1. HOW TO ENSURE CTE PROGRAMS ARE RELEVANT Educating for Careers Conference March 2, 2010 Hosted by Tech Prep Regional Collaborative – LA County

2. It’s 8:00 AM in Orange County But 4:00 PM in Paris Administrators Administrators Faculty Faculty High School/ROP Community College Faculty Counselors Counselors

3. Program Relevance Red on Top, Green Below. Red Means Stop, Green Means GO! Yellow Means Wait, Even If you’re Late!

4. Can You Justify Your Programs? Red Red - Employers Left CA - New Skills Required Yellow Yellow - Change in Job Skills

5. Green Green - Employment Opportunities - Curriculum Alignment

6. Move, and keep your program IN THE GREEN

7. Resource for Determining LMI CA Community College’s Centers of Excellence (COE) CA Community College’s Centers of Excellence (COE) Lisa Lewenberg, Director LA Center of Excellence Dr. Audrey Reille Mt. San Antonio Center of Excellence