贸易调整援助社区大学和职业培训(TAACCCT)资助计划

At Delaware Technical Community College, 我们认识到在商界和学生群体之间发展牢固关系的重要性. 我们获得了一个独特的机会,通过美国的援助与这两个实体接触.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration's grant program.

Background

2009年的《体育投注》修订了贸易调整援助计划,建立了社区学院和职业培训计划. The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act signed by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2010, 包括在四年内拨款20亿美元资助和扩大这一倡议.

As a result, the Department of Labor, in consultation with the Department of Education, announced the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) initiative.

TAACCCT Deliverables

As an associate degree granting community college, Delaware Tech is eligible to receive funding through this grant program. 它为我们提供了一个扩大和提高我们提供教育和职业培训项目的能力的机会,这些项目:

  1. can be completed in two years or less
  2. 是否适合在TAA下接受培训的工人
  3. 准备项目参与者在高工资,高技能的职业就业

这些多年补助金将确保我们的学生有机会获得技能, degrees, and credentials needed for high-wage, high-skill employment. At the same time, 工商界将得到满足其特殊需求的技术工人的保证.

TAACCCT Activity

At Delaware Tech, 作为特拉华州唯一的社区学院,我们拥有独特的地位,并有幸获得了TAACCCT的四轮资助. Listed below are the timelines and funding levels for each grant round:

  • Round 1 (October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2015)      $4.9M
  • Round 2 (October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2016)      $2.5M
  • Round 3 (October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2017)      $2.5M
  • Round 4 (October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2018)      $2.4M

TAACCCT Details

Each round has a grant life of four years. During the first three years, each program focuses on development, implementation, and participant enrollment and completion. The last year focuses on employment, evaluation, and outcomes. 每一轮的重点是教育和职业培训项目,以加速项目的完成,同时为个人提供行业和研究驱动的劳动力技能.

Renewable Energy – Solar

Round 1: Programs include:

  • 发展教育计划,协助学生加速补习课程, such as the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) and the Math Emporium, in order to transition students into college-level courses sooner, while accelerating the timeline towards completion;
  • Learning Communities that integrate learning through paired/themed courses;
  • The Center for Industry Research & Workforce Alignment (CIRWA), 探索区域发展行业和劳动力市场的机会,告知学院体育投注新项目发展的决定;
  • 六个学习项目可获得证书或AAS学位,如可再生能源-太阳能, Information Security, Powerplant可持续景观、节能制造和电子健康记录.

Nursing

Round 2: Programs include:

  • 护士助理培训计划,在这个6学分的课程结束时, 学生有资格参加注册护理员认证考试;
  • Associate Degree Nursing Program 其中护理课程在大学范围内对齐,以便以概念为基础的形式提供指导, with multiple points of entry and exit. An accelerated component was also included;
  •  一个大学水平的数学课程,重新设计使用商场模型,继续加速学生的进步,以完成.

Food Safety

Round 3:  Programs include:

  • Electromechanical Engineering AAS program and Building Automation Systems AAS program,
  • Short-term training programs, including a National Career Readiness Certificate, Certified Production Technician, 和食品安全证书,提高核心竞争力,并在工作环境中提供竞争优势.

Building Automation Systems

Round 4: Programs include:

  • TRANE卓越楼宇自动化系统中心(BAS) 1级和2级认证,学生将有机会获得最先进的楼宇自动化系统培训,并获得可堆叠的证书,从而获得进一步的教育和就业能力. 这些可堆叠的楼宇自动化系统认证得到了国家认证中心联盟的认可.
  • 病人护理技术员计划,为学生准备国家病人护理证书, certified nursing assistant, and phlebotomy, as well as obtaining certification in CPR-Basic Life Support. 该项目是该州唯一一个允许学生有机会在一个项目中获得这三个国家认证的项目.

通过每一轮拨款提供的项目旨在帮助准备低工资, unemployed, and displaced workers for jobs. The benefits of this grant cover the Delaware business community, Delaware Tech, 并将为国家的未来提供熟练的劳动力. As a result of this funding, 特拉华理工大学提高了其提供教育和职业培训项目的能力,这些项目可以在两年或更短的时间内完成, 适用于有资格接受工人贸易调整援助计划培训的工人, and 准备项目参与者在高工资,高技能的职业就业. 

每一轮TAACCCT都在提供相关技能方面加强了特拉华州及其社区的雇主伙伴关系, 知识增强的个人发展劳动力,并成为特拉华州未来发展的一部分, sustainability, and prosperity.

根据贸易调整援助社区学院和职业培训(TAACCCT)计划创建或修改的赠款计划可交付成果将通过以下方式提供 SkillsCommons.org.

 

This workforce product was funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. 该产品是由受资助者创建的,并不一定反映美国的官方立场.S. Department of Labor. The U.S. Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership.

TAACCCT Contact Information

Justina Thomas
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Principal Investigator and Project Director, TAACCCT 1
jthomas@deleonclubvictoria.com
(302) 857-1696

Kelly Davis
Principal Investigator and Project Director, TAACCCT 2
kelly.davisrn@deleonclubvictoria.com
(302) 259-6868

Martha Hofstetter
Principal Investigator and Project Director, TAACCCT 3 and 4
martha.hofstetter@deleonclubvictoria.com
(302) 857-1676