Economic & Workforce Development Center: Impact Report 2017-19

MCC Career Technical Education Pathways SystemProject CREATING A CONTINUUM OF EDUCATION LINKING SECONDARY, NON-CREDIT PROGRAMS, AND POST-SECONDARY CREDIT CAREER PATHWAYS TO ASSOCIATE DEGREES. The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation awarded MCC

development models. These models proactively incorporate industry advisory boards, industry surveys, and the analysis of regional labor market data to better inform workforce and CTE programming for both contract credit and non-credit education that prepare high school and adult students for a career pathway. The CTE Pathways System project emphasizes serving students through a career pathways framework that actively structures and aligns programs with support services. It provides high school students within local school districts and the BOCES more options for accessing authentic and robust career technical education programs and industry credentials that are actively linked to in-demand technical careers within industry. It will include robust collaboration with business and industry by prioritizing responsive and flexible curriculum delivery to meet evolving workforce and employer needs. Impact: Investment in this project will build on, extend, and integrate MCC’s ongoing data-driven workforce programs making a significant impact on the quality of life for individuals living in Western New York while supporting the need for skill-based workers.

$1.5 million to fund a pilot project to create an integrated Career Technical Education Pathways System (CTE Path- ways System). The system will serve the Western New York economy by establishing a continuum of education services linking secondary, non-credit programs, and postsecondary credit career pathways to associate degrees. The effort is an integrated academic and technical education pathways model that enables individuals to progress through a modular system of postsecondary credentials that are built one upon another, leading to both degree credentials and placement within a local relevant industry. The proposed project will transform workforce development training aligned to STEM and Applied-STEM careers and related occupations including: robotics/automation, mechatronics, precision machining, skilled trade apprenticeships, and optics fabrication. These career pathways strongly align to the high demand occupations showing a deficit of available workers in the Rochester/Finger Lakes Region of Western New York. Monroe Community College is an integral player in the region’s economic and workforce development system with a long history of proactive outreach to students, employers, and industry professional associations through training and other jointly sponsored activities. MCC specializes in the understanding and use of employer driven workforce

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