GALION – Crawford: 20/20 Vision’s Business Success and Job Availability (BSJA) Action Team has hosted a Supervisor Boot Camp each fall and spring for three years — each time adjusting to Crawford County employer needs and trends.
This year, however, marks an upgrade: Boot Camp grads can now apply their training toward college credit.
“Our eighth session will begin March 22, and our planning committee works hard before each round to ensure customer satisfaction and sustainability,” said Doug Leuthold, president of Advanced Fiber Technology in Bucyrus and BSJA Action Team Leader. “One of the things we felt the employers that invest in this training, and our graduates, would value, is an opportunity to build on what they’ve learned in a more tangible, and practical way.”
The idea emerged when Boot Camp began holding its courses at the Crawford Success Center — a satellite of North Central State College.
“It just seemed like a natural way to build on our partnership with our community’s newest education and training center,” Leuthold said.
Members of his committee then worked closely with the center’s director, and Dr. Greg Timberlake, NCSC’s Dean of Business, Industry, Technology, and Workforce to determine whether the Supervisor Boot Camp curriculum was rigorous enough to articulate into college credit. To their delight, it was.
Graduates in the spring 2017 program, along with the 116 local supervisors who have completed the training before them, can seek to obtain credit by completing a paper detailing how their training met the learning objectives for NCSC’s Supervision course (BUSM 1030).
If the requirements are met, Boot Campers can apply for admission and apply the three college credit hours toward a certificate or Associate’s degree program at NCSC.
