ERIC Number: ED385305
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1995-Jun
Pages: 58
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Southern California Public Safety Training Consortium.
Brosseau, Gayle
This report provides data on the goals and outcomes of a consortium established in 1994 by public and private safety agencies and community colleges in California. The opening sections describe the formation of the consortium, indicating that its main goals are to reduce duplication of public safety course offerings at adjacent locations; create an inventory of resources that could be shared; implement a centrally-located computerized schedule of course offerings to publicize training dates, times, and locations; identify training needs; and facilitate the articulation of Tech Prep programs with local high schools. Next, an overview of operations is provided, indicating that four subcommittees were formed to review curricula, establish a public safety forum on an electronic bulletin board, review training needs, and undertake marketing initiatives, respectively. Next, outcomes, an evaluation, and conclusions are provided for seven program objectives and an overall program evaluation is presented. The program evaluation describes outcomes related to dissemination of project data and provides summative reports of outcomes from the four subcommittees. Finally, conclusions, recommendations, and a discussion of public safety trends and future project goals are presented. Appendixes include a list of advisory committee members, a map of consortium members, text of the Assembly Resolution requiring public safety courses, a consortium organizational chart, a copy of a questionnaire used to determine existing resources, and a position paper on public safety coursework. (KP)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor.
Authoring Institution: Los Angeles Mission Coll., Sylmar, CA.; Rio Hondo Coll., Whittier, CA.
Identifiers: California
Note: Project supported by funds from the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1990, PL 98-524.


