Practices with Promise Success Story
Submitted By: Margo Turner Mead, Technical Assistance Provider, Communications, CCC
Design It-Build it-Ship It Yields Bay Area $14.9M
- Type of Practice: Industry Engagement
- Type(s) of Users Served: Higher Unit Certificate Students
- Sector(s): Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Transportation & Renewable Energy
- Momentum Point(s) & Leading Indicators : MP 31, MP 33 (click here for description)
- Regions Involved: East Bay
- Colleges Involved: Berkeley City College, Chabot College, College of Alameda, Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College, Laney College, Los Medanos College, Merritt College, Ohlone College
- Other Organizations: 5 workforce boards, UC Berkeley, CSU Eastbay, East Bay EDA and other regional partners
The Challenge
• Strengthen and expand 1 and 2 year East Bay training programs in advanced manufacturing (fabrication, biotech, chemical, petroleum, medical devices, etc) and Logistics/Transportation career pathways (warehousing/shipping, supply chain systems, RFID/GPS, alternative fuel, logistics)
• Implement strategies to accelerate the ability of unemployed adults to change careers including accelerated programs of study, prior learning assessments, and technology enabled learning
• Create and expand access to technical training programs for low income adults with barriers to education and training such as the regional East Bay Career Advancement Academies as a component of stackable certificates promoting wage and career advancement for all reside
The Solution
• The 10 community colleges which comprise the formal application consortium include Alameda, Berkeley, Chabot, Contra Costa, Diablo Valley, Laney, Los Medanos, Merritt, Ohlone, and Solano Community Colleges.
• 5 workforce boards, UC Berkeley, CSU Eastbay, East Bay EDA and other regional partners
• Job-seekers for sustainable wage employment and the needs of industry for highly qualified middle skill workers. This includes new systems to link residents directly from One Stops and community agencies to community college training programs and regional systems for colleges, workforce boards, and economic development agencies to work closely with industry to quickly identify regional workforce needs and train new workers to fill those needs.
Outcomes
• Built a regional workforce system that integrates resources from the colleges, One Stop system, economic development, and regional industry that increases access to high quality training for East Bay residents and promotes East Bay economic development and job creation
• Increase the ability of residents to transfer from certificate programs into STEM-centered career pathways at UC Berkeley, CSU Eastbay, and other 4 year colleges and universities,?
The Data
See Project Summary link.
Supporting Information
Common Metrics
Leading Indicators
| LI 1 | Alignment of skillsets within a program (or set of courses) to a particular occupation and the needs of the labor market | |
| LI 2 | Regionalization of stackable certificates aligned with a particular occupation ladder | |
| LI 3 | Alignment of a certificate with state-, industry-, nationally-, and/or employer- recognized certification | |
| LI 4 | Creation of a credit certificate from non-credit certificate | |
| LI 5 | Curriculum articulation along a career or multi-career educational pathway | |
| LI 6 | Updating the skills of faculty, teachers, counselors, and/or “supporting staff to student” to reflect labor market needs | |
| LI 7 | Integration of small business creation and/or exporting modules into for-credit curriculum in other disciplines |
Momentum Points
| Middle School Cluster | ||
| MP 1 | Completed an individual career and skills awareness workshop in middle school that included a normed assessment process and was in a Doing What Matters priority or emerging sector | |
| Transition from Middle School to High School | ||
| MP 2 | Completed a bridge program between middle school and high school and revised student career/education plan | |
| MP 3 | Completed a student orientation and assessment program while in middle school or high school | |
| High School Cluster | ||
| MP 4 | Completed one course in high school within a CTE pathway | |
| MP 5 | Completed two or more courses in high school within a CTE pathway | |
| MP 6 | Completed a CTE articulated course | |
| MP 6a | Successfully completed a CTE dual enrollment course or credit by exam, with receipt of transcripted credits | |
| MP 7 | Completed a program in high school within a CTE pathway | |
| Transition from High School to College Cluster | ||
| MP 8 | Completed a bridge program between high school and college in a CTE pathway | |
| MP 9 | Completed college orientation and assessment as a first-time community college student who entered a community college CTE pathway | |
| MP 10 | Transitioned from a high school CTE pathway to a similar community college CTE pathway | |
| MP 11 | Transferred from a high school CTE pathway to a similar CSU, UC or private/independent university CTE pathway | |
| MP 12 | Completed a counselor-approved college education plan, for first-time community college students who enter a CTE pathway | |
| MP 13 | During high school, participated in an internship, work-based learning, mentoring, or job shadowing program in a CTE pathway | |
| MP 14 | Percentage of community college students, who participated in a high school CTE pathway, whose first math or English course was below transfer-level | |
| Community College Cluster | ||
| MP 15 | Completed two courses in the same CTE pathway | |
| MP 16 | Retention rate between Fall and Spring within a CTE pathway | |
| MP 17 | Completed a non-CCCCO-approved certificate within a CTE pathway | |
| MP 18 | Completed a CCCCO-approved certificate within a CTE pathway | |
| General Education and Transfer Progress Cluster | ||
| MP 19 | Completed a work readiness soft skills training program (either stand-alone or embedded) within a CTE pathway | |
| MP 20 | Completed college level English and/or math, for students in a CTE pathway | |
| MP 21 | Completed the CSU-GE or IGETC transfer track/certificate for students in a CTE pathway | |
| MP 22 | Completed requirements in a CTE pathway, but did not receive a certificate or a degree | |
| MP 23 | Completed an associate degree in a CTE major | |
| MP 24 | Completed an associate degree in a major different from student’s college CTE pathway | |
| MP 25 | Transferred from community college to a four-year university in the same CTE pathway | |
| MP 26 | Transferred from community college to a four-year university in a major different from their CTE pathway | |
| Community College Transition To Workforce Cluster | ||
| MP 27 | Participated in a college internship or workplace learning program within a CTE pathway | |
| MP 28 | Attained a job placement in the same or similar field of study as CTE pathway | |
| MP 29 | Acquired an industry-recognized, third-party credential | |
| Workforce Progress Cluster | ||
| MP 30 | Attained a wage gain in a career in the same or similar CTE pathway | |
| MP 31 | Attained wages equal to or greater than the median regional wage for that CTE pathway | |
| MP 32 | Attained wages greater than the regional standard-of-living wage | |
| MP 33 | Participated in incumbent worker training or contract education in a CTE pathway (for example training for layoff aversion, meeting heightened occupational credentialing requirement, transitioning employees whose occupations are being eliminated, or up-skilling existing employees) | |
| MP 34 | Exception | |
