Virtual
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 3:30 PM ~ 4:30 PM ET
A prime goal of Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT)-supported programs is to educate students to be ready to step into well-paying jobs upon graduation.
Description
The typical business advisory council model may or may not provide this result. This webinar will share a unique business leadership model that actively engages employers in a way that results in workforce-ready graduates. It features the Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) model, developed by the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) National Convergence Technology Center at Collin College, TX.
Moderator(s)
Sharon Leu, Workforce Analyst, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training AssociationPresenter(s)
John Colburn, Director, Skills for America’s Future, Aspen Institute
Matt Glover, Senior Director of Global Information Technology, Harman International
Ann Beheler, Ph.D., Executive Director, NISGTC, a National TAACCCT IT consortium (Round 1); Principal Investigator, NSF ATE National Convergence Technology Center, Collin College
John Sands, Ph.D., Academic Director, NISGTC and Dept. Chair of Computer Integrated Technology for Moraine Valley Community College; Principal Investigator, NSF ATE Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance
