Partnership

• The Ohio Articulation and Transfer Network (OBOR) and Ohio Association of Community Colleges

• Initial Discussion - 2009– Ohio State Apprenticeship Council

– Ohio Board of Regents

– Ohio Association of Community Colleges

– Selected IBEW-NECA Electrical Trades Apprenticeship as pilot program

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Goals

• Facilitate college credit for registered apprenticeship programs

• Provide a statewide agreement with consistent credit value

• Provide a statewide agreement for degree completion

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2010 Development of Statewide Apprenticeship/Community College Articulation Agreement

• Identify a process of operation

• Curriculum Alignment

• Apprenticeship Programs– Content of the program

– Validation process

– Outcomes of the program

– End of program examination

– National/State credential

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Development of Statewide Apprenticeship/Community College Articulation Agreement - Continued

• Community Colleges– Reviewed current agreement with apprenticeship program –

if applicable

– Faculty reviewed program outcomes – determine course credit application

– Colleges coordinated common amount of credit

– Addressed curriculum differences immediately with OBOR or Apprenticeship Program

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April 15, 2010

• Colleges coordinated common credit value for IBEW-NECA Electrical Trades Apprenticeship Program

• Developed curriculum format

• New –Revised policy by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC)- Contractual Arrangements

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HLC – Contractual Arrangements

• Institution outsources some portion of one or more of its educational programs … unaccredited…– Less than 25% - Commission Notification

– 25%-50% Prior Commission Approval

– More than 50% - will receive intense scrutiny and will not be approved by the Commission except in exceptional circumstances

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APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAY TO ATECHNICAL ASSOCIATE DEGREE

DATE SUBMITTEDCollege: NAME

I. Apprenticeship Curriculum (30 credit hours recommended or 50% of degree) List courses – give course numbers

Total: ## Credit Hours

II. Non-Technical Curriculum (30 credit hours recommended or 50% of degree)

Courses are to be from the following: A. General Education – At least one 3 hour semester course in each area for a total minimum of 15 semester

hours. Area I. Area II. Area III. Area IV. Area V.

English Composition/Oral Communication – 3 semester hour minimum List course(s) – give course number(s) Mathematics – 3 semester hour minimum List course(s) – give course number(s)

Arts & Humanities – 3 semester hour minimum List course(s) – give course number(s) Social Sciences – 3 semester hour minimum, List course(s) – give course number(s) Natural Sciences/Physics – 3 semester hour minimum List course(s) – give course number(s)

Total: ## Credit Hours

Note: General Education courses can be taken before enrollment in Sheet Metal Curriculum, concurrently while in Sheet Metal Curriculum, or after Sheet Metal Curriculum is completed.

B. Basic Education Courses basic to the technical field and closely related to the technical specialty Total: ## Credit Hours List course(s) – give course number(s)

Total of Degree Program: 60 semester hour minimum/62 semester hour maximum (100%) Total Credit Hours for the degree:

Next Steps - IBEW

• Finalized curriculum agreement with 11 community colleges

• Started the process of writing the HLC- Substantive Change Application – 11 colleges

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2012

• Submitted the IBEW/NECA HLC Application

• Received approval from HLC for the contractual arrangement between the 11 colleges and IBEW/NECA Electrical Trades Apprenticeship Program

• Initiated the Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Pathway

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2013

• Submitted the HLC application for Sheet Metal

• Apprenticeship Statewide Partnership Panel

• Continue with additional apprenticeship programs• Carpentry

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