OK, my enthusiasm has peaked, and going downhill fast. Even though NV community colleges have received MAJOR Dept of Labor grants for vocational/technical education (about $20 million between the three CC's in Northern NV)... No one seems to be hiring any new Industrial Technology instructors. I think thats kind of strange. Looking over programs, only GBC seems to have a good variety of classes for Manufacturing. One would think, especially since Tesla's new factory lies in GBC "sphere of influence" that they would be actively recruiting.
Possibly if the new "Obama initiative" is passed maybe.....
Department of Labor's Grant Application and Award
Database
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TAACCCT - 2014
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ETA
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$9,921,831
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TAACCCT - 2013
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ETA
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$8,778,829
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TAACCCT – 2011
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ETA
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$2,701,202
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http://webapps.dol.gov/DOLGrantData/KeywordSearch.aspx?parameter=NevadaB
NV sure better do something...... we are ranked next to the bottom on education.
Nevada 49th out of 50
Overall grade: D
State score: 65.0
Per-pupil spending: $8,141 (5th lowest)
High school graduation rate: 60.0% (the lowest)
Eighth-graders proficient in math or reading: 28.3% (10th lowest)
Less than 34% of children in
Nevada had at least one parent with a post-secondary degree, the lowest
rate nationwide. Since parents play perhaps the most important role in a
child’s chance for success, poor educational attainment rates among
adults in Nevada were likely a factor in children’s relatively poor
achievements in school. Similarly, early education can set the stage for
a child’s entire academic career. Young children in Nevada were among
the least likely nationwide to attend preschool or kindergarten. With
the lowest high school graduation rate in the country, at 60% in 2012,
young adults in Nevada were also far less likely to pursue further
education than their peers in most states. While 55.1% of American young
adults were enrolled in or had completed a post-secondary degree
program, just 40.5% in Nevada were — nearly the lowest rate.
And giving the students job skills, instead of "book learning" would go a LONG way to solving this problem
Expanding technical training programs:
OK..
I'm REALLY excited about expanding Technical Training programs. I've been on my
soap-box about this for the past 20+ years. I see the failing half-hearted
attempt (especially here in NV) to provide workforce/vocational technical
training through the Community College System. I have been proposing a
statewide Technical College system here for almost as long. Come on NV,, now is
the time to get this going.... A working model is in place....
Expanding technical
training programs:
President
Obama also proposed the new American Technical Training Fund, which will expand
innovative, high-quality technical training programs across the country.
Specifically, the fund will award programs that:
1)
Have strong employer partnerships and include work-based learning opportunities
2)
Provide accelerated training
3)
Accommodate part-time work
The American
Technical Training Fund is based off a program called Tennessee Tech Centers, a statewide system of 27 institutions
providing a wide range of rigorous, one to two year, technical/occupational
education programs at consistently high completion and placement rates in high
skill and relatively high wage employment.
The
education model represented by the Centers contrasts sharply with how
conventional postsecondary education – especially public community colleges –
has been organized. This model also produces very different results,
particularly in terms of the rates of student success in completing their
programs. This assessment how this occurs seems particularly timely given the
rising concern that community colleges, as the nation‘s main postsecondary
vehicle for workforce education, are failing unacceptably large numbers of
people who simply do not complete their programs.
A
review of IPEDS data reveals that of 1,145 two-year, public postsecondary
institutions in U.S., only 105 (about 9 percent) can report an average ―150
percent of time‖ graduation rate above 50% for the last five years.2 All
twenty-seven Technology Centers are included in that group; during those five
years the Technology Centers averaged above 70% completion. There is no other
state postsecondary system that comes anywhere close to achieving these
outcomes.
