DOCUMENT RESUME ED 328 697 CE 056 829 TITLE Northwestern Pennsylvania CooperativeDemonstration Project (High Technology). ProcessManual. INSTITUTION Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania. Centerfor Vocational Personnel Preparation. SPONS AGENCY Office of Vocational and Adult Education(ED), Washington, DC. PUB DATE 90 CONTRACT V199A90089 NOTE 150p.; For the final project report, seeCE 056 830. PUB TYPE Guides - Non-Classroom Use(055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Vocational Education; ComputerAssisted Manufacturing; Demonstration Programs;Education Work Relationship; Electricity; Electronics;Fluid Mechanics; Industry; Inplant Programs;*Manufacturing Industry; Numerical Control; PostsecondaryEducation; *Program Development; Program Implementation; *Retraining; *School Business Relationship;Skill Development; *Technological Advancement;Word Processing IDENTIFIERS Partnerships in Education; Pennsylvania (Northwest) ABSTRACT This process manual explains the proceduresfollowed by a project that provided training foremployees of manufacturing industries. It also focuses on the project'sattainment of two other objectives: (1) helping industry in the target areabecome more competitive with foreign rivals; and(2) building a network between industry and education. A project summarydiscusses the need to provide training or skill upgrading in hightechnology areas of study, such as word processing, fluid power,computer-controlled machine tools, and computer-aided drafting anddesign. The manual describes the following activities: establishmentof an advisory committee; management plan development; marketsurvey to determine training needs; design of advertising media;establishment of training programs and facilities; developmentof linkages with industry; adult student registration;design of program agendas; development of outreach systems and informationnetworks; and writing of the project final report. Projectmaterials are provided, including the market survey, memorandum of agreementbetween school providing training and the project operator,sample training programs and curriculum outlines, registrationforms, Lotus recordkeeping system, project correspondence, and the PCWrite Word Processing Guide and Electronic Mail User's Guide.(YLB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that canbe made from the original document. *********************************************************************** NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COOPERATIVE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT (HIGH TECHNOLOGY) PROCESS MANUAL CENTER FOR VOCATIONAL PERSONNEL PREPARATION INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1989-1990 Project Co-Directors: Dr. Michael Spewock Mr. Thomas O'Brien Funded by: Office of Vocational and Adult Education United States Department of Education Project Number: V199A90089 I U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Off.ce ol Educations, Researchand Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) I /1/Thisdocument has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating It 0 r Minor changes have been madeto improve 4tiprOductiOn paality Points of view or opinions Statedin this docu . ment do not necessarily represent official OE RI position or policy PROCESS MANUAL Northwestern Pennsylvania Cooperative Demonstration Project for Employees of Manufacturing Industries TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page 1. Abstract and Project Summary 1 Service Area Map 5 2. Introduction 6 3. Establishing an Advisory Committee 8 4. Developing a Management Plan 12 List of Managers in Partner Organizations 15 5. Market Survey 16 6. Designing Advertising Media 17 7. Establishing Training Programs and Facilities 19 Table 2. Summary of training programs 21 Sample memorandum of agreement and D.P.R. 23-A 8. Linkages with Industry 24 9. Sample Training Programs 27 Training Program Outlines 27-A 10. Registration of Adult Students 28 Sample Registration Form 28-A 11. Registration Summary 29 12. LOTUS Recordkeeping System 32 Sample Spreadsheet 32-A 13. Correspondence 33 14. Designing Program Agendas 34 Sample Agenda 35 15. Outreach Systems and Information Networks 36 PC WRITE Word Processing Guide 37 Electronic Mail Users' Guide 38 16. Hiring Instructors and Trainers 39 17. Evaluation Methods and Procedures 40 Sample Evaluation Instruments 43 18. Developing Project Goals and Objectives 45 19. Writing the Final Report 48 Project Final Report 48-A 3 1. ABSTRACT AND PROJECT SUMMARY The Northwestern Pennsylvania Cooperative Demonstration Project was developed at the Center for Vocational Personnel Preparation at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa. The purpose of the project was to provide training programs for employees of manufacturing industries who needed education or skill upgrading in one or more of the following areas of study: Industrial Electricity and Elec:..onics Computer-controlled Machine Tools Computer-aided Drafting and Design Quality Control and Statistical Process Control Word Processing D-base, MS-DOS, and Computer Spreadsheet Development Fluid Power Algebra and Trigonometry The project operated from January 1989 through August 1990 and was directed by Dr. Michael Spewock and Mr. Thomas O'Brien. People who received training were employed by manufacturing industries located in the following six northwestern Pennsylvania counties: Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer and Venango. Project planners recognized a need to introduce high-tech training and related services to industries in this region. The area has experienced a steady economic decline since 1975 when managers of steel-making plants in Pittsburgh and Johnstown closed the doors to their factories. The resulting domino effect caused worker layoffs and plant closings in western Pennsylvania coal mines, in "small job" machine shops, and in other industries that depend upon coal and steel production for raw materials. Not long after western Pennsylvania coal and steel industries closed, the management of Volkswagen America decided to stop production of its popular "Rabbit" economy car in the New Stanton, Pa., automobile assembly plant. This decision caused a shut-down of the factory and forced more than 5,000 western Pennsylvania men and women out of work. The repercussion from lost jobs caused enormous decreases in revenues to area schools and reduced income to local businesses and service industries. The departure of companies like Volkswagen and Bethlehem steel was the result of competition from overseas manufacturers who have the ability to produce steel and "value-added" steel products at a lower price than can many factories in the United States. The loss of these industries proved to be devastating to the people in western Pennsylvania. Some former steel mill and coal mine workers who lost jobs were able to find employment in service industries near their homes. These included fast-food restaurants, convenience stores, and gasoline stations. Unfortunately, these time-consum:ng, low-paying jobs prevented workers from seeking educational 1 1 4 programs that provided the skills they needed to return to new jobs in "high-tech" industries that have slowly begun to emerge in Johnstown and the Allegheny river valley surrounding the city of Pittsburgh. The three objectives of this project were (a) to help industry in the six-county target area become more competitive with its foreign rivals.Project directors reasoned that this could be done if they would demonstrate cost-effective methods industry could use to train workers. The directors also thought that part of the answer to industry's training needs lay in the project's second objective, (b) to establish "linkages" between factory personnel and schools such as proprietary training institutions, Pennsylvania's county vocational-technical schools, local community colleges, and "Adult Skill Centers.".Federal grant funds were used by Indiana University of Pennsylvania to establish articulation agreements among these agencies, then demonstrate how workers would be taught using actual training programs as models for future training applications. The final objective of the project (c) was to develop a "process manual" that would be used as a guide by other agencies that wanted to replicate the project in Pennsylvania and other parts of the United States. The directors of the project worked with representatives from industry, vocational-technical schools, community colleges, and private training schools to establish educational programs. Programs were offered in the form of one-night-per- week evening classes for 6, 8, 10, 12, or 16 weeks; two-day seminars, and 5-day, 40- hour intensive training sessions.In all classes, curricula focused on combining theory with hands-on training on computers, word processors, high-tech machinery, higher level mathematics (algebra, geometry, trigonometry), electronics hardware, and/or peripheral equipment. At the end of each training program, participants were asked to evaluate their educational experiences. Paper-and-pencil survey-type questionnaires were used for evaluation. Personnel directors and factory supervisors were also asked to evaluate the effectiveness of training. Once again, questionnaires were used. Supervisors were asked to observe employees practicing their new skills or, if that was not possible, to attempt to predict an employee's potential to succeed in the workplace as a result of training. Supervisors then reported their observations on evaluation instruments. After the project directors arranged for the