Project Description
The Center of Excellence for IT is will be assembling an IT/CS industry professional panel (up to 30 professionals from multiple program pathways – web programming, programming, networking, systems, database, hardware/software technicians, gaming, etc.) to review up to six state CTC IT/CS programs currently in place. The review process will not be open to participant colleges in order to optimize the free flow of feedback and information from the industry professionals. This service will be offered at no charge to the five participating state CTCs.
The panel will assess alignment of program’s course offerings and curriculum to determine if the programs are currently preparing students to successfully enter the workforce.
- Upon completion of the industry review and analysis, the Center will issue a five-page, high level recommendation and plan for action report to each college. The participant CTC will be required to deliver an action plan for tracking and mentoring purposes within one month after receiving the Center’s report for tracking and mentoring purposes. The CoE for IT will review action plans; provide feedback and advice to participating CTCs. Industry professionals will review and provide analysis of progress.
- Follow-up interviews with participating colleges and timely reporting will assess what action has been taken by CTCs, mentoring will be provided as needed.
- Evaluations from the colleges indicating satisfaction level with the process.
- The process and reports documenting the process will be disseminated, including specifics related to the return on investment, on the Center’s website, e-newsletter, and at related conferences and events.
Please review the application and submit by Monday, November 2, 2009. The application review process will take approximately two weeks. The five college programs will be notified if they have been selected no later than Friday, November 20, 2009. The industry panel review of the five colleges is targeted to occur between December 2009 and January 2010.
Please complete our application online!
For any questions please contact:
Maureen Majury, M.Ed.
Senior Program Manager and CoE Acting Director
NWCET, Bellevue College
425.564.4229