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Building a Construction Academy with Aloha

Building a Construction Academy with Aloha. Alan Lerchbacker Honolulu Community College Bonnie Rinard and Kristin Zastoupil CORD. Agenda. Description of Hawaii’s Labor Shortage Dream Construction Academy 8 High Schools 8 Goals DOL Grant Construction Academy becomes a reality.

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Building a Construction Academy with Aloha

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  1. Building a Construction Academy with Aloha Alan Lerchbacker Honolulu Community College Bonnie Rinard and Kristin Zastoupil CORD

  2. Agenda • Description of Hawaii’s Labor Shortage • Dream Construction Academy • 8 High Schools • 8 Goals • DOL Grant • Construction Academy becomes a reality

  3. Construction Academy on KHON News

  4. Critical Issues • Service industry and DOD dominance • Preponderance of service jobs • Based on number of jobs 8 out of top 10 Hawaii jobs do not pay a living wage • Source Self-Sufficiency Standard for Hawaii April 2003 • Brain drain lack of career options • Current un-employment 2.6 % • Lost 100,000 people between 22 and 45 in the last five years • Labor Shortage • 7500 construction workers needed over the next seven years

  5. Labor Shortage in Hawaii • Rapid growth • Federal government • $4 billion projected construction spending for 2005 increasing over next 7-12 years • $475 million University of Hawaii improvements repair and maintenance • $300 million Department of Transportation capital improvements.

  6. Labor Shortage in Hawaii • 7,500 new construction workers projected over the next 7 years • Attrition • Hawaii will not be able to meet this demand given current educational and adult workforce development conditions

  7. Job Education Demand/Supply Gap2002

  8. What is the Construction Academy? • Partnership • Designed to teach multiple disciplines and skills • Reverse Hawaii’s labor shortage

  9. 8 high schools Radford Pearl City Waipahu Waialua McKinley Mililani Kailua Kahuku Current Schools

  10. GOALS The project has 8 goals: • Increase the number of high school students taking courses in building and construction (B&C) technologies; • Improve the basic skills of high school graduates and adult learners in areas related to careers in the B&C trades such as math, reading, and job readiness/ employability through an integrated, standards-based high school curriculum;

  11. GOALS • Create a standardized, rigorous B&C technology curriculum high school level with direct articulation to construction certificates and degree programs at the Community Colleges; • Provide dual-credit option; • Increase the number of high school graduates entering a career or postsecondary education in the B&C trades;

  12. GOALS • Provide teacher training and ongoing support for faculty at the high school and community colleges participating in the Construction Academy; • Increase native Hawaiian participation; • Expand curriculum and training to the adult learner population.

  13. President's High GrowthJob Training Initiative • Strategic effort to prepare workers to take advantage of new and increasing job opportunities. • The foundation is partnerships that include public workforce system, business and industry, education and training providers and economic development.

  14. DOL $1.4 Million 2 Year Grant • US DOL President’s High Growth Job Training Initiative • Address labor shortage in Hawaii • 8 major project goals • Educational challenges • Major curriculum challenges • Potential large scale outcomes

  15. Educational Challenges • Retention and completion rates • Standardized dual-credit curriculum • Motivating learners • Appropriate lab/shop facilities • Evaluating effectiveness • Drug awareness • Teacher recruitment

  16. CORD’s Curriculum Process • Obtained input and feedback from all “key players” (high schools, community college, business/industry, labor unions, Department of Education, and government officials). • Gathered related standards from such sources as the Hawaii’s state standards and applicable national skill, employability, and academic standards.

  17. CORD’s Curriculum Process (continued) • Determined other constraints. • Courses are eligible for dual-credit. • Various class schedules. • Available facilities.

  18. Courses • Building and Construction I (BCI) (2004) • Building and Construction II (BCII) • Carpentry (2005) • Blueprint Reading and Drafting (2005) • Safety (2006) • Electrical (2006)

  19. Curriculum Frameworks • Created curriculum frameworks or “egg crates.” • Created Curriculum Planning Guides. • Created Unit Plans with projects, activities, and assessment instruments.

  20. Curriculum Planning Guides • Features include: • Background explaining the economic need for a construction academy • Standards and outcomes • Unit plans • Resource materials • Projects and activities • Assessment instruments • Suggestions for student portfolios

  21. Professional Development • Professional development workshops for high school teachers • July 2004 (BCI) • July 2005 (BCII Carpentry and Blueprint) • July 2006 (BCII Safety and Electrical)

  22. Resources • Website • Purpose is to provide additional resources, community building between teaching, and an open forum for communication. • Platform: Blackboard to be converted to Web CT. • Math for Construction supplement

  23. Real Construction Academy • 8 High Schools • Multiple Classes • Motivated Students • Well planned and funded future projects

  24. Current Support • 2 traveling instructors • Chris Kuahine • Lambert Panui • Conducted student-interest interviews • Developing a sponsor program for each high school

  25. Radford • Instructor Henry Aulrio • 1 section of BCI with 26 students • 1 section of BCII Carpentry with 30 students • 1 section of CAD with 42 students • Past Projects • Guard shack • Picnic table and benches • Baseball dugout • Haunted house • Current Projects • Playhouse • Smokehouse • Soap box derby track

  26. Pearl City • Instructor Lester Aranaydo • 1 section of BCI with 15 students and BCII Carpentry with 6 students • Trying to start AutoCAD • Past Projects • Firing range (10x96 ft.) • Small playhouse • Current Projects • Playhouse

  27. Waipahu • Instructor Henry Aulrio • 2 sections of woodshop with 30 students (Tim In) • 1 section of metals with 30 students (Joe Whistler) • 1 section of electronics (Paul Hidamo) • 1 section of BCII BlueprintReading and Drafting using CAD with 32 students (Doug Sato) • Past Projects • Stainless steel Hibachis • Famous quotationsfinished signs • Electric car • Current Projects • Playhouse

  28. Waialua • Instructor Randall Erice • 1 section of BCI with 18 students • Past Projects • Large outside shelter • “Yikes Bikes” • Current Projects • Playhouse

  29. McKinley • Instructor Lisa Kaneshiro • 1 section of BCI with 20 students • 1 section of BCII Carpentry with 8 students • Past Projects • Ukeleles • Metal science project frames • Current Projects • Planter stands for Ag students • Maintenance garage for vehicles

  30. Mililani • Instructors Jeff Cadiz and Darrell Ota • 1 section of BCI with 23 students • 1 section of Drafting/CAD • Past Projects • Skateboards • Canoe paddles • Building extension for woodshop • Current Projects • Sanding room

  31. Kailua • Instructor Rodney Tabiola • 1 section of BCI with 20 students • Past Projects • Gazebo • Baseball equipment room • Current Projects • Playhouse

  32. Kahuku • Instructor Telefoni Aumua • 1 section of BCI/BCII with 33 students • Past Projects • Amphitheater • Rifle range • Current Projects • Playhouse • Form benches • Handicap access for football field

  33. Next Steps • Develop industry partnerships • Secure contributions • Create speaker’s bureau database • Create internships for faculty • Develop job site tours for students

  34. Next Steps • Create construction job fair geared towards potential students • Develop equipment and scholarship support • Expand on-campus support focus on special populations • Department of Human Services Candidates • Federal Parolees

  35. Outcomes • 500 students will take courses in the Construction Academy. • 300 students will enroll in construction apprenticeship programs, construction associate degree programs, or construction baccalaureate programs. • Share program state-wide and nationally USDOL, National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers, Kauai CC, Hawaii CC, non-pilot HS’s, Corrections.

  36. Outcomes • Standards-based curriculum will be created to mesh with construction certificate and degree programs at community colleges. • Technical assistance guide for developing a career academy will be created to assist other areas interested in launching their own academies. • Create One-stop Shop as an extension of local Workforce Investment Board to train CC and HS counselors.

  37. Honolulu Community CollegeAlan Lerchbacker alan@hcc.hawaii.edu (808) 479-9887 (626) 644-6452 www.hcc.hawaii.edu CORD Bonnie Rinard brinard@cord.org (254) 772-8756 ext .262 Kristin Zastoupil kzastoupil@cord.org (254) 772-8756 ext .210 www.cord.org For more information about this project, contact:

  38. Questions? Mahalo! (Thank you!)

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