
>> IF THEY ASK, YES, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT DATA.
IF WE ARE UNDER A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR BUT GENERALLY WE ARE WILLING TO SUPPLY DATA TO DALLAS COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS IF THEY AK FOR IT, WE ARE WILLING TO HELP THEM OUT WITH THAT.
>> IS THIS DATA THAT COMES REGULARLY, OR WHAT?
>> ANALYTIC, SOME IS UPDATED REAL-TIME.
SOMETIMES WE GET QUARTERLY UPDATES.
YOU GET THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY THROUGH THE CENSUS, BUT ALSO THERE'S PRIVATE SOURCES THAT NEED INTO THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE THAT CAN GENERATE THE DATA.
REGIONAL INDUSTRY SURVEYS, WE ARE STARTING TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD BUT WE ARE TALKING THE MORE AND MORE COMPANIES.
THE THING WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE VALUE-ADDED SURVEYS THAT BUSINESSES WILL ANSWER, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE ALL GET THESE SURVEYS AND WE ALL HIT DELETE, SO HOW CAN WE,
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A LOT OF THIS IS FOCUS GROUPS AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE SMALL BUSINESS SIDE HERE IN A BIT.BUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT BUSINESS WANTS WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE AND SERVICES FOR COLLEGES, PROVIDING DATA TO OUR COLLEGES SAYING THIS IS WHAT BUSINESSES ARE SAYING THEY NEED.
HOW CAN WE HELP GET THAT COURSE WORK, GET THAT TRAINING, THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESSES NEED.
LOOKING AT GLORIA'S SHOP AT WORK READY U. AND MOVING ALONG THE PATH THERE, WHAT WE LOOK AT AS FAR AS GETTING STUDENTS, SOME OF THE PEOPLE I ADMIRE MOST ARE FOLKS IN THE WORK READY U. PROGRAMS. MOST OF THEM ARE ADULTS AND DON'T HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, THEY MAY NEED ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE BUT THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THE COURAGE TO SHOW U AND GO TO CLASS AND LEARN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET AHEAD.
SO ONE TOLD ME NOT TOO LONG AGO, I UNDERSTAND GETTING MY HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA WON'T RAISE MY WAGES BUT IF I DON'T GET IT, I CAN'T LEARN SKILLS TO GET HIGHER WAGES.
I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, I'M GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A G.E.D.
TEST TDAY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN PASS IT.
THESE ARE NOT EASY TESTS TO PASS.
IT'S A CREDIT TO GLORIA WHAT SHE HAS DONE TO GET THESE FOLKS LEGITIMATE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE LIVING WAGES.
KALE, YOU APPROVED, THE PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT, WE HAVE THE COLLEGES TOGETHER FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN AWARD COLLEGE CREDIT FOR MILITARY EXPERIENCE, LIFE EXPERIENCE, WORK EXPERIENCE AND COME UP WITH COHERENT DISTRICT-WIDE POLICY ON THAT.
COLLEGES DO IT BUT WE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE ON WHO GETS AWARDED AND WHO DOESN'T.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ON THE STREETS NOW.
THE WOMEN IN NON-TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS.
WE WILL BE MAKING AN EFFORT IN THAT AREA AND THE BIG ONE IS THE ONE THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JUST RELEASED $200 MILLION.
WE ARE GOING AFTER OUR SHARE OF THAT MONEY.
THE TOTAL PROJECT WILL BE BY THE TIME WE COUNT OUR MATCH ABOUT $16.2 MILLION TO DEVELOP APPRENTICESHIPS.
LOOKING AT TWO INDUSTRY SECTORS AND WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON ONE.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND ALL 64 MEDICAL CENTERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO IT'S ONE THAT THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY REALLY HASN'T PLAYED AROUND WITH A LOT, THE APPRENTICESHIP MODEL BUT IT'S CERTAINLY ONE WE COULD DO.
THERE ARE OVER 1200 OCCUPATIONS IN HEALTH CARE.
SO WE AREN'T WANTING TO DO APPRENTICES IN ALL OF THEM.
BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT ONES WHERE THERE IS THE MOST DEMAND AND SEE IF WE COULD HELP OUT THIS INDUSTRY NATIONWIDE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS, THE DRONE PROGRAM.
WE ARE WORKING WITH R.M.S. AERO SPACE AND SEVERAL OTHER COMPANIES TO COME UP WITH A CERTIFIED REGISTERED DRONE OPERATOR TO MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW SAFETY GUIDELINES THAT THEY ARE LICENSED AND WE THINK IT'S TME TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON THIS NOW SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
>> DO YOU KNOW THE AVERAGE WAGE?
>> AVERAGE WAGE IS ABOUT $75,000 A YEAR.
THE APPRENTICES ARE EMPLOYEES WHILE APPRENTICES.
THEY DON'T LOOK FOR A JOB WHEN THEY ARE THROUGH, THEY ARE COMPANY EMPLOYEES.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NORTH TEXAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE FOR UNMANNED DRONE EAR YAL.
-- AERIAL, WE MAY HAVE A SPOT AT DALLAS INTERNATIONAL
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AIRPORT, R.M.S. AEROSPACE HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER.WE ARE DOING SOME WONDERFUL THINGS IN THIS AREA.
>> THERE AE SALARY REQUIREMENTS, THEY HAVE TO GET SALARY INCREASES, AND THEY COULD BE DIFFERENT SECTORS, LIKE TE OE I KNOW RICHLAND IS DOING WITH AMAZON WEB SERVICES GOING IN, VETERANS ONLY RECRUITED IN THE PROGRAM START $24 AN HOUR AND ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE PROCESS, $75,000 A YEAR.
>> IT'S A GREAT WAY, WHEN I TALK TO COMPANIES AD SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS HELPING MEET YOUR WORK FORCE NEEDS BECAUSE YOU ARE BUILDING LOYALTY, FROM DAY ONE THOSE PEOPLE ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE A SALARY INCREASE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE APPRENTICESHIP AND USUALLY AT THE END OF THE APPRENTICESHIP BUT THEY STAY EMPLOYED WITH THAT COMPANY, TREMENDOUS RETENTION TOOL AND GREAT WAY FOR THEM TO LEARN SKILLS THEY MAYBE COULDN'T HAVE LEARNED THROUGH ONE OF OUR TRADITIONAL COLLEGE PROGRAMS.
>> FOR THE ARBORIST, ARE YOU LOOKING AT REOPENING THE HORTICULTURE?
>> THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT CAME THROUGH THE TREE INDUSTRY CARE ASSOCIATION.
THEY APPROACHED US, THEY START THEM ABOUT $20 AN HOUR.
THEY SAID WE CAN'T FIND PEOPLE.
SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT STARTING AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN THIS AREA.
WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I WILL SAY, I WILL PUT OUR APPRENTICESHIP STAFF, JOYCE WILLIAMS, GEORGE AND HIS STAFF UP AGAINST ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY.
WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY WHO DOES IT BETTER.
IN TEXAS FOR SURE, SAN JACINTO DOES SOME THINGS BUT I THINK WE ARE SO FAR AHEAD OF THE GAME AND I THINK THE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES THAT.
IT'S RELATIVELY NEW BUT IT'S REALLY STARTING TO TAKE OFF AND WE ARE GETTING GREAT RESPONSE FROM EMPLOYERS.
>> THE HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY IN DALLAS COUNTY IS APPROXIMATELY A $1 BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS A YEAR.
I WILL SAY IF IT'S A JOB IT COULD BE APPRENTICABLE.
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, CYBER SECURITY, NOT TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION JOBS ANY MORE, IT COULD BE UNION, IT COULD BE NON-UNION, A REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OR AN I.R.A.P., INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED APPRENTICESHIP PROO GRAM.
IT'S ONE OF THE FEW AREAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO POUR RESOURCES INTO.
THEY COME UP WITH THE COMPETENCY, THEY SAY HERE ARE THE COME PEN -- COMPETENCIES WE NEED THEM TO MEET.
OUR COLLEGES MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPLY THAT.
THE EMPLOYER COULD CHOOSE ANYONE THEY WANT.
THERE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS FR ON THE JOB LEARNING BUT IT'S TOTALLY UP TO THE EMPLOYER.
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS TO APPROVE IT.
>> IN CYBER SECURITY? THOSE JOBS GENERALLY $80,000-$85,000 A YEAR.
WITH AMAZON WEB SERVICES IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE AREA.
WE HAVE TWO COMPANIES NOW WHO ARE SCRAMBLING SAYING WE WANT APPRENTICESHIPS, THEY CAN'T FIND PEOPLE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE LEG UP ON THE COMPETITION.
>> THE CHALLENGE IS, IT'S NOT LIKE A COMPANY WHO DOES CYBER SECURITY, YOU ARE VARIED IN ONE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES OR
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HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE.AGAIN LABOR MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROVIDING A LOT OF DATA TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS.
KRISTEN THOMAS AND HER STAFF CONDUCTED, I BELIEVE EIGHT SMALL BUSINESS INDUSTRY SECTOR FOCUSED GROUPS AT B.J.P. ASKING THEM WHAT IS IT YOU NEED.
WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM LENDERS? SO WE GOT THESE KIND OF THINGS AND PROBABLY NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST THEY SAID WE NEED HELP WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WITH VIRTUAL REALITY, AUGMENTED REALITY, ROBOTICS.
IT WENT A LOT DEEPER THAN THAT AND REALLY SURPRISED US, I THINK.
THEY WERE VERY OUTSPOKEN IN WHAT THEY NEEDED.
THIS WASN'T JUST A ONE-OFF THING, THIS WAS EIGHT DIFFERENT INDUSTRY SECTOR FOCUS GROUPS WE ASKED WHAT KIND OF SERVICES DO YOU NEED, WHAT CAN WE HELP YOU WITH, NOT DO WE NOT HAVE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? ONE THAT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE IS WE CAN'T DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.
YOU HAVE ONE OF THE HARDEST PROCESSES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE FOCUSING ON IS WHAT ARE WE IDENTIFYING IN OUR PROCESS OF POLICIES THAT COULD MAKE IT EASIER PARTICULARLY MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES TO DO BUSINESS WITH US BECAUSE WE DESPERATELY NEED TO INCREASE THAT ASPECT OF OUR OPERATIONS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT T BRING FOLKS AND SAY WHAT BARRIERS ARE YOU RUNNING INTO? HOW CAN WE HELP YOU AND HOW CAN WE HELP OURSELVES BY ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS.
HERE AGAIN, F.Y. THIS SHOWS HOW THE BUSINESS CYCLE CHANGES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE SURVEY OF SMALL BUSINESSES, IN JANUARY OF 2009 THEY SAID OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE POOR SALES.
BUT THEN LOOK HOW THAT DROPPED AS THE ECONOMY IMPROVED.
NOW THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE COST OF THE QUALITY OF LABOR.
WE HEAR THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE SOFT SKILLS TRYING TO FIND AND PAY FOR LABOR.
REAL WAGES HAVEN'T INCREASED IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE MID 70'S WHEN WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INFLATION.
THAT'S GREAT, THE PROBLEM I INFLATION WENT UP 2.9%.
WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN A MARKETABLE WAGE INCREASE IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE MID 1970'S.
SMALL BUSINESSES SAY LABOR IS COSTING US TOO MUCH AND THE QUALITY OF THAT LABOR ISN'T GOOD.
SMALL BUSINESS CLIMATE, YOU SEE THE PARTNERS, OUR SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK.
ROUGHLY 16,000 BUSINESSES SERVED IN 2017.
THAT'S A 60% ICREASE FROM 2016.
PART OF THE EFFORTS WE WANT TO DO IS INCREASE THAT SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK.
NEXT STEP GETTING THE COLLEGES MORE ENGAGED.
WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S MAY NEED HELP THAT THE PRIEST CENTER OFFERS.
CURRENT OR ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS.
ANOTHER AREA THAT ANITA WATKINS AND HER CREW HAVE REALLY EXPANDED THIS AREA TREMENDOUSLY.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE TRADITIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, SENDING STUDENTS TO FORM LANDS AND STUDENTS COMING HERE, THIS IS ABOUT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, THIS IS ABOUT INCREASING BUSINESS IN DALLAS, THIS IS ABOUT MORE MONEY COMING INTO OUR ECONOMY, THESE COMPANIES HIRING MORE PEOPLE AND KEEPING THAT MONEY IN DALLAS.
TRACKING THAT FOREIGN INVESTMENT INTO OUR ECONOMY.
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70% WERE BORN IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.AND CONDUCT TRANSACTIONS IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH.
IF WE LOOK AT INDUSTRY SECTORS.
>> WHAT DOES A.C.S. STAND FOR?
YOU SEE THE INDUSTRIES THAT THE FOREIGN-BORN RESIDENTS ARE WORKING IN, CNSTRUCTION IS BIG, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THERE, THAT MAKE UP THESE INDUSTRIES AND THIS SHOWS THE AREAS OF THE WORLD THEY WERE BORN.
LATIN AMERICA, THE HUGE NUMBER IS 61% OF FOREIGN BORN WERE BORN IN LATIN AMERICA.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOK AT, HOW CAN WE HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, THE GLOBAL WORLD AROUND THEM, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO HOW DO WE INTRODUCE THEM TO DIFFERENT CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD? HOW DO WE INTRODUCE THEM TO COMPANIES HERE THEY COULD WORK FOR, PERHAPS THEY COULD WORK FOR UNITED STATES, MAYBE THEY COULD GO HOME AND WORK THERE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, HOW DO WE GET OUR LOCAL STUDENTS THAT HAVEN'T TRAVELED FAR TO UNDERSTAND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW BUSINESS WORKS.
ANITA WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH GLORIA, WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE MEXICAN CONSULATE IN TOWN RECRUITING STUDENTS FOR E.S.L. PROGRAMS AND OTHER COURSES AND ANITA WORKS WITH THEM AS WELL.
ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL EONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PICTURE, WORKING WITH THE VAST OGANIZATIONS HERE IN DALLAS, SOME COMPANIES WE WORK WITH, INFOSYS, SOFTECH, TOYOTA.
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE LOOK AT AND WORKING WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS HELPS U GET INTRODUCED TO INDIVIDUALS THERE AND HELPS US TALK ABOUT THE DALLAS BUSINESS CLIMATE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO CME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD.
HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT IF NAFTA GOES AWAY? HOW MANY JOBS GO AWAY WITHOUT NAFTA.
WHAT WE LOOK AT HERE, HOW DOES THIS TRANSLATE IN THE WORKFORCE AND JOB ISSUES? IF NAFTA GOES AWAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEXICO AND CANADA.
D.F.W. DOES MORE BUSINESS WITH CANADA THAN IT DOES WITH MEXICO, TEXAS AS A WHOLE DOES MORE WITH MEXICO BUT D.F.W.
DOES MORE WITH CANADA, WE ARE THE SAME DISTANCE FROM TORONTO AS MEXICO CITY HERE IN DALLAS.
EXPORTS TO CHINA, EXPORTS TO THE E.U.
TEXAS IS THIRD IN THE NATION IN THE NUMBER OF EXPORTS TO CHINA.
SECOND IN THE NATION NUMBER OF EXPORTS TO THE E.U.
THIS KIND OF SAYS IT ALL RIGHT HERE.
CORPORATE TRAINING IN DALLAS, THESE ARE 2015 NUMBERS.
$4 BILLION SPENT ON CORPORATE TRAINING IN DALLAS.
$1.7 BILLION SPENT ON EXTERNAL PROVIDERS.
OUR COLLEGES HAD NOT 5% BUT ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF THAT SHARE.
THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SKILL DEVELOPMENT FUND GRANTS, THIS IS STRICTLY BUSINESS AND BUSINESS SALES.
>> WHAT WOULD THE OPTIMUM MARKET SHARE BE?
>> IN FIVE YEARS I THINK REASONABLE IN THE 4-5 TIME FRAME LOOKING AT $20 MILLION, RIGHT NOW WE ARE ABOUT
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$1.7-$1.8 MILLION.>> WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD THAT END UP BEING?
>> WELL, DEPENDING ON -- IT'S STILL A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF TE MARKET SHARE BUT I'M TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH IT.
THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES AND YOU SEE THOSE INDUSTRY SECTORS ON THE LEFT.
THIS IS A LITTLE HARD TO READ BUT YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR SLIDE.
LOOK AT SALES PRACTICES, SALES PERFORMANCE SCORE CARD, RED AND YELLOW AREN'T GOOD.
IF YOU LOOK AT KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT ARE INDUSTRY STANDARDS, CURRENT DISTRICT PRACTICE AND INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE AND HOW WE CAN PREPARE IN THOSE AREAS.
HE TALKED WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES MARICOPA.
HE SAID DO NOT LET HIGHER ED PEOPLE IN THIS, THEY LEARN QUICKLY, LET BUSINESS PEOPLE IN IT, WHO UNDERSTAND BUSINESS WHO TALK BUSINESS RUN THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT OF OPERATIONS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES UP,
>> I THINK CERTAINLY, I'VE BEEN IN THAT ENVIRONMENT BEFORE RECEIVING PUBLIC FUNDS.
WHEN IT WAS SOLD IT WENT AWAY, THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
>> WE ARE WORKING WITH WAL-MART, FOR EXAMPLE [INDISCERNIBLE] THEY ARE OUR LARGEST TAX PAYER IN THE COUNTY.
SO THEY ARE ALREADY INVESTING HEAVILY IF WE LOOK AT THAT CORPORATE SIDE AND WHAT'S OUT THERE, I COULD GO THROUGH THE LIST OF THOSE FOLKS.
ON ONE HAND, ON THE OTHER HAND THAT'S NOT REALLY THE REALITY THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
>> THEIR INVESTMENT IS ALL THE TAX PAYERS ARE [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> IF THEY NEED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE OR BACHELOR'S DEGREE, WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM OUT-OF-STATE.
WAL-MART JUST SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR $1.1 MILLION THAT USES BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON STATE TO DELIVER ALL OF THE TRAINING FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
TRAININGS, THEY ARE ALL DEGREE-RELATED PROGRAMS. SO IT'S WHAT WE DO NOW.
>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO SET THIS UP AS A STAND ALONE.
WE ARE THE ACT COMPETING AGAINST OTHER BUSINESSES, OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESSES, IN THIS COMMUNITY AND OUTSIDE THIS COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZING OUR EFFORTS.
WE COMPETE AGAINST FOR PROFIT COLLEGES ON EVERY SECTOR OF TOWN, NOT FOR PROFIT, WHETHER M.N.U. OR OTHERS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTION THAT'S ARE THERE, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OURS --
>> WHAT ARE OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF REDIRECTING HOW WE HANDLE CORPORATE TRAINING?
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RECEIVE IS LET THE CORPORATE TRAINING STAFF HANDLE THIS, THE BUSINESS PEOPLE HANDLE THIS, THIS IS A VERY SOPHISTICATED VERY RESULTS-ORIENTED TYPE OF OPERATION.YOU LOOK AT COMPANIES, WE LOOK AT THOSE COMPANIS WITH EMPLOYEES OF 100 OR MORE, THEY REALLY FOCUS ON THEM AND WE FOCUS HEAVILY ON ONLINE CONTENT.
A LOT OF SOFT SKILLS TRAINING BUT IT'S NOT SHOW UP FOR WORK ON TIME, IT'S LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, TEAM BUILDING.
WHAT I CALL THE HIGHER END SOFT SKILLS.
AND MOST COMPANIES, THE CHANCELLOR SAID HE WAS AWARE OF IT, THEY WANT THIS DELIVERED BUT MOST OF IT WANT IT ONLINE, IT DOESN'T NEGATE THE FACT YOU HAVE THE OPTIONS FOR THIS TRAINING BUT OERWHELMINGLY THEY WANT IT ONLINE.
>> IS THAT THE LAST PAGE ON YOUR POWERPOINT? I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.
I THINK I SAW 3 AS THE LAST PAGE.
>> THERE'S ONE MORE AFTER THAT.
BILLS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS BEEN NEGLECTED, WE SHOULD BE PROBLEM SOLVERS, WE SHOULD HELP THEM OUT.
BUILDING BETTER RELATIONSHIPS IS JUST GOOD BUSINESS.
BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESS HELPS BUILD MORE JOBS, OFFERS MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GRAB ONTO THOSE JOBS.
>> I MIGHT SAY SOMETHING TOO, FOR A LONG TIME -- WE SAW THIS -- I THINK WE BUILT A LOT OF THAT, WE NOW HAVE 66 COMPANIES BUT STILL WE NEED HUNDREDS, NOT A HANDFUL.
>> THE HIGHER LEVEL SOFT SKILLS, STARBUCKS THEY BUILT THE SYSTEM TO TRAIN 238,000 STARBUCKS EMPLOYEES.
AT&T PARTNERSHIP WITH UDACITY, NOW A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY THAT PROVIDES TRAINING TO AT&T AND FRANKLY ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS IJOINED THE DISTRICT THEY SAID WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH YOU, YOU PEOPLE DON'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH.
WE NEED YOU TO MOVE AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS AND YOU DON'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH.
WAL-MART UTILIZING SOME ONLINE DELIVERY FOR CERTIFICATIONS BUT PROBLEMS KEEP CROPPING UP THAT BUSINESSES DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, WE ARGUE ABOUT COHORT SIZE, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
THEY SAID BUSINESS DOESN'T TALK LIKE YOU DO, SO WE HAVE TO THINK MORE LIKE THEY DO.
THE CHANCELLOR MENTIONED GUILD EDUCATION.
HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TO WAL-MART EMPLOYEES.
THEY COULD EARN DEGREES THEY ARE CHARGING THEM $1 A DAY FOR THIS TRAINING.
AMAZON SAID YOU DON'T HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT WHEN ISSUES ARISE, WE NEED ONE PERSON WE COULD TALK TO, INSTEAD OF TALKING TO 2-4 DIFFERENT COLLEGES, WE NEED ONE PERSON TO TALK TO, WE LEARN AS WE GO ALONG THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
>> CHAIR D. FLORES: OKAY, THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
ARE WE STILL GOING TO DO THE UPDATE.
>> IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO TABLE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY RUNNING LATE.
>> IS THIS WHAT THE CAMPUS IS DOING IN TERMS OF CONTRACT TRAINING?
>> THE 1.7 MILLION THAT'S AMONG ALL THE COLLEGES.
>> BUT THE PEOPLE ON THAT EXECUTIVE TEAM, TEY REPORT TO YOU, DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYBODY WHO HAS WORKED ON CONTRACT TRAINING FOR CAMPUSES.
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SLIDE 5.>> IS JOHN ROBERTSON HERE? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
IN THE BUDGET BOOK, I SEE FUNDS AND EACH CAMPUS'S ALLOCATION UNDER THE FUNDS ARE LISTED THERE.
DO YOU HAVE EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS BUDGETS THERE FOR JUST THAT CAMPUS? IF SO, COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT PAGE YOU ARE ON? BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR
>> BILL J. PRIEST IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A SEPARATE COLLEGE CAMPUS WE ONLY DO THE ALLOCATION FOR THE SEVEN COLLEGES WE HAVE --
>> YEAH BUT ALL OF THE CAMPUSES, THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS ARE NOT A PART OF THIS.
JUST THE ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS BY THE DIFFERENT FUNDS?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BUDGET FOR EACH CAMPUS IN TERMS OF --
>> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A BIG DOCUMENT, I'M TALKING ABOUT ONE PAGE, HOW MUCH TEY GET FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE BY INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSS.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING?
>> YEAH, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING ABOUT THAT, I WANT TO SEE BILL J. PRIEST SEPARATELY BECAUSE IN HERE YOU HAVE, AND I THINK YOU NEED TO SEE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES BUDGET, I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT THOSE FUNDS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW MUCH JUST FOR EACH CAMPUS.
BUT I LOOKED IN HERE AND I THOUGHT I PUT A TAB ON IT.
YOU DO HAVE PERSONNEL BUDGETS.
IN THIS PRESENTATION THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO CONTRACT TRAINING THAT THE FEES YOU WERE CHARGING WERE $25,000 OR LESS DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
MOST OF THOSE TRAINING ENGAGEMENTS, AND THESE WERE BY THE COLLEGES, THE TRAINING ENGAGEMENTS.
>> EVEN THE FOLKS THAT WORK --
>> YEAH, THOSE TRAINING ENGAGEMENTS.
THEY WENT BUSINESS TO BUSINESS SALES, MOST WERE LESS THAN $20,000.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SKILL DEVELOPMENT FUND, THIS IS STRICTLY BUSINESS TO BUSINESS SALES.
MOST HOLD FOR LESS THAN $20,000.
>> I LOOKED AT THE PERSONNEL BUDGET AND IT COMES TO $2.2 MILLION DOLLARS.
>> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE CHAIR COMPTON.
>> C. ROGERS COMPTON: WELL, IT KIND OF LOOKS TO ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR EACH CAMPUS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE GOING IN THE HOLE, IWANT TO KNOW WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR REVENUE FROM.
BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER AT ONE POINT AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE SO MANY CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE, THAT BILL J.
PRIEST WAS IT'S OWN REVENUE CENTER AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANY MORE THAN WHAT THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN.
>> THERE'S REVENUE GENERATED OUT OF BILL J. PRIEST, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE MACHINING PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ASSOCIATED WITH CEDAR VALLEY COLLEGE NOW.
>> WITH REVENUE BILL J. PRIEST THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIPS THEY HAVE THE COLLEGES, THE REVENUE GOES TO THE COLLEGES.
>> C. ROGERS COMPTON: I KNOW AT ONE TIME THAT [INAUDIBLE] HAD A FINANCIAL PROBLEM.
THEY WERE ALWAYS GOING IN THE HOLE AT SOME POINT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THEY GENERATED, VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE -- THEY EXPENSE VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THEY WERE BRINGING IN BUT THEY WERE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT, SEPARATELY.
>> BECAUSE WHAT THEY USED TO HAVE THERE WHEN IT FIRST
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STARTED UP WAS MOSTLY GRANT FUNDING, RIGHT? GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS. THEY HAD TO LEARN, THEY GOT AN ALLOCATION ON SMILE ALLOCATION BUT THEY HAD TO EARN WHAT THEY SPENT OVER THERE.I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE IT IS NOW.
>> THAT'S NOT THE MODEL WE OPERATE.
>> THAT'S NOT THE MODEL WE OPERATE.
>> C. ROGERS COMPTON: OKAY, I SAY THAT, I JUST KIND OF DID THE MATH HERE, IF YOU DID 108 ENGAGEMENTS AND I JUST DID $20,000, THAT COMES TO A LITTLE OVER $2.2 MILLION.
IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THAT PORTION, TAT'S NOT EVEN PAYING FOR THE EMPLOYEES OVER THERE.
SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BILL J. PRIEST.
BUT THAT'S WHAT MADE ME THINK ABOUT, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS FOR EACH CAMPUS.
>> BUT THAT'S NOT BILL PRIEST.
>> THIS IS THE SEVEN COLLEGES, THAT IT REPRESENTS.
>> C. ROGERS COMPTON: I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT'S EVERYBODY'S.
DIDN'T I ASK THAT? I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT QUESTION.
PRIEST WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT -- AND I DON'T KNOW.
THEY MAY NOT BE GENERATING ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN ON SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.
I UNDERSTAND WE AREN'T IN THE BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY BUT ARE WE EVEN BREAKING EVEN ON THOSE OPERATIONS?
>> CAN YOU RESEARCH AND SEE AT WHAT POINT WE WERE OPERATING UNDER BILL PRIEST BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING REVENUE FOR THEIR OPERATIONS? I DON'T RECALL THAT, BUT THEN AGAIN, MY RECALL ISN'T SUPER SHARP.
>> I FORGET WHO THE BUSINESS PERSON WAS BEFORE HIM.
>> CHAIR D. FLORES: ANYWAY, THAT WILL BE RESEARCHED AND BROUGHT BACK.
>> C. ROGERS COMPTON: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THOSE COLLEGE BUDGETS A PART OF THIS BUDGET.
>> WE WILL GET YOU THE ALLOCATIONS BY COLLEGE.
>> CHAIR D. FLORES: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT IS NOW 4:18.
WE WILL CONVENE BOARD MEETING ROOM AT 4:30.
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