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Building a Well-Educated Workforce in Georgia

Providing technical, academic, and adult education and training for a globally competitive workforce. Impactful programs, high student success rates, diverse student body. Advancing economic development through education.

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Building a Well-Educated Workforce in Georgia

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  1. Joe Dan Banker Neil Bitting September 27, 2019

  2. Mission To provide technical, academic, and adult education and training focused on building a well-educated, globally competitive workforce in Georgia.

  3. Our Focus: Workforce Development • Educate students for a career • Technical Education/Academics • Adult Education • Economic Development – QuickStart • Office of Workforce Development

  4. Our Impact AY18 Technical Education 136,157 Adult Education 53,979 Economic Development128,853 Quick Start Trainees 32,312 Total 351,301

  5. Student Success AY18 Job placement rate in-field 88.1% Job placement/Transfer rate 99.3%

  6. Apprenticeships • 520 industry apprentices • Only system in nation with ALL colleges certified as U.S. DOL Registered Apprenticeship sponsors

  7. Typical TCSG Student • The average age of our college students is around 27 • We have all types of students….. • Dually-Enrolled high school students • Traditional “Right out of high school” student • Unemployed Adults who are retraining for a new career • Underemployed Adults retraining for a new career • Adults working to get a GED and build a career

  8. Certificates vs. Associates Degrees • A certificate is a short course of study, typically 1-2 semesters and trains students in a specific practical skill. • An associates degree should take 2 years to complete and provides both theoretical and practical knowledge of a given program area.

  9. TCSG Accessibility • Alternatives to standard testing for placing students in college for Fall 2018 • New admissions application in development to streamline admissions process • Initiatives to develop co-enrollment in adult education and credit courses to add a skills component

  10. Admissions and Placement Modifications to the Technical College System of Georgia’s admissions and placement process have resulted in a 50% decease in the use of Accuplacer from Academic Year 2017 to Academic Year 2018.

  11. TCSG Minimum Placement Requirements • Accept SAT, ACT, Milestone ELA and Accuplacer scores • PSAT Scores taken on the new version (post March 2016) • HOPE GPA of 2.6 or higher, for 11th and 12th Graders* • Test score age limit has been removed from policy • Entry Level Workforce Certificate - Admissions requirement of a 2.0 minimum High School GPA*

  12. TCSG Basic/Entry-Level Workforce Certificates Entry Level Workforce Certificate - Initial starting point with basic skills that can lead to further credentials Here are some examples

  13. HOPE Career Grant • Electrical Line Work • Health Science • Industrial Maintenance • Logistics • Movie Production/Set Design • Practical Nursing • Precision Manufacturing • Welding & Joining Technology • Automotive Technology • Aviation • Certified Engineer Assistant • Commercial Truck Driving • Computer Programming • Computer Technology • Construction • Diesel Equipment Technology • Early Childhood Care & Education Continually evaluating the list for additions to propose

  14. Curriculum Review • Ensuring alignment with Georgia Workforce needs – Industry is at the table with TCSG

  15. TCSG Advantages • All colleges SACS-COC accredited • 28 system-wide articulation & transfer agreements • Affordable or free tuition • HOPE Career Grant • Dual Enrollment • Registered apprenticeship program • Guaranteed education

  16. Last Mile Fund • TCSG Foundation established the Last Mile Fund in order to remove financial barriers that prevent students from making progress towards obtaining a postsecondary award • Allocation of funds • Eligible Students • Other gap funding initiatives

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