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KY Community & Technical College System

KY Community & Technical College System. The mission of KCTCS is to improve the employability and quality of life of Kentucky citizens as the primary provider of: College and Workforce Readiness Transfer Education Workforce Education and Training KCTCS Offers:

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KY Community & Technical College System

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  1. KY Community & Technical College System The mission of KCTCS is to improve the employability and quality of life of Kentucky citizens as the primary provider of: • College and Workforce Readiness • Transfer Education • Workforce Education and Training KCTCS Offers: • More than 600 credit program options • Stackable certificates and diplomas that are embedded in Associate degrees • Dual credit agreements with secondary schools • Transfer agreements with four year institutions

  2. Kentucky’s Career Pathway Work • 2002: KCTCS participates in Ford Foundation’s “Community College Bridges to Opportunity Initiative” • October 2003: KCTCS embraced the Career Pathway model as a strategy for achieving integration between remedial, workforce and academic missions for disadvantaged students. • 2004: Continued work with Ford Foundation to support career pathway initiatives • 2006: KCTCS funded the implementation of career pathway projects at all 16 colleges • Career pathways is now institutionalized

  3. VALUE OF AQCP IN Kentucky • Opportunity will build on existing work and take it to the next level • Allows us to have a voice in shaping the metrics • Provides framework for measuring our existing pathways to determine the labor market value and payoff • Connects us to partners outside of KCTCS • Adult Education • Office of Employment & Training • Local WIBs

  4. AQCP WORK IN KENTUCKY • Going through review process with partners • Accelerating Opportunity Initiative • Kentucky Adult Education • Office of Employment and Training • State and local WIBs • Kentucky Career Centers • Dual Credit • Academic Council • Re-introducing the language of career pathways • Tool to help KY provide a trained and educated workforce

  5. Future uses for aqcp • Highlighted the need for us to document how far we have come • Standardized benchmarks –integrating AQCP framework will help us make better informed decisions regarding career pathways • Exploration of standardized pathway maps • Introduce students to the value of education and career pathways • Including credit for prior learning • Align to state and local sector strategies • Pilot through “Raise the Floor” of the Manufacturing program at Gateway Community & Technical College

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