AN OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE MUST BE USED TO PROVIDE INPUT ON PROGRAM GOALS

6.1 MEMBERSHIP                                                                                    

An Advisory Committee of at least five (5) industry members in attendance (not counting school personnel or educators from other programs), must convene at least two (2) working meetings a year to provide information, counsel, and recommendations on behalf of the community served by the training program.  This Committee should be broadly based and include former students, employed technicians, and employers. Members of the Advisory Committee should not all be from the same business.

A. Does the Advisory Committee, consisting of at least 5 members in attendance (not counting school personnel or educators from other programs) convene a minimum of two working meetings per year? (GO/NO GO REQUIREMENT)  (provide a link to all minutes)

B. Minutes should indicate participation of members attending and providing input on program improvement.

           ASE Advisory Team Meeting Minutes       

        C. Provide a list of advisory committee members and their affiliations.

           ASE Advisory Committee 

6.2 REVIEW OF STUDENT SURVEYS

The Advisory Committee should provide input and review student surveys.

A. Highlight discussion in minutes pertaining to student surveys in the evaluation process.

   See item C. 1. & 2. on page 4 of the ASE Advisory Team Meeting Minutes 10-27-21 

   See item V. C. on page 3 of the ASE Advisory Team Meeting Minutes 4-9-24 

   See item V. C. on page 3 of the ASE Advisory Team Meeting Agenda 11-12-24 

6.3 REVIEW OF PROGRAM FUNDING

The Advisory Committee should provide input and review funding.

      Funding discussion at Advisory Committee Meetings 

A. Highlight discussion pertaining to funding allocated to and used by the program.

See ASE Advisory Team Meeting Agenda and Minutes from 11-14-23 for discussion about additional needs/funding related to the autos                         program.

See ASE Advisory Team Meeting Agenda and Minutes 4-9-24 for discussion about additional needs/funds related to the autos program.

    See ASE Advisory Team Meeting Agenda and Minutes 11-12-24 for discussion about additional needs/funds related to the autos program. 

B. Highlight input from the advisory committee on whether the funding is adequate for program operation.

6.4 REVIEW OF GRADUATE FOLLOW-UP AND EMPLOYER SURVEYS

Information gathered from the annual follow-up of program graduates and employer surveys should be reviewed by the Advisory Committee to assess employment potential and provide input on program modifications.

A. Highlight discussion in the minutes pertaining to the graduate and employer surveys and resulting recommendations for modification to the training program.

          Discussion of Graduated Student/Employer Surveys 

6.5 REVIEW OF COURSE OF STUDY 

The Advisory Committee should provide guidance and approve all tasks added to or removed from the mandatory task list required for the program accreditation level being sought.

A. Highlight the discussion on the addition/deletion of tasks and approval of task changes.

            D303 2022 Auto Program Task List 

            Task list display in Autos Classroom

6.6 REVIEW OF TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES

The Committee should conduct annual inspections of tools and equipment to assure that they are up-to-date and comparable to industry standards for quality and safety. The Advisory Committee should review information from safety inspections and conduct an annual evaluation of the facilities to assure compliance with local, state and federal safety and environmental rules and regulations.  Additionally, the committee should review all safety practices for appropriateness in meeting program goals.

A. Highlight the discussion of the Advisory Committee's annual review process to provide input on maintaining up-to-date tools and equipment.

See 3 most recent ASE Meetings related to input and maintaining up-to-date tools and equipment below.

See ASE Advisory Team Meeting Agenda and Minutes 11-12-24 for discussion about additional needs/funds related to the autos program. 

See ASE Advisory Team Meeting Agenda and Minutes 4-9-24 for discussion about additional needs/funds related to the autos program.

          See ASE Advisory Team Meeting Agenda and Minutes from 11-14-23 for discussion about additional needs/funding related to the autos program.

B. Provide evidence that the Advisory Committee is included when conducting an annual evaluation of the facilities to assure safety and adequacy in                     meeting program goals. (GO/NO GO REQUIREMENT)

         For the last two years, we have provided guided tours of our shop led by our Auto students for our Advisory Committee, however, we have not had our Advisory Committee conduct a formal inspection of the shop.  Moving forward, future meetings we will be asking our Advisory Committee to provide               feedback to us by completing a Safety Inspection Checklist on an annual basis.