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1 | Eventmobi and the Conference Program will release Friday 4/14 | Breakout Sessions for Spring 2023 | All sessions are on the Second floor of Ballroom A - Use the West Lobby Enterance of the Safe Credit Union Convention Center and take the escalator or evelator up. If arriving via Uber/Lyft request drop off to be on 13th and K Street. | |||
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4 | 3&4 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Alejandro Sandoval, Mike Fullmore, Mariah Bruce, Annette Nylander | BOOST YOUR WBL EFFORTS WITH HELP FROM EARN & LEARN’S ELENA | Have you met ELENA? If not, we think it’s time. ELENA will be the featured actor in this break-out session, where you will be introduced to how Earn & Learn, an Ed Tech company, is connecting schools and employers in a way that develops and scales work-based learning. ELENA is a powerful tool created by Earn & Learn that will help you take the tedium out of work-based learning coordination. Join us for an overview of Earn & Learn and an easy-to-follow walk-through of how ELENA can: 1) help you match students with hands-on career experiences; 2) ensure businesses that their interest in working with students is being realized; and, 3) give you the activity data you need to show impact. Then, hear from career education ELENA super users who will share how Earn & Learn and ELENA accelerates their WBL efforts! | Employer Engagement |
5 | A10 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Kyran Barr, Suman Mudunuri, Sonia De La Torre-Iniguez, Kristin Olson | With Great Responsibility Comes Great Opportunity: Harnessing Trauma-Informed Approaches for Student Success | Did you know up to 85% of college students have experienced trauma, and 20% will face a traumatic event during their first year? Many colleges offer trauma-informed services, but few have committed to an institution-wide approach. Join us for an eye-opening session on the undeniable impact of trauma on learning and how colleges can create fully trauma-informed institutions to help mitigate the effects of trauma on student success. We will discuss how Long Beach City College’s innovative top-down and bottom-up strategy can help colleges become a fully trauma-informed. We will detail the collaborative efforts of academic affairs, student services, human resources and how we garnered support from stakeholders across the campus. We will discuss how our unique partnership with an international university and international trauma center provides faculty and staff with the necessary training to recognize and respond to trauma. | Student Success & Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Retention Strategies |
6 | A8 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Michelle Rhee | Modern Tech Apprenticeships: A New Pathway to Progress | As the cost of a college degree continues to price out the average minimum-wage earner, modern technology apprenticeships are being hailed as a new way to help marginalized people and underserved job candidate communities (e.g., people of color, retirees, neuro-diverse, veterans, etc.) find a new path into rewarding technology careers. This new type of apprenticeship (which includes everything from digital marketing to engineering) is being championed by the Biden Administration and labor groups, while companies of all sizes are recognizing the positive impact apprenticeship programs can have on employee retention, professional development and overall corporate DEI goals. Learn why companies of all sizes should consider an apprentice vs. a typical tech hire, and the positive impact they can have on retention, workplace culture and overall corporate DEI goals. | JDEI - Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
7 | A9 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Rian Troth | CalSTRS - My Retirement System | This workshop provides an overview of the CalSTRS hybrid retirement system, your survivor and disability benefits, how your benefit will be calculated, ways you can increase your benefit and other CalSTRS resources available to you. Learn how to find a balance between your guaranteed income from CalSTRS and saving enough on your own to retire comfortably. | Employer Engagement |
8 | A3 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Matthew Wanta, Jessica Kawelmacher, Joy Hermsen, Jackie Stoner | It's a bird, it's a plane, it's healthcare training beyond your traditional borders! | Participants will hear about working with private institutions to foster relationships towards driving enrollments, specifically in Allied Health courses and programs, to meet unmet workforce needs. We will discuss contract challenges, registration strategies, scholarship and other financial aid opportunities, high-touch student encounters, policy and procedures for reporting and sharing data. Learn about innovative strategies and new resources towards successful collaborations that provide students with the knowledge and pathways to workforce needs. | Workforce Partnerships with Government (City, County, and State) |
9 | A4 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Shelly Blair, Erin Thomas | Super Charging the Future: Coastline’s Competency Based Education efforts | Join us for an update on Coastline’s implementation of Competency Based Education. Coastline is a member of the Competency Based Education Collaborative sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office. We were the first college approved by ACCJC to offer CBE programs, and we are hoping to hear good news from other agencies soon. In this session, we will share the behind-the-curtain view of how we are managing the change, the bureaucracy, and the obstacles to bring this innovative program to life. We’ll get real about lessons learned, financial aid, systems, technology, and how we keep students at the center of this work. | Credit for Prior Learning, Competency-based learning |
10 | A5 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Chris Hopper, Betsy Rogers, Sheila Rocker-Hoppe | Cal Poly Humboldt Leadership Studies Provides Pathway to Bachelor’s for Career Education Transfer Students Across Professional and Occupational Fields | California Community College Career Education students have achieved educational and professional success at Cal Poly Humboldt’s online Bachelors Degree in Leadership Studies which is designed to accommodate students from many industry sectors. Learn about the variety of Certificate and Associate pathways that currently exist for community college students in retail, business, and fire. Find out how your students can achieve a transfer goal while building on their technical training, having the ability to work and access to a CSU through this flexible, adult-friendly degree program. This session will review admissions requirements and examples of transfer agreements from several community colleges. | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) - Transfer pathways from Community Colleges |
11 | A6 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Linda Vaughn, Holly Bow | Developing Instructional Services Agreements to enhance Work-Based Learning Opportunities | Employer partnerships and engagement is essential for implementing successful work-based learning opportunities. Instructional Services Agreements (ISAs) can be a valuable tool to accomplish this task, as well as enhance programs and facilitate access to facility and equipment that might otherwise create choke-points for programs. Public safety sector programs present unique challenges in this area. This seminar will showcase an Instructional Services Agreement Toolkit that was developed for the public safety sector programs yet may be helpful creating ISAs for any college program. | Workforce Partnerships with Government (City, County, and State) |
12 | 1&2 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Kevin Fleming | Words Are Your Superpower: Effective CTE Messaging for Parents & Prospective Students | In this fast-paced, train-the-trainer session, Dr. Fleming will share the top 10 effective messaging strategies, resources, and tangible action steps to help students and parents understand the value and power of career and technical education. All parents want what is best for their child, but they may not know that the pathway to economic and career success has shifted. Similarly, all students want a bright future; but they will be disappointed and underemployed if they are focused solely on post-secondary plans and not on the true alignment between their personality, passions, profession, and purpose. It's time to flex your superpower! | Marketing & Retention Strategies |
13 | A7 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Brenda Hernandez, Ravinder Singh, Karen Beltramo, Anthony Amboy, Michael Quiaoit | How to align with Student Equity Achievement (SEA) efforts at your college | The Student Equity Achievement plans for 2023-2025 have been submitted. Review the legislation, equity planning process and the outcomes from the Student Success Metrics. You will learn: 1) How to find your plan; 2) Ideas on how to engage locally; 3) Think about what you can do in your programs to assist your college in meeting the equity goals. | JDEI - Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
14 | A11 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Tanya Garbolino, Shabnum Budhwani | Funding Basic Needs and Enhancing Student Success through Fresh Success | Learn how Fresh Success can help your college access federal funds to support the success of low-income students. This program, led by the Foundation for California Community Colleges, helps CCCs tap into CalFresh Employment & Training funds to provide wrap-around supports to students in Career Education associate degree and certificate programs, work-based learning experiences, high school equivalency courses, and ESL. Hear examples of CCCs that provide case management and financial support for textbooks and supplies, transportation, emergency housing, and other costs that students face as they pursue their educational goals. Learn how Fresh Success can help your college access federal funds to support the success of low-income students. This program, led by the Foundation for California Community Colleges, helps CCCs tap into CalFresh Employment & Training funds to provide wrap-around supports to students in Career Education associate degree and certificate programs, work-based learning experiences, high school equivalency courses, and ESL. Hear examples of CCCs that provide case management and financial support for textbooks and supplies, transportation, emergency housing, and other costs that students face as they pursue their educational goals. | Student Success |
15 | A2 | Sessions A - 8:30am - 9:20am on Wednesday, April 19 | Don Daves-Rougeaux, Dr. Sharon Turner, Dr. Rona Zollinger, Grace Cho | Career Development as a Hero’s Journey | You will discover how the BACCC deployed a stewardship equity driven cross functional collaborative design process grounded in the research-based methods behind the Gladeo model AND 2) how Gladeo-Bay Area can support specific CTE courses or programs, as well as entire campuses, grade levels, or departments and individuals and can be replicated in your region. | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) and JDEI |
16 | 3 & 4 | Regional Meetings 10 -11 am on Wednesday, April 19 | Regional Meeting - San Francisco Bay Area Regional Consortium | |||
17 | A11 | Regional Meetings 10 -11 am on Wednesday, April 19 | Regional Meeting - Central Valley Mother Lode Regional Consortium | |||
18 | A7 | Regional Meetings 10 -11 am on Wednesday, April 19 | Regional Meeting - Los Angeles Regional Consortium | |||
19 | 1 & 2 | Regional Meetings 10 -11 am on Wednesday, April 19 | Regional Meeting - North Far North Regional Consortium | |||
20 | A10 | Regional Meetings 10 -11 am on Wednesday, April 19 | Regional Meeting - San Diego Imperial Regional Consortium | |||
21 | A9 | Regional Meetings 10 -11 am on Wednesday, April 19 | Regional Meeting - Inland Empire Desert Regional Consortium | |||
22 | A5 | Regional Meetings 10 -11 am on Wednesday, April 19 | Regional Meeting - South Central Coast Regional Consortium | |||
23 | A4 | Regional Meetings 10 -11 am on Wednesday, April 19 | Regional Meeting - Orange County Regional Consortium | |||
24 | 3 & 4 | Special Meeting | SFBAY Region, CAI grant recipients to meet. For SFBay region and open it to other Apprenticeship programs | |||
25 | Hyatt - Ballroom | Lunch and Raffles | ||||
26 | A1 | Kick-off and Welcome | CCCAOE Board and more... | |||
27 | A1 | Keynote Presentation | Chris Molina | Code-Switching: Uncover Your Superpower | Code-Switching: Uncover Your Superpower “Why you talkin’ white?” Chris Molina has heard this question, or some variation, countless times in his life. Of Puerto Rican & Trinidadian descent, Chris grew up in predominantly African-American and Latinx communities, comfortably interacting in each. What he found as an adult, in the Marines, college & the business world, was that he knew how to effortlessly “speak” in majority-White organizations. He was fluent in each. He could code-switch seamlessly. This keynote is designed to equip everyone with the tools to understand Code-Switching. More than anything, Chris wants attendees to know they can be themselves openly, and genuinely, in all social situations without putting the comfort of others before their own. The only way to promote real belonging is when everyone feels comfortable & confident bringing their authentic voice to the conversation. He wants you to be comfortable with your superpower. He wants you to be comfortable with everyone else’s superpower. He wants you to live authentically. Audience members will…Understand the origins & realities of Code Switching in America. Challenge campus and organizational leaders to transform community culture to be more accepting of other dialects. Provide ways in which Workforce Deans can better engage the communities they serve. | |
28 | A1 | Plenary Session - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Vice Chancellors - Sandra Sanchez, Rebecca Ruan-O'Shaughnessy, Wrenna Finche, David O'Brien and Valerie Lundy-Wagner, PhD | CCCCO Update | ||
29 | 1 & 2 | Concurrent Plenary - 4:15 - 5:15 PM Wednesday, April 19 | Eva Jimenez of Shasta College, Mari Morris of SantA Rosa Junior College, and Kim Middleton of Acue | Leading Beyond Burnout: Supporting Faculty Well-Being with Inclusive and Impact-based Teaching | Campus leaders in 2023 are increasingly concerned with the decline in faculty well-being. Burnout, abandoning the profession: the loss of CTE practitioners can prevent institutions from reaching their student success and retention goals. In this plenary session, administrators and faculty from Shasta College, Santa Rosa Junior College, and the Bay Area Regional Consortium will discuss how their focus on effective teaching practices, paired with innovative community-building strategies, has created a measurable impact on faculty confidence, peer interaction, and engagement. Their experiences will be connected to existing and emerging research on how faculty development positively impacts faculty well-being and mindsets. | |
30 | 3 & 4 | Concurrent Plenary - 4:15 - 5:15 PM Wednesday, April 19 | Skylar Barton of Berkeley City College, Adriana "Dri" Regalado of Berkeley City College, Jasdeep Malhi of Berkeley Unified School District and Dwayne Byndloss of Berkeley Unified School District | Opportunity Gaps? Proactively Implementing Visions & Opening Transformative Scenarios (OG PIVOTS!) | Come hear from a dynamic Berkeley City College team that will inspire JDEI best practices for all. They are focused on bridging K-14 education, and collaborate closely to support student scholars as they transition to and through high school and into post-secondary pathways, through dual enrollment and Learning Community pathway efforts. Intentionally and thoughtfully planned Dual Enrollment opportunities serve as powerful platforms for not only supporting scholars with earning early college credits, but facilitating the opportunity to build a network of support while strengthening their sense of self-efficacy and connection to higher education. Be prepared to be engaged, motivated and come away with some best practices to emulate on your college campus and with K12 partners. | |
31 | Concurrent Plenary - 4:15 - 5:15 PM Wednesday, April 19 | Students Peachie Pineda, Leslie Klock, Nick Mara, Ashely Jones, and Facilitaors, Tracee Maxwell, and Michael Sacoto | Greatness Empowered | At the spring 2023 CCCAOE conference, a plenary session will be facilitated that truly captures the experience of a few community college CTE students and alumni. This session will welcome up to eight community college CTE students and alumni, one representative per region and industry sector, to share their academic and career journeys. Topics such as a sense of belonging, self-efficacy, and mentorship will be discussed. | ||
32 | 3 & 4 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Gillie Miller, Douglas Marriott, Monica Ready, Cristine Tapia | K12 Strong Workforce: Aligning K-14 Career Pathways Pipeline in Napa County. | Learn how K12 Strong Workforce partners: Napa County ROP Consortium and Napa Valley College, are partnering to align the K14 Career Pathway Pipeline in Napa. The partnership has led to increased dual enrollment through CCAP and the creation of a system that allows for data collection and a coordinated high school student enrollment process. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of how to establish a partnership between K12 and community college partners, as well as a system that increases enrollment for the community college and college credit for high school students. | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) |
33 | A2 & A3 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Lisa Robles, Endee Grijalva, Maria Gonzalez, Feather Ives, Leslie Valmonte, Katherine Bergman | The Struggle is Real: How to Support Student Parents/ Care-Givers on their Pathway to Learning, Careers and Life Balance | Did you know … Students caring for children and elders are more likely to drop out due to the lack of daycare and support, but at the same time, these students are better positioned to complete when given intentional resources and services? Did you know … Colleges are innovating (via legislative changes; opportunities for progressive faculty, staff, and community collaborations; and new funding sources) to address this significant student population and improve dependent learning and career pathways? Our discussion will be fun, interactive, and community building. Walk away with tools, activities and a network to take back to your campus! | Student Success & Marketing and Retention Strategies |
34 | A6 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Jarlath O'Carroll, Yousif Sassi, Carmel Cox | Scaling Experiential Learning to Help Ensure Equitable Access into Employment | This session will highlight best practices to help institutions understand the importance of efficiency when documenting their students who are undertaking experiential learning opportunities. In order to provide as many students as possible access to experiential learning opportunities, being able to scale the current opportunities is vital. Many institutions are still manually tracking their experiential learning offerings through the use of excel spreadsheets & manually using slips of paper, but in order to increase the scale of these opportunities this is no longer feasible. We want to help institutions realize the best way to create, track & monitor these experiential learning opportunities is electronically to help ensure equitable access. | Career Services - Work-based learning, Internships, Apprenticeships |
35 | A5 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Mark Martin, Matt Trocker | Intro to the Skilled Trades: Helping Students Decide which Career Path to Choose | In summer 2022 we piloted a new course based on the construction trades MC3 curriculum. This new course introduces students to a range of non-construction skilled trades (machining, welding, automotive, aviation, CAD, etc.) with the goal to help them decide which career they might like to enter. The course is facility “agnostic”, meaning that with a small investment in low-cost equipment, it can be offered at any college or high school. Come learn about the program, it’s 100% placement rate, and get a copy of the “how-to guide” to help you decide if you might want to consider implementing it. | Student Success |
36 | 1 & 2 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Alejandro Sandoval, Judy Geromel, Mariah Bruce, Katheryn Horton | Opportunities That Pay: A glimpse inside Bay Area community colleges’ rollout of the Learning-Aligned Employment Program Pilot | The Learning-Aligned Employment Program (LAEP) offers eligible students at public colleges and universities the opportunity to earn money while gaining education-aligned and career-related employment.The California Student Aid Commission is partnering with Earn & Learn and the Bay Area Community Colleges’ Regional Consortium to launch a Bay Area pilot focused on the implementation of LAEP on college campuses. This pilot includes 25 community colleges that are currently creating scalable infrastructure that will enable them to easily access and distribute LAEP funds to students and engage employers, as well as track and manage placements. Learn how the program is getting under way at partner community college campuses as we share best practices and pain points that come along with innovation. | Career Services - Work-based learning, Internships, Apprenticeships |
37 | A9 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Michael Mahin, Ph.D., Dr. Adriene "Alex" Davis | Truth, Justice, and Better Enrollments: What Secret Shopping 5 Colleges & Universities Revealed About Recruiting and Enrolling Today’s Students | Boost your communication superpowers by learning the student-centered tactics and strategies five exemplary community colleges and universities use to engage prospects and drive enrollment. Based on secret shopper research conducted by GradComm, this presentation will reveal how the best institutions recruit first-time students, retain returning students, leverage technology to support customer service, and use marketing to stand out from the chaos. This session will be Kryptonite-free. | Marketing & Retention Strategies |
38 | A11 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Marcia Wilson, Scott Botma, Benjamin Isais, Johnny Andrade | Pathway Navigators Wearing Capes & Tights: Faculty Roles in Employer Engagement for Student Success | Presentation will focus on an innovative role for faculty, working alongside Job Placement Specialists in the Employment and Career Success Center. Faculty Pathway Navigators serve as connectors between other discipline faculty, the Employment and Career Success Center, and local, regional and national employers. This role is aligned with Strong Workforce, Perkins, Equity and Guided Pathway Initiatives, and, with the Vision for Success Goal for students to secure gainful employment. Besides an overall description of the work, we will address the challenges with CTE faculty working in roles that have traditionally been held by counseling faculty and classified student services staff. | Employer Engagement |
39 | A7&8 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Gary Adams, Josh Modlin, Sean McCobb | Chancellor’s Office- CCC Foundation – Apprenticeship 101 – How to Set Up a Program/Best Practices/Pitfalls to Avoid | Join the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, Workforce and Economic Development Division, and the Foundation for California Community Colleges to learn how to set up a new and innovative apprenticeship program; some best practices from established programs; and how to avoid pitfalls in the early stages leading to the road of apprenticeship success: getting registered apprentices through your program and into rewarding careers. | Career Services - Work-based learning, Internships, Apprenticeships |
40 | A10 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Raine Hambly, Sean O'Keefe, Marieli Rubio | Teaching Adult Learners How to Strategically Increase Social Capital and Tap Into 80% of Jobs in the Hidden Job Market | At North Orange Continuing Education (NOCE), instructors are integrating social capital creation curriculum to teach adult learns how to create professional relationships from scratch as a means to tap into the hidden internship/job market. The data shows that teaching students to strategically and proactively reach out to professionals to have career conversations improves student outcomes, self-confidence, and social mobility. This scaffolded, 8-step framework provides students with guidance, motivation, and accountability to expand their professional network, improve their professional communication skills, and maximize their internship experience. Presenters will be sharing student data from NOCE, best practices for implementation, and why this curriculum increases equity. | Career Services - Work-based learning, Internships, Apprenticeships |
41 | A4 | Sessions B - 9:00am - 9:50am on Thursday, April 20 | Tina Ngo Bartel | Equity Gaps in Priority Jobs and Programs: Considerations for Community College Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Strategies | The San Diego-Imperial Center of Excellence (COE) collaborated with the local Workforce Development Board to identify priority jobs and programs and evaluate any equity gaps that exist within them. “Priority jobs” are high-wage, high-demand occupations and “priority programs” are community college programs that train for these jobs. The analysis found that females were significantly underrepresented in 40 programs, males in 18 programs, and BIPOC students in 44 programs. Understanding these gaps can inform recruitment and retention efforts to create a more diverse and representative workforce in San Diego County. Attendees will learn how to examine equity gaps in their own region and how to use the report to help employers diversify their workforce, particularly in roles with employees near retirement. | JDEI - Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
42 | 1 & 2 | Rotating Plenary - 10:30 - 11:30 am on Thursday April 20 | Geisce Ly, Ed.D | Nurture a Sense of Community and Belonging by Engaging in Mindful Leadership | The focus of this session is to equip career educators with insights and strategies to effectively manage up, down, sideways, and all around. Dr. Geisce Ly will share tips and recommendations on how to master the art of mindful leadership so that you can expand your influence while navigating uncertainty, ambiguity and volatility in today’s changing landscape. Participants are encouraged to reflect, identify and commit to daily practices that would lead to achieving desirable outcomes. | |
43 | A1 | Rotating Plenary - 10:30 - 11:30 am on Thursday April 20 | Kylie Campbell of Kern Community College District, Jennifer Jet of Bakersfield College, Carla Stallworth of Kern High School District, Abel Guzman of The Wonderful Company, and Janelle Ramos a former Dual Enrollment Student from Robert F. Kennedy High School and Bakersfield College | Transforming your Dual Enrollment Program from Clark Kent to SUPERMAN!! | Since the launch of the Early College model in 2019, Bakersfield College has been one of the fastest growing dual enrollment programs in the state. Director Kylie Campbell will begin the presentation with an overview of Bakersfield College’s countywide implementation of Early College, the lessons they learned as they more than doubled their dual enrollments, and how their commitment to removing all barriers in student participation has led to positive outcomes in the college’s battle to remove equity gaps within the program. (20-35 minutes)<br/><br/>The presentation will then transition into a panel format that will include representation from the college, a high school partner, a student, and an industry partner. Kylie will ask the panel a series of questions that will capture their diverse experiences and advice that they can lend to the conference audience. The panel will conclude with the opportunity for attendees to ask the panelists questions of their own. | |
44 | 3 & 4 | Rotating Plenary - 10:30 - 11:30 am on Thursday April 20 | Danene Brown of San Diego and Imperial Community Colleges Regional Consortium, Mijolae Henley, Director of the Honors Program at Rio Salado Community College, Joanne Tippin of Shasta College, and Kim Middleton of Acue | Promoting a Culture of Belonging | Students’ sense of belonging predicts their persistence and success in higher education. Yet, more than half (54%) of undergraduates reported feeling negatively singled out at their institutions based on their identity, by peers, faculty, and staff, both inside and outside the classroom (Hanover Research, 2022). While our communities continue to build a shared commitment toward equity and inclusion, individuals often wonder what concrete practices they can employ to contribute to their students’ and their colleagues’ sense of belonging. In this plenary discussion, CTE professionals and leaders from the San Diego/Imperial Regional Consortium and Shasta College will share their experiences with professional development designed to help faculty and staff foster a culture of belonging on campus, and share benchmarks and outcomes from their work. | |
45 | Hyatt Ballroom | 11:45 am - 1:00 pm on Thursday April 20 | Lunch, Raffles, Leadership Graduation: HYATT | |||
46 | Hyatt | 1:15 - 2:15 | Sign up for Video Recording | I am a Community College Student Video Project | Sign up with your CCCAOE RVP to record your story. Interviewer and prompts will be provided you just need to bring your story with you. | |
47 | 1 & 2 | Rotating Plenary - 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm on Thursday April 20 | Geisce Ly, Ed.D | Nurture a Sense of Community and Belonging by Engaging in Mindful Leadership | The focus of this session is to equip career educators with insights and strategies to effectively manage up, down, sideways, and all around. Dr. Geisce Ly will share tips and recommendations on how to master the art of mindful leadership so that you can expand your influence while navigating uncertainty, ambiguity and volatility in today’s changing landscape. Participants are encouraged to reflect, identify and commit to daily practices that would lead to achieving desirable outcomes. | |
48 | A1 | Rotating Plenary - 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm on Thursday April 20 | Kylie Campbell of Kern Community College District, Jennifer Jet of Bakersfield College, Carla Stallworth of Kern High School District, Abel Guzman of The Wonderful Company, and Janelle Ramos a former Dual Enrollment Student from Robert F. Kennedy High School and Bakersfield College | Transforming your Dual Enrollment Program from Clark Kent to SUPERMAN!! | Since the launch of the Early College model in 2019, Bakersfield College has been one of the fastest growing dual enrollment programs in the state. Director Kylie Campbell will begin the presentation with an overview of Bakersfield College’s countywide implementation of Early College, the lessons they learned as they more than doubled their dual enrollments, and how their commitment to removing all barriers in student participation has led to positive outcomes in the college’s battle to remove equity gaps within the program. (20-35 minutes)<br/><br/>The presentation will then transition into a panel format that will include representation from the college, a high school partner, a student, and an industry partner. Kylie will ask the panel a series of questions that will capture their diverse experiences and advice that they can lend to the conference audience. The panel will conclude with the opportunity for attendees to ask the panelists questions of their own. | |
49 | 3 & 4 | Rotating Plenary - 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm on Thursday April 20 | Danene Brown of San Diego and Imperial Community Colleges Regional Consortium, Mijolae Henley, Director of the Honors Program at Rio Salado Community College, Joanne Tippin of Shasta College, and Kim Middleton of Acue | Promoting a Culture of Belonging | Students’ sense of belonging predicts their persistence and success in higher education. Yet, more than half (54%) of undergraduates reported feeling negatively singled out at their institutions based on their identity, by peers, faculty, and staff, both inside and outside the classroom (Hanover Research, 2022). While our communities continue to build a shared commitment toward equity and inclusion, individuals often wonder what concrete practices they can employ to contribute to their students’ and their colleagues’ sense of belonging. In this plenary discussion, CTE professionals and leaders from the San Diego/Imperial Regional Consortium and Shasta College will share their experiences with professional development designed to help faculty and staff foster a culture of belonging on campus, and share benchmarks and outcomes from their work. | |
50 | A2 & A3 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Vivian Dillon, Brook Oliver, Rachael Brown | Avengers Assemble! Work Experience Education and Pending Changes to Title 5 Regulations | Founded in 1974, the California Internship & Work Experience Association (CIWEA) is California's leading professional association for educators and employers dedicated to supporting internship and work experience programs in higher education. Come join us to learn about the efforts CIWEA has launched to support practitioners in anticipation of the pending Title 5 changes to the Work Experience Education Regulations. Topics include: Overview of changes; strategies for implementation; Communication with the State Chancellor’s Office, CIWEA TItle 5 Committee development, Exchange of Best Practices, and Available Resources | Career Services - Work-based learning, Internships, Apprenticeships |
51 | Rooms 1&2 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Gary Adams, Carolyn Zachry, Mayra Diaz | Chancellor’s Office and California Department of Education Report Out on CAEP Program Updates. | Come learn from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, Workforce and Economic Development Division, and the California Department of Education on California’s Adult Education Program (CAEP) priorities for FY 2023-24. Funding opportunities for the $130M Healthcare ELL Vocational Pathways will be discussed. | Adult Education Promising Practices (credit, not for credit, etc.) |
52 | A7&8 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Tara Sanders, Amertah E. Perman | Perkins Round Table: Sharing and Learning from Each Other | Join fellow Perkins grant recipients to discuss how they’ve operationalized Perkins at their respective campuses. Sharing out what’s worked at one campus may inspire another to pivot in a meaningful way. Attendees will discuss pertinent application topics such as equity in projects, using data in the application, etc. Participants will learn from each other and also share out major take-aways. Best practices live everywhere and this session will create a space to discuss them. This session is designed for experienced Perkins administrators however all are welcome to attend. | Program Funding and Finance & Student Success, Grant Management and Operations |
53 | A9 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Dejah Swingle, Adam Fowler | Creativity is a Superpower: Creative Workforce LMI to Supercharge CTE Programs | Community colleges can play an instrumental role in unlocking new pathways into California creative careers. Labor shortages and a misalignment between industry needs and workforce development programming pose serious challenges in maintaining a robust talent pipeline. While post secondary education is important to these positions, skilled job candidates need not come from a traditional four-year undergraduate institution. Reimagining CTE through a creative occupation cluster lens identifies new and clearer pathways and will build an entertainment industry workforce that more broadly reflects California’s diversity and talent. This session provides insight into making that happen. | Other - Program Development Opportunities; Program Research |
54 | A10 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Alan Adelman, Danielle Guido, Matt Seigel, Randy Morales | Regional Marketing Campaign presented by the Los Angeles Regional Consortium | It takes proven strategies and tactics to reach, engage, and attract the right prospective students to your community college–the kind that cuts through the noise and uniquely positions each campus under a regional umbrella and drives enrollment. During this session we will examine the marketing strategy of the Los Angeles Regional Consortium for the LA-19 community colleges. We will delve into the essential components of its design and how it serves as a recruitment tool. The discussion will cover various aspects, including generating interest in career education programs and directing prospective students to the respective colleges for follow-up. Attendees can expect to learn about the latest tools, platforms, processes, and procedures that the consortium has adopted to achieve its enrollment goals in the Los Angeles region. | Marketing & Retention Strategies |
55 | A5 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Amanda Xu, Christy Smith, Pemela Heston, Noel Woodhouse | Dual Enrollment: The Key to a Living Wage in Rural California | Rural areas represent the lowest incomes, least access to higher education, and lowest educational attainment in California. How can we best provide equitable supported access to career training in some of our most underserved areas? Through the personalized, wrap-around support made available in the dual enrollment environment. Join the Mendocino College team in partnership with the Redwood Coast K-16 Collaborative, to discover how we creatively used the tools made available during the pandemic to offer dual enrollment opportunities in over 15 different high school districts, across 3,200 square miles. Evidence based data, combined with student stories await you. | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) |
56 | A6 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Emily Burns, Dr. Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua | Your Playbook for Short-term Training Programs | As the potential grows for college-employer workforce development partnerships, colleges are adapting to respond to the need for high-quality, efficient training. Although this may look different within each college setting, Ohlone College wants to share the Short-Term Training Playbook they developed to guide program planning and cross-campus collaboration for successful execution. From goal setting with employers to streamlined student onboarding and embedded support along the way, Ohlone College helps to highlight recommended timelines and strategies for successful programming. | Employer Engagement |
57 | A11 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Leslie Wisdom, Marisa Castellano, Amy Pimentel, Mallory Stevens, | Breaking Down Barriers: Strategizing statewide to streamline & improve student access and outcomes in articulation credit by exam (CBE) | Join this working session to participate in conversations about strategies to streamline the articulation credit by exam process and remove barriers to student participation and completion. Panelists will share the results of the statewide articulation CBE survey that was distributed in fall of 2022 that aimed to elicit information about some of the challenges associated with CBE, such as CCCapply and getting articulated credits transcripted. Updates will be shared about the steps that have been taken to organize a statewide working group to find and implement solutions to common challenges and propose policy changes to the Chancellor's Office. | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) |
58 | A4 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Dr. Jesse Crete, Dr. Tina Ngo Bartel, Tiffany Baca, Jacob Poore, John Edwards | Industry & Community College Collaboration To Improve Student Outcomes: Water/Wastewater LMI, Industry Surveys, and Community College Interviews in Action! | The Centers of Excellence (COEs) partnered with the Water Energy Education Alliance (WEEA) to identify challenges and solutions for both industry and community colleges in getting students into high-paying, mission-critical water/wastewater career pathways. This session will introduce the community colleges to the recently published, first of its kind, Statewide report on the water/wastewater industry. The report includes extensive labor market information, a thorough quantitative survey of more than 500 industry representatives, and qualitative interviews of 20 community colleges that offer water/wastewater programs, resulting in findings on how industry and community colleges can better collaborate to address current and future workforce challenges, as well as increase the number of qualified students for employment in this essential field. | Employer Engagement |
59 | 3 & 4 | Sessions C - 2:30pm - 3:20pm on Thursday, April 20 | Miranda Loos plus Collaboration Partner | Creating Pathways to Apprenticeships and Work-based Learning for Immigrants and Refugees | There is a national focus on reskilling and upskilling job-seekers and incumbent workers for the in-demand careers. Many organizations are turning to apprenticeship programs to deliver this training. Earn-and-learn models increase access to careers with family-sustaining wages. Unfortunately, many immigrants and refugees are unable to access these programs, simply because English is a barrier. Learn about how institutions can offer flexible, blended English on-ramps to apprenticeship programs. The discussion will center on practical, evidence-based ways of delivering career-specific English language training at scale, with a focus on models that can work across sectors and contexts. The presentation will include time for questions so that participants can best consider how to adapt these models to their own contexts. This session will explore: Implementing onramps to earn-and-learn programs for English learners; Different types/models of pathways that are bridging equity gaps in CA and nationally; Employing a hybrid model to remove barriers to accessibility. | Career Services - Work-based learning, Internships, Apprenticeships |
60 | A2 & A3 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Molly Ash, Taylor Toledo, Monica Romero, Jyoti Jhita, Jason Malmberg | It’s Time to Retire the Student Story! How One Region Leveraged Stakeholder Feedback to Re-Frame Their Marketing Efforts. | Building on the learnings and outcomes of prior campaigns, the San Diego & Imperial Counties Community Colleges and our marketing consultant, 3fold, partnered with a local market research company to utilize interviews, focus groups, and surveys to get to the heart of how to market to our stakeholders. What we learned, shifted the focus of our regional marketing efforts from enrollment to awareness. This session will walk participants through the process and outcomes that helped inform a new regional marketing strategy, and why one conclusion is to retire the student story. | Marketing & Retention Strategies |
61 | A9 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Harriet Happel | Up and Away, Implementing Project-Based Learning Across the Curriculum | Do you know the 5C’s for workforce readiness in the future of work? Project-based learning is an engaging and dynamic strategy for developing workforce readiness in our students while in the classroom. College of the Canyons is integrating project-based learning (P3BL) across the curriculum by supporting faculty to develop partnerships with community, both private and public, to examine "wicked" problems while exercising the 5C's for workforce readiness: Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Comfort with Uncertainty. P3BL is learning for the future of work that supports the Guided Pathways structure, the Partnership Imperative with Community, and equipping students with the essential skills for the competitive advantage in the workforce. | Career Services - Work-based learning, Internships, Apprenticeships & Future of Work |
62 | A7&8 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Laura Coleman, Jesse Crete, John Carrese | Supercharged Research from COE | COE supercharge labor market research for program decision-making! COE will share highlights from new, in-depth studies on firefighting, water/wastewater, and teaching occupations. Using a variety of mixed method approaches, COE provide customized workforce information not available elsewhere. Session attendees will learn how COE studies provide colleges with “right-size” research and keep up with the state’s ever-changing labor market. | Employer Engagement |
63 | A5 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Beth Arman, Anne Kingsley, Joann Denning | How Can Our Program Become More Student-Ready? | DVC’s Art Digital Media program is striving to improve equity in online classes, as part of a national community of practice. We have done faculty and student surveys, and reviewed other data, in order to create an equity action plan. Implementation of phase 1 – faculty training and an open house – began in Fall 22. Phase 2 – a program orientation – is slated for Spring 23. Our learning is applicable to all types of instructional programs and modalities. Participants will gain an appreciation for the data we collected and the action plan we developed, with a sense of how and why other programs may want to do something similar. | JDEI - Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion & Marketing & Retention Strategies |
64 | A4 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Kevin McMackin | The San Diego/Imperial Regional Employer Engagement Model and how they are using a CRM to Take Flight | Learn about the San Diego and Imperial Regional Employer Engagement Model and how they are using a CRM to leverage the important work. The model provides college focused representation to increase work-based learning, increase career opportunities and support college responsiveness to employer needs. Additionally, with the use of a shared CRM, the Region has been able to not only track progress made with employers but they have been able to foster collaboration, ultimately providing more opportunities for students. | Employer Engagement |
65 | A11 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Su Jin Jez, Lynell Wiggins | Transitions to Meaningful Employment: Lessons Learned from A Regionally-Focused Workforce Development Pilot in Los Angeles | To increase completion of postsecondary awards by students from underserved backgrounds and advance successful transitions to meaningful employment, California Competes alongside four community colleges in LA County’s 2nd supervisorial district—Compton College, El Camino College, Los Angeles Southwest College, and West Los Angeles College—conducted a pilot to refine and strengthen a culture of career readiness as a region-wide responsibility, with integrated support from LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell’s office. This panel discussion of the pilot partners will shed light on the work and progress of the pilot so far as well as practice reforms, lessons learned, and impacts seen. | Workforce Partnerships with Government (City, County, and State) |
66 | 1 & 2 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Angel G. Fuentes | Mad Data Scientists: A Community of Practice Developing Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Degrees and Curriculum | Has your college harnessed the power of ChatGPT for good or evil? What if your superpower was Deep Learning (DL)? How about Computer Vision (CV)? In this session we will present the development of curriculum for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Data Analytics degrees, in partnership with BACCC, Intel, Google, AWS, and six Bay Area colleges. We will share the stages of development and opportunities obtained from connections with industry partners. Opportunities to participate in this community of practice, understand course sequence, and scalability to Dual Enrollment will also be discussed. | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) |
67 | A10 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Tonette Salter | Nontraditional careers require a different type of superpower “Remove the Box" | Nontraditional careers require a different type of superpower “getting rid of the box” to break down the barriers of gender segregation to strengthen self-sufficiency of individuals and increase enrollment. California statewide racial equity efforts have gradually increased enrollment for some nontraditional sectors. This session is designed to raise awareness of nontraditional careers and discuss efforts to increase enrollment. Participants will view data in non-traditional sectors, Advance Manufacturing, Water & Wastewater Technology and participate in polls. | Career Services - Work-based learning, Internships, Apprenticeships & Nontraditional Careers |
68 | 3 & 4 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Brenda Hernandez, Ravinder Singh, Karen Beltramo, Katie Gilks, Lynda Phan | Using K12 SWP Dashboard Data to Inform Planning | Participants of this session will learn: 1) Overview and understanding of data in the K12SWP dashboard; 2) How to use the data to build and evaluate pathways between Secondary and Post-Secondary; 3) Reflect on your data with Labor Market Information in your region. | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) |
69 | A6 | Sessions D - 4:00pm - 4:50pm on Thursday, April 20 | Steve Harrington, Christine Nieto | Next Gen Workforce Certification: Arming Students with Supply-Chain Superpowers | Since the onset of the pandemic, Manufacturing and Supply Chain challenges have been front and center in the national dialogue. The CHIPS Act, the auto industry’s EV push along with the reshoring trend bringing 350,000 manufacturing jobs back to the US accelerated this trend. This opened a unique opportunity to educate and retrain adult learners for promising careers in the supply chain. Building programs to grow the talent pipeline is more necessary than ever. There are quality student centered model programs, with industry recognized certifications, to help students enter these lucrative career pathways. This session will discuss these available credit and non-credit programs, highlight relevant labor market information, and share strategies to assist programs with supply-chain career pathway implementation efforts. | Adult Education Promising Practices (credit, not for credit, etc.) |
70 | 1 & 2 | Sessions E - 8:00 am - 8:50 am on Friday, April 21 | Charles Henkels, Joshua Gonzalez, Steve Harrington, | New-Fashioned Education: How Industry Creates Talent and Educators Create Opportunity | This session takes a focused look at program development efforts that led to the creation of an automated Supply Chain Technology apprenticeship program that partnered Target Corporation, Norco College, and the LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network. In a sector that has grown increasingly automated, attendees will learn how education and industry partners can collaborate to build earn-and-learn pathways that leverage registered apprenticeship, credit-for-prior learning, industry-led program design. Once a pilot, this program is now used as a model for national expansion and offers all stakeholders a new look at how to do education and career. | Career Services - Work-based learning, Internships, Apprenticeships |
71 | A5 | Sessions E - 8:00 am - 8:50 am on Friday, April 21 | Michael Franklin, Handrias Fujianto, Andrea Gallyon | Cybersecurity: How Middle Schoolers Know More Than the Typical College Graduate | Break away from the traditional textbook classroom through interactive learning! We will explore our competition-based education model that has PROVEN our K-12 students skills are beyond the capacity of a College Graduate. Explore how middle school students excel in their cyber education. Through dual-enrollment pathways, direct industry partners like Boeing and Microsoft, and open cyber ranges, K-14 students of Orange County are positioned to lead the future. This session will offer a well-defined outline of how to engage students, faculty, and administrators to develop your own program and one day create your own nationally-ranked teams! | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) |
72 | A2 & A3 | Sessions E - 8:00 am - 8:50 am on Friday, April 21 | Dr. Paul De La Cerda, Geno Malkiewicz, Thatcher Weldon, Trudy Gerald (VC of WFD at Kern) | CTE Pathways to Self-Sufficiency for Adult Learners | Do you want your adult students to reach economic independence by working in a career they love? Learn from adult educators how an equity-focused career choices and changes curriculum guides learners through the process of making life's most important decisions by developing a realistic and actionable skill-based plan for their education, career, and lifestyle. Since 2016, 90% of program matriculates are economically contributing to their communities and Kern Adult Education Consortium is expanding into dual credit, hybrid, and—for the first time ever— 3D/virtual reality. Come and see how it works and how it transforms lives for thousands of students! | Adult Education Promising Practices (credit, not for credit, etc.) |
73 | 3 & 4 | Sessions E - 8:00 am - 8:50 am on Friday, April 21 | Kylie Campbell, Mallory J. Stevens, EdD | Leveraging the Power of Dual Enrollment: Practical Approaches for Supporting Students & Expanding Secondary and Postsecondary Partnerships | Feeling lost in your implementation or expansion of dual enrollment partnerships? Needing inspiration? This session will cover practical approaches for expanding dual enrollment through pathways and serving a wider range of students. Topics covered will include; staffing dual enrollment courses with high school and college faculty, scheduling with equity and access in mind, providing adult education students with an entrance to college through dual enrollment, and leveraging your institution’s resources to support your dual enrollment students in connecting to community college opportunities. | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) |
74 | A9 | Sessions E - 8:00 am - 8:50 am on Friday, April 21 | Allison Travis Bee, Tootsie Torres | SWP Budget Management for Colleges | Panel to share tools and practices for managing SWP budgets and expenditures. Useful templates will be provided to attendees along with the opportunity for Q & A around key budget issues and NOVA. | Program Funding and Finance |
75 | A7&8 | Sessions E - 8:00 am - 8:50 am on Friday, April 21 | David Gatewood, Dr. Craig Hayward, Dr. Susan L. Ivey MD, Gora Datta, Joy Hermsen | Challenges and Successes when Partnering with CSUs, UCs, and Non-Profits: A Case Study Inspired by the Pandemic | In the Summer of 2021, the US Department of Health & Human Services' requested help with upskilling and increasing the diversity of the Public Health workforce. In response, the California Consortium for Public Health Informatics & Technology (CCPHIT) was formed. CCPHIT includes several Community Colleges, CSUs, UC Berkeley, and training provider Futuro Health. The goal has been to create pathways of stackable certificates that can stand alone or attach to AS, BS, and MS degrees in Public Health, Health Information, Computer Science, and other related career paths. This session presents both successes and challenges for building similar statewide intersegmental partnerships. | Workforce Partnerships with Government (City, County, and State) & Employer Engagement, Career Services, & Adult Education. JEDI, Program Funding |
76 | A10 | Sessions E - 8:00 am - 8:50 am on Friday, April 21 | Heather Cavazos, Suzanne Sebring, Molly Ash, Leslie Wisdom, Lexi Smoots, Kimberly Ranalla | How to Join Forces as a Region to Host a K14 Career Education Counselor Conference | For the past seven years, the San Diego & Imperial Counties Regional Consortium has worked collaboratively with K14 and industry partners to offer a regional Counselor Conference that brings together counselors, administrators, and educators from middle school, high school, adult education, and community colleges. In this session, we will share best practices and lessons learned for executing this large scale event, including tips for theme and content development, engaging stakeholders, and logistics: securing the venue, budget, event platforms, registration, communications, and more. Participants will receive a toolkit, developed in partnership with CCCAOE, for those wanting to begin or refine their own K14 regional events. | K-16 Programs & Partnerships (dual enrollment, guided pathway counselors, etc.) |
77 | A11 | Sessions E - 8:00 am - 8:50 am on Friday, April 21 | Gary Adams, Blaire Toso, Mayra Diaz, Cora Vay | Adult Education Pathways to Credit and Careers | This presentation focuses on building student-centered career pathways from adult education to college and career so that learners can set and attain their goals. California Adult Education Program (CAEP) leadership will share how adult education is an ideal onramp to career pathways, and overview current pathway initiatives and regional CAEP trainings. The presentation will overview CAEP transition outcome data and resources (multiple data sets, student personas, stakeholder collaborations) available to support collaborative student-centered career pathway development. A panel of institutional stakeholders will provide concrete examples of building career pathways that transition from adult education to credit and living wage jobs. | Adult Education Promising Practices (credit, not for credit, etc.) |
78 | A4 | Sessions E - 8:00 am - 8:50 am on Friday, April 21 | Anna Carlson, Heather Ostash, Kylie Campbell, Angelica Perez, Richard McCrow, Thad Russell, Michelle Miller-Galaz | The Power of Education in Rehabilitation: How Kern CCD is serving their justice involved population" | This session will focus on the Rising Scholars/Incarcerated Student Education Programs (ISEP) of the Kern Community College District Colleges- Bakersfield, Cerro Coso and Porterville Colleges. Participants will learn about the implementation and innovation in developing comprehensive programs offered in 9 facilities, including juvenile facilities via dual enrollment and correctional facilities serving all levels in a changing CDCR environment. Learn how KCCD is currently serving over 1,800 justice involved students, awarding over 500 certificates and degrees and having substantial impact on equity outcomes, while gaining tools and insights for starting a program of your own. | JDEI - Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
79 | 1 & 2 | Concurrent Plenary - 9:20 am - 10:20 am Friday April 21 | How 6 Colleges and Leaders in Media and Entertainment are Collaborating to Meet the Growing Demand for Virtual Production Talent | Olivia Herriford of Bay Area Community College Consortium, Mary Clarke-Miller of Berkeley City College, Joann Denning of Diablo Valley College, Konstantin Wilms of Amazon Web Services, and James Blevins of Mesh VP | Driven by a demand for talent for which there are very limited education and training options, faculty at six Bay Area colleges are joined by a stellar advisory consisting of employers, industry influencers, technology providers, and unions to prepare a diverse workforce for the burgeoning virtual production industry. Because the many new and emerging jobs require skills taught across multiple disciplines and colleges, and not exclusively at one, the Regional Virtual Production Academy (RVPA), a collaborative program, is a win-win-win for students, colleges, and employers.<br/><br/>Virtual production (VP) combines virtual and physical filmmaking using the real-time rendering of game engines to create photorealistic sets displayed on large LED walls behind a physical set. This technique is used to produce cutting-edge series such as The Mandolorian and has become the new approach to filmmaking. The industry’s push to VP was driven by the pandemic’s shift to remote work, creating the need for a different way to get the work done with fewer people on set. Today, VP is enabling studios to build bigger, innovate more, lower costs, and deliver high-quality results faster. Industry is highly motivated and the RVPA colleges are realizing the benefits of collaboration. | |
80 | 3 & 4 | Concurrent Plenary - 9:20 am - 10:20 am Friday April 21 | Recognizing the Authentic Super Power of CTE | Louis Quindlen | How can we change the conversation to real recognition of the authentic super power of CTE? Why should the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF) award 2626 funding points for a Transfer Degree but only 660 points for CTE students earning a living wage? Why is successful completion of an apprentice not even part of the SCFF metric? Why does CTE continue to fight for its equitable place in the hearts and minds of policy makers and the educational system as a whole? Come hear a journey from CTE faculty member to Trustee and innovative collaborative ideas to empower CTE, connect with the community, energize our partners and support students. | |
81 | A1 | Keynote - 10:30 am - 11:30 am | What is Normal? Workforce Development in California's Slowing Economy | Dr. Robert Eyler | This presentation provides the current and forecasted data for California's labor market, the national economy, demographic change, and other factors that influence community college graduates and their prospects over the next three years. How the global economy continues to see elevated prices, a slower growth rate of jobs and incomes, and geopolitical uncertainty affects hiring and job prospects. Also, demographic change in California and rising wages and costs of living may shift industry concentration and job availability toward 2030. | |
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