Rutherford ReconnectReconnect Ambassador Overview

April 24, 2017

Dan CaldwellSenior Manager, Technical Training

Nissan Group of North America

Employer Lead, Rutherford Reconnect

Scholarships

for high school grads

for adult learners

Two-year tuition-free education

55% of Tennesseans

College Degree or Certificate

by 2025

Personal reconnect story

Currently leads Nissan’s Human Resources

function within U.S. manufacturing operations

Benefits for the Individual• Highly skilled, highly employable

• High wage, high demand industries

• Achieve a better life

Greg JonesSenior Director, Human ResourcesU. S. ManufacturingNissan Group of North America

Productivity

$Financial ROI Succession Planning

Benefits for the Employer

Working team… develop a reconnect

strategy for Rutherford county

How many Reconnectors does

Rutherford County need to achieve

its Drive to 55 goal?

THEC Master Planhttps://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/thec/attachments/MasterPlan2025.pdf

Rutherford County’s Drive to 55 Goal29,177 New Credentials Required

60.7%

41.4%43.2%

44.9%46.7%

48.4%50.2%

52.0%53.7%

55.5%57.2%

59.0%60.7%

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Baseline 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Rutherford County's Progress Toward Drive to 55

RuCo Actual Growth RuCo Needed Growth

The American Community Survey [Federal Census]

reports our progress.

43%Current Progress

An epiphany!

60.7%

45%

67%

0.0%

60.7%

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2025 Goal All High School GradsFrom 2014

Adult Learners, SomeCollege, No Degree

Achievement Hypotheses If every high school graduate

from 2014 attended and

graduated with a degree, we

would fall short of our goal.

If every adult with some

college, no degree, earned a

credential, we would

overachieve our goal.

In Rutherford County, 34,976 adults (25-64)

reported some college, no degree.

American Community Survey, 2014 five year estimatesTHEC calculation of AY 14-15 Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) public high school graduation data

How many Reconnectors does

Rutherford County need to achieve

its Drive to 55 goal?

508 per year

Targeted Population

Awareness

Advising

Enrolling

Graduating

Adults with some college, no degree

Adults engaging in Reconnect

counseling (in-person or online)

Reconnect graduates

(contributing to Drive to 55 goal)

Impressions made through

marketing activities

Adult learner enrollment

Brainstorming – How to Increase

Awareness and Move Employees

to Advising

[35,000]

[508/year]

1. Employer Reconnect Ambassador(s)

2. Supervisor 1:1 info sheet

3. Student testimonials

4. Computer literacy training

5. Intercompany communications

6. 90-day onboarding discussion

7. Workshops

8. Promotional items

Smyrna campus opened

January, 2017

New building for Smyrna

campus, opening 2019*not actual design – photo for illustrative purposes only

Next Steps:

Appoint a Reconnect Ambassador(s)

www.bit.ly/rrambassador

Reconnect Ambassador training May 23rd,

TCAT/Nissan Training Center, Smyrna