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

Career Pathways Dual enrollment (proposed MOU) Improved placement pilots High school outreach: ◦ OUSD high schools coming for tours, orientation, assessment and matriculation this spring!  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

Sub-regional Nodes

K-12 Districts Community Colleges Workforce Investment Board(s) Community- based Organizations Chambers of Commerce/ business associations Node Composition

AB 86 Adult Education Career Development and College Preparation (CDCP) ◦ Noncredit ◦ Enhanced Noncredit

Grants 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 Peralta ICT leadership team pursuing an American Apprenticeship grant ($3m) with #YesWeCode