Feb
8
1:00 PM13:00
Mar
6
8:00 AM08:00
3rd Annual MDCP & VVC Construction Competition
3rd Annual Doghouse Building Competition
Apr
5
1:00 PM13:00
Apr
24
11:00 AM11:00
Regional Muti-Industry Advisory Reconvening
MDCP is reconvening with industry and government partners across all sectors to review our year in progress and re-evaluate our efforts to ensure authentic alignment between education and industry. This work is dedicated to ensuring that businesses get the quality employees they need with the technical skills required to help those businesses excel.
Dec
13
1:30 PM13:30
Dec
13
10:00 AM10:00
Dec
11
9:00 AM09:00
Dec
7
1:00 PM13:00
Nov
30
9:00 AM09:00
Sweet Genius Competition
Come indulge your sweet tooth as students from Apple Valley USD, Barstow USD, Hesperia USD, Snowline JUSD, Lucerne Valley USD, and Victor Valley UHSD compete to see which team can create the most delectable holiday treats and earn the title of Sweet Geniuses 2018.
Nov
29
4:00 PM16:00
Medical/Fire/EMS Advisory
Come join our deep conversation about how to adequately prepare our young, capable students for jobs related to Medical, Fire, and EMS careers. We want to ensure our students meet the needs of industry so we need your help!
Nov
27
11:00 AM11:00
Aviation & Aerospace Advisory
Come join our deep conversation about how to adequately prepare our young, capable students for jobs related to Aviation and Aerospace careers. We want to ensure our students meet the needs of industry so we need your help!
Nov
13
4:15 PM16:15
Nov
13
2:30 PM14:30
Nov
13
10:00 AM10:00
Nov
9
8:30 AM08:30
1st Annual VVC & MDCP Auto Competition
Students will be competing in Automotive technologies at VVC for a grassroots, fun and engaging competition. May the best mechanics-in-training win!
Nov
8
9:00 AM09:00
Arts, Media & Entertainment / Information Communication Technologies Advisory
Please join us for an engaging conversation and work group around education & industry alignment for Arts, Media & Entertainment (AME) and Information Communication Technologies (ICT).
Nov
2
8:00 AM08:00
Chopped Competition
Come witness the culinary "chops" of students from Apple Valley USD, Barstow USD, Hesperia USD, Snowline JUSD, Lucerne Valley USD, and Victor Valley UHSD as they compete to see which team can transform the secret basket ingredients into the most memorable dishes and be crowned Chopped Champions 2018.
Oct
24
6:00 PM18:00
Welding Advisory
Please join us for an engaging conversation and work group around education & industry alignment around Welding.
Oct
24
4:00 PM16:00
Building and Construction Trades Advisory
Please join us for an engaging conversation and work group around education & industry alignment for the Building and Construction Trades.
Oct
18
1:00 PM13:00
Auto Fall Advisory
Please join us for an engaging conversation and work group around education & industry alignment for Automotive-related careers.
Oct
17
2:00 PM14:00
Cosmetology Advisory
Please join us for an engaging conversation and work group around education & industry alignment for the Cosmetology Industry.
Oct
16
6:00 PM18:00
Dental Advisory
Please join us for an engaging conversation and work group around education & industry alignment for Dentistry.
Oct
16
5:30 PM17:30
Agriculture Advisory
Come join our deep conversation about how to adequately prepare our young, capable students for jobs related to agriculture including all aspects such as farming, welding, construction, and more.
Oct
16
7:30 AM07:30
Barstow Community College CTE Advisory
Please join us for an engaging conversation regarding Career Technical Education pathways and opportunities in the Barstow region.
Oct
12
10:00 AM10:00
Child Development Advisory
The annual VVC Child Development Advisory will be Friday, Oct 12 from 10am to 12pm. Parking passes will not be required. Participants are being asked to park in lot “C” across from the CHDV building. Campus police will not be ticketing that lot the morning of our meeting.
Sep
25
10:00 AM10:00
Hospitality & Culinary Advisory
Please join us for an engaging conversation and work group around education & industry alignment for Hospitality and Culinary careers.
Sep
21
9:00 AM09:00
Regional Advisory - Energy, Construction, and Utilities
Description
Please join us for invigorating conversations, bringing together educators and business professionals, to discover the latest advanced transportation & renewable energy trends, industry demands, employment skills needed, and training practices.
- GOAL -
To design curricula and programs responsive to industry needs; preparing a highly-skilled workforce.
- SWP/IEDRC/IEEP PARTNERSHIP -
Funded by the Strong Workforce Program and coordinated by the Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP), in collaboration with the Inland Empire Desert Regional Consortia (IEDRC), our collective goal is to better prepare our current/future workforce to meet industry needs. The Strong Workforce program aims to streamline, enhance, and expand Career Technical Education (CTE) offerings at all Inland Empire community colleges. IEEP supports this effort by inviting industry leaders to participate in shaping current and future CTE offerings.
For more information please contact Jon Caffery at jcaffery@collegeofthedesert.edu or (760) 862-1393
Please use this link to see more information and to register for this event: Eventbrite Energy Construction and Utilities Registration
Sep
7
1:00 PM13:00
May
10
5:00 PM17:00
Victor Valley College Composite Technician Open House
Talk about responsive to industry! If you want a great job in an in-demand field, you do not want to miss the Open House and Recruitment event for VVC's new Composite Technician Certificate program. This is going to be a stellar addition to an already dynamite program. We regularly hear from industry that they need skilled individuals who can work with composites. What are you waiting for?
Click below for a flyer with additional program details.
And if you don't know what a Composite Technician does, here are a couple short videos to whet the appetite.
May
9
9:00 AM09:00
VVC Community Job Fair
VVC’s annual Community Job Fair is right around the corner. Looking for work or for your next quality employee? Maybe this is where the answer lies.
May
1
11:30 AM11:30
Regional Career Technical Education Advisory
MDCP is hosting a conversation to ensure authentic alignment between education and industry to ensure that businesses get the quality employees they need with the technical skills required to help those businesses excel.
Snapshot of content to be discussed (full Agenda linked below):
- Industry Certificates, Credentials and Degrees
- Outdated vs. In-Demand Skills
- Current Industry issues we can collectively problem solve
- New employee gaps and needs
- Student and teacher internships, mentors, etc.
- How to ensure the students' education and training are of value to local business
- Grant funded purchasing feedback
- How to recruit more males/females in certain industries
AGENDA - May 1, 2018 Regional Advisory
Apr
27
11:00 AM11:00
Apr
25
9:30 AM09:30
Advanced Transportation Regional Advisory & Skills Panel
A product of the Doing What Matters initiative, this regional Advanced Transportation advisory is bound to have deep and significant conversations for the benefit of all participants.
Apr
19
11:00 AM11:00
Business and Entrepreneurship Regional Advisory & Skills Panel
This advisory, put together by the folks with Doing What Matters, will provide business professionals and educators an opportunity to network and discuss industry trends, demands, requisite skills, and training practices.