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CENTRAL COAST

COLLABORATIVE

REGIONAL

5-08-25 Steering Committee Meeting

Slides can be found here.

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Agenda

9:00 AM Welcome & Agenda

9:05 AM Staff & Committee Updates

9:45 AM Proposed Budget for Region wide activities

10:00 AM Status of Region Wide Initiatives

10:30 AM Adjourn

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Climate Surveys update

Data Sharing Pilot Project (Northern region) update

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Data Workgroup Report

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Climate Surveys:

K-16 Student Pathway Experiences

Leverage climate surveys that are already collected (i.e., questions)
Adding questions that are specific to understanding students experiences in Health and/or Engineering/ Computing pathways (e.g., intention to persist in pathway, etc.)
Collect data and provide you with data that is specific to the students that are in the pathway at your institution

Understand student experiences in pathway-aligned courses or opportunities

Identify opportunities to guide future program development, interventions, and services

Assess student confidence in career readiness and perceptions of access to work-based learning opportunities

K-16 Regional Collaborative

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K-16 Student Pathway Experiences

Developing the K-16 Student Pathway Experience Survey (approved by an Institutional Review Board)

Identify student population of interest, including students that have enrolled in pathway courses or participated in pathway-aligned activities

Distribute the survey link to pathway students, tracking completion

Analyze data and share aggregated findings with each institution, not individually identifiable; all results will be reported in summary form

As part of our work plan, and to support data collection for your projects

May 2025

(est) June 2025

TBD

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Northern Region

CCGI Community of Practice Highlights

Met 9 times over 8 months, growing from 4 to 9 K–12 districts
Built strong cross-district collaboration
Shared best practices and challenges; participants want to continue in 2025–2026

Preparing for Central Coast K16 Collaborative & GSPP Northern Regional Leadership Convening May 16th @ Hartnell Alisal Campus

Student panel, shared pathway highlights, and collaborative planning to address gaps and refine action steps

K–12 Focus Groups Overview

Conducted student and parent focus groups in PVUSD, MPUSD, and Soledad to gather feedback for improving journey maps
Focus on making maps more student- and family-facing, with an emphasis on clarity, accessibility, and relevance
Analyzing feedback to inform pathway design and guide the development of updated student journey maps

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Southern Region

Q2 Southern Regional Leadership Meeting

Young Professionals Panel
Pathway Planning Workshop

New partnerships, programs and innovations
Successes and challenges
Journey map affirmations

High Quality Pathway Workshop

VCOE-UCSB CTE Professional Development and Showcase (4/4)
PRJUSD & LMUSD Site Visits (3/28)
Final CCGI Community of Practice gathering TODAY @ 2PM
College Access and Preparation Forum (3/14) at UC Davis: Vital Signs and Speed-Runs: Engineering K–16 Pathways Across California’s Regional Education Collaboratives

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Director Report

Trailer Bill status

Voted down in Assembly
Senate waiting for Governor’s May revise
Met with Sen. Laird’s staff

Uplift mini-retreat
Virtual Site Visit

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Major Budget Items for Region Wide Activities

4.1. Professional Development Sessions related to culturally sustaining pedagogy	$250,000
4.2. Continue building industry partnerships	$ 479,000
4.3 Lead professional development focused on math, ELA and other STEM	$ 250,000
5.1. Provide professional development related to providing inclusive supports	$ 100,000
5.4. Funding to implement strategies to improve student supports	$ 250,000
7.3 Develop a plan for increasing the supply of dual enrollment instructors	$ 1,000,000

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Status of Region Wide Initiatives

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Work Based Learning Grant Partnership with Uplift

Equity Subcommittee identified engineering and healthcare WBL activities embedded in Uplift Catalyst Grant proposals and confirmed opportunities for K-16 students by June 30, 2026, including internships, pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, and career exploration.

Narrowed it down to the following 7 projects with clear K-16 Collaborative alignment:

Hartnell Community College District: Roots of Resilience – Empowering communities through AgTech innovation
Students for Eco-Education & Agriculture: STEM Career Pathways in Agriculture Initiative – Providing pathways in agriculture-focused STEM careers
Advancing the Central Coast Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Ecosystem – Expanding opportunities in the advanced air mobility industry
Ventura County Ecosystem for Innovation: The Experimentation Center – Promoting innovation and career development in Ventura County
Allan Hancock College: AHC/CC High Tech Hubs – Diversifying careers through high-tech education and partnerships
University of California, Santa Barbara OASIS – Open Access and Scalable Initiative for Semiconductors, preparing students for the semiconductor industry
Community Memorial Healthcare – Enhancing healthcare workforce opportunities and pathways in Ventura County

Next Steps: Develop a funding formula to allocate resources equitably

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Dual Enrollment Initiative

The working group met to identify barriers to dual enrollment, discuss strategies to increase access to dual enrollment and to develop recommendations for the Steering Committee.

Top priority was to provide funding to increase the number of teachers with master’s degree that can teach dual enrollment.

Issues to consider:

Determining which subjects we want to invest in
Determining allocation priorities
Any requirements/commitments for teachers who participate
Focusing on strategies that can get teachers to the classroom as quickly as possible.

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Annual Convening

“Mapping Our Journey Towards Equity”

Date: August 7th, 2025
Time: Program: 10 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo

The day will include

A student panel on pathways
Debut of our new Student Journey Maps for our 10 pathways
Industry Panel
Uplift’s State of the Regional Economy
Reflections on our progress with WestEd

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THANK YOU!

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Student Representatives

Report on Retreat
Selection of new Student Representative Alternate

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Upcoming Conferences & Presentations

Event Name	Date(s)	Collaborative Representation
LIFT Summit \| AAM Workforce, Infrastructure, and Policy (Monterey)	March 26-28	Jacqueline Cruz
STEAM Family Science Day, Hartnell College	March 15
Golden State Pathway Site Visit - San Luis Obispo	March 28	Michael Specchierla Isaac Castro
Counselor/CTE Professional Development, Ventura County Office of Education	April 4	Isaac Castro Anthony Marenco Mario Castellanos
Monterey Bay Economic Partnership - 2025 Economic Outlook	May 1

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Funding Opportunity

California Jobs First Regional Investment Initiative Releases Implementation Phase Request for Proposal (RFP)

The State of California is making $125 million available

The grants of at least $500,000
Period of Performance (POP) of 24 months
Anticipated start date of September 2025.
The Implementation Phase will select regional coalitions and their project clusters that advance sector growth in one or more regions and invest in highly competitive individual projects from within the cluster.

Round 1

Notice of Intent Due: March 26, 2025