Colleges can engage with the Community College Leadership Initiative for programs and services focused on workforce and economic development needs, career pathways, requirements of the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, and The Workforce Investment Act.  These programs and/or services vary in intensity and time commitment.  All of CCLI’s services are customized to the client’s specific needs.

Leadership Institute   CCLI offers a one-day Leadership Institute aimed at engaging key stakeholders within the Community College to determine ways to become world-class workforce development facilitators.  Participants will learn about research focusing on successful community college engagement with private and public-sector organizations, conducting a self-analysis against benchmarks of other institutions of higher learning that are recognized as effective  in this arena.  In addition, college stakeholders will develop a vision, mission and working plan for engaging other internal and external partners.  (see a sample agenda for the Leadership Institute)

Executive Leadership Retreat CCLI’s services can be incorporated into a convocation or an executive leadership retreat.

External Community Summit CCLI can help plan, provide content for, and facilitate a half-day or full-day kick-off meeting to engage external stakeholders in your college’s service district.  This activity will develop a community-based vision and working plan for strengthening the local or regional workforce, and increasing economic competitiveness. 

Stakeholder Engagement and Implementation Plan CCLI will work with a college and its external stakeholders on a 12- to 24-month basis to validate, evaluate and integrate the college workforce development inventory.  CCLI will help create and implement workforce initiatives and competitiveness agenda.  Working with the CCLI facilitators, the partners develop a results-focused implementation plan and monitor progress against the plan.  CCLI works with the leadership team comprised of key stakeholders with a mix of conference calls and live meetings, and can generate progress reports on an interim and summative basis.

Policy Analysis and Grant Assistance CCLI can also work with the college and its its partners to receive assistance in implementing requirements of the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, the Workforce Investment Act and in preparing applications for direct federal grants, such as the Department of Labor High Growth-High Skills Initiative and the U.S. Department of Education’s Smaller Learning Communities.