Transcript KE presentation to DEC 3 20 15

Peralta Economic & Workforce
Development
Update to the
District Education Committee
March 20, 2015
Dr. Karen Engel
Director of Economic & Workforce Development
CTE Committee
Proposed marketing strategy
 Fiscal-year close (and grant fund roll-over
issue)
 Input on finance and purchasing processes
as they pertain to grants
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Career Pathways
Dual enrollment (proposed MOU)
 Improved placement pilots
 High school outreach:
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◦ OUSD high schools coming for tours,
orientation, assessment and matriculation this
spring!
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Castlemont
Fremont
McClymonds
Life Academy
Career Pathways
Building a system to scale employer
engagement ($400K to the Peralta
Colleges)
 Hiring “workforce coordinators” at each
campus
 Development of an employer engagement
CRM tool
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Sub-regional Nodes
Node Composition
K-12 Districts
Chambers of
Commerce/
business
associations
Communitybased
Organizations
Community
Colleges
Workforce
Investment
Board(s)
AB 86 Adult Education
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Career Development and College
Preparation (CDCP)
◦ Noncredit
◦ Enhanced Noncredit
Grants
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CTE Enhancement Funds
◦ 60% formula funds arriving any day (MOU’s being
signed)
◦ 40% competitive regional funds
 Laney led a 12-college consortium to create Mobile Apps
curriculum ($340K)
 All four campuses participated in a proposal create a remotely
accessible Bay Region Shared ICT Lab ($995K)
 Merritt in a proposal for Rad Tech and COA for Dental
Assisting
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Peralta ICT leadership team pursuing an
American Apprenticeship grant ($3m) with
#YesWeCode