1. TAACCCT:
Don’t Take it for GRANT-ed
WCET
October 28, 2011
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2. Speakers
 Darcy Hardy, Asst. Vice Provost, UT San
Antonio, IPA Appointee, US DOL
 Cable Green, Director of Global Learning,
Creative Commons
 Rhonda Epper, Assistant Provost,
Colorado Community College System

3. What is TAACCCT?
 Trade Adjustment Assistance Community
College and Career Training Grant Program –
(aka TACT)
 $500 million in FY11 grant funds to expand and
improve the ability of eligible institutions to
deliver education and career training programs –
capacity building grants
 Four rounds – 36 months each

4. Eligibility
 Eligible institutions are institutions of higher
education as defined in Section 102 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)
which offer programs that can be completed in
not more than 2 years.
 Includes 2-year and 4-year colleges and
universities, Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities,
and Hispanic Serving Institutions, among others.

5. Targeted Population
 Funds will provide education and training
programs suitable for workers eligible for
training under the TAA for Workers
program.
 The Department expects that once
programs are implemented they will
benefit a wide range of individuals.

6. Overarching Goals
 Use of evidence
 Technology and online innovation
 Credential attainment
 Job placement

7. Other Considerations
 State Authorization
 Accessibility
 Standards conformant
 Intellectual Property Requirements and
Creative Commons

8. First SGA: Four Program Priorities
1. Accelerate Progress for Low-Skilled and Other
Workers
2. Improve Retention and Achievement Rates to
Reduce Time to Completion
3. Build Programs That Meet Industry Needs,
Including Developing Career Pathways
4. Strengthen Online and Technology-Enabled
Learning

9. Awards Announced 9.26.11
 32 Awards
 23 Consortia
 9 Individual Institutions
 17 Additional (till to come)
 Approximately 230 institutions

10. TAACCCT Grantees
Up to 5 Million
5 to 10 Million
All Data Rounded 10 to 20 Million
20 to 30 Million 20.0
23.7 NH
WA
2.5 2.7
7.7 11.3 VT ME
MT ND
12.4
18.7 MN
22.2
OR
2.7 19.9 MA
ID
2.7 4.8 NY
2.7 SD
WI 3.6 3.4
WY MI RI
2.7 3.3 20.0 2.7
IA
2.7 NE 10.6 PA 4.6 CT
20.0 3.7 26.2 5.2 OH NJ
NV
UT 17.3 IL IN
5.0
CA
CO 19.6 20.0 5.0 24.1 DE
KS MO 5.1 WV
VA
KY
6.9 3.5
18.8 MD DC
2.7 4.5 NC
2.8 2.7 16.0 TN
OK
AZ
NM AR 20.0
9.5 2.5 SC
2.7 GA
MS AL
11.4 2.7
TX LA
2.5
AK 4.9
FL
24.7
HI 2.7
PR

11. Keep up with TACT
www.doleta.gov/TAACCCT
hardy.darcy@dol.gov

12. Succeeding with DOL
TAACCCT
Grant Program:
Support for Grantees

14. “OPEN” Consortia will Support ALL
DOL TAACCCT Grantees

16. A simple, standardized
way to grant copyright
permissions to your
creative work.

17. TAACCCT & Creative Commons
“…as a condition of the receipt of a Trade
Adjustment Assistance Community College and
Career Training Grant (“Grant”), the Grantee will
be required to license to the public (not including
the Federal Government) all work created with the
support of the grant (“Work”) under a Creative
Commons Attribution 3.0 License (“License”).”

19. Strengthen Online and
Technology-Enabled Learning
 “TAACCCT will support institutions that
are committed to using data to
continuously assess the effectiveness of
their strategies in order to improve their
program… and build evidence about
effective practice..”

20. “The Killer App”
Feedback Loops
for Continuous
Improvement

21. OLI Supported Development:
 Apply learning science research and scientific
method to OER development, implementation
and evaluation.
 Develop OER collaboratively: Teams of
TAACCCT grantee SMEs with OLI learning
scientists, human computer interaction experts
& software engineers.
 Use rich data gathered from student
interactions to drive multiple feedback loops for
continuous improvement.

23. Universal Design for Learning
“All online and technology-enabled courses
developed under this SGA must incorporate
the principles of universal design in order to
ensure that they are readily accessible to
qualified individuals with disabilities in full
compliance with the Americans with Disability
Act and Sections 504 and 508 of the Federal
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. ”

26. Community and Technical Colleges
 Producers (grantees) and consumers
 We’ll all need adoption, professional
development plans — adoption will not
happen without planning and leadership.
 Opportunity to tie adoption to “performance
based funding policies”

27. We should commend the Federal
Government for this landmark (CC BY)
requirement.

28. For more information
creativecommons.org/taa-grant-program

29. Dr. Cable Green
Director of Global Learning
cable@creativecommons.org
twitter: cgreen

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31. TAACCCT
Colorado Online Energy Training
Consortium
WCET Annual Conference
October 28, 2011

32. CO-Energy Training Consortium
 $17,256,881 awarded through TAACCCT
 10/1/2011 through 9/30/2014
 Consortium will offer a wide selection of
energy-related degree and certificate
programs tailored to industry specifications
and job demands. Programs will be
delivered via online instruction combined
with compressed site-based training and
use of mobile labs.

33. CO-Energy Training Consortium
Partners:
 15 community colleges
 14 Energy industry employers
 Colorado Department of Labor &
Employment
 10 Regional Workforce Centers

34. Energy Industry in Colorado
 Between 1999-2009, Colorado’s cleantech
industry grew by 18%, more than twice the rate of
the state’s economy as a whole.
 Large company relocations
 Draw for manufacturing and supply-chain partners.
 Colorado has an abundance of renewable energy
assets (wind, biomass, solar, water), in addition to
a large concentration of fossil fuels (coal, natural
gas, oil), making it a leader in energy related work.

35. Energy Industry in Colorado
 Access to federal research labs (National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, National
Center for Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation).
 Employers report that many skilled
employees are nearing retirement.

36. Energy Program Expansion &
Redesign to Hybrid Delivery
 Clean Energy Technology (Front Range CC)
 AS degree and certificates for Solar Technician, Wind
Technician, Power/Smart Grid Technician.
 Wind Energy Technology (Northeastern JC)
 AS degree in Wind Energy Technology
 Close proximity to wind farms and employers
 Utility Line Technology (Trinidad State JC)
 AAS degree and certificate for Line Technician

37. Energy Program Expansion &
Redesign to Hybrid Delivery
 Oil & Gas Technology (Aims CC)
 AAS degree or express short-term stackable
credentials in Oil/Gas technology.
 Process Technology/Instrumentation
(Colorado Mountain College)
 AAS and certificate in instrumentation or
process technology

38. Energy Program Expansion &
Redesign to Hybrid Delivery
 Mining/Extractive Technology (Pueblo CC)
 Certificates in Mine Safety Health Admin (MSHA),
welding, mechanical, and electrical systems.
 Includes mining simulators in mobile labs.
 Water Quality Management (Red Rocks CC)
 AS degree and certificate for water quality
technician and management.

39. CO-Energy Training Consortium
 Project includes a redesign of remedial
education throughout all colleges
 Utilizing research-based practices in modular,
contextualized, and accelerated curriculum.
 Contextualized remedial modules will be
developed for each energy program.
 Will be licensed and shared as an OER
resource.

40. CO-Energy Training Consortium
 Career guidance, placement
 Career coaches help students select program
and advise them on targeted remediation and
assessment options.
 Career coaches work with WF centers for
referrals.
 Displaced workers often unfamiliar with how to conduct
a job search or navigate employment and education
systems.
 Energy Career Website
 Real-time employer job openings, career planning
resources, placement services, mobile apps delivered
directly to students’ devices.

41. COETC Energy Career Pathways Managers &
Technical
Skilled
Professionals
Technician
Entry-Level
Technician
Entry –Level
Semi-Skilled Skilled Worker
Worker
Displaced
Worker
Career
Workforce Coach Associate Baccalaureate
Centers AAA 109 + Degree
Assessments
Degrees
Career Occupational
Explorations
Fast Track
Work Developmen Certificates
Energy Certificates: Associate of Applied Four-year colleges
tal Ed Clean Energy (Solar, and universities
Readiness Science (AAS):
Certificates Wind, Smart Grid) Wind Energy throughout
Utility Line Tech Technology, Clean Colorado.
Oil & Gas Energy Technology,
Energy System Tech Utility Line Tech,
Mine Safety, Water Quality
Welding, Management,
Mechanical Sustainable Industrial
Systems, Electrical Technology/Energy,
Systems, Mine First Instrumentation,
Responder. Process Technology

42. CO-Energy Training Consortium
 GOALS
 Get students quickly trained and placed into
high-wage, high-demand jobs.
 Enhance the training capacity of community
colleges to meet growing energy industry
needs.
 Reform intake and referral process between
workforce system and community colleges.

43. TAACCCT Application Process
 Began building consortium in December, 2010
 Key decisions early on were to pursue a statewide
approach, and to focus on the Energy Sector.
 Held planning meetings in February, 2011
 Worked with Colo Dept Labor & Employment to
gather data on target population.
 Colleges asked employer partners to validate job
growth projections in energy industry.
 Colleges assessed gaps in programs to fulfill
statewide needs (both in remedial Ed and Energy)
 Worked with CDLE to integrate regional WF centers
into consortium efforts.

44. Rhonda Epper, Assistant Provost
Colorado Community College System
rhonda.epper@cccs.edu