1. Addressing STEM Solutions…
A System Perspective
CSLNET Conference
Dr. Debra G. Jones, Dean
Division of Workforce and Economic Development
djones@cccco.edu
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2. California Community Colleges
• 112 colleges employ more than 85,000 Californians
• Serve 2.4 million students
• 25% of US community college students are enrolled in a
California community college
3. Fueling California’s Workforce
Our graduates and certificate earners:
Keep you safe ~ Keep you healthy ~ Innovate ~
80% of 70% of California 48% of UC
firefighters, EMTs nurses are bachelor’s degree
and police educated at holders in STEM
officers are community majors
trained at our colleges transferred from
colleges a community
college
4. Is our system trending the right way?
31.50%
31.35%
10 year decline in “CTE as a % of FTES”
31.00%
30.68%
30.50%
30.33%
30.19%
30.00% 29.96%
29.86% 29.90% 29.88%
29.81%
29.63%
29.50%
29.00%
28.50%
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Source: CCCCO MIS
California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students 4
5. A solution…
Refocusing to train by sector by region.
Jobs & Economy Goals:
• Supply in-demand skills for employers
• Create relevant pathways and stackable credentials
• Get Californians into open jobs
• Promote student success
California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students
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6. What if? Focused investments
• TARGET investments
• By REGION
• At SECTORS
– Priority
– Emergent
California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students
7. California’s reality: many regional economies
• San Diego/Imperial
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• Los Angeles
• Orange County
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• East Bay
• North Bay
• SF/Mid Peninsula
• Silicon Valley
• Santa Cruz/Monterey
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• Inland Empire
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• Greater Sacramento
• Northern Inland CA
• Northern Coastal CA
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• South Central
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• Central
• Mother Lode
California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students
8. Investments in Sectors
1. Advanced Manufacturing
2. Advanced Transportation & Renewables
3. Agriculture, Water & Environmental Technologies
4. Energy (Efficiency) & Utility
5. Health
6. Life Science/Biotech
7. Information Communications Technologies & Digital Media
8. Global Trade & Logistics
9. Small Business
10. Retail/Hospitality/Tourism “Learn-and-Earn”
California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students
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9. What if? Braiding funds
• State Chancellor’s Office
workforce funds
– EWD
– SB70
– Perkins 1B
• Other resources
– Private
– Public
– Foundation
– Federal, state, regional, local
The feds are already doing it.
California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students
10. Give us your feedback.
Visit doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu.
California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students
Editor's Notes
CCs are vital to jobs and economyChaos.Now is the time to engage and not pull back. What do you need from your cc’s.
Q3: Rescope activities of Perkins-funded Regional Consortia to strengthen regions: data mining, convening, technology, and curriculum.Q1: Support with labor market demand data provided by EWD Center of Excellence, CWIB, EDD’s labor agency, etc.Q3: Align pathways of SB70-funded high school academies.Objections: data?Role of IDs (initiative directors)Region County(s) Inland Empire Riverside, San Bernardino San Diego/Imperial San Diego, Imperial Los Angeles/Orange Los Angeles, Orange East Bay Alameda, Contra Costa North Bay Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Marin Silicon Valley Santa Clara South SF Bay Santa Cruz, Monterey San Francisco San Francisco, San Mateo Greater Sacramento Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, Yolo, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada Northern Inland CA Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity Northern Coastal CA Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino South Central San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura Central Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, San Benito Mother Lode Mariposa, Mono, Tuolumne, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo
Data drivenEach with a Sector Navigator – like a specialist doctor to bring SME