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Institutional Accountability Plan and Report 2011/12Establish a schedule of base and rotational program offerings for each campus that serveslocal community needs.NIC continues to focus on providing responsive programming on a when needed, where neededbasis. Over the past year, several programs have been offered on a rotational basis across theCollege region including Health Care Assistant, Early Childhood Care and Education, and a newCarpentry Access program which commenced in January in our Mount Waddington region.Additionally, a specific community need in the Mount Waddington region was met with the PracticalNursing Access program established in March 2011, bridging six local health care professionals intothe program.NIC has adopted a new service model for delivery of direct instruction to remote communities. It isthe College’s hope to provide more effective, demand driven service through the development ofpartnerships with local groups and organizations involved with community education. NIC partneredwith the ‘Namgis First Nation in 2011/2012 to offer Applied Business Technology, Adult BasicEducation (ABE), Marine Training, and Small Vessel Operation; the Nuxalk Nation to offer ABE inand around Bella Coola; and, with the Mowachaht/Muchalaht Nation to provide the CulturalHeritage Resource Management Program in Gold River. NIC hopes to build on the success of theseprograms and, with the support of the Aboriginal Service Plan funding, expand our rotationalprograms.Strategic Direction #2: Student SuccessNIC will improve our ability to support the diverse needs of our students and theirengagement in learning.Increase access to post-secondary education through flexible delivery of services andprograms.NIC continues to be a leader in the use of classroom based interactive television (ITV) coursedelivery. Over the 2011/12 academic year, we worked with Vancouver Island University, and EmilyCarr University to provide students across our region and throughout the province with access toan effective alternative to direct face-to-face course delivery.Ongoing development of on-line, hybrid, and blended versions of courses and programs, continuesto improve the quality of our offerings and access for students. Innovative upgrading pathwayprogramming is being developed that will enhance the relevance of education for upgrading learnersworking towards their educational goals.Many departments at NIC provided increased flexibility to students by offering part-time andevening programming, such as the part-time delivery model of the Practical Nursing Access programin Mount Waddington. This access program, along with the blended upgrading and trades trainingCarpentry Access program, focuses on the need to provide support to both students andcommunity in meeting regional employment needs.NIC is working to broaden the mandate of the Distributed Learning Department with the goal ofdeveloping an Educational Technologies Centre of Excellence that pioneers, educates and supports37