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MPICTs primary decision making body is its Regional
Leadership Council, consisting of its PI, Co-PIs and Regional
Partners.
In August, MPICTs RLC held its first annual retreat. In part,
the RLC reviewed the first year of grant activities and
accomplishments. Those included:
Having initial press release with Congresswoman Jackie
Speier, Trustees and Partner Schools
Establishing an office, staff, administrative systems,
organizational model, community relationships and 4 initial
Regional Partners
Developing and convening an extraordinarily high quality
National Visiting Committee (NVC)
Establishing a website with initial content
Producing and distributing quarterly newsletters
Developing exhibit materials and presenting at the CCCAOE,
JSPAC, League of Innovations, San Francisco IEEE
Communications Society, AACC Workforce Development Institute,
CENIC and HI-TEC conferences
Securing a $90K CPATH Grant sub-award
Collaborating on other pending grant proposals
Hosting a great January Winter Conference
Hosting a great June Faculty Development Week
Conducting significant ICT research
Developing collaborations between MPICT, Cabrillo, CSU-MB
and UCSC
Assembling an outstanding Advisory Panel
Developing collaborative relationships with industry,
including Cisco, Juniper, IBM, Adobe, Oracle, EMC, VMware,
Apple, Microsoft, IEEE
Collaborating with COEs on ICT Workforce Study
Working on collaborative relationships with SENAC Rio in
Brazil and CFI Paris
Setting up a distributed learning pilot for Fall 2009
(Juniper, CCNP, EMC)
Developing presence and relationships within the NSF ATE
community
Participating in the Goals Working Group of the US Broadband
Coalition (www.BB4US.net)
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RLC agreed to criteria and process for selecting new Regional
Partners and evaluating internal performance.
It reviewed the National Visiting Committee and NSF Annual
Reports, along with feedback from the NSF program officer.
It then developed a prioritized set of objectives, and it
assigned those objectives to RLC members. Some of those
objectives are:
Add significantly to MPICT website content and explore
interactive community building on it by the 2nd half of the
year
Integrate a new Regional Partner
Attend and present at only those conferences that add clear
value to the Centers mission
Explore additional funding sources
Successfully pilot distributed ICT education model
Conduct another successful Winter Conference
Conduct a successful Faculty Development Week
Develop and disseminate quality information on all public
ICT related programs in the region
Research and disseminate quality practices that could
improve ICT education, including other grant funded activities
Report on CSU-MB B.S. degree that accepts networking and IT
course transfers and work on developing similar degrees at
other 4-year schools
Conduct quality Advisory Panel and NVC meetings and expand
collaborations with industry
Develop and present ICT pathways
Continue collaborating on EWD ICT Workforce Study
Promote pedagogy changes and experiential learning
Collaborate with CPATH grants in region
Expand and communicate ICT articulations and pathways
between K-12 and community colleges
Research and disseminate quality ICT practices and standards
in ICT and ICT education from abroad
Continue supporting HI-TEC national conference
Continue participation in Goals Working Group of US
Broadband Coalition (BB4US
 MPICT
is building on a good first year to deliver an exceptional
second year of the grant, and we have a great team to do it!
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