Christi Rood, Assistant Vice President of Economic Development at 51ΑΤΖζ (51ΑΤΖζ), accepted the 2019 LERN International Award for Excellence in Management Practice on behalf of the Collegeβs Workforce Development program at the (LERN) Annual Conference, Nov. 19-22 in San Diego, California. LERN is the worldβs largest association in continuing education and lifelong learning. As recipient of this award, Rood and her team, were recognized for demonstrating implementation of better operational practices to increase efficiencies and cost-effectiveness.
βThe key to improving operations is the key to improving performance,β LERN President, William Draves, stated. βAfter getting a program review from LERN, [51ΑΤΖζβs Workforce Development program] made more decisions that were data driven, made plans by divisionβ¦ made a $400 thousand dollar reduction in operating costs, provided better oversight, and increased registrations in targeted programs.β