Broadening Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC)

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Our common education model:

UniversityGraduate Degree

UniversityBachelor’s Degree

High School

Community CollegeAssociate’s Degree

Entry LevelJob

SustainableWage Job

Professional or Managerial

Job

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Welfare to WorkGED

Apprenticeship

Technical Certificate

Promotion

CBO Training

Entry LevelJob

ManagementTraining

SustainableWage Job

Professional or Managerial

JobDownsizing

Lay-off

Outplacement Training

In-house Training

Promotion

UniversityGraduate Degree

UniversityBachelor’s Degree

High School

Community CollegeAssociate’s Degree

What our Students are experiencing:

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BATEC Mission

BATEC is developing and supporting a

coordinated, self-sustaining, regional IT

education and workforce system – one that will

attract a diverse student population to IT

careers, promote lifelong learning of technical

skills and support the IT workforce needs in

urban cities across our country.

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BATEC Service Area

Community Colleges Massachusetts

Roxbury CC Bunker Hill CC Middlesex CC Mass Bay CC Quinsigamond CC Bristol CC Northern Essex CC

Now Adding City Colleges of Chicago City College of San Francisco College of Southern Nevada

Current Partners

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Challenges We Have Been Addressing Employment Market-driven enrollments

Perception that “IT is dead” = Fluctuating enrollments

IT Hybridization; IT Across Content Areas/Careers; Computational Thinking

Traditionally autonomous education systems;“Siloed” departments delivering student services

Marketing of Schools/Programs

Coordination, Collaboration, Communication…

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BATEC Vision Curriculum

Regionally Connected; Transferable Advanced in Content and Pedagogy

IT Problem-Solving Computational Thinking IT Seamless Pathways that are Stackable IT Intersections – Forensics, Health, Business

Industry-Linked

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BATEC Vision (cont.) Education, Industry and Community

Connections Mutually-Beneficial Partnerships

NSF Advanced Technological Education Program (NSF ATE) Commonwealth Alliance for IT Education (CAITE) National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT) Special Interest Group for IT Education (SIGITE) Massachusetts STEM Plan

Career Development Lifelong Learning Regional Economic Growth

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BATEC Local Innovations

Meet the request of the City of Boston to support the education and training needs of our economically disadvantaged and underrepresented adult populations

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BATEC Bridge Program

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For many adults, the prospect of returning to school for a college degree or additional training is often daunting: 

• Work Schedules

• Transportation Difficulties

• Family Responsibilities

• Lack of Role Models

• Lack of Understanding of College Pathways and College Work…

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BATEC Bridge Program

Provide Educational Awareness Image the Possibilities

Provide a career content course Provide College Prep Advising

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BATEC Bridge Program

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DotWell – one example

• Community-Based Organization - Codman Square Health Center (CSHC) and the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center (DHMSC).

• Provides high quality comprehensive clinical and community-based services

• Offers meeting space and technology laboratories

• Staff that are both entrepreneurial and collaborative

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BATEC Bridge Program

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Computer Information Technology

CIT 110 Applications and Concepts

Tutoring

Start Matriculation

Register at BHCC

Accuplacer

Case Management

CIT 182 PC Hardware/IT Essentials

Tutoring

Finish Matriculation

Workshops

2nd Accuplacer

Case Management

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BATEC Bridge Program

BHCC leverages Bridge Program SuccessMicrosoft Grant $150,000

Additional 6 CBOs now part of the Bridge Program

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That’s the background of the CBOs

Switch a moment to the Stackables

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BATEC/BHCC Stackables

What are they and Why?EXCEL StoryCISCO StoryComputer Forensics Story

BHCC implements the first in a seriesUnaware there was a “name” for them

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BATEC Stackable Credentials

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High School

Bridge Program

Workforce Certificate

Career Certificate

Associate’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

6-9 credits 12-16 credits 27-30 credits 60+ credits 120+ credits

Intern g g g Entry Level g g g g g Mid Level g g g g g g Professional

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BHCC Networking Stackable

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High School

Bridge Program

CISCO 1-IVIT Essentials

Plus Linux, Wireless, OS, Server Admin

Plus Gen Eds

BSIT in Systems Admin

6-9 credits 12-16 credits 27-30 credits 60+ credits 120+ credits

Intern g g g Entry Level g g g g g Mid Level g g g g g g Professional

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BATEC Stackable Credentials

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Workforce Certificates:

• PC Hardware Support

• Network Support

• Programming

• Mobile App Development

• Database Technologies

• Data Management

• Health IT Support

• Entrepreneurship

• Accounting Support

• Computer Forensics

Career Certificates:

Computer Support Specialist

Networking and Administration

Programming

Database Programming

CyberSecurity

Health IT Support

Computer Forensics

Data Analytics

Imaging Informatics

Web Development

Associates Degrees:

Networking and Administration

Programming

Database Programming/Administration

Computer Forensics

Web Development

CyberSecurity

Data Analytics/Informatics

Health IT

Bachelor’s Degree (BSIT)

Systems Administration

Information Architecture

Computer Forensics

Business Intelligence

Cybersecurity

Health Analytics

Health IT Management

Information Systems

12-16 credits 27-30 credits 60+ credits 120+ credits

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BATEC Implementation

Next three yearsCommitment to leveling credentials

Providing CBOs with credential start-ups Connecting to local businesses and non-profits Connecting to local workforce organizations

PIC Mass High Tech

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BATEC Stackable Credentials

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High School

Bridge Program

Workforce Certificate

Career Certificate

Associate’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

6-9 credits 12-16 credits 27-30 credits 60+ credits 120+ credits

Intern g g g Entry Level g g g g g Mid Level g g g g g g Professional

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Questions…..Comments?

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Contacts

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Deborah BoisvertExecutive Director, BATECdeborah.boisvert@umb.edu

Paula VellutoProfessor, BHCCpvelluto@bhcc.mass.edu