Recipient name: sheridan school district 48 jfunding request: 500,000.00PROJECT description: for a truck driving diesel mechanics employment training program, including the purchase of…

Recipient name: sheridan school district 48 jfunding request: 500,000.00PROJECT description: for a truck driving diesel mechanics employment training program, including the purchase of equipmentcongressional sponsor: senator jeff merkley, senator RON wydenproject title: barbara roberts career technical education centercommunity project alignment with the guiding pillars of the workforce system:(see attachment f for a description of each workforce pillar.)open opportunities for vulnerable workers and communities new industry partnerships that lead to real, good jobsproject purpose and goals: the purpose of the barbara roberts career technical education center is to bring center-based CTE education training to the students of the rural west valley. This application focuses on the truck driving diesel mechanics pathway within the barbara roberts center. This funding will procure truck driving simulators. These simulators are a turnkey training system complete with onboard curriculum and progress tracking. Recently usdot and fmcsa changed the licensing requirements for commercial vehicles. The new focus is on skills mastery and theory, with final certification involving behind the wheel training. Our goal is to have graduates from our program master the skills and theory enabling them to move straight to BTW training. Career technical education has been demonstrated to increase graduation rates and put students on asuccessful career trajectory.project design: (select one) direct training and employment projectproject activities:project activities include 1) acquisition and facilitation of trainer simulators 2) direct trainingproposed period of performance: 36 monthsproject location: city of sheridan, yamhill polk county, state of oregontarget populations or intended beneficiaries: barbara roberts career technical school is created to serve therural western yamhill valley. This includes sheridan, willamina, grande ronde, perrydale, as well as others. IT will serve juniors and seniors (11TH,12TH grade) in high school. We will also explore opportunities to allow adults and labor-force reentrants and non-traditional students to receive training outside of school hours.linkages to the workforce system partners (if applicable):we have worked closely with willamette workforce partnership, the workforce development board serving linn, marion, polk and yamhill counties.other partners (if applicable): other partners include the confederated tribes of grande ronde, chemeketa community college, sedcor (the regional economic development agency) performance outcome goals (if applicable):we are defining our performance goals in different stages. Year 1 goals focus on the successful acquisition and installation of the identified equipment. Subsequent years focus on direct training. Year 2 of the grant will be the beginning of cohort 1 we expect a 50 participation rate as a startup program. Year 3 we anticipate an 80 participation rate. Among our other goals are increased graduation rate, and how many students move forward topositive placement.