EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION
October 16, 2008
Karen Fischer-Gray, Kim Freeman, Courtney Montague, Vickie Stom, Denise Walton
Question posed: What must Mt. Hood Community College do to become a world-class education and training partner in your community, your life, your business?
· Connect kids seamlessly to MHCC, including educational career pathways that articulate from K- 12 to MHCC and meet the needs of our regional workforce
· Increase number of clubs/activities for all students of color-beyond Latino
· Certified Nurse Assistant Program Level 1 and 2 at Maywood Park Campus
· Develop more on-line programs/evening weekend programs offered at Maywood for adults
· The College needs customer service that is 24/7, just like the business world
· More customized training and funds to support the departments providing it, i.e., new supervisor/leadership training, Lean/SigSigma
· Develop/create more educational opportunities that are relevant for ELL/VESL students
· Include partners in the development of the VESL programs and consistently market these programs to the community
· Enhance consistent two-way communication between MHCC and partners
· Businesses need not only the technical skills but the economic/soft skills for pipeline and incumbent workers
· More public/private collaborations
· Participate in community learning events (MHCC staff needs to do this)
· MHCC should be more involved in K-12-from elementary to high school, i.e., MHCC students as volunteer tutors
· MHCC should collaborate, not command, what K-12 should do
· Very detailed idea based on a model from Southern Oregon:
CREATED= Collaborative (education, business, college), Relevant, Educational, Applied Technology (for) Economic Development
A core group of leaders from across the region (from the subgroups listed above) meet four times per year-to define the training needs and create action plans for business/education - specifically focusing on four to five specific industries
