EL CAMINO COLLEGE



EL CAMINO COLLEGE

Community Advancement Division Council

Meeting Notes

July 1, 2009

Present: Martha Aaron, Jose Anaya, Darling Garcia, LauraLee Garinger, Maricela Vital

A scheduled meeting of the Community Advancement Division Council convened at 8:15 a.m. in the Business Training Center, Room 21.

Review of Minutes from May 11, 2009 meeting

Minutes approved as written.

Department Updates

o Center for Applied Competitive Technologies – Darling Garcia:

1) Received a $170,000 Chancellor’s Office grant that is currently on hold.

2) Working on final reports for CACT/CTE.

3) David Gonzales is waiting Board approval for the classified management position for the Director of the CACT.

o Center for International Trade Development – Darling Garcia:

1) Site visit by Statewide Director went well. Our CITD is doing well and considered a “high performance” center.

2) Working on marketing materials for the new Customs Broker Exam Prep course which will be offered on July 21st.

3) Nicaraguan delegation will be arriving July 14th to bring their products to the LA Mart. Marketing materials will be developed for the LA Mart.

4) Held a new International Business Firm Practice training for eleven high schools. CITD holds the licenses for the training.

o Small Business Development Center – LauraLee Garinger:

1) Attended SBDC Director’s retreat in May for the network region which reaches Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The retreat is held once a year and the director’s are encouraged to brainstorm ideas in order to enhance the network, better service the clients and reach goals established by the SBA.Star Van Buren will be attending a mandatory meeting, on May 19th at the Chancellor’s Office, regarding updates in the Cal Trans program.

2) Met with the lead center to review WebCATS and see what can be done to enhance the system to better capture milestones and prevent duplicate entries.

3) ECC SBDC has received its SBA grant renewal for $300,000.

4) To honor the students who attended the Summer and Spring Youth Entrepreneurial Programs (YEP) an Awards Luncheon was held at the Proud Bird Restaurant on May 16th. The event was filmed by Hawthorne Cable. Certificates were presented to those completing the course. Plaques were presented to those who completed their business plans. Trophies were presented to students who exceeded the class requirements and were “overall best”. A “Most likely to be funded award” was presented to Rachel Bullard of Los Angeles for the excellent job done on her projection for her business.

5) An intern from Humboldt College is with the SBDC for 8 weeks this summer. He thinks the SBDC’s mission is important and he likes the idea of event promotion and marketing being part of the internship. He is focused on the long term plan of being successful and thinks his internship will give him perspective on how successful businesses grow.

6) Business Boot Camp Class filled with 24 students.

7) Attended iWE (Institute for Women Entrepreneurs) Conference on June 18th. The emphasis was on “green”.

o Contract Education & Community Education – Maricela Vital:

Employee Training Panel (ETP)

Training in progress and interest for upcoming training is increasing.

Contract Education

1) City of Redondo Beach’s Customer Service training continues through 07/30/09.

2) City of Torrance’s Customer Service training is in progress.

3) Customer Service training for a non-profit organization has been completed and additional training is being discussed.

o Workplace Learning Resource Center – Maryann Cohan: (information supplied earlier)

Prisons

1) 3-year welding contract at Terminal Island completed. Contract for year 4 has been approved and classes expected to begin in September.

2) Session 1 Parenting class at Detention Center graduated June 1st. Session 2 has started.

3) Terminal Island has requested that another Job Fair be held in September.

Career and Technical Education

1) A short presentation on Career Planning was given to local high school counselors.

2) The Career Readiness Certificate/WorkKeys tests were given to Leuzinger High School students. Fifteen certificates were earned.

3) Met with main Project Lead the Way teacher at City Honors High School in Inglewood in order to generate more interest in the Career Readiness Certificate and in the Applied Technology Skills Training software (KeyTrain) within their PLTW program.

o Workforce Development – Espie Corrado: (information supplied earlier)

1) The CTEA application for 2009-2010 funds has been submitted along with the Tech Prep application. It is now waiting approval from the Chancellor’s Office. Currently preparing to close out the 2008-2009 year for both CTEA and Tech Prep.

2) Tech Prep – Machine Tool Technology had an open house on May 30th featuring the Robotics Program. Over 50 middle and high school students attended.

Career Placement Services

1) Operation Confidence Job Fair was held on May 22nd. Operation Confidence, in partnership with El Camino College and the Los Angeles Community College District, sponsored Mega Job Fairs at LACC, LA Valley, West LA, and ECC during the week of May 19th.

Career Technical Education

1) A group of individuals with the Young Furniture Associates (YFA) again toured the ECC campus on June 5th. They are interested in partnering with ECC for internships. They are interested in matching students that are trained at ECC with jobs in the industry.

2) Connie Zandate and Cathy Brinkman have been working on the CTE handbook with hopes of printing it this month.

El Camino College Language Academy

1) Closing Ceremony Party held on June 4th. Sixty-two students graduated.

2) Summer session will begin June 15th with orientation on June 10th.

Women in Industry & Technology

1) Hill Street Studios has finished taking photos for the WIT posters.

2) MDesigns has been filming students, faculty and staff for a 3-6 minute video for outreach presentations and web streaming.

Discussion

o Budget Cuts: We are getting different scenarios from Sacramento that will affect our programs. There is no final word at this time. We should anticipate budget cuts for the next two years.

o New Opportunities: We need to find new grants. One of our projects did get funded. We went with the Pacific Gateway for funding for $1 million. This was our first opportunity to partner. Only federal monies are available. The state is getting $50 billion in stimulus money but only a small portion of that amount will be available for training.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 9:15 a.m.

Next meeting: August 4, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

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