REGIONAL HUB SCOPE OF WORK

GOAL:The LA HI-TECH Hub Lead Community College will work closely with their Postsecondary, Secondary, and Business Partner within the Consortium to develop a career pathway program in ICT that provides a seamless transition for students from high school to college and recognizes students, both formally, and informally, for their high school coursework and experiences. The LA HI-TECH Regional Consortium Hub shall assume the fiscal and programmatic responsibilitiesof their respective hub and partners to streamline accountability and reporting to the fiscal agent. The LA HI-TECH Regional Consortium Hub is responsible for the deliverables of the outcome measures.

HUB:Santa Monica CollegePOSTSECONDARY PARTNER: West Los Angeles CollegeSECONDARY PARTNER: Refer to Regional Design

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OUTCOME MEASURES FOR LA HI-TECH POSTSECONDARY PARTNERS
SECONDARY
  1. Number of K12 students enrolled in DVMA, ISS, and SSD career pathway programs.
  2. Number of K12 students who successfully participate in the DVMA, ISS, and SSD career pathways programs (Grade C or better in CTE courses).
  3. Number of K12 students participating in internships, work-based learning, mentoring, job shadowing opportunities, work experience, and student leadership organizations as part of the career pathways program.
POSTSECONDARY
  1. Number of community college students enrolled in the DVMA, ISS, and SSD career pathways program with credits earned in either dual enrollment or credit by exam.
  2. Number of community college students who complete one (1) credit-bearing course, two (2) courses, and/or complete a career pathway within the career pathways program.
  3. Number of community college students participating in internships, work-based learning, mentoring, job shadowing opportunities, work experience, and student leadership organizations as part of the career pathways program.

CATEGORIES / ACTIVITIES / % of Budget
Hub /
  • Santa Monica College shall align career pathways services with West Los Angeles College and both colleges’ respective high school partners.
  • Santa Monica College shall assume the fiscal and programmatic responsibilities of itself and West Los Angeles College, to streamline accountability and reporting to the fiscal agent.
  • Collectively and individually, the regional hubs shall identify high school career pathways and community college programs and work strategically to coordinate curriculum, industry alignment, data collection and regional conferences.
  • Santa Monica College shall partner with West Los Angeles College to coordinate activities between high school partners and community colleges to foster and manage relationships of consistency and accountability to industry.

Personnel /
  • Identify members of the organization for key decision making roles to facilitate:
  • Build robust partnerships between community colleges, high schools, and employers that better prepare students for the 21st century workplace and improve student transition from secondary to postsecondary education, training, and employment
  • Strengthen the articulated educational career pathways between the high school and community college system through the Linked Learning approach, contextualizing academic and technical subjects to develop and integrate standards-based academics, and providing an innovative work experience education in support of careers in the ICT Industry.
  • Establish and strengthen existing regional collaborative relationships and partnerships between business entities, community organizations, and education agencies
  • Provide supplemental instruction and career awareness among K-12 students with assistance of professionals in the ICT industry.
  • Increase the number of students pursuing degrees and careers in the ICT Industry through use of anindustry validated accountability system of digital badges and electronic portfolios to demonstrateskill validation of LA HI-TECH students to members and stakeholders of the consortium.
  • Take on the essential roles andresponsibilities of postsecondary partners outlined in the AB 86 California Career Pathways Trust.
  • Monitor and evaluate all aspects of the projectprogress, impact, and outcomes.

Program and Development /
  • Work directly with at least two high schools to establish and/or build upon a K-14 career pathway in local community that enrolls, supports, and follow a minimum of 50 secondary students, annually, through to community college graduation, transfer, and/or employment.
  • Collaborate with high school faculty to ensure that course content will prepare students for college level work
  • Negotiate agreements with participating secondary agencies to support dual enrollment and early
  • admission to aligned pathway programs
  • Identify appropriate credit-bearing college courses and dual enrollment courses for contextualization in either: 1) Design, Visual, Media Arts; 2) Information Services and Support; or 3) Software Systems and Development ICT career pathway programs to prepare students to enter postsecondary without need for remediation.
  • Collaborate with business partners to align college coursework with relevant technical skills and workplace competencies, as defined by industry
  • Collaborate on metrics and outcomes to establish sound strategies to guide the LA HI-TECH project to success.
  • Work in conjunction with high school partners to develop programs, courses and services to integrate into selected career pathways.

Matching Resources /
  • Dedicate respective resources for the sustainability of the project for Years 4 and 5 of the grant that consist of in-kind, monetary, staffing and/or equipment contributions.
  • Commit to maximize available funding streams (in addition to grant funding), to support the needs of participating students.
  • Leverage, connect and build upon existing investments in education and workforce development.
  • Leverage and build the respective consortium members’ Linked Learning activities and certified pathways, Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 funding and activities.
  • California Partnership Academies, and the Regional Occupational Centers and Programs (ROCPs) including staff knowledge, community relationship, and course development.
  • Leverage matching resources and in-kind contributions from public, private, and philanthropic sources.
  • Leverage the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program and its sector strategies and deputy sector navigators as well as leverage participation in the local California Community Colleges Skills Panel.

Workplan:Develop a workplan for each category with corresponding activities. Overall, the workplan should include the following:

1)Identify achievable goals for all categories and activities;

2)Develop outcomes for each goal;

3)Identify strategies used to meet each goal;

4)Include activities listed above; and

5)Identify key indicators to measure outcomes.

Due date:If you have any questions, please contact Salomon Davila at

(626) 585-7682. Please submit to Rochelle Howard at:

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