Labor Organizations Group

Labor Organizations Community Breakfast Comments, March 10, 2005

What role could NMC play in helping you address these trends?

Curriculum	Expand the University Center-more offerings; survey area teachers to see what masters classes they would be interested in. Support educators by providing continuing education; they need 6 credits every 2 years to maintain certification. Offer/join ISD tech programs. M.A. programs (survey teachers), cohorts, summers; could ask teachers' union to survey. Classroom Management, Cooperative Learning, year 1; Skills of adaptive physical education, year 2. Increased technology for postal maintenance; NMC prep for electronics. Basic workforce and job skills.
General	Continuation-NMC has listened. Make these breakfasts more visible in the media; open invitation for that sector of economy.
Convener Role	Continue to be a community resource. Continue to be a training center so employers won't have to send people out of town.