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13TuesdayFebruary192013SponsoredbyTheNWTMtisNationTheMtisNationwouldliketoextendtheirsincerethanksforthededicationofthestudentsandstaffofAuroraCollege.MakingourFUTUREbrightWearedoinganewstrategicplan...Ourstrategicplanthatwehaverightnowendsin2015.Partoftheprocessforastrate-gicplanistodoconsultationsinsomewaywithstaffwithformerstudentswithcommu-nitymemberswithAboriginalgroupswitheverybody.WedontknowwhatthatprocessYELLOWKNIFEFORTSMITHINUVIKwilllooklikeyetbutthatwillhelpshapewhereweregoingandwherewegofrom2015on.Weregearingupsowecangetintotheprocesssothatby2015itsawrittendocumentandwehaveaplanreadytomove.AllofouradulteducatorsdoneedsassessmentssomeformalsomeinformalwhatdoesacommunitywantAlsosomethingthatsveryexcitingwithourreorganizationwehaveregionalprogramheads...TheirregionsmatchupwiththeAb-originalgroupssowehaveanAkaitchoSouthSlaveDehchoNorthSlaveBeaufortDeltaandSahtuandeachofthoseareashasaregionaltraininggroup...Nowwereallsittingatthesametableweallbringwhatwehavetothetablethemoneywehaveandeachofthosegroupsiscomingoutwithregionaltrainingplans.IttakessometimealthoughIvebeenwiththecollegeforsevenoreightyearsIvebeeninadifferentcapacityandoriginallywithaYellowknifefocusNowtomovetopresi-dentitsafocusofallofitSorightnowitsgettingtoknowthosepiecesthatIdidnthavethatmuchunderstandingandworkingtowardssettingthoseprioritiesonceweseewhereweareandwegetthosekeypositionslled.AuroraCollegeisopenforbusiness.Werewillingtotalknewprogrammingwithindustryastheycomeupwithnewtrainingneedswerewillingtocontinuewithpro-grammingthatweredoingmeetneedsincommunitiesinour23learningcentreswereopenforbusiness.Wehaveanaccreditedfacilityandwehavetokeepourac-creditation.Soourprogramshavetomeetthatandiftheydontifsomethingchangeswehavetochange.Soallourprogramsdomeetnoteventradesbutallareas-therequirementsoftheinstitutionswereafliatedwith.Wevemetthegraduatesacademically.Theymaynotwalkoutofherewiththesamemotivationsamejobskillswecantrybutitdoesntmeantheyrejobready.WedotrybutforanumberofreasonstheremaybeotherthingsthatareintheTheCanNorfundingisdirectlyforNorthernadultliteracyandbasiceducation.Werewellonourwaywiththatfunding.Thisisoursecondyear...sowenowhavethefundingrightthroughto2016approvedandamanagerhasbeenhiredwillbeinplaceuntil2016andprojectsareonthegofromthestrategythatwasapproved.Wearelookingatdevelopingshort-termcoursesthatwillfocusonessentialskills.Essentialskillsarethereadingwritingmathspeakingwhateverskillsyouneedbutonlyforaspe-cicarea.SoifyouwantedtolearnsomeskillsaroundbeingaOntheMackenzieValleyFibre-OpticlinkThebre-opticlineifeverythinggoesasplannedwehavealwayswantedtobeabletododistanceeducationdistributedlearningandwewouldbeabletobecausethatsbeenabigbarrierforthecollege.Wedoaprogramonthephonerightnowearlychildhoodeducationouttoourcommunitiesbecausethatstheonlyguaranteedlinerightnowbecauseourcommunitiesdonthavetheband-width.Theresnothingmorefrustratingthantryingtobeonthecomputerwithnotenoughbandwidth.Wehavepeoplesittingin23communitiesthatcouldbeinlearningcentreswherewecouldofferanything.ItcouldbeofferedanywhereandyoujusthavetobethereatacertaintimeanditsliveTheresyourteacheryoucanaskquestions.Theres23peopleoutincommunitiesthatcouldberighttherebesidethemandsupporting.Thatwouldbeabigad-vantageforusPeopleintheirhomeswouldbeabletohookintothoseprogramswithustoorightnow.Theycouldbeanywhere.Onplanningforthefuturewayandtheirmotivationmaynotbethesame.Ifsomebodysnotgoingtoattendschoolitsnotgoingtotakelongbeforetheyfallbehindandtheyrenotgoingtobeintheprogram.Sothathopefullyhelpswiththeattendanceoncetheygetintothework-place.Sothosekindsofthingswecandealwithbutifyougointooneofthetradesprogramsitsnotgoingtoteachyouallthoseworkplaceworkhabitskillsthatyouneed.Anditsnotournumberonepriority.Itispartofourresponsibilitybutsomanyotherthingscomeintoplay.OneducationalstandardsandjobreadinesssmallenginemechanicwhataretheessentialskillsyouwouldneedSoyouwilllearnhowtoreadmanualshowyouunder-standpartnumbersthosethingsandnotworryaboutpoetryessays.Wereworkingwiththeliteracycounciltothisyearbuildtwoofthosecoursesbutatthesametimewithoutapurpose-fulplanallthreeterritoriesaredoingtheexactsamething.ThethreeNortherncollegesareworkingtogetherwiththisfunding...Eachcollegewillworkondifferentthemesorcareersandthenwellendupwithsixcoursesthatwillendupgoingoutintothecommunitiesasshortcourses.Ontherecentfederalfundingboost