Status Report 02073-FY18 Hennepin West Consortium Perkins Application Perkins IV Consortium Award Year: 2017 Contract Number: 02073 Status Report Number: 01 Submitted By: Cynthia Muna Submitted Date: 10/15/2018 Status Report Type: Annual Performance Report Status: Approved Approved By: Jeralyn Jargo Approved Date: 12/21/2018 07/01/2017 06/30/2018 Report Period From Date To Date Primary Contact Ms. Cynthia Muna Name:* Salutation First Name Middle Name Last Name Title: Postsecondary Contact Email: [email protected] Address: North Hennepin Community College 7411 - 85th Avenue North Brooklyn Park Minnesota 55455 City State/Province Postal Code/Zip 763-424-0943 Phone: Phone Ext. Fax: 763-493-0565 Organization Information Name: Hennepin West Consortium Organization Type: MN Perkins Consortium Organization Website: Address: 7411 85th Avenue North Brooklyn Park Minnesota 55445 * City State/Province Postal Code/Zip Phone: 763-424-0943 Fax: Ext. Goal 1: Designing & Implementing Programs of Study: Goals, Objectives and Strategies Goal 1 Narrative: QUESTION: What activities were conducted during the grant year that supported Programs of Study (POS)? During FY18, a rationale for a needs assessment plan for college, high school and business needs was created during our regular meeting schedule and retreat. Areas needing improvement will be addressed in future grant planning and through Perkins V. As part of our needs assessment, HWC invests in articulation and concurrent enrollment as the primary vehicles to create a pathway from secondary to postsecondary. HWC secondary disperses a majority of their funds in Goal 1. The consortium supports a portion of the regional articulation coordinator and the www.CTEcreditMN.com website administrator along with programming and hosting of the articulation website. The articulation meetings are organized around career pathways, which has also served as excellent professional development and networking. HWC will continue to support adding local and regional articulation agreements. This will include inviting new consortia partners to www.CTEcreditMN.comthus advancing our goal of facilitating statewide student mobility and advanced placement opportunities. An RPOS in Programming and Software Development was created following a needs assessment and was approved by the consortium and state. Labor market data supported this choice as a high skill, high wage, high demand career. There are Programming and Software Development programs at both NHCC and HTC. All eligible districts (8 of 10) are aligned with this RPOS. This RPOS is being implemented at all levels and technical skill assessments are being evaluated. HWC college faculty, high school teachers, advisory committee members, Perkins directors, counselors and advisors reviewed the eight approved POS. The eight POS were either enhanced or sustained. Local and regional advisory committees have strengthened the RPOS and POS to connect teachers for cross teaching. There are strong advisory committees in the high schools and colleges. The leadership team has concluded there is a need to revise the advisory committee structure. In addition to joint advisory committees between secondary and postsecondary, strong secondary advisory committees are inviting other school districts in the consortium to join them to reduce duplication and stress on our business partners. Twin West has been very helpful with providing us with industry partners as we entertain the idea of focused regional advisory committees. As HWC reevaluated our seven required state approved POS, we fully developed those POS through brokering in areas where the partner colleges or high schools did not have extensive programming. For example, the HWC Engineering pathway is valid and reliable on the secondary level but programming is limited at the postsecondary level. Secondary brokered with Normandale Community College in the area of Engineering and added a TSA. Students were exposed to all aspects of the industry through connections with the real world. HWC continued a career focused all day workshop directed at secondary students which was hosted by partnering colleges. Students were on the college campus and exposed to specific industries through hands-on activities, industry panels and college guest speakers. For example, Criminal Justice was a focus for one of the workshops and Manufacturing for another. We will continue to provide apprenticeship training, internships, mentorships, relationships through advisory committees, etc. In addition we support MCIS, Naviance, Real Time Talent as tools to provide career and employment information. Hennepin West schools have recognized the value of career academies. Resources such as CAPS, business simulations, and student organizations are supported and implemented. A concentrated effort is made to provide technical skill assessments to strengthen pathways, ACC, CE, and credit for prior learning. HWC leadership supported additional TSA implementation in order to gather additional data to make program improvements. A continuous curriculum review model supports articulation agreement changes. Consortium articulation meeting structure was modified to include broader issues of POS development, review and improvement, as well as review of state approved TSA's in pathways. TSA data was shared with the HWC leadership team in order for best practices to emerge in individual school/teacher Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s). The colleges recognized the need to validate student learning at the secondary level, which would advance students into a postsecondary pathway. HWC worked with vendors to negotiate improved pricing. Additional funding for secondary to support TSA in all pathways was provided by NHCC. Through advisory committees, industry partners have stated that in specific pathways, TSA credentialing is a valid tool to assess potential employee knowledge. HWC will support the integration of innovative programming to better support academic and technical skills (e.g. Compass, Vantage, Career Academies, PLTW, IT Exploration). One way we improved technical skills of CTE learners was to partner with manufacturing. HWC applied and was approved for a Grant for Youth Skills Training from the Department of Labor and Industry. This grant will be implemented in FY19. HWC offers professional development opportunities to all faculty through multiple resources including Perkins. Examples of relevant professional development include CTE Works, ACTE, MACTA, MnACTE and other professional conferences. In addition, NHCC, Century and Normandale provided all consortium concurrent enrollment high school teachers and college faculty networking and training opportunities to assist in complying with legislative and HLC requirements. Articulation meetings, which are organized around career pathways, also serve as excellent professional development and provide networking opportunities. SouthWest Metro Consortium hosted career pathway conferences to strengthen the Hospitality and Tourism and Education pathways, which provided professional development for teachers in which HWC participated. HWC will continue to partner with other consortia in the state. Concurrent Enrollment Options In FY18, NHCC unfortunately lost two CE courses—Construction with Wayzata and Personal Finance with Brooklyn Center. As is evident from the enrollment data from FY17-FY18 enrollment decreased by 21.2%. Part of the decrease is from the loss of the two courses which accounted for 66 enrolled students. However, the dramatic decrease with Hopkins High School's Personal Finance numbers from 198 down to 46 is another factor. This decrease occurred due to HLC credentialing changes which meant the instructor at the high school was no longer qualified to teach this course on a CE basis. Based on the credentialing review of the 15 high school teachers, only three of them qualified. Number of Students Course/school 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 Buffalo High School: MATH 1130 54 68 MATH 1140 43 14 HIST 1010 78 HIST 1200 101 63 SOC 1110 56 47 FYE 1020 85 47 BUS 1440 62 COMM 1010 51 47 TFT 1210 12 13 Wellstone International: ARBC 1101 Wayzata High School: ACCT 2111 24 23 18 ART 1100 36 42 23 HLTH 1070 BUS 1440 78 75 90 BUS 2200 25 18 CMSV 1200 11 Orono High School: ACCT 2111 11 12 18 CIS 1101 34 34 39 Hopkins High School: BUS 1440 288 198 46 Brooklyn Center High School: BUS 1440 54 In FY18, HTC offered 55 sections of concurrent enrollment. High schools involved include Wayzata HS, Forest Lake Area HS, Buffalo HS, Roseville HS, and the Prior Lake/Lakeville MNCAPS program. Courses included Computer Programming, Business, Accounting, Video Production, Graphic Design, Auto Mechanics, Marine/Motorsports Technology, Child Development, Engineering CAD, Landscape/Horticulture, and Woodworking. Bloomington Career and College Academy has expanded their programming, and in FY18 they offered courses at their high school taught by HTC faculty in Computer Careers, Emergency Medical Services, Nursing Assistant, Health Unit Coordinator, and Auto Mechanics. The Auto Mechanics career track courses are held at HTC’s Eden Prairie campus. In addition, HTC further aligned with NACEP standards during FY18 and will apply for accreditation in FY19. HTC also continued to work with HS teachers on professional development plans that help to address any credentialing gaps. Articulation Agreements with 4-Yr Institutions In FY18, NHCC has several 4 year institutions that are now located on the campus, so that students can complete a 4