![Industry Ready Logo](https://www.tcsg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/industry_ready.jpg)
The Strengthening Community Colleges Grant, awarded through the US Department of Labor, aims to build the capacity of community colleges to meet local and regional labor market demands for a skilled workforce. It is a systems change grant that is housed at Savannah Technical College, in Savannah, GA.
In Georgia, “changing the system” has meant reinventing how we train students in three key industry sectors: healthcare, manufacturing/logistics, and IT. Using advanced educational tools in the classroom, in courses which feature digital badges and industry-leading micro-credentials, we’re helping our students excel in the 21st century job market.
![Manufacturing Industry](https://www.tcsg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/manufacturing_industry.jpg)
![Healthcare Industry](https://www.tcsg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/healthcare_industry.jpg)
![IT Industry](https://www.tcsg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/it_industry.jpg)
And we’re helping students gain the skills they need quickly. We recognize that job-ready candidates benefit from targeted instruction which blends cutting edge technology, soft-skill training, exposure to employers, and industry defined skills and competencies in short, manageable packages that provide Georgians with life-changing career upgrades in as little as 4 to 6 weeks.
Students who participate in a 4 week “Fast Track” course will receive a digital badge (as well as associated industry micro-credentials) upon successful completion. These stackable course badges sit within well-defined and visual learning pathways that illuminate additional courses, career goals, and technical certificate, diploma, and degree trajectories. TCSG students are able to see course-level badges as stepping stones to their educational and career goals, offering encouragement to those in progress and inspiration for those determining their next steps.
![TCC Learning Pathway](https://www.tcsg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/tcc_learning_pathway.jpg)
All students, regardless of how they enter the Technical College System of Georgia, have access to these exciting new initiatives—including the nation’s most robust digital badging ecosystem. If you’re considering a career change, keep in mind that the “future is now” in Georgia. If you would like more information about the scope of the grant’s activities, please contact:
Jaime Wadowiec
Executive Director of the SCC Grant
jwadowiec@savannahtech.edu