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 At
the November conference for workforce educators in
Washington State, the Automotive Training and Career
Opportunities Partnership (ATCOP) at Shoreline Community
College received the Governor"™s Award for Best Practices
in workforce development. The College"™s General
Service Technician (GST) training program received this
honor awarded by the Workforce Training and Education
Coordinating Board (WTB). WTB recognizes local and
regional agencies, organizations, and community and
technical colleges for their leadership and excellence
in developing programs and achieving results to advance
issues in workforce development. There were 21
projects nominated for this award, with six programs
selected to receive the Governor"™s Award.
"We are recognizing the entrepreneurial culture that
is essential to workforce development efforts," said WTB
Board Chair, David Harrison. "We looked for programs
that are innovative, replicable, and transferable "“ the
key elements of a best practice."
The General Service Technician program was initially
developed in 2004 through funding received by the U.S.
Department of Labor. The program is an
entry-level automotive technician curriculum which can
be nationally disseminated among secondary schools and
Job Corps Centers. In addition, the program was
recognized for providing GST training to students with
limited English proficiency, out-of-school youth and
dislocated workers. ESL and ABE instructors work
side-by-side with the automotive instructors to ensure
student success, and students experience paid
internships. Students who complete the 45-credit,
industry-certified automotive curriculum, earn a
Certificate of Proficiency and move easily into
entry-level positions as general service technicians,
making livable salaries. The GST program is a
public/private partnership effort with Toyota Motor
Sales, USA.
 The
Automotive Training and Career Opportunities Partnership
(ATCOP) at Shoreline Community College (Shoreline CC)
has received a Governor"™s Award for Best Practices in
Workforce Development for the College"™s General Service
Technician (GST) training program.
The Governor"™s Award
recognizes local and regional agencies, organizations,
and community and technical colleges for their
leadership and excellence in design, program, and
results in workforce development. President Lee Lambert
accepted the award at this year"™s Workforce and Economic
Development Leadership Conference held at the Tacoma
Sheraton Hotel November 13-15, 2007.
 President
Lee Lambert; Cameron Hightower, project director,
Automotive Sales and Service Training Pathways Project;
Berta Lloyd, instructional dean, prof-tech programs; and
Don Schultz, director of education and development,
PSADA, attended the Workforce Innovations 20007
Conference in Kansas City July 16-19th, to represent the
College, whose Automotive Sales and Service Training
Pathways Project was named an honorable mention
recipient in the "Recognizing Special Populations in the
Workforce" category for Recognition of Excellence
2007."
The ROE awards recognize schools that provide
innovative and effective programs that offer high skills
training and education to support the workforce.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and
Training, Emily Stover DeRocco presented the award along
with Martin McCallum of the WTB. (Pictured at left, left
to right: Cameron Hightower (SCC), Berta Lloyd (SCC),
Don Schultz (PSADA), Lee Lambert (SCC), Emily Stover
DeRocco (DOL/ETA), and Martin McCallum (WTB)).
 Monday,
June 18 at 11:00 am at the Cypress Lawn Cemetery in
Everett Jack Shiel, 68, passed away on June 12th, 2007
in the company of family. His bravery in facing cancer
for the past 12 years will always be remembered.
Born May 28th, 1939 in Winona, MN, he graduated from
Winona High School and then served our country in the
Navy for four years while being stationed in Oak Harbor,
WA. Jack then followed his passion for automobiles and
became a technician at Bill Pierre Ford and then
Klein/Brien Ford in Everett, where he raced the funny
car "Klein Bird." He transitioned into an educator with
the Everett Community College automotive apprenticeship
program and later at the Sno-Isle Technical Skills
Center.
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The faculty and staff of the Professional Automotive
Training Center at Shoreline Community College would
like to thank the Western Washington Toyota Dealers
Association (WWTDA). Last week the WWTDA announced
a $10,000.00 donation to the Professional Automotive
Training Center building expansion fund in memoriam for
the passing of Jack Shiel. Jack taught at SCC from
1983 to 2006 and was the Toyota T-TEN instructor for
nearly 20 years. The Western Washington Toyota
dealers have employed many of Jack"™s students throughout
that time. If you would like more information
regarding this fund, please contact Pete Calkins,
Director of the Automotive Program at
pcalkins@shoreline.edu.
 As
an Eagle Scout, Josh Middleton, 21, has always enjoyed
leadership roles as they provided him the opportunity to
help others. As a scout, he helped many people in
many situations over the years. A compassionate
young man, he cares about the welfare of the elderly,
helping an elderly woman in his neighborhood for several
years so that she could stay in her own home and not
have to move into a nursing home. He saw his
commitment through until her death.
Josh has done very well academically, completing the
GM-ASEP Program at the top of his class, maintaining a
3.6 GPA, while being completely self-sufficient. He was
a National Merit Scholar in high school, while logging
in an impressive 591 hours of community service.
He was able to maintain those grades while being active
in school committees and clubs, and enjoys being the
first one in a classroom to answer questions and provide
comments and feedback. Josh organized a study
group to help others in the GM-ASEP Program and found
that this experience helped him achieve his academic
success. He not only appreciates the automotive
knowledge he gained, but the business environment
experience during his high school/college
internship, which he realizes will be equally important
in his career.
He plans to attend the Vehicle Research Institute at
Western Washington University to earn a bachelor's
degree in Industrial science and vehicles design.
Josh looks forward to getting in on the cutting edge of
the next generation of vehicles, working to change the
industry's reliance on oil and helping to save our
environment.
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