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Better informed career choices
 
Employability attitudes, behaviors, and skills
 
Increase completion rates
 
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Build positive relationships with business/industry/develop contacts to broaden
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Discover, explore, and set career interests/goals
 
Awareness of career opportunities and pathways
 
Connect classroom learning to the workplace
 
Build self-confidence and experience success
 
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Build positive relationships with business/industry and community
 
Make classroom learning more relevant to the workforce
 
Expand curriculum to create more dynamic learning environments
 
Higher student engagement, completion rates, and job placements
 
Develop stronger noncredit to credit pathways, guided pathways, and meet
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Develop a better-prepared, motivated pool of qualified applicants and reliable
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Help design curriculum and educational opportunities that meet
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Recruit and screen potential employees
 
Opportunity to evaluate potential employees in work and/or work-related
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Stronger community connections
 
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Not eligible to offer noncredit courses under Title 5 – Cooperative Work
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Business Partnerships
 
Meeting the metrics of job attainment, completions, and pathways
 
 
 
 
 
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Developing stronger partnerships with their credit partners to provide eligibility
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Creating Industry Recognized Certification opportunities and tying to noncredit
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Provide other types of Work-Based Learning Opportunities
 
Developing stronger partnerships with Career Centers and Employability Skills
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Career Exploration
 
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Workplace Tour
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Industry Workshops
Career Planning Courses
Assessments/Online Sites:
Career Coach – California Chancellor’s Office (
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Here to Career – California Community College Foundation
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Careeronestop – U.S. Department of Labor/Americanjobcenter Network
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Informational Interviews
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Technical mentoring through online interactions with partners
Projects with partners through industry student organizations
Student Competitions
Clubs
 
 
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Simulation Labs
Student-run enterprise with partner involvement
Service learning and social enterprises with partners
Externships/Internships
Apprenticeship
Practicum
Clinical experience
On-the-job training
 
 
 
 
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2019-2020 Strong Workforce
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Attained a noncredit workforce milestone* in an academic year
Noncredit workforce milestone = completed a noncredit CTE course or
had 48 or more contact hours in a noncredit career education course
Credential Attainment
Earned a CTE Chancellor’s Office approved certificate/degree or
achieved journey level status
Employment
Employed in a job closely related to their field of study
Earnings
Median annual earnings among exiting CTE students;
Improved earnings;
Attained the county-level living wage
 
 
 
 
 
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California Adult Education Program (CAEP)
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Community college noncredit students, who have one or more hours
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Progress
Transition to a new program: From ABE/ESL/ASE to CTE
Completion
Completion of postsecondary certificates, degrees, or training
programs: CDCP CTE certificates 48+ hours)
Placement into Jobs
Employment after two or four quarters post exit
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Improved Wages
Wage gain four quarters after exit
Median wage attainment two quarters after exit
Attainment of a living wage
Transition to Postsecondary
Transition to noncredit or credit CTE program
Transition to credit courses that are not developmental
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Students will create and post a profile
 
Have access to LinkedIn Learning:
Community College student training focusing on top 12 competencies
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Have specific video training for students on these competencies
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Modeled after the Santa Barbara City College Career Skills Institute
Certificates
Flipped Classroom Model
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Have similar curriculum throughout region
 
 
Benefits:
Regional courses developed in conjunction with LinkedIn learning and
community college faculty
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Colleges will be able to offer new CDCP Certificates in Workforce Prep
 
 
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Industry Focus
Have roundtables of employers from specific industries to meet and talk
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Workshop Series for students
Resume writing
Interviewing techniques
New World of Work
LinkedIn
Resume Critiques and Mock Interviews
Professional headshots
Staff to help with online applications, LinkedIn accounts, resumes, etc.
Networking for faculty and students
Workshops or Meet & Greets for Faculty and Employers
 
 
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Provides an academic e-portfolio network and showcase connecting college
students and recent graduates with employers
 
Documents students collegiate work, projects and experiences.
 
Links to Canvas – students can upload classwork and projects
 
Combines features typically reserved for social and professional networking
platforms with the ability to create and aggregate multimedia content from
across the web, Portfolium uniquely provides a deeper, all-encompassing
view of student’s passions, abilities and potential.
 
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Provides higher education partners with private, branded networks to
showcase exclusively the work and entries of the institution’s students and
alumni.
 
Provides yearly data and analytics reports on network activity, engagement
and outcomes are provided to the institution
 
Can make network announcements and maintain a digital resume database.
 
 
Contact:
Raine Hambly
 
rhambly@noce.edu
714.808.4573
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Work-based learning offers valuable experiences for noncredit students by connecting them with real-world career opportunities, improving student engagement, guiding career choices, enhancing employability skills, and boosting completion rates. It benefits students, colleges, and employers in various ways, providing positive relationships, relevant learning experiences, and workforce connections. However, challenges such as eligibility restrictions and meeting specific metrics exist for noncredit programs.


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  1. Exploring Work-Based Learning Opportunities Noncredit Students

  2. Work-Based Learning: What is it? Work-based learning encompasses a wide array of learning experiences; exposing students to careers along the continuum of life long learning and skills development through classroom activities, school-wide events, and/or structured opportunities for students to interact with employers or community partners either at school, at a worksite, or virtually.

  3. Work-Based Learning (continued): Why is it important? Student engagement Connection Better informed career choices Employability attitudes, behaviors, and skills Increase completion rates

  4. Benefits to Students: Build positive relationships with business/industry/develop contacts to broaden employment opportunities Discover, explore, and set career interests/goals Awareness of career opportunities and pathways Connect classroom learning to the workplace Build self-confidence and experience success

  5. Benefits to College: Build positive relationships with business/industry and community Make classroom learning more relevant to the workforce Expand curriculum to create more dynamic learning environments Higher student engagement, completion rates, and job placements Develop stronger noncredit to credit pathways, guided pathways, and meet metrics for Strong Workforce, California Adult Ed Programs (CAEP), and Student Success Formula

  6. Benefits to Employers: Develop a better-prepared, motivated pool of qualified applicants and reliable source of skills labor Help design curriculum and educational opportunities that meet business/industry requirements/needs Recruit and screen potential employees Opportunity to evaluate potential employees in work and/or work-related settings, prior to hiring Stronger community connections

  7. Challenges for Noncredit: Not eligible to offer noncredit courses under Title 5 Cooperative Work Experience Business Partnerships Meeting the metrics of job attainment, completions, and pathways

  8. Opportunities for Noncredit: Developing stronger partnerships with their credit partners to provide eligibility for noncredit CTE students and/or Academic Success students to participate in internships Creating Industry Recognized Certification opportunities and tying to noncredit curriculum and programs Provide other types of Work-Based Learning Opportunities Developing stronger partnerships with Career Centers and Employability Skills training

  9. Work-Based Learning Continuum: Industry and Career Awareness Career Exploration Career Preparation Career Training

  10. Industry and Career Awareness: Workplace Tour Guest Speaker Industry Workshops Career Planning Courses Assessments/Online Sites: Career Coach California Chancellor s Office (https://ccc.emsicc.com) Here to Career California Community College Foundation (https://www.heretocareer.org) Careeronestop U.S. Department of Labor/Americanjobcenter Network (https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/toolkit.aspx

  11. Career Exploration: Informational Interviews Job Shadow Field Trips Virtual Exchange with a Partner Career Fair Industry Workshops/Events Trade Shows Department/Program Open House

  12. Career Preparation: Career Centers Career Fairs ePortfolios Employability Skills (New World of Work/LinkedIn Learning) Integrated project with multiple interactions with professionals Technical mentoring through online interactions with partners Projects with partners through industry student organizations Student Competitions Clubs

  13. Career Training: Simulation Labs Student-run enterprise with partner involvement Service learning and social enterprises with partners Externships/Internships Apprenticeship Practicum Clinical experience On-the-job training

  14. Noncredit Statewide Metrics: 2019-2020 Strong Workforce Progress Attained a noncredit workforce milestone* in an academic year Noncredit workforce milestone = completed a noncredit CTE course or had 48 or more contact hours in a noncredit career education course Credential Attainment Earned a CTE Chancellor s Office approved certificate/degree or achieved journey level status Employment Employed in a job closely related to their field of study Earnings Median annual earnings among exiting CTE students; Improved earnings; Attained the county-level living wage

  15. Noncredit Statewide Metrics: (continued) California Adult Education Program (CAEP) Participation Community college noncredit students, who have one or more hours of instructional contact hours in any of the seven program areas and/or receive support services Progress Transition to a new program: From ABE/ESL/ASE to CTE Completion Completion of postsecondary certificates, degrees, or training programs: CDCP CTE certificates 48+ hours) Placement into Jobs Employment after two or four quarters post exit

  16. Noncredit Statewide Metrics: (continued) California Adult Education Program (CAEP) - continued Placement into Jobs Employment after two or four quarters post exit Improved Wages Wage gain four quarters after exit Median wage attainment two quarters after exit Attainment of a living wage Transition to Postsecondary Transition to noncredit or credit CTE program Transition to credit courses that are not developmental

  17. Orange County Regional Projects: LinkedIn Learning Students will create and post a profile Have access to LinkedIn Learning: Community College student training focusing on top 12 competencies needed for employment Have specific video training for students on these competencies Digital badges for completing

  18. Project Pilot 2: Noncredit Curriculum Development and Alignment Curriculum: Uses LinkedIn Learning and New World of Work 21st Century Skills videos and modules Modeled after the Santa Barbara City College Career Skills Institute Certificates Flipped Classroom Model Hybrid classes (do LinkedIn Learning modules, then come into classroom to do capstone projects based on what they are studying)

  19. Project Pilot 2 (Continued): Focus: Career and workforce skills Can be taught at all 10 schools Have similar curriculum throughout region Benefits: Regional courses developed in conjunction with LinkedIn learning and community college faculty Students will earn digital badges and key skills Colleges will be able to offer new CDCP Certificates in Workforce Prep

  20. Project Pilot 3: Regional Career Skills Expo (Career Fair with a twist) Industry Focus Have roundtables of employers from specific industries to meet and talk with students. Talk about skills, hiring practices, etc. Workshop Series for students Resume writing Interviewing techniques New World of Work LinkedIn Resume Critiques and Mock Interviews Professional headshots Staff to help with online applications, LinkedIn accounts, resumes, etc. Networking for faculty and students Workshops or Meet & Greets for Faculty and Employers

  21. Project Pilot 4: Portfolium Provides an academic e-portfolio network and showcase connecting college students and recent graduates with employers Documents students collegiate work, projects and experiences. Links to Canvas students can upload classwork and projects Combines features typically reserved for social and professional networking platforms with the ability to create and aggregate multimedia content from across the web, Portfolium uniquely provides a deeper, all-encompassing view of student s passions, abilities and potential.

  22. Project Pilot 4 (continued): Portfolium Provides higher education partners with private, branded networks to showcase exclusively the work and entries of the institution s students and alumni. Provides yearly data and analytics reports on network activity, engagement and outcomes are provided to the institution Can make network announcements and maintain a digital resume database.

  23. Contact: Raine Hambly rhambly@noce.edu 714.808.4573

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