The AMETLL consortium received a $14.98 million grant over 5 years to improve college and career pathways in advanced manufacturing for students in Southern California. The consortium includes 5 community colleges, 6 workforce intermediaries, and over 30 high schools, 20 middle schools, and 12 elementary schools across 14 school districts. The goals are to increase industry engagement, establish a regional infrastructure through initiatives like project-based learning courses, work-based learning opportunities leading to college credit for students, data sharing across partners, and a regional hub connecting students to manufacturing mentors.
5. AMETLL CONSORTIUM – PARTNERSAMETLL CONSORTIUM CONSORTIUM PARTNERS
CALIFORNIA CAREER PATHWAYS TRUST GRANT JU LY 31, 2014
Colleges (5) Intermediaries (6) School Districts (14) High Schools (30) Middle Schools (20) Elementary Schools (12)
Cerritos College
Southeast Los Angeles
Count Workforce
Investment Board
(SELACO)
ABC Unified School
District
Juarez Elementary School
Gahr High School Ross Middle School Kennedy Elementary School
Whitney High School Fedde Middle School Niemes Elementary School
Artesia High School Tetzlaff Middle School Hawaiian Elementary School
Cerritos High School Carmenita Middle School Willow Elementary School
Gonsalves Elementary
Norwalk-LaMirada
Unified School District
Corvallis Middle School Foster Road Elementary School
La Mirada High School Los Alisos Middle School Nuffer Elementary School
Norwalk High School Los Coyotes Middle School La Pluma Elementary School
John Glenn High School Hutchinson Middle School
Anna M Glazier Elementary
School
Waite Middle School
Downey Unified
School District
Downey High School
Warren High School
Lynwood Unified
School District
Lynwood High School
Firebaugh High School
Paramount Unified
School District Paramount High School
El Camino College
South Bay Workforce
Investment Board
Compton Unified
School District
Whaley Middle School
Walton Middle School
Bunche Middle School
Compton High School Davis Middle School
Dominguez High School Enterprise Middle School
Roosevelt Middle School
Vanguard Middle School
Willowbrook Middle School
6. AMETLL CONSORTIUM – PARTNERSAMETLL CONSORTIUM CONSORTIUM PARTNERS
CALIFORNIA CAREER PATHWAYS TRUST GRANT JU LY 31, 2014
Colleges cont. Intermediaries cont. School Districts cont. High Schools cont. Middle Schools cont. Elementary Schools cont.
El Camino College
continued
South Bay Workforce
Investment Board
continued
El Segundo Unified
School District
El Segundo High School El Segundo Middle School
Richmond Street Elementary
School
Center Street Elementary School
Centinela Valley Union
HS District
Hawthorne High School
Lennox School District Lennox Academy
Torrance Unified
School District
Torrance High School Hull Middle School
North High School Madrona Middle School
South High School
LA Harbor
College
South Bay Workforce
Investment Board Los Angeles Unified
School District
Carson High School
International Trade
Education Programs (ITEP)
Phineas Banning High
School
Long Beach City
College
Pacific Gateway Workforce
Investment Board
Long Beach Unified
School District
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
High School
California Academy for
Mathematics and Science
High School
David Starr Jordan High
School
Long Beach Collaborative
to Advance Linked
Learning (LBCALL)
Ernest S. McBride High
School
Long Beach Polytechnic
High School
Lakewood Applied
Technology Magnet High
School
Pasadena City
College
Foothill Workforce
Investment Board
Pasadena Unified
School District Pasadena High School
El Monte Unified
School District
South El Monte High
School
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The AMETLL Consortium was made possible due to the California Career Pathways Trust Grant.
The California Career Pathways Trust Grant is a competitive grant fund designed to help students stay in school and move towards college and employment in high-demand fields.
We will receive $15 million for AMETLL from the California Department of Education over the course of 5 years.
The three goals of the AMETLL Grant are to:
Improve College and Career Ready Pathways
Increase Industry Engagement
Establish Regional Infrastructure
The AMETLL Consortium is made up of:
5 Colleges
6 Intermediaries
14 School Districts
30 High School
20 Middle Schools
12 Elementary Schools
Over the course of 5 years, we will be working alongside the Colleges, Intermediaries, School Districts, High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools.
These is a list of our Business Partners for the AMETLL Grant. These business partners provide input, attend meetings, and match contributions.
This is a list of our Community and Technical Assistance Partners. One of them being Project Lead the Way (PLTW)
We will be continuing and/or implementing Project Lead the Way courses to focus on all ages. We will have the Launch program for Kindergarten through 5th grade, the Gateway program for Middle Schools, and the Engineering program for High Schools.
After students complete the PLTW classes, they can attend our colleges for the Engineering Technology Pathway.
This is a chart showing the PLTW classes and the corresponding classes at Cerritos College and El Camino College.
The PLTW class IED – Introduction to Engineering Design corresponds with the Cerritos College class of ENGT 103 or the El Camino class ET 12.
Classes for AE – Aerospace Engineering and CEA – Civil Engineering and Architecture will be implemented for the Fall of 2015 at Cerritos College and are in progress at El Camino College.
Engineering Technology Pathways will also be created at the other colleges.
The next goal is to define and create a similar pathway for Advanced Manufacturing.
Ted Harder, California Academy of Math and Science, Instructor DE, CIM, EDD and Dr. Nick Real Dean of Technology at Cerritos College utilized a Center of Excellence Survey to come up with a list of Technical Skills required in 8 different jobs in the industry.
The jobs were:
CAD/CAM Designer
CAD/CAM Programmer
CAD/CAM Engineering Technician
CNC Machinist/Operator
CNC Programmer
CNC Engineering Technician
QC Inspector/Supervisor
Tool/Die Maker
The list shows which Technical skills are required to be in each job. The most important are at the top. As you can see, the top five required skills across the board are:
Reading Blueprints
Reading Micrometers, Calipers, and Gauges
CAD/CAM Systems knowledge
CNC Machines knowledge
CNC Programming
They used information from the survey to determine a draft for the Advanced Manufacturing Pathway.
This is a Draft of the Advanced Manufacturing Pathway at Cerritos College.
For example:
ENGT 116 Blueprint Reading directly connects to the #1 necessary technical skill that you saw on the last slide which was Reading Blueprints.
ENGT 103 Introduction to Engineering Design Technology using Inventor connects to the #3 necessary technical skill of CAD/CAM Systems knowledge.
And two of these classes ENGT 103 and MTT 180 are the PLTW classes of IED and CIM. If students complete these classes in high school, they can earn college credit at our school and become two classes closer to earning their certificate. They will save money and complete their educational goals quicker.
We also offer Industry Certification through our proposed pathway. At the end of the semester, ENGT 103 students can take either the AutoCAD or SolidWorks Certification tests and the MTT 100 students can take the NIMS (National Institute for Metalworking Skills) Certification test.
The Industry Certifications make these students more knowledgeable as well as marketable when looking for employment.
Through our Advanced Manufacturing Pathway, the students can take courses in High School to earn College Credit, they get a head start in their course of study, earn industry certificates, and college certificates, and provide a supply of knowledgeable and skilled workers.
Our Consortium will be focusing on 4 points:
College Credit for High School
Work-Based Learning
Data Collection
Regional Hub
College Credit for High School:
On the ground, we will expand opportunities for college credit for high school students
Overall, we will remove barriers and promote practices that work regionally
Work-based Learning:
On the ground, we will expand opportunities for WBL following linked learning model
Data Collection:
On the ground, we will collect how many we serve and how they do
Overall, we will create data sharing agreements between entities
Regional Hub:
On the ground, we will connect industry mentors and students
Overall, we will change the face of manufacturing