Norwalk Community College Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative (HL-SCI)

PROJECT ABSTRACT

1. Applicant Name: Norwalk Community College (consortium applicant)

2. Applicant City/State: Norwalk/Connecticut

3. Consortium Member(s) and Consortium Member State(s): Norwalk Community College

(Grantee Institution); Capital Community College; Gateway Community College; Manchester

Community College; Middlesex Community College; Charter Oak State College; Eastern

Connecticut State University (all Consortium members are in Connecticut)

4. Areas Serves by Grant (by city, county, and state): State: Connecticut. Counties: All

Connecticut counties. Cities: All Connecticut cities and towns.

5. Total Funding Level Requested: $12,096,394

6. Sub-Total Requested Funding Amount by Consortium Member: Norwalk Community

College $5,971,240; Capital Community College $1,291,552; Gateway Community College

$1,324,901; Manchester Community College $1,291,552; Middlesex Community College $1,291,552;

Charter Oak State College $460,832; Eastern Connecticut State University $464,764.

7. Project Name: Connecticut Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative (HL-SCI)

8. Project Description and List of Credentials to be Developed and Awarded: The HL-SCI

will utilize three evidence-based program strategies to provide certifications, industry-recognized

credentials, and Associate degrees to prepare veterans, TAA-impacted, dislocated and other under-

employed workers for careers in growing health and life sciences occupations.

1) HL-SCI C urriculum Innovation efforts will increase the use of online and technology-

enabled learning through online and mobile app math and science booster modules, self-assessments

and feedback surveys embedded in online course modules, online workplace skills assessment and

development tools, and the migration of courses to online and hybrid delivery. The HL-SCI will,

with its industry partners, develop stacked and latticed credentials by revising existing certificate/

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Norwalk Community College Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative (HL-SCI)

degree programs and creating 15+ new programs designing programs that respond to credential

requirements, that lead to defined career paths and that provide a broad learning base to enable

students to shift concentrations and apply credits toward revised educational goals.

SUMMARY OF CREDENTIALS TO BE DEVELOPED AND AWARDED

EXISTING CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS TO BE REVISED EXISTING ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS TO BE REVISED

Certified Nursing Assistant Medical Coding Biomedical Engineering Natural Sciences and

Dental Assistant (outpatient) Technology Mathematics

EMT/Paramedic Medical Office Specialist Biotechnology Nuclear Medicine

Fitness Specialist Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab Technician Technologist

Gerontology Technician Dental Hygienist Nursing

Health Career Pathway Physical Therapy Assistant Diagnostic Medical Sonography Occupational Therapy

Medical Assistant Polysomnography Paramedic Studies Assistant

Therapeutic Recreation Engineering Science Physical Therapist

Environmental Radiation Therapy

SAMPLE PROPOSED NEW CERTIFICATES TO BE CREATED Science/Compliance Associate Radiography

Biomedical Equipment Occupational Health & Health Science and Fitness Respiratory Care

Technician Safety Technician Medical Assistant Surgical Technology

Biomedical Informatics Quality Assurance Medical Office Manager Therapeutic Recreation

Bioscience Manufacturing Technician

Technician Quality Control Technician SAMPLE PROPOSED NEW ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS TO BE CREATED

Health Information Respiratory Therapy Bioscience Manufacturing Occupational Health and

Technician Technician Technologist Safety Specialist

Instrument Calibration Surgical Technologist Health Information Technologist Quality Assurance

Technician Medical Coder (Inpatient) Specialist

Quality Control Specialist

2) The HL-SCI will expand use of P rior Learning Assessments (PLAs) to enable 675 students

to earn 10,000+ college credits for work, military, and other experience that provides competencies

equivalent to those gained in college courses, accelerating the progress of workers, improving

retention and achievement rates, and reducing time to completion. The HL-SCI will centralize PLA

protocols and standards for all Consortium members; reinforce One Stop Career Centers and

Veterans Centers as PLA orientation portals; expand the Connecticut Credit Assessment Program

to recognize credits earned in other institutions and settings, and promote PLAs in workplaces.

3) R ecruitment and Placement services offered through the strategic alignment of community

college and public workforce system partners will coordinate recruitment strategies to bring One

Stop customers in need of training into the community college system, strengthen relationships with

employers to place students into internships, and organize employment placements to secure jobs

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Norwalk Community College Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative (HL-SCI)

for HL-SCI program completers. HL-SCI recruitment and placement strategies will help 360

students obtain internships and provide 2,000 participants with job placement services.

9. Populations to be Served: Veterans, TAA-eligible, dislocated, and under-employed workers.

10. Targeted Industry(s): Health Care and Life Sciences

11. Employer Partner(s): Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE) [statewide bioscience

growth council with 100+ employer members]; Connecticut Hospital Association; Jackson Laboratory; Saint

Francis Hospital; Eastern Connecticut Health Network; Greenwich Hospital; John Dempsey

Hospital (University of Connecticut Health Center); Stamford Hospital; Yale-New Haven Hospital.

12. Public Workforce System Partner(s): Capital Workforce Partners; The Workforce Alliance;

The WorkPlace, Inc.

13. Other Key Partner(s): The Massachusetts Community College and Workforce Development

Transformation Agenda (Round 1 TAACCCT Grantee); Partnership for Accelerated Learning

Through Visualization, Engagement, and Simulation (Round 1 TAACCCT Grantee); University of

Connecticut; Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; Fairfield County Community Foundation.

14. Public Contact Information: Dr. David L. Levinson, President, Norwalk Community College,

203-***-****, abqhzs@r.postjobfree.com.

15. Percentage of OER Program Materials Developed vs. Percentage of Licensed or

Purchased Program Materials: Approximately 60% of program materials will be developed as

open educational resources, and the remaining 40% will be licensed or purchased.

16. Data Tags: Accelerate Progress; Achievement Rates; Assessment Technology; Blended

Learning; Career Pathways; Certificate Attainment; Competency-based Training; Degree Attainment;

Employer Partnership; Enhanced Student Services; Industry-Driven Competencies; Industry-

Recognized Credentials; Job Placement; Mobile Devices; Modular Curriculum; Online Teaching/

Learning; Retention; Skill Assessments; Stackable Credentials; Technology Enabled Learning.

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