>> IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE ISOUT WITH A NEW FIVE-YEARSTRATEGIC PLAN.THE GOAL, TO PROVIDE
50,000 DEGREES AND HIGH QUALITYCERTIFICATIONS PER YEAR.THE PLAN ALIGNS WITH INDIANA'SGOAL FOR 60% OF THE WORKFORCE TO
HAVE A HIGH VALUE, POSTSECONDARY DEGREE OR CREDENTIALBY 2025.AND FOR MORE ON THIS AMBITIOUS
INITIATIVE, I'M PLEASED ASALWAYS TO BE JOINED BY IVY TECHPRESIDENT SUE ELLSPERMANN.WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, GERRY.>> YOU'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THISFOR SOME 18 MONTHS NOW.FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, AT ITS
HEART, WHAT'S THE GOAL HERE?>> IT REALLY IS TO GET TO THOSE50,000 DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS AYEAR TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
INDIANA'S WORKFORCE.SO WE AREN'T MAKING UP A NUMBER,THIS IS REALLY BASED ON BOTH THELUMINA GOAL WHICH SAYS THE KIND
OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTINDIANA'S WORKFORCE NEEDS TOHAVE, WHAT HOOSIERS NEED,ALIGNED WITH WHAT EMPLOYERS
NEED, AND WE KNOW THE TENS OFTHOUSANDS OF THOSE MIDDLE SKILLAND ABOVE JOBS THAT ARE GOING ONEVERY DAY WITH OUR EMPLOYERS, SO
THIS PLAN ALIGNS AND PLACES OURBIG GOAL AT 50,000 DEGREES ORCREDENTIALS A YEAR.TODAY WE'RE AT 21,000, SO IT'S A
BIG LIST, BUT VERY MUCH WHATINDIANA NEEDS OF A BIG COMMUNITYCOLLEGE SYSTEM LIKE IVY TECH.>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE
MIDDLE SKILL JOBS, YOU'RETALKING ABOUT MORE THAN A HIGHSCHOOL DEGREE BUT LESS THAN AFOUR YEAR DEGREE.
THESE ARE JOBS AND YOU'RE REALLYGOING TO BE FOCUSED, ALIGNED, IFYOU WILL, WITH THESE HIGHERPAYING JOBS, RIGHT?
>> HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND, SO WEVERY PURPOSEFULLY IN EVERYCOMMUNITY WE SERVE ACROSS THESTATE, WE IDENTIFIED WHAT THOSE
HIGH DEMAND JOBS ARE.WE'VE DONE THAT WITH DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENTOF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMEGOVERNOR'S OFFICE, YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT NEXT LEVEL JOBS, FOURFLAME AND FIVE FLAME HOT JOBS,THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RESPEAKING TO, TO REALLY MAKE SURE
WE'RE FULFILLING THE NEEDS OFEMPLOYERS WHILE GIVING HOOSIERSPROSPEROUS FUTURES, SO THESE AREGOOD JOBS.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE TERM ALIGNTHE.IS THAT THE KEY HERE, TALKING TOEMPLOYERS AND LINING THEM UP
WITH -->> THAT'S A COMMUNITY COLLEGE'SMISSION, IT'S TO SERVE THAT NEEDOF UPSKILLING A WORKFORCE WHILE
ALSO PROVIDING THE TRANSFEROPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TOFOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS SO WE DOBOTH, BUT WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT
OUR HIGH PRIORITY IS MAKING SUREWE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OFEMPLOYERS IN EACH COMMUNITYWHICH IS DIFFERENT ACROSS THE
STATE OF INDIANA.>> LOTS OF MOVING PARTS TO THISFIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.GIVE ME A FEW HIGHLIGHTS AND HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT GOALOF 50,000 CERTIFICATIONSANNUALLY.>> ONE THING WE DON'T EVEN TRACK
TODAY IS SOMETHING WE CALLINDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS, THOSEARE THINGS THAT COME ALONG THEWAY OF THE TRAINING LIKE A
WELDING CERTIFICATION OR ITCOULD BE A TECH CERTIFICATIONFROM MICROSOFLT OR CISCO OR SOMEOTHER, SO THOSE CERTIFICATIONS
SHOULD COUNT AND THOSE WILL BENEW NUMBERS, BUT THINGS LIKEREVERSE TRANSFER WHERE A STUDENTCAN GET THEIR ASSOCIATE DEGREE
EN ROUTE TO THE BACHELOR'S, EVENTHOUGH THEY'VE TRANSFERREDBEFORE THEY LEFT US, THAT ISIMPORTANT.
SHORTER TERM CERTIFICATIONS THATEXACTLY MIRROR WHAT INDUSTRYNEEDS, THOSE, WE HAVE A PROGRAMCALLED CDL PLUS WHICH IS CDL
TRUCK DRIVER, RIGHT, BUT ALSOWITH THE ADDITIONAL LOGISTICSTRAINING THAT CREATES A VERYWELL QUALIFIED WORKER FOR THE
SUPPLY CHAIN INDUSTRY.SO ACROSS THERE, WE HAVESTRATEGIES TO HELP IMPROVE ANDBRING IN THE RECRUITMENT PART IS
IMPORTANT IN WORKING WITHEMPLOYERS TO RECRUIT IN BOTHTHEIR EMPLOYEES TO SKILL UP ASWELL AS US REACHING BACK TO HIGH
SCHOOLS AND ADULT WORKERS TOCOME BACK.>> THE IMPORTANCE OF THEBUSINESS COMMUNITY BEING ENGAGED
IN THE PROCESS?>> THEY HAVE BEEN.WE HAD MORE THAN 200 OF OURSTAKEHOLDERS, EXTERNALLY, FROM
ALL OF OUR INDUSTRY GROUPS ANDEMPLOYERS SPECIFICALLY GIVING USFEEDBACK WHILE WE TOOK OURDATA-DRIVEN APPROACH AND OUR OWN
INTERNAL EMPLOYEE, FACULTY ANDSTAFF, BUT THAT ALIGNMENT AS YOUSAID SO WELL, OUR ALIGNMENT OFTHIS STRATEGIC PLAN TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF INDIANA'S EMPLOYERS,COMMUNITIES AND HOOSIERS WHOWILL PROSPER.>> ALL RIGHT.
SUE ELLSPERMANN, IVY TECHCOMMUNITY COLLEGE, FIVE-YEARSTRATEGIC PLAN.THANKS VERY MUCH, TALK TO YOU
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