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Business & Community College Partnerships: A Blueprint

Improving the Lives of Working Families. Business & Community College Partnerships: A Blueprint. About Corporate Voices. Founded in 2001 National business membership organization Represent private sector in dialogue on social policy issues involving working families

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Business & Community College Partnerships: A Blueprint

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  1. Improving the Lives of Working Families Business & Community College Partnerships: A Blueprint

  2. About Corporate Voices • Founded in 2001 • National business membership organization • Represent private sector in dialogue on social policy issues involving working families • More than 50 partner companies • Annual net revenues more than $1 trillion • More than 4 million employees • All 50 states 

  3. Micro Business Case Studies 2

  4. Business and Community College Partnerships

  5. Business and Community College Partnerships: A Blueprint • Purpose • Help business and community college practitioners create and sustain partnerships in order to increase the skill levels of employees and college completion rates. • Target Audience • Business and community college leaders who have limited expertise in forming partnerships and are interested in undertaking them.

  6. Business and Community College Partnerships: A Blueprint Introduction: OVERVIEW Section I: BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE – COMMUNITY COLLEGE Section II: PARTNERSHIP INTEGRATION Section III: COMMUNITY COLLEGE PERSPECTIVE – BUSINESS

  7. Levels of Partnership Level 1 New Relationship Level 2 Working Relationship Level 3 Strategic Relationship

  8. Business and Community College Partnerships: A Blueprint • WHO IS SERVED IN STRONG PARTNERSHIPS • Business Imperatives • Community College Imperatives • Working Learner

  9. Building a Pathway Between Business and Community College Career and Education Pathway Businesses Community Colleges Working Learner Supports Business Needs Relevant Learning Speed to Market Customized Curriculum Industry-based Faculty Internships & Externships Learning Communities Low Cost Options Job Placements Advocacy Visibility Pathway Navigation Community Relations Flexible Course Development Career and Education Pathway

  10. Community College Micro-business Case • Lane Community College • Cooperative Education • Work Experience earning college credit • Self-sustaining • Significant community contribution and visibility • Applied Scientific Instrumentation • Decreased recruitment costs • Opportunity to vet prospective students • Input on educational content

  11. Keys to Successful Partnerships • Common Objectives • Leadership • Trust and Respect • Flexibility • Language and Culture • Schedule of Activities • Environmental Factors • Clearly Defined Roles and Expectations • Measurement and Data • Communications Source: Across the Great Divide 10

  12. Keys to Successful Partnerships

  13. Strengths of Community College Partners What business needs to know • Customized training/ed • Low cost • Flexibility • Connectivity • Speed to market • Communities of Practice • Intermediary among multiple small employers • Corporate capacity building • Improved long-term community relations 12

  14. Roles of Community College Partners What business needs to know • Faculty and staff • Perform needs assessment • Career and education pathway development • PLA assessments • Foundational and gen ed • Articulation to other education • Student support services Action steps for business leaders 13

  15. Partnership Integration Understanding the stakeholder • ESTABLISH A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT • Businesses Seeking Community College Partners • Community Colleges Seeking Business Partners

  16. Strengths of Business Partners What Community Colleges need to know • Access to real-time business needs • Improved job placement rates • Advocacy and community relations • Industry-based adjunct faculty • Financial and in-kind contributions • Visibility 15

  17. Roles of Business Partners What Community Colleges need to know • Supply designated staff • Provide skills requirements, hiring needs, curricula validations • Mentor students, provide career navigation information • Provide scarce resources • Provide teacher externship opportunities • Promote college offerings and tie them to career pathways • Tuition assistance and education stipends • Contextualized work experience and work evaluation • Education accomplishment recognition 16

  18. Roles of Business Partners Action Steps for Community College Leaders • Identify and select appropriate business partners • Curriculum and certification development • Pilot Project • Measure and Evaluate • Continual Communication • Implement Partnership Learnings • Celebrate Achievements 17

  19. Discussion Questions What other strengths do community colleges bring to partnerships with business? Additional roles community colleges might bring to partnerships with business?

  20. Questions? … Contact Us! Peg Walton pwalton@corporatevoices.org 19

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