Transcript CECP Report - Mississippi State University

CECP Report
Alan Barefield
Mississippi State University
Southern Rural Development Center
Definitions
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Competencies
– This is what you want the “student” to learn
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Taxonomies
– The lesson plan that allows you to teach the student and
let him/her achieve the competency
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Ideally, the competency should be identified first
and then the taxonomy should be developed
We did it backwards for some of the topics
Where Do We Stand?
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Taxonomies for several different areas have been
developed
An abridged set of taxonomies to be used as
search topics for the CECP campus is derived for
the taxonomy areas
Draft competencies for 12 subject matter topics
have been identified
A catalog of subject matter specialists has been
begun
Competencies
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Overall Economic
Development
Business Skills (w/ Ecommerce; these need
to be combined)
Tourism
Leadership
Development
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Civic Engagement
Strategic Planning
Community Data
Analysis
Public Issues
Education
Where Do We Go From Here?
Flesh out the list of subject matter
specialists
 Review the draft competencies that have
been identified
 Identify competencies for other areas
 Develop and expand taxonomies (lesson
plans) for those areas
 Create teams to begin work on CECP
modules to deliver educational programs
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Problems
Lack of response and participation
 Lack of knowledge (on my part) about
faculty qualified and willing to review
developed curricula
 No identification of potential team members
 No identification of curriculum specialists,
IT people, middle management person, etc.
Should be overcome through CECP
Steering Committee
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Two Examples
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Taxation
Types of taxes
identified, but what
about the other issues
associated with
taxation and public
revenues
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Community Services
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Electronic Infrastructure
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Medical Svcs
Healthcare Systems
Housing
Public Education
Telecommunications
Transportation
Water and Waste Systems
Where Do We Go From Here?
Part II
Meeting with Rod Howe, Dick Senese,
Janet Ayers on developing national core
competencies
 What does this group consider core
competencies to be?
 Review process for competency
identification and taxonomy development
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