This document discusses the role of industry advisory boards in competency-based education (CBE) programs. It explains that advisory boards for CBE programs have three levels: Strategic Partners, a Business & Industry Team, and Program Advisory Boards. Strategic Partners help identify workforce trends and design processes to gather employer needs data. The Business & Industry Team identifies current and emerging job needs and aligns curriculum with jobs. Advisory Boards advise on competencies, new developments, and provide feedback on curriculum and student progress. The document provides examples of how each group contributes, such as helping to anticipate skills needs, create new curriculum, and revise existing programs. It also discusses best practices for qualifying and utilizing advisory

1. INDUSTRY PARTNER:
CBE PROGRAM
INTERFACE
Lone Star College—University Park
Mark Curtis-Chávez
CBE4CC: Denver, CO
June 5, 2015

2. SELECTING A
PROGRAM FOR CBE
WHICH ONE?

4. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Program Request
Existing Program

5. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Focus Group
PCAL
Workforce Council
Approval
Business Plan
Executive Council Approval
Board Approval
THECB Approval
Launch

6. HISTORY OF ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Companies
Monopoly

7. HISTORY OF CURRICULUM
TEAM
Function
Industry Need
Deans & Faculty
New Delivery Mode

8. M
A
R
K
E
T
I
N
G

9. DEVELOPMENT OF CBE
PROGRAM
Course Teams
Roadmap for Courses
­ Mapping competencies
­ Developing assessments
­ Creating learning material
Products
­ BUS AA
­ CIT Certificate
­ Spreadsheet stories
­ D2L: sandboxes/communities

10. PLAN FOR NEW ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Deactivation of CIT Certificate
Two New CIT AAS
New Advisory Committee: Focus Group & PCAL
Launch: January 2016

11. Curriculum
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Dr. Sue Merrell Daley, Dean of Business and Public Services
Sinclair Community College
Industry Partner:
CBE Program Interface
June 2015

12. Agenda
• Accelerate IT Introduction
• Advisory Board—Before and After
• Three Levels of Advisory Board Input
• Qualifying Advisory Board Members
• Using advisory input to anticipate, create, and revise CBE
curriculum

13. What is Accelerate IT?
Sinclair’sTAACCCT Grant Project
• Grant Goal – Adapt and adopt competency-based IT
instruction to accelerate learning for TAA-eligible, veterans,
unemployed, and other adult learners.

14. Round 2TAACCCT Grant
Consortium Partners
• Austin Community College
• Broward College
• Sinclair Community College
• Western Governors University, Consultant
• Mathematica, Grant Evaluator

15. Program Development | Curriculum Updates

16. Accelerate IT Model
Courses
Recommend
Technologies
Strategic
Partners
Business/Industry
LeadershipTeam
Programs
Job Forecasting
Job Alignment
Incumbent
Development Plans
Workforce/Employer Partners
Program Advisory
Committee
Public Workforce
Agencies
Delivery Logistics
Learner Support
STUDENTS
Faculty Facilitation
Holistic Case Management
Data-Driven
INTERNSHIP
JOB
PROMOTION
TRANSFER

17. STAKEHOLDER
COLLABORATIVE
Employers
Recrui;ng
Agencies
Public
Workforce
Agencies
Sinclair
Internal
Organiza;on
Community
Workforce
&
Economic
Development
Organiza;ons
Academia
•
KForce
•
Manpower
•
Robert
Half
•
TEK-­‐Systems
•
Bus.
&
Pub.
Services
•
Career
Services
•
Enrollment
Services
•
Internship
Office
•
Workforce
Development
•
Veterans
Office
•
Chamber
of
Commerce
•
Dayton
Econ.
Dev.
•
Econ.
Dev.
OrganizaLons
•
Technology
First
IT
Trade
AssociaLon)
•
Job
Center
(Health
&
Family
Services)
•
Ohio
Means
Jobs
•
Veterans
Office
•
WIB
Boards
•
Accelerate
IT
ExecuLve
Strategic
Partners
Forum
•
Accelerate
IT
ExecuLve
Business
&
Industry
Team
•
Employers
•
AusLn
C.C.
•
Broward
C.C.
•
Cinci
State
•
Colin
County
C.C.
•
Western
Governors
Displaced Workers andVeterans

18. Advisory Board “Before CBE”
• Expectation of the College, the State and the regional
accreditation
• Each career program has an advisory board to “provide advice
to faculty and administrators about the competencies needed
by students entering a specific occupational area”
• Important to the “establishment and maintenance of current
educational programs”

19. Advisory Board Members should possess
• First-hand experience in the career areas represented
• Confidence of their associates and peers

20. Advisory Board “4CBE”
Yes and…
Strategic
Partners
Business &
IndustryTeam
Advisory Boards

21. • Strategic Partners
– Chief Learning Officers, Chief Research Officers, Chief Marketing
Officers,Workforce Board Executives, Chief of Industry Consortia
• Business & Industry Team
– CIOs, Corporate Training Coordinators,VPs, IT Directors
• Program Advisory Boards
– Exemplary practitioners, first-hand knowledge, subject matter experts

22. Examples of how the different groups contribute
Strategic Partners helped
• Identify ways to determine viable, accurate employer
workforce information and needs data
• Design the process for the above, including identification of
employers
• Surface how employers identify, qualify, and select prospective
new hires

23. Business & Industry Partners helped
• Identify current, emerging, and future employer needs based
upon employer provided relevant data
• Align existing academic curriculum to specific current and
emerging jobs
• Allow students to learn through practical workplace
experiences, such as internships and capstones

24. Advisory Boards helped to
• Advise about competencies needed by students entering into
a specific occupational area
• Keep the college informed of new developments in the field
• Provide feedback, suggestions, and guidance related to
facilities, curriculum, instruction and student progress

25. Secondary and Primary Data
AREA
OF
FOCUS
Watch
List
AREA
OF
FOCUS
Watch
List
Response
Based
upon
need
Reac;ve
|
Proac;ve
|
An;cipatory
Opera;onal
Strategic
Strategic
Plan
Plan
Opera;onal
Plan
“ROI
Needs-­‐Based”
Focus
3
–
10
Yrs.
1
–
3
Yrs.
NOW

26. How to qualify and utilize advisory members?
AnLcipate
Needs
IdenLfy/Create
Curricula
Revise
ExisLng
An;cipatory
&
Strategic
Proac;ve
Reac;ve

27. Advisory Board 4CBE
Strategic
Partners
Business &
IndustryTeam
Advisory Boards

28. Questions?