Our Institutions

North / Far North Region

STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

• Degrees & Certificates. Increase by at least 20 percent the number of California Community College students annually who acquire associate degrees, credentials, certificates, or specific skill sets that prepare them for an in-demand job.
• Transfers. Increase by 35 percent the number of California Community College students transferring annually to a University of California or a California State University.
• Associate Degree Units. Decrease the average number of units accumulated by California Community College students earning associate degrees to 79 total units.
• Employment. Increase the percent of exiting CTE students who report being employed in their field of study to 69 percent.
• Equity Gap. Reduce equity gaps across all of the above measures through faster improvements among underrepresented student groups by 40 percent.
• Achievement Gap. Reduce achievement gaps across all of the above measures through faster improvements among colleges located in regions with the lowest educational attainment.

San Francisco Bay Area Region

BAY AREA REGIONAL WORKFORCE PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

• Provide pathways that enable all Bay Area students to find employment and advance to livable wages.
• Meet the needs of employers in the Bay Region for well-qualified candidates for positions that pay livable wages, particularly in labor market priority* areas.
• Ensure equity in participation, completion, and employment.

Central Valley and Mother Lode Region

STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

• Regional Leadership & Communication – Cultivate and develop regional leadership and support structures that improve outcomes in the region’s priority sectors.
• Regional Planning – Intentional planning and deliberate collaboration to prepare students to enter the workforce educated for tomorrow’s jobs in pathways supported by labor market data in the CRC’s industry sectors that offer living wage and higher paying, middle-skill jobs.
• Curriculum, Programs and Pathways – Build and Clarify the Path.
• CTE Student Support Services – Enter the Path, Stay on the Path and Ensure Learning, Employment Preparation and Transition to Work.
• Research and Data – Foster the use of data (Launchboard, LMI, etc.), inquiry, and evidence to achieve SWP metrics and Vision for Success.

South Central Coast Region

STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

• Strengthen communication, coordination, and timely decision-making in regional CTE efforts.
• Enhance participation in CTE Career Pathways between K-16.
• Reinforce regional leadership and operational partnerships among K12, community colleges, industry, labor, and other workforce and economic development entities to improve the delivery of all CTE efforts.
• Align college programs with local and regional and industry needs and provide support for CTE programs.
• Create a public outreach campaign for industry, high school students, counselors, parents, faculty, staff, and the community at large to promote career development and attainment and the value of career technical education.

Los Angeles Region

LOS ANGELES COUNTY STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• Maximizing sustained industry engagement
• Strengthening career pathways and programs of study
• Expanding opportunities for work-based learning
• Attending to the need for new Career Technical Education (CTE) faculty recruitment and professional development and externships for current faculty
• Addressing the needs of business and industry in identified priority and emerging sectors
• Supporting regional marketing, curriculum alignment, streamlined regional processes, regional labor market data collection, and analysis for data-informed decision-making

Orange County Region

ORANGE COUNTY STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

• Improved opportunities for students in career pathways in the region’s priority sectors
• Effective coordination of job placement, work-based learning opportunities, and internships
• Regional industry engagement and co-investment in Career Education

Inland Empire Desert Region

IEDRC STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

• Regional Leadership and Priority Sectors: Cultivate and develop regional leadership and support structures that improve outcomes in the region’s priority sectors.
• Build and Clarify the Path: Design well-articulated career education pathways that increase the likelihood of students achieving economic prosperity.
• Enter the Path: Ensure that potential students are aware of career education pathways through effective career exploration, communication, and outreach.
• Stay on the Path and Ensure Learning: Facilitate student progression and completion in career education pathways.
• Employment Preparation and Transition to Work: Provide diverse opportunities that prepare students for a seamless transition into careers or career advancement.

San Diego/Imperial Region

SAN DIEGO/IMPERIAL REGIONAL CONSORTIUM STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN

The San Diego Imperial Counties Region made the commitment to use their regional funding to invest in an infrastructure that would bring more students into the community colleges from area high schools and adult education and noncredit programs and improve the outcomes of students who enroll in the colleges. The investments are:

• Pre-College Outreach and Career Pathways
• Guided Career Pathways: Employment readiness, work-based learning and job placement
• Marketing
• Improving the Student Enrollment Experience
• Labor Market Research

Employer engagement is central to aligning our programs of study with industry demand, providing work-based learning for our students and job placement opportunities for our students. All of our investments are grounded in data research.