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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Best Practices presentations from the BFET Training Forum are attached.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Special thanks to the presenters:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Monique Stefens – Whatcom Community College: BFET 101 for College Administrators and Staff. Monique has provided both the ppt she used at the Training Forum, as well as the ppt she uses on her campus, which has some additional
 accounting information included.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Jan Strand – Edmonds Community College: BFET Community College and CBO Collaboration. EdCC has been very successful in effectively working with local CBOs in meeting the needs of their mutual BFET students.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Alison Fernandez – Skagit Valley College: Experience Work Project. SVC has forged a great relationship with their local Chamber of Commerce to provide their Workforce Ed students with job shadows, work experiences, internships
 and work study opportunities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Each of these presenters has expressed their availability to talk further about their great work, if you are in need of further detail.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all for the terrific work you do!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mat<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Algerian">Mat Carlisle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Administrator,  Workforce Education<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">State Board of Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 360.704.4341<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: 360.704.4418<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: mcarlisle@sbctc.edu<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Algerian"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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