Workforce Futures Accelerator: Embedding Real-World Employer Projects in Community Colleges
Cohort Application
College Overview
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Address of Institution (Main Campus)
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Is your institution a current ACCT member?
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You have indicated that you are not an ACCT member. Feel free to continue the application but we are prioritizing our member institutions for this project. If you would like more information on ACCT membership, please contact Kielo Savilaakso, Director of Member Engagement at KSavilaakso@acct.org.
This project will require community college presidential approval. Have you had discussions with senior-level decision makers about this work?
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Your Team
Name of Individual completing this form (Note: This individual will serve as your college’s main point of contact with ACCT, unless otherwise indicated):
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First Name
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Point of Contact Title
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Point of Contact Email
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Role on the team (select one):
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Program Area
Decision level academic or workforce administrator
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Teaching and Learning Center representative (or equivalent)
Instructional champion
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If you have already identified team members for your program planning team, please share their names, titles, and contact information below.
Program Area Office Contact
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Decision Level Academic or Workforce Administrator Contact
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Instructional Champion Contact (1)
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Instructional Champion Contact (2)
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Career Services Representative Contact
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Teaching and Learning Center Representative Contact
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IT Department Representative Contact
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Additional Project Team Members (Optional):
If you have not yet identified the team members, please indicate below how you have or plan to engage with the relevant individuals at your college:
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Application Questionnaire
Please provide information below on your existing and future apprenticeship partnerships and goals.
1. During this project, your college will identify two instructional champions in the first year that will commit to embedding a virtual, work-based learning project into at least one of their short-term programs beginning in the Fall 2026 semester and to offering these new programs each year during the project, making revisions each time the program is offered based on students’ performance and course feedback. Please indicate the two programs that you would like to redesign or develop to include a virtual, work-based learning component. The programs can be either non-degree workforce development or credit bearing.
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0/100
2. For the selected programs, describe the current level of partnership and engagement with employers including the level and frequency which your employer partners currently hire students from these programs.
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0/500
3. Describe how participating in this project is aligned with the goals, priorities, or mission of your institution. What steps have leadership taken to support participation?
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0/350
4. How will developing and embedding virtual, work-based learning experiences into these programs benefit your students?
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0/500
5. Describe how you intend to track the progress and completion of the students in these programs.
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0/500
6. Describe any current or prior experience your institution has, or has had, with work-based learning initiatives. These can range from project-based to internships, to apprenticeships.
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0/500
7. Describe your college’s commitment to long-term sustainability for embedding virtual, work-based learning experiences into short-term workforce programs. This may include existing resources, incorporating this professional development into the Teaching and Learning Centers or developing funding models to continue to leverage this platform.
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0/500
8. Please share any other reasons that participating in this project is important to your college.
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0/500
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