date/version # van ton-quinlivan, vice chancellor version as of april 18, 2012
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Date/Version #Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice ChancellorVersion as of April 18, 2012
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Jobs and the Economy Weigh Heavily on Californian Minds
Source: Public Policy Institute of California , Californians & Their Government, September 2011, page 7.
Top four issues mentioned All Adults Party Likely Voters
Dem Rep Indep
Jobs, economy 67% 73% 64% 66% 67%
Education, schools 6 7 7 4 6
State budget, deficit, taxes
6 6 10 11 10
Immigration, illegal Immigration
4 2 4 4 3
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“Thinking about the state as a whole, what do you think is the most important issue facing people in California today?”
How are Community Colleges vital to Jobs and the Economy?
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Jobs & Economy* Goals:•Supply in-demand skills for employers
•Create relevant pathways and stackable credentials •Get Californians into open jobs
•Ensure student success
* CCCCO Division of Workforce & Economic Development
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Jobs & Economy* Goals:•Supply in-demand skills for employers
•Create relevant pathways and stackable credentials•Get Californians into open jobs
•Ensure student success
LOCAL DECISION MAKING REGIONAL ECONOMIES
STATE FOCUS ON COMPETITIVE AND EMERGING
SECTORS
The Challenge of California
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DOING What Matters ™ for Jobs & the EconomyFour prongs. Two-year campaign. draft
GOALS
Quadrant 3: Skills Panel
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ROLLOUTDesignate sector navigator, if needed, to coordinate complexity Inventory community college assets for expertise/capabilities/capacity to address labor market need Identify partners: employers, unions, regions, agencies (CDE, CC, CSU, UC, CWIB, local WIBs, ETP, EDD, etc.), otherConvene partners into skills panel to drive deliverables:
Curriculum model definition/approval Define career pathway or systems of stackable credential
articulation, including contextualized basic skills Map to career readiness assessment Insert career guidance module into CACareerCafé.com and
WhoDoUWant2B.comPropose funding framework to build out blueprint (RFA should include common metrics)
SCANIdentify unmet labor
market need
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Role of Skill Panels
• Are created around a specific industry or industry cluster and are business driven.
• Engage in work to identify and close the skill gaps within specific industry and region.
• Go beyond the advising capacity and engage in activities that create innovative solutions to close industry skill gaps.
• Focus on education and training to ensure the competitive advantage of an economically vital industry is maintained.
• Members are chosen for their unique knowledge of the industry cluster being examined.
• May be short term or long term in nature, depending upon the work identified to be done.
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Role of Advisory Committees
•Industry members provide subject matter expertise in the review and evaluation of program curricula, equipment, and overall program effectiveness.•Function in an advisory capacity to a specific professional technical degree program.•Help determine professional/technical program goals.•Are long term in nature•Create a bridge between local industry and professional and technical educational programs.
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Role of the Perkins Health Statewide Advisory Committee ??
1. Questions?2. What Role Can You Play?3. Suggestions?
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