Tech Prep Regional Coordination Project Funded by CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION Marti DeYoung,

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Tech Prep Regional Coordination Project Funded
by CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT of EDUCATIONMarti
DeYoung, project coordinator region 7
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Forum for regional collaboration, alignment of
education and training efforts, and effective
utilization of new and existing resources between
workforce investment boards, economic development
agencies, and each Tech Prep Local Consortia
within the region to provide high-quality,
successful Tech Prep pathway programs.
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Objectives

• Regional
• Tech Prep Program
• Curriculum Development Evaluation
• Professional Development
• Tech Prep Student Support
• Tech Prep Reporting Accountability Data

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Regional contacts
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BENEFITS

• Information, resources and tools to assist local
  Tech Prep consortia
• Access to education and workforce networks beyond
  local boundaries
• Collaborative learning build understanding and
  reciprocal relationships
• Economy of Scale, i.e., shared professional
  development, materials, ideas, micro-partners

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A Tech Prep Consortium

• can be defined as a multi-agency partnership to
  formalize effective and efficient transition
  strategies between education segments leading to
  employment in economically vital areas.
• 2 2 2 Tech Prep
• In fact 2 2 2

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To build career pathways

• Region 7 Los Angeles County started with E3
• Economic Development
• Employment
• Education

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Economic Development region 7
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Presentations by COE LAOCRCWIB

• CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

• Workforce Investment Board education meeting
  included secondary partners (HS and ROPs)
  hosted by the Los Angeles Orange County REGIONAL
  CONSORIUM

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Employment

• Cooperative Work Experience Internship Education
  (faculty and student handbook)

• Employment Development Department presentations
  resources

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EDUCATION a case for change how redefining CTE
will transform California

• Telling the story improving academic achievement
• Establish E3 partnerships
• Provide a system to align programs and curricula
  across segments
• Multi-disciplinary knowledge is essential to
  competitive workforce

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EDUCATION resources Region 7

• Strengthening the Links An Articulation Handbook
  for Career Technical Education

• Federal and state models
• League for Innovation in the Community College
  College and Career Training Initiative (CCTI
  pathways)
• Statewide Career Pathways Creating School to
  College Articulation
• 100 registrations for attendance at a different
  sectors conference

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Education resources NEW region 7

• www.LAOCRC.com

• Career Technical Education PROGRAM MATRIX
• CTE programs in regions 7 8 aligned to 15
  Industry Sectors

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Career Pathway Leadership Certification

• Eleven Tech Prep teams
• Intensive training using ?
• Career Pathways
• Where to start and how to
• Communicate
• Navigate and
• Complete

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Whats next? steering committee decisions

• Counselor Training
• Promote Career Pathways
• Integrating academics CTE
• Emerging economies, economic development need
  for change
• Understanding the Industry Sector and Career
  Pathway model
• Building strong partnerships with business
  industry

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IN OUR WORDS.

• COMMON GROUND among diverse partners.
• A new found capacity to think and act regionally
  as a result we have improved our local condition.
• Learning is essential to change. Learning
  together accelerates change.
• Things dont change until we ourselves change.

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Tech prep regional coordination project

• Contact your region todaystart a conversation
• STRENGTH in COLLABORATION
• STRATEGY in REGIONALIZATION