Section 88631 Of Chapter 5. Centers And Regional Collaboratives From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 52.5. >> Chapter 5.
88631
. Economic and workforce development program centers and
California Community Colleges participation in industry-driven
regional collaboratives may provide any or all of the following
services and perform the following functions as participants of
networks, including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the
following:
(a) Convening skill panels to produce deliverables, such as
curriculum models, that contribute to workforce skill development
common to competitive and emerging industry sectors and industry
clusters within a region.
(b) Development of instructional packages focusing on the
technical skill specific to emerging or changing occupations in
targeted industry sectors and industry clusters.
(c) Support student or worker evaluation of, and fit for, career
paths by articulating how a curriculum model fits within a career
pathway or career lattice or system of stackable credentials,
relevant career readiness battery scores, and career guidance tools.
(d) Faculty mentorships, faculty and staff development, in-service
training, and worksite experience supporting the new curriculum and
instructional modes responding to identified regional needs.
(e) Institutional support, professional development, and
transformational activities focused on removing systemic barriers to
the development of new methods, transition to a flexible and more
responsive administration of programs, and the timely and
cost-effective delivery of services.
(f) The deployment of new methodologies, modes, and technologies
that enhance performance and outcomes and improve cost-effectiveness
of service delivery or create new college programs.
(g) One-on-one counseling, seminars, workshops, and conferences
that contribute to the achievement of the success of existing
businesses and foster the growth of new businesses and jobs in
emerging industry clusters.
(h) The delivery of performance-improvement training, which shall
be provided on a matching basis to employers to benefit workforce
participants. This will promote continuous workforce improvement in
identified strategic priority areas, identified industry clusters, or
areas targeted in the regional business resource assistance and
innovation network plans.
(i) Credit, not-for-credit, and noncredit programs and courses
that contribute to workforce skill development for competitive and
emerging industry sectors and industry clusters within a region or
that focus on addressing a workforce skills gap or occupational
shortage.
(j) Subsidized student internships or work-based learning on a
cash or in-kind matching basis for program participants in
occupational categories identified in competitive and emerging
industry sectors and industry clusters.
(k) Acquisition of equipment to support the eligible activities
and the limited renovation of facilities to accommodate the delivery
of eligible services.
(l) Submission of performance data for aggregation by the
chancellor's office.