Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor Version as of April 18, 2012

1. Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor Version as of April 18, 2012

2. Jobs and the Economy Weigh Heavily on Californian Minds “Thinking about the state as a whole, what do you think is the most important issue facing people in California today?” Source: Public Policy Institute of California , Californians & Their Government, September 2011, page 7. California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students

3. How are Community Colleges vital to Jobs and the Economy? Jobs & Economy*Goals: • Supply in-demand skills for employers • Create relevant pathways and stackable credentials • Get Californians into open jobs • Ensure student success * CCCCO Division of Workforce & Economic Development California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students 3

4. The Challenge of California LOCAL DECISION MAKING REGIONAL ECONOMIES Jobs & Economy* Goals: • Supply in-demand skills for employers • Create relevant pathways and stackable credentials • Get Californians into open jobs • Ensure student success STATE FOCUS ON COMPETITIVE AND EMERGING SECTORS California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students 4

5. DOING What Matters ™ for Jobs & the Economy Four prongs. Two-year campaign. draft GOALS California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students | Van Ton-Quinlivan vtquinlivan@cccco,edu

6. Quadrant 3: Skills Panel • ROLLOUT • Designate sector navigator, if needed, to coordinate complexity • Inventory community college assets for expertise/capabilities/capacity to address labor market need  • Identify partners: employers, unions, regions, agencies (CDE, CC, CSU, UC, CWIB, local WIBs, ETP, EDD, etc.), other • Convene partners into skills panel to drive deliverables: • Curriculum model definition/approval • Define career pathway or systems of stackable credential articulation, including contextualized basic skills • Map to career readiness assessment • Insert career guidance module into CACareerCafé.com and WhoDoUWant2B.com • Propose funding framework to build out blueprint (RFA should include common metrics) SCAN Identify unmet labor market need California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students 6

7. Role of Skill Panels • Are created around a specific industry or industry cluster and are business driven. • Engage in work to identify and close the skill gaps within specific industry and region. • Go beyond the advising capacity and engage in activities that create innovative solutions to close industry skill gaps. • Focus on education and training to ensure the competitive advantage of an economically vital industry is maintained. • Members are chosen for their unique knowledge of the industry cluster being examined. • May be short term or long term in nature, depending upon the work identified to be done. California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students

8. Role of Advisory Committees • Industry members provide subject matter expertise in the review and evaluation of program curricula, equipment, and overall program effectiveness. • Function in an advisory capacity to a specific professional technical degree program. • Help determine professional/technical program goals. • Are long term in nature • Create a bridge between local industry and professional and technical educational programs. California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students

9. Role of the Perkins Health Statewide Advisory Committee ?? • Questions? • What Role Can You Play? • Suggestions? California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students