| Awards Received by the Next Step Program 
Congratulations to the ENTIRE Next Step Program Team for Winning
the 2007 Stevie American Business Award for the Best Human Resources Team!!
A group of very distinguished judges in the business community has confirmed that this is a VERY special Program.
National Awards for Academic Coursework English Courses
Technical Math Courses
New York State Award
Next Step Program received prestigious New York State Association of Community College Boards of Trustees Award Professorial Recognitions
Professor and text author Gordon Snyder wins Award s : (Blog: http://ictcenter.blogspot.com/ )
In 2001, Gordon was selected as one of the top 15 technology faculty in the United States by Microsoft Corporation and the American Association of Community Colleges. In 2004, he was selected as the Massachusetts Networking and Communications Council Workforce Development Leader of the year. Gordon is Executive Director of The National Center for Telecommunications Technologies (NCTT) . (A recent interview with Gordon:
CBS interview on classroom use of second life )
Texts by Faculty and Books written by friends
NSP Faculty have authored major textbooks in this responsive curriculum since many publications are not sufficiently current for use in the Program. Faculty report that the development they receive at Next Step sponsored Faculty Institutes translates to their teaching assignments with all of their students. The enthusiastic teaching faculty donate several days of their time each year to attend the Faculty Institute and Curriculum meetings.
Graduates Excellence on-the-job
The CTAC Team featuring Next Step Graduates has been a team winner of the Verizon Excellence Award for 2 years in succession, years 2003 and 2004.
Classroom cohorts in Next Step have translated to workforce cohorts for troubleshooting customer installations by phone and by computer on the internet, thereby significantly reducing installation time. ( Reported by students at Program Reviews. and by the BRONX STUDENT TEAM AT FACULTY INSTITUTE 2007 OPENING SESSION) Student Excellence
Many students are among the top 10 graduates in College graduating classes.
Several Next Step Students have been Valedictorians at College Graduation Ceremonies. Some of our partner colleges are currently exploring the Next Step cohort education model with a major GRANT .
CUNY partners received a $20 Million Dollar Grant to explore the concept of cohort education for general students. Funded by monies from the city and Mayor Bloomberg's Commission for Economic Opportunity, ASAP emphasizes enriched academic support services, mentoring, block programs, and graduation with an Associate degree within two to three years. Nationally Recognized
The Next Step Program has been recognized nationally by former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reisch, who commended then Bell Atlantic and its unions for setting up a program that treats its workers as "assets to be developed rather than costs to be cut." Former Vice President Al Gore visited the New Hampshire Program and used Next Step as an example of a successful workforce program that promotes lifelong learning. Numerous articles about the program have appeared in the popular press, including the Chicago Tribune, InfoWorld, Internet Week, Human Resource Executive, and Parade magazine.
Next Step in Book Release
NYIT in National News |
