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EXCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
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2002-2003
NOMINEES
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the nominess in all 12 categories or use this index to
jump to a particular category.
Category
1 - Innovative Integration of Academic and Technical
Skills
Awarded to a program
that best applies infusion, paired, learning
communities or other learning models to meaningfully
blend academic and technical content.
Nominated
Program:
| Program Name: |
Learning Communities – Title
V |
| College: |
Los Angeles Trade–Technical
College |
| Nominated by: |
Cynthia Morley-Mower |
| Program Director: |
Cathy Brinkman |
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Category
2 - Effective Work-Based
Learning
Awarded to the program that best integrates classroom learning
with some form of exposure to the workplace that prepares
students for the world of work.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
Administration of
Justice - Forensics |
| College: |
Los Angeles City
College |
| Nominated by: |
Dr. Martha Sklar |
| Program Director: |
Tim Sweetman |
| Program Name: |
California Nutrition
Network |
| College: |
Los Angeles Trade–Technical
College |
| Nominated by: |
Cynthia Morley-Mower |
| Program Director: |
Cynthia Morley-Mower |
| Program Name: |
Chemical Dependency
Counselor Program |
| College: |
Los Angeles Southwest
College |
| Nominated by: |
Vincent Jackson |
| Program Director: |
Dr. Leonard Apenahier |
| Program Name: |
Clerical Office
Assistant Program |
| College: |
Los Angeles Mission
College |
| Nominated by: |
Ed Zayas |
| Program Director: |
Susan Rhi-Kleinert |
| Program Name: |
Los
Angeles Valley College: Valley - Career Ladders |
| College: |
Los Angeles Valley
College |
| Nominated by: |
Carlotta Tronto |
| Program Director: |
Lynne Brower |
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Category
3 - Creative Use
of Instructional Technology
Awarded to the program that best utilizes the Internet
or other high-technology tool to enhance classroom learning.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
Computer
Applications and Office Technologies |
| College: |
Los Angeles City College |
| Nominated by: |
Dr. Martha Sklar |
| Program Director: |
Dr. Thelma James-Day |
| Program Name: |
Computer
Applications and Office Technologies |
| College: |
Pierce
College |
| Nominated by: |
Carole Delgado and
Donna Mae Villanueva |
| Program Director: |
Lyn Clark |
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Category 4 - Flexible Program Offerings
Awarded to the program that best schedules classes so
that they are convenient for students to attend; modularizes
course content so that students may obtain credit for
work already accomplished; teaches particularly needed
skills to targeted populations; conducts training at
worksite locations or at special hours to accommodate
workers.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
Hispanic-Serving
Institutions Assisting Communities |
| College: |
Los Angeles Mission
College |
| Nominated by: |
Ed Zayas |
| Program Director: |
Allen Aghajanian |
| Program Name: |
Los
Angeles Valley College Job Training
Program – Child Care |
| College: |
Los Angeles Valley
College |
| Nominated by: |
Carlotta Tronto |
| Program Director: |
Lenny Cuifo |
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Category 5 - State-of-the-Art Curriculum
Awarded to the program that best structures courses
in “award modules” that build progressively,
correspond with professional opportunities; align lessons
with industry-recognized skill standards; and delineate
clear career pathways that facilitate multiple entry
and exit points to accommodate people at different stages
in their career development.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
Cinema
- Television / Digital Production and Post-Production |
| College: |
Los Angeles City College |
| Nominated by: |
Dr. Martha Sklar |
| Program Director: |
Vaughn Obern |
| Program Name: |
Computer
Applications and Office Technologies |
| College: |
East Los Angeles College |
| Nominated by: |
Sharon Tate |
| Program Director: |
Colleen Sakoda |
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Category 6 - Successful Encouragement
of Non-Traditional Goal Pursuits
Awarded to the program that best increases awards to
recipients in areas that are not traditional for their
gender, ethnicity, or economic background; targets recruitment
of special populations into training for high-tech, high
demand occupations; and promotes new alternatives to
traditional practices.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
Professional
Paralegal Academy |
| College: |
Los Angeles Valley
College |
| Nominated by: |
Carlotta Tronto |
| Program Director: |
Annie Goldman |
| Program Name: |
Tech-Prep
Photography Program |
| College: |
Los Angeles City College |
| Nominated by: |
Dr. Martha Sklar |
| Program Director: |
Joseph Dojcsak, Joan
Dooley and Marcia Wilson |
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Category 7 - Exceptional Focus on Competencies
Awarded to the program that best requires demonstration
of competencies in industry-recognized skills as an integral
part of course or program completion; devising new ways
to test and measure competencies.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
Automotive
Collision Repair – STAR Training |
| College: |
Los Angeles Trade–Technical
College |
| Nominated by: |
Kenneth Nakano |
| Program Director: |
Fred Morago |
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Category 8 - Best Marketing and Recruitment
for Vocational/Technical Programs
Awarded to the program that best implements innovative
recruitment activities to raise the awareness of high
school students and other career seekers about program
offerings at the colleges; while articulating career
pathways with high schools.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
Marketing
ELAC Career Programs |
| College: |
East Los Angeles College |
| Nominated by: |
Alma Johnson-Hawkins |
| Program Director: |
Sharon Tate |
| Program Name: |
Electronics
and Computer Technology |
| College: |
Los Angeles Southwest
College |
| Nominated by: |
Vincent Jackson |
| Program Director: |
Dr. Neil Mantena |
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Category 9 - Best Student
Services and Community Collaboration
Awarded to the program that best integrates service
learning and volunteerism in the community; and/or partnerships
with community-based organizations, business and industry,
or elementary/secondary education.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
EOPS Volunteer
Program |
| College: |
Los Angeles Trade–Technical
College |
| Nominated by: |
Dr. Theda Douglas |
| Program Director: |
Lourdes M. Brent |
| Program Name: |
Inter-Generational
Computer Technology |
| College: |
Los Angeles Harbor
College |
| Nominated by: |
Mr. Bob McNeel |
| Program Director: |
Juanita Naranjo |
| Program Name: |
Service
Learning |
| College: |
Pierce College |
| Nominated by: |
Carole Delgado |
| Program Director: |
Jim Dawson |
| Program Name: |
FACES |
| College: |
West Los Angeles College |
| Nominated by: |
R. L. Sprague |
| Program Director: |
Kathy Walton |
| Program Name: |
THRIVE
Family Development |
| College: |
Los Angeles Mission
College |
| Nominated by: |
Edgardo Zayas |
| Program Director: |
Angelica Toledo |
| Program Name: |
Administration
of Justice/Fire Technology
F.I.R.E. Academy |
| College: |
East Los Angeles College |
| Nominated by: |
Sharon Tate |
| Program Director: |
Patrick Hauser |
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Category 10 - Outstanding Collaboration
with Business and Industry
Award to the program that best designs training to meet
specific industry needs; incorporates industry input
into curriculum and expands training to encourage development
of credit-based classes; while securing active endorsement
from major local employers.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
Developing Skills in Automotive Technology
Program |
| College: |
Pierce College |
| Nominated by: |
Carole Delgado |
| Program Directors: |
Tom Rosdahl and Larry Humphrey |
| Program Name: |
Health Information Coding Specialist
Program |
| College: |
East Los Angeles College |
| Nominated by: |
Alma Johnson-Hawkins |
| Program Directors: |
Bridget Cunningham, Deborah Anderson and Sharon
Tate |
| Program Name: |
Los Angeles Valley College Job Training
Program – Superior Super Warehouse |
| College: |
Los Angeles Valley College |
| Nominated by: |
Carlotta Tronto |
| Program Director: |
Lenny Cuifo |
| Program Name: |
Public Safety Center – Probation
Academy |
| College: |
West Los Angeles College |
| Nominated by: |
R.L. Sprague |
| Program Director: |
Buck Stapleton |
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Category 11 - Most Promising New Workforce
Development Program
Awarded to the program that offers a Degree, Certificate,
or Skill Award that was first developed or implemented
within the past year and that meets a direct industry
need; reflects input and endorsement of local employers;
trains students for family-sustaining, career ladder
employment; employs project-based and/or work-based learning;
shows collaboration between academic and vocational faculty;
provides exceptional opportunities for special populations
and non-traditional goal pursuits; and articulates with
high schools and/or universities to offer a career pathway.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
The Economic Alliance of the San Fernando
Valley |
| College: |
Pierce College |
| Nominated by: |
Carole Delgado |
| Program Directors: |
David Braun, Pierce; Lenny Cuifo, Valley; Ed Zayas,
Mission |
| Program Name: |
Psychology Department's Problem Solving,
Decision Making and Creativity Skill Award Program |
| College: |
Los Angeles City College |
| Nominated by: |
Dr. Martha Sklar |
| Program Director: |
Dr. Rochelle Sechooler |
| Program Name: |
Registered Dental Hygienists in Alternative
Practice Program |
| College: |
West Los Angeles College |
| Nominated by: |
R.L. Sprague |
| Program Directors: |
Ulla Lemborn |
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Category 12 - Best Workforce Development
Program
Awarded to the best program that offers a Degree, Certificate,
or Skill Award and has demonstrated exemplary performance
in 3 or more of the above categories.
Nominated Programs:
| Program Name: |
Administration of Justice |
| College: |
East Los Angeles College |
| Nominated by: |
Sharon Tate |
| Program Director: |
Patrick Hauser |
| Program Name: |
Dental Technology - UCLA Esthetic Dental
Design Certificate Program |
| College: |
Los Angeles City College |
| Nominated by: |
Dr. Martha Sklar |
| Program Director: |
Dana B. Cohen |
| Program Name: |
Project C.O.O.L. – (Career Options
and Opportunities Ladder) |
| College: |
Los Angeles Valley College |
| Nominated by: |
Carlotta Tronto |
| Program Director: |
John C. Burke |
| Program Name: |
WorkSource California Career Center/WIA |
| College: |
Los Angeles Mission College |
| Nominated by: |
Edgardo Zayas |
| Program Director: |
Gayle Brosseau |
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