Creating World Class Training Opportunities Overview The Texas - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Creating World Class Training Opportunities

• Overview • The Texas Skills Development Fund • Success Stories • Facilities and Infrastructure • Training Options • Process and Implementation

• Texas Legislature created in 1995; Implemented in 1996 • State General Revenue appropriation • Funds customized training for a business, consortium of businesses, or trade union • Goal is to increase the skills levels and wages of the Texas Workforce • Fiscal Year 2010-11 biennium, $90 million appropriated to Skills Development Fund * Information Courtesy of Skills Development Fund

Public community or technical colleges, the Texas Engineering • Extension Service (TEEX), or a 501(c)(3) Community-based organizations (CBOs) in partnership with a college Colleges partner with a business, a consortium of businesses or trade • union to develop customized training; customization can include instructional, scheduling, and site-specific adaptations specific to employer needs College completes and submits grant application to TWC for award • consideration College coordinates delivery of training and is expected to directly • provide most of the instruction * Information Courtesy of Skills Development Fund

In addition to public community or technical colleges, partners include: • Businesses Private for profit entities with one or more employees, or private • non-profit hospitals Work with college to develop training program • Ensure workers available to attend training and provide required • data to college for training Pay prevailing wage for the occupation in the local area • * Information Courtesy of Skills Development Fund

Local Workforce Boards: convenes business partners; advises business of • Skills Development Fund, provides comment on Skills projects. Employment Service (ES) and Business Services Unit (BSU) assist Skills • outreach by: Introducing local employer partners to Skills • Connecting employers to eligible training partners • for potential projects Assisting with posting job openings for new trainees on • WorkInTexas.com Economic Development Entity: Inform new and expanding businesses of • Skills opportunities; maintain relationships with colleges and workforce boards . * Information Courtesy of Skills Development Fund

• Cost per trainee target of $1,420 • Single-business project can be up $500,000 • Equipment costs for training purposes may be allowed for multiple business projects. • 12-month training period * Information Courtesy of Skills Development Fund

http://skills.texasworkforce.org Complete application package with submission instructions • Prevailing wage tutorial • Business partner information • Board comment form • FAQs • * Information Courtesy of Skills Development Fund

The Training Development Model Skills Development Fund Funding AFCEA Membership Alamo Colleges Training Expertise

The Rackspace Workforce Skills Development Grant Awarded in 2008, $4.7 million grant to train new Rackspace employees • Project funded by Texas Workforce Commission Skills Development Grant • Skills in advanced technology such as networking, information security, • and operating systems Over $700,000 budgeted for new equipment including Cisco Lab, and • mini “cloud” to conduct virtualization training Northeast Lakeview College is the lead college, but training has been • conducted by 4 out of 5 colleges in Alamo College system

Accomplishments to Date: 6 professional vendor-certified instructors with skills in Information Security, • Operating Systems, Networking, Project Management and Open Source Northeast Lakeview College official Microsoft Learning Provider, official EC • Council Learning Partner Northeast Lakeview College only academic institution in the world to achieve • Cisco Learning Partner status. SDF in 2010-2011 with San Antonio premier defense industry contractor • General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems.

State of the Art Infrastructure 7 Fully Equipped Classrooms • Over 100 computer workstations • Cisco Certified Network Training Lab • Standalone security lab for network security, attack/defend training • The only “cloud” computing training environment in San Antonio • Hands on training in networking and computer building, configuring and troubleshooting

Certification Training Options • Cisco Certified Learning Partner � CCNA � CSSOC � CCNP Certification Prep • Microsoft Certified IT Academy • Project Management � Intro to Project � ITIL Foundations Management � Microsoft Project � PMI PMP Certification Test Prep • Linux Red Hat RHCE

DoD 8570 Training Options • EC Council Certified Training Partner (Certified Ethical Hacker) • CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+ • CCNA Security (and other exclusive Cisco Training options) • Related training platforms

Cyber Security Training Options • Wireshark TCP/IP Traffic Analysis • CISSP Test Prep • Cyber Security Awareness • IPv6 Fundamentals • IPv6 Troubleshooting in a Windows Environment • IPv6 Troubleshooting in a Linux Environment • Customized Training – 47 Courses Built to Date

Development • Establish Consortium Working Group (1 month) • Define Training Requirements • Determine trainee numbers • Assemble required documentation • Create proposed training schedule • Write Grant Proposal (1 month) • SDF Review and Editing (2 weeks) • Formal Submission • Processing (1 month)

Implementation • Create Board of Advisors • Consists of HR Representatives, Subject Matter Experts and Alamo Colleges Instructors • Creates MOU document for consortium and Alamo Colleges defining roles and responsibilities • Works with Alamo Colleges Grant Liaison to implement project • Verify training schedule • Procure materials • Commence training

Contact Us TWC Skills Development Fund Business Outreach and Project Development Team: TOD BRUNING 877 463 1777 Rackspace Grant Liaison Alamo Colleges skills@twc.state.tx.us 7990 Pat Booker Rd. San Antonio, Texas 78233 http://skills.texasworkforce.org Tel: (210) 485-0708 | Fax: (210) 485-0622 Tbruning1@alamo.edu BILL JEFFERS 512 475 0582 bill.jeffers@twc.state.tx.us

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