Southwest Vermont Career Development Center 5 Year Enrollment Pattern by Program Presented to the Governing Board in April 2009 Part 1: Long Block Courses

Southwest Vermont Career Development Center5 Year Enrollment Pattern by Program

Presented to the Governing Board in April 2009Part 1: Long Block Courses

Southwest Vermont Career Development Center 5 Year Enrollment Pattern by Program

Presented to the Governing Board in April 2009

DEFINITIONS.

1. Concurrent = This is when two programs run at the same time, in the same classroom, with the same instructor.

2. Average Enrollment = Average enrollment over two semesters.

3. Long Block = These tend to be our major lab courses. They are called long block because they are 90 to 150 minutes long.

4. Short Block = These tend to be our introductory courses. They are called short block because they tend to be 50 to 60 minutes long.



ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM

Enrollment in Adult Education, Learning Institute, Online, and Custom Training for Employers (7/1/08-12/31/08) was 464. This is an increase of 110 from the same period the previous year.



ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM Vermont Training Program (VT Dept. of Economic Development) funding for the same period in Fall 2008 was received for 212 employees of the following employers: Mack Molding, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Vermont Composites, Vermont Veterans Home, NSK STEERING SYSTEMS AMERICA, Plasan USA, Abacus Automation, Energizer, Pad Print Machinery, Mace Security International, Global Z International, Black Trout Design, Katerin Design. This surpassed the whole previous year’s total of 189.



ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM

Our Online programs continue to grow, now offering 120+ Gatlin Education Services Career Certificate programs up to 6 months in length, in 7 major fields e.g. Health Care & Fitness, Business & Professional, Hospitality, IT & Software Development, Management, Media & Design, and Skilled Trades & Industrial. The Gatlin Career Certificates are industry recognized with many programs to prepare for industry certifications e.g. Comp TIA A+, Net +, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, MCSA, Cisco certifications, National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board. To view the Career Certificate Programs, enter the CDC website, www.svcdc.org and go to the Adult Education Online Instruction Center page. There you will find a link to the Gatlin Career Certificates. These are national programs with 1500+ college, university, and school partners around the country.



FY08 FY07 FY06

Announced Allowable Charged Announced Allowable Charged Announced Allowable Charged

Hannaford 16,273 16,192 16,273 15,667 16,682 15,667 12,839 13,452 12,838

Essex 14,600 14,448 14,210 13,200 14,157 13,177 12,800 13,329 12,393

Cold Hollow 13,350 11,558 13,350 11,174 11,605 11,174 9,950 10,624 9,068

Green Mountain 12,720 12,179 12,720 10,727 10,084 10,477 8,938 8,978 8,937

River Valley 11,730 10,467 10,083 9,678 9,453 9,633 9,768 9,012 9,083

Windham 11,668 11,156 11,668 10,532 10,261 10,531 11,091 11,288 11,091

Southwest 11,480 11,433 11,480 10,982 10,695 10,982 10,858 10,732 10,732

Randolph 11,238 10,930 11,238 11,204 10,451 11,197 11,181 11,051 11,181

Burlington 10,730 10,330 10,730 10,377 9,139 10,377 10,068 9,201 10,068

Stafford 10,130 9,402 10,130 9,678 9,599 9,678 9,303 9,269 9,303

North Country 10,054 7,508 10,071 8,941 8,463 8,942 6,696 9,157 6,696

Barre 9,900 8,549 9,900 10,176 9,593 10,176 8,989 9,016 8,568

Northwest 9,885 9,534 9,885 10,002 9,722 10,002 9,568 9,029 9,546

River Bend 8,912 **6,713 8,925 8,186 7,614 8,000 7,806 7,228 7,637

Hartford 8,730 *11,554 8,730 8,834 *9,096 8,834 8,384 *8,366 8,384

Regional CTE Center Tuitions FY06 - FY08









Horticulture program discontinued in 2008. We now have a part time instructor who is building a new “Ag” program with current enrollment of 10 students & growing.








Presented to the Governing Board in April2009





Southwest Vermont Career Development Center5 Year Enrollment Pattern by Program

Presented to the Governing Board in April 2009Part 2: Short Block Courses



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Presented to the Governing Board in April 2009SUMMARY DATA









Notes:1.Efforts to boost enrollment are beginning to pay dividends. 16 of the 22 long blocks featured in this presentation are showing an uptick in enrollment this year in comparison to last year. 7 of the 10 short blocks shown shoe either an uptick in enrollment or no change.2. This year our outreach coordinator, faculty and staff are engaged in an aggressive campaign to present our program to students throughout the county. In March alone, major outreach events have taken place in several schools.



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Southwest Vermont Career Development Center 5 Year Enrollment Pattern by Program Presented to the Governing Board in April 2009 Part 1: Long Block Courses