2009 Performance Accountability Report Vol. 2 - Maryland Higher ...

Community Partnerships
The college works closely with the Workforce Investment Board to assist employees
impacted by the economic crisis. While the college offers services including college
information sessions, career planning assistance, academic skills assessment testing,
academic advising, and college enrollment assistance, the college also held mock
interviews for job seekers and GED fast track classes.
The College's Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Training partners with
the Upper Shore Aging and Queen Anne’s County Health Department to provide a
Living Well Program teaching real-life skills for living a full, healthy life with a chronic
condition.
To increase multicultural awareness, the college partnered with various community
groups to hold the following events: Native American Month celebration (Maryland
Commission on Community Affairs), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast (Dorchester
County NAACP). The college also held the Black History Breakfast, Campus Seder and
participated in Diversity Roundtable Meeting, Disproportionate Minority Representation
Meeting, and Dorchester County Minority Achievement Taskforce.
Economic and Workforce Development Initiatives
The College is a member of the Maryland Community College Association of Continuing
Education and Training (MCCACET), which seeks to provide quality training to the
business community throughout the State on a variety of topics and in a variety of
formats.
Chesapeake partners with the Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center, Inc. to offer
entrepreneur training and development. Designed specifically for aspiring entrepreneurs,
the FastTrac program blends research-based content with traditional classroom
instruction to provide individuals with the foundation to start and build a business.
Chesapeake hosts the Upper Shore Workforce Investment Board, The Upper Shore
Manufacturing & Business Council, the regional Small Business Development Center
and the Child Care Resource and Referral Center on its Wye Mills campus. Each of these
organizations addresses the economic development and business needs of the region in
partnership with the College.
Under the Maryland Volunteer Center, the college is the host site for the Chesapeake
Volunteer Center, which serves as a clearinghouse for non-profits and volunteers serving
Chesapeake College's five-county service area.
The college provides customized training for area employers, preparation for
occupational certification, apprenticeship programs, contract courses for State and local
governmental agencies, technology training and personal enrichment courses to the
citizens of the Upper Shore. New occupational courses are developed to meet the need
for short-term training, allowing for immediate job placement.
Chesapeake partners with the Upper Shore Departments of Social Services (DSS) to
provide training and services to DSS clients including basic and life skills, occupational
skills preparation and Social Worker CEUs/ professional development for staff.
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