System Strategic Plan Input C 2 Career Pathways

Action Planning Group Linda Collins Chair Career Pathways APG Rock Pfotonauer Dean of Instruction,

Strategy C 2: Career Pathways Create linkages between academic and career fields to provide

Initiative: Best Practices • Build on existing models – Collect and disseminate best practices.

Initiative: Ladders of Opportunity • Secure funding to implement the career ladders concepts and

Initiative: Bridge Programs • Create bridge programs to prepare lowskilled Californians to succeed in

C 2 Action Recommendations • Expand college capacity to develop and offer career pathways

Want to provide more input? Linda Collins lcollins@careerladdersproject. org (510) 268 -0566 1203 Preservation

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System Strategic Plan Input C 2 -Career Pathways Linda Collins Career Ladders Project Director CCC Board of Governors

Action Planning Group Linda Collins Chair Career Pathways APG Rock Pfotonauer Dean of Instruction, Career Education and Economic Development Cabrillo College Tim Rainey Executive Director -Workforce & Economic Development Program (WED) CA AFL-CIO Bob Lanter Director Contra Costa County Workforce Development Board Regina Stanback-Stroud Vice President of Instruction Skyline College David Gruber Principal Gruber and Pereira Assoc. LLC Jessica Pitt Executive Director Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative Jane Thompson, Ed. D Executive Committee Faculty Emeritus CCC Business Education Statewide Advisory Committee Solano College David Militzer Education Policy Consultant CA WIB and CDE Moreen Lane Staff Member CA WIB - (Life Long Learning Committee) Davis Jenkins Research Professor CCRC, Teachers College, Columbia University of Illinois at Chicago

Strategy C 2: Career Pathways Create linkages between academic and career fields to provide clearly defined career pathways that encourage and support a lifetime of educational and career advancement opportunities. Build on specific pathways initiatives to improve ongoing coordination and collaboration across academic, career/technical, and economic development programs.

Initiative: Best Practices • Build on existing models – Collect and disseminate best practices. – Develop new programs for enhancing the career pathways approach in high growth, high wage sectors of the economy.

Initiative: Ladders of Opportunity • Secure funding to implement the career ladders concepts and practices from BOG “Ladders of Opportunity” (refer to APG for C 1 to leverage efforts. ) • Create strategies to align curriculum with industry, education, and workforce agencies. – Provide comprehensive work and career preparation that incorporates basic skills and applied education. – Create pathways for students to combine work and education. – Track student progress.

Initiative: Bridge Programs • Create bridge programs to prepare lowskilled Californians to succeed in community colleges and access employment in high wage, high growth sectors. – Build on partnerships with workforce, social service, adult education, and industry to expand the reach, scope, and funding of college-centered, industry-driven career pathways.

C 2 Action Recommendations • Expand college capacity to develop and offer career pathways programs; provide seed funds to each college • Establish and fund a practitioner-based career ladders technical assistance capacity • Review and incorporate pathways approach into existing programs and funding streams • Address policy barriers to career pathway development • Develop and fund large scale, regional demonstration Bridge program projects

Want to provide more input? Linda Collins lcollins@careerladdersproject. org (510) 268 -0566 1203 Preservation Park Way, Suite 201 Oakland, CA 94612 www. careerladdersproject. org