Community Development through Education and Training
Showcase Programs
COURSES
VERNON COLLEGE
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Command Spanish
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Best Program-- Basic, Employability, Skills, Training
CISCO JUNIOR COLLEGE
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Management – did training for businesses for a variety of business needs
PANOLA COLLEGE
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Command Spanish
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Skills Development
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Self-Sufficiency
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Adult Basic Ed
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Flex online Associate Degree Nursing program
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Occupational Therapy Assisting program
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Welding, HVAC, Electrical, Agriculture
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Dual Credit local high school Shelby County Texas
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GIS and Environmental Science
BLINN
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Command Spanish
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Certified Nurse Aide
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Best Program-Basic, Employability, Skills Training
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Skills, Development grant-funded training for business/industry
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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Customer Service
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Supervisory training
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Team building
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Computer update training
SKILLS AND WORKSOURCE ED AND TRAINING
PARIS JR. COLLEGE
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WIA/Workforce Board funding
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Skills development funds
BLINN
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Skills development funded training
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WIA/Workforce Board funding
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Self-sufficiency grant funded training
VERNON COLLEGE
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Skills development funds
BLINN
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Texas Leadership Institute-provides training sessions and workshops specifically for rural governmental agencies and non-profits in support of economic and community development goals
PANOLA COLLEGE
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Industrial Technology
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Command Spanish
RURAL LEADERSHIP
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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USDA/CDC workshop for elected officials, CDC/EPC members funded by AEP and supported by EBC
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RCCI Ext Team meetings have been instructive as to needs in using/teaching appreciative inquiry
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Leadership Bee County uses the Texas Rural Leadership Model with local input for on site visits. This model is being shared with other counties
BLINN COLLEGE
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Texas Leadership Institute-provides training sessions and workshops specifically for rural governmental agencies and non-profits in support of economic and community development goals
ADULT EDUCATION
KILGORE
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Adult Basic Education
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SBDC
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TRIO
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Adult Basic Ed programs - Adult literacy
NTCC
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Outreach Center initiatives – Adult Literacy
SWTJC
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Pilot Project – Equipped for the Future
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TEA initiative with Adult Basic Ed and Workforce – taught Retail Sales to ESL level participants – linked to job internships with Retail Business Partners in community
BLINN
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Adult Basic Education
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SBDC
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Contract/Personalized training for business, industry, and government entities
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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Kingsville Campus has developed the Move Up the PACE (Parent and Child Enrichment)
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Literacy program for residents of the Kingsville Housing Authority and their children
DEPARTMENT
BLINN
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A Workforce Development Specialist/Professional to serve as POC for the College
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
SRDC:
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Environmental issues
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Asset mapping
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Community Strategic Planning
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Leadership Development
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Conflict resolution
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Business development
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Economic and social data analysis
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Rural tourism
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E-commerce
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Economic development
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Economic Impact Analysis
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Value added qualities
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Entrepreneurship
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Community service
CULTURAL AWARENESS
NTCC
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Increased cultural awareness
BLINN
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Community service
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Service Learning projects for students
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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Cultural diversity training for probationers
DISTANCE LEARNING
SWTJC
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SWT Net – connects 21 school districts in our service area through distance learning (V-Tel) links. SWTJC is the hub.
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SWT Net – connected 21 school districts through DL linkage
BLINN
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Partnered with Texas A & M University, regional ISDs and city/count government to provide an infrastructure for distance learning
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Dual credit programs with regional high schools and the college
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION
BLINN
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Perkins and Tech Prep inclusion in community and economic development initiatives
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Formation of program advisory groups for specific communities
NTCC
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Communities in schools
KILGORE
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TRIO program
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Partnership with Sr. Center
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Texas Shakespeare Festival Outreach programs
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KTPB Radio – Kid’s Fest
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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TRIO plus Quality Enhancement Plan targeting underprepared mathematics students
PRISON
WESTERN TEXAS COLLEGE
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Inmate education
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C.O.T Training
BLINN
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TDCJ/Federal Prison/Windham ISD college programs offered
CLARENDON
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Inmate education at TDCG Roach Unit
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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Continuing Education courses in Federal Prison include Horticulture, Air Condition and Heating, Carpentry, Building Service Professional/Housekeeping, Waste Water Treatment
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Academic courses state prisons include all courses needed to achieve Associate in Arts, Science or Applied Science in Data Processing
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Vocation courses in state prisons include Automotive Transmission, Data Processing
CONTRACT/CORPORATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SPC
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Contract training
NTCC
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Corporate training
VERNON COLLEGE
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Contract training with businesses and industry
BLINN
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Contract training for business/industry
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Developed a Leadership Institute
PARIS JR COLLEGE
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Contract training through CE
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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Contract training with area non-profit organizations, counties and cities as well as business and industry
CLARENDON COLLEGE
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Contract training through CE
ALLIED HEALTH
SPC
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Phlebotomy
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Certified nurses aide
SPC-PLAINVIEW
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LVN program
BLINN
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Certified Nurse Aide
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Phlebotomy
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IV Therapy
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Certified Medication Aide
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Associate Degree Nursing and LVN
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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Certified Nurse Aid and Home Health Aid
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Medication Administration
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Phlebotomy
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Food Service Sanitation
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CPR
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EMS from Basic through Paramedic
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LVN program
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Radiology Technician proposed
CLARENDON COLLEGE
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LVN program
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EMT training through CE
CHILDCARE
CISCO
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Childcare training. Train people from area daycares in a variety of topics. Partnered at Workforce Board
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Child Care Development
NTCC
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Outreach Center initiatives: support of in-school youth, after school care
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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Child Care Center and degree in Child Development
MANUFACTURING/WELDING
CISCO
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Manufacturing technology – welding
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Welding – Workforce Board assisted in funding. Train basic welding skills/compressed timeline at request of local industry
HILL COLLEGE
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Lean Manufacturing – also known as Six Sigma
BLINN
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Skills Development grants for manufacturing
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Self-sufficiency grants for basic workforce training
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Developed Welding Technology program (credit)
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
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Contract and certificate welding classes
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Carpentry and building trades taught at Alice Campus