Enhancing Programs for IT Certification (EPIC)

Workforce and Employer Leadership Council

Enhancing Programs for IT Certification (EPIC)

WELCOME

INTRODUCTIONS

• Name• Title• Organization

ACTIVITY

• What? • Answer the questions: • What did you really want to be when you grew up (as a kid)? What do you kind of wish you had become? • Why? • What was behind it?

What is EPIC?

EPICEnhancing Programs for

IT Certification and is an expansion of

Learn on Demand

EPICEPIC consists of a consortium of six (6) KCTCS colleges with a mission of providing students with access to online programs/courses in CIT and MIT. • Big Sandy Community and Technical College• Hazard Community and Technical College• Jefferson Community and Technical College• Somerset Community College• Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College• West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Building on the Learn on Demand format, EPIC will offer:• Five (5) new degree programs in CIT/MIT• Eleven (11) embedded certificates

EPICEPIC will serve: • TAA-eligible workers

• Veterans• Unemployed• Underemployed• Low-skilled• Underrepresented• other potential students

Assist with:• increased student supports• adaptive learning technologies• improved student tracking• enhanced modules and courses to ensure

success in online learning and employment

EPIC will build relationships with regional and national organizations and employers to offer the best path for students allowing them to earn credentials in less time at a lower cost.

We are building tomorrow's workforce today! Ready | Set | Learn

What is Learn on Demand?

http://learnondemand.kctcs.edu

KCTCS Colleges – A Success Story Innovative Educational Delivery

Learn on Demand Key Features

• Accredited• Start Most Mondays• Competency-based Education• Authentic Assessments• 24/7 Student Services &

Bb Technical Help• Student Success Coaches Early On• Quality Assurance – Courses and

Instruction (FaCT)• Digital Content – Access First Day

GRANT GOALS

• Strategy 1: Improve Access to Online Competency-Based Pathways

• Strategy 2: Implement Comprehensive Systems• Strategy 3: Develop High Demand Stacked and

Latticed Credential and Degree Pathways

• Strategy 4: Create a Suite of Workforce Strategies

COMPONENTS OF EPIC

New IT Career Pathways Online College ReadinessJob-Readiness Training

Accelerated Remediation

STRENGTHS

• System experience with grants• Process for working with businesses through program

advisory committees (each program /college has advisory committees)

• State wide curriculum committees• Engagement with business and industry

College PACs KCTCS Curriculum Committees

Statewide PAC (WELC)

GROWTH/ IMPROVEMENTS/ENHANCEMENTS

• Improve and enhance Learn on Demand• Increased collaboration

through the consortium• New Intake System• Start Tomorrow Portal• Increase capacity and skills• Earn credit for skills and

experience/ PLA

• Additional credentials offered in the LoD format

• Work based learning opportunities• Apprenticeships

/Internship• Online and Onsite

• Workforce readiness

OPPORTUNITIES

• Student Support• Serve Diverse Groups• Industry Partnerships• Employability• Flexible Learning• Recruitment

CHALLENGES

• Course Development• Turn around time on development

• Institutional Processes• Reporting • Meeting outcomes / deadlines• Employer engagement

GRANT EVALUATION

• Scorecard• External Evaluator – CCRC • Third Party Evaluator of deliverables – TBD

• Quarterly and Annual DoL Reports

• Questions