Professional and Continuing Studies: Year in Review

Professional and Continuing Studies

2022: OUR FIRST YEAR Continuing Education | Training and Development | English as a Subsequent Language (ESL)

Highlights Co-led first Memorandum of Understanding with an industry association in Burlington in collaboration with Brock's Government, Community and International Relations.

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firsts

Facilitated first funded training solution for manufacturing association to address skills gaps and labour shortage in the sector.

Assisted with programming and marketing support for new programming by the Centre for Sport Capacity to achieve sold out status in pilot year.

Created an industry and ESL Learning pilot for International participants with local and provincial industry and post-secondary partners.

PCS and ESL at a glance 

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funded projects

partner connections

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70+

learning experiences

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1230+

consultation points

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 MTechHub and Brock sign MOU at TechPlace Burlington.  Centre for Sport Capacity sold out Lead Like a Girl enent.  Delegates from Mongolia for ESL and industry customized training.

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 ESL Student visit Museum for off campus learning.  Niagara EMS visit for ESL Applied Health Sciences programming.  ESL students lead in team building style activities.

PCS Services

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HERE TO HELP

Connected with community, faculty, staff, alumni, students, Indigenous Council members, industry and business associations and more to complete Brock's PCS external market scan and consultations.

The four pillars of the consultation

by Academica identified regional needs for capacity building through training and development. This aligns with our commitment to social and economic vitality in Brock's Strategic Plan.

ND NAL A ESSIO IES PROF STUD G N I INU CONT

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Won two government coapplicant funding submissions with Government, Community and International Relations.

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Re-engaged with five ESL partners to return to campus.

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1 of 10 Ontario post-secondary institutions to receive funding to advance the use of MyCreds for the Ontario Virtual Skills Passport project in collaboration with Registrar's Office.

Re-built student engagement for activities on-campus and around the region.

Professional and Continuing Studies + ESL Services

Deliver

Professional and Continuing Studies is here to support the broader university expand and enhance continuing education, professional studies, training, and career skills development programming.

Market

From Ideation to Administration, PCS is ready to help.

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 Ideate

 Design

 Develop

PCS offerings to expand learning opportunities.

Construct learning for a new learner audience.

Bring your programming ideas to life with market research.

2022: Our First Year

Execute promotion via in house strategy and deployment.

Assist with registration, customer service and more.

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Provide quality assurance for training outcomes.

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THANK YOU In a few short months, colleagues from across Alumni, Co-op, Career and Experiential Education, Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, CCOVI, Libraries, BrockLINC, Goodman Group and many others collaborated with PCS to actively work together on how we can build our understanding and capacity for PCS to meet the social and economic needs of our communities and to amplify our shared commitment to Brock's Strategic Plan Priorities.

We proactively asked for input from our community and potential learners and were thrilled with the response – through Brock's PCS External Market Scan and Consultations led by Academica, we heard from 1,200+ stakeholders through virtual 1-1 interviews, round tables, and survey. We want to thank members of our Indigenous Councils, Faculties, Alumni, Students, industry associations, staff, retirees, community members, organization leaders and more for sharing what you want and need from Brock.

As we look back on 2022, our first year of listening, envisioning, and starting to build what PCS can be for Brock, we thank you for contributing and sharing in the early successes we have achieved together.

Looking ahead to 2023, we will continue to ask, listen, and action how we can collectively work together to enhance our collective ability to respond to the needs for training, career development and long-life learning of the communities we serve locally and more broadly.

April-Dawn Blackwell Associate Vice-President Professional and Continuing Studies

Niagara Region 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1

905 688 5550 x5020 ce@brocku.ca

brocku.ca/continuing-education @BrockPCS