HE and CTE/VET competence orientation in curricula

1. HE and CTE/VET competence orientation in curricula Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs in the USA and in Europe Herman den Heeten / Andrew Cox

2. Herman den Heeten • Self employed consultant in the field of • Business processes • Higher Education • Independent research on success factors for Associate degree completion herman@processcoach.eu

3. Andrew Cox • Director of Campus Outreach and Student Affairs – Cuyahoga Community College, Westshore Campus • University of Toledo, Doctoral candidate • Research interests include higher education and workforce policy Andrew.Cox@tri-c.edu

4. America’s Community Colleges

5. Community Colleges Defined • Any institution regionally accredited to award the associates degree in arts or the associates in science as its highest degree (60 credit hours) • Functions include: • academic transfer to four year institutions, • vocational and technical training • continuing education, developmental/remedial education • community service • life-long learning Cohen and Brawer, 2008.

6. SCHE in the Netherlands

7. General Labor market requirements • Educational programs based on competencies (knowledge, attitude and skills) for: • Starters on the middle skill job level • Workers who are able to make the next step to that middle skill job level • A formal degree that match with the required level • Training workers for “middle skill” jobs (jobs that do not require a bachelor degree • Middle skill jobs comprsie 21% of the all jobs in the U.S. and pay between $35,000 and over $75,000 a year Georgetown Center on Educaton and the Workforce, January 2013

8. The road to an Associate degree Workforcerequirements curriculum Throughput time Students wishes

9. Curriculum development Why and towards what goals ? The road How organized? curriculum What content? Throughput time

10. Case from both sides Matching of HE and labor market requirements WHY, WHAT and HOW

11. CTE meets VET Integration of the certification assessment for financial advisors and the Ad-program financial services management at the University of applied sciences Amsterdam Partnership between Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) and Arcelor Mittal

12. Associate degree program for jobs in the financial world on the middle skill level • Two-year program, 120 ects • Four semesters, • Three days at work in a financial environment • Two days education at the Amsterdam UAS

13. Register Financial Advisors Certificate for financial advisors on the middle skill level. (EQF 5) • Portfolio • Multidisciplinary assignment • Assessment Carrier Training and experience

14. Integration Semester 1 – 3 Higher VET • Portfolio • Multidisciplinary assignment • Assessment Carrier Training and experience = Competence based

15. Local 979 • Steelworker for the Future provides graduates with three important things: • Career-focused education and training • Pay while earning a degree • Enhanced employability upon graduation • While affiliated with ArcelorMittal, the program is designed to provide individuals with skills and experience desired by manufacturers Steelworker for the Future addresses a critical workforce development need for ArcelorMittal while strengthening American manufacturing as a whole.

16. Nationwide Success: Launched as a pilot program in June 2008 in partnership with Ivy Tech Community College (IN) and Prairie State College (IL). Approximately 160 students are enrolled in the Northwest Indiana programs and 18 graduates are now ArcelorMittal employees. Currently available in the following U.S. locations: IL - Prairie State College IN - Ivy Tech Community College and Purdue North Central OH - Cuyahoga Community College, Eastern Gateway Community College, Lakeland Community College, PA - Montgomery County Community College, Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State York WV - West Virginia Northern Community College Local 979

17. Local 979

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