A STRATEGIC OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT PASADENA CITY COLLEGE Leveraging our successes and planning for the future.
GOALS OF THIS PRESENTATION • Provide an overview of Career Technical Education • Provide update on the current state of Career and Technical Education (CTE) at Pasadena City College (PCC) • Demonstrate how CTE is strategically integrated across the college • Highlight some of the successes of CTE programs at PCC • Propose ideas for development of future CTE programs at PCC
WHAT IS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ANYWAY? • Definition: A program of study that involves one or a sequence of courses that integrates core academic knowledge with technical and occupational knowledge to provide students with a pathway to further postsecondary education and careers. • Often exposure to CTE pathways begins in primary or secondary schools and may conclude in post-secondary institutions • Many CTE programs have external regulatory bodies that provide guidance as to structure and requirements for education and work-based experiences. • CTE programs may be credit or non-credit (for the purposes of this presentation we will focus on the credit programs offered at PCC)
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION- FUNDING AND REGULATIONS Federal and State Administered Funds that support CTE Programs: • Carl Perkins Career and Technical Act • Work Force Investment Act Funds • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act • Strong Work Force • Chancellors Office for Economic and Workforce Development (Provide oversight and guidance as to how funds may be used)
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION- FUNDING AND REGULATIONS CTE Programs often have various regulatory or legal mandates that they must meet in order to be offered at colleges, which safeguards both the college and students and ensures that programs remain of high quality. • Program Approval by State Regulatory Agencies • Specialized Program Accreditation Recognition • Licensure and Certification Outcomes Monitoring • Required advisory committees comprised of Industry/Academic Partners
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT PASADENA CITY COLLEGE Pasadena Community College offers 86 distinct credit CTE programs Current CTE programs offered at PCC lead to either a certificate or degree that prepares students for entry level employment. These program pair high quality theoretical knowledge with practical Career and Technical Education programs may also lead to transfer opportunities which allow participants to pursue the baccalaureate degree and beyond (Examples — Accounting, Architecture, Business Administration, and Nursing)
INTEREST IN CTE AT PCC IS ROBUST AND INCREASING Over the last 3 years the Year FTES number of students enrolling in CTE Programs either degree or 2018-2019 1562.98 certificate is increasing as 2017-2018 1510.37 exhibited by increasing enrollments and FTES 2016-2017 1491.47 production
10 PROGRAMS WITH HIGHEST FTES 16/17 TO 18/19 • PCC’s highest -FTES yielding Accounting 9% programs span multiple divisions on campus Nut. Foods & Cul. Art 8% • The top 10 programs account Child Dev. for 51% of CTE FTES 6% generation Everything Info. Tech Else … 5% • 49% of CTE FTES generation is Bus. & Comm. 5% distributed among 75 Reg. programs Nursing 5% Admin. Just. 4% Paralegal Architecture Commercial Art 3% 3% 3%
FTES PER YEAR FOR 9+ CTE UNIT EARNERS: 4.6% INCREASE FROM 2016/17 TO 2018/19 Why this metric matters FTES per Year for 9+ CTE Unit Earners Student success (retention and completion) 1580 • Success of programs • 1560 Local Vision for Success Goals 1540 1B: PCC will increase the number of students • who earned a CCCCO-approved certificate by 20% 1520 3A: PCC will decrease the average number of • units earned among all students who earn an Associate Degree or an ADT and who have taken at least 60 units at PCC by 15% . 1500 Student-Centered Funding Formula 1480 “Student Success Allocation” for 9+ Units of CTE • (1 point per student/$440, with additional funding for Promise and Pell recipients) 1460 Certificates of Achievement- 16 or more units (2 • points per student/$880, with additional funding for Promise and Pell recipients) 1440 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-19 Attainment of Regional Living Wage (1 point per • FTES per Year for 9+ CTE Unit Earners student/$440, with additional funding for Promise and Pell recipients)
CERTIFICATES EARNED BY UNIT TOTAL 60+ UNIT CERTIFICATE 30+ UNIT CERTIFICATE 18-29 UNIT CERTIFICATE 2016/17 2018/19 2017/18 1% 0% 4% 24% 26% 37% 63% 72% 73%
IN THE LAST 4 YEARS, FACULTY MODIFIED 77 CERTIFICATES OF ACHEIVEMENT TO DECREASE UNNECESSARY UNIT ACCUMULATION (MORE OBTAINABLE CERTIFICATES, IN LINE WITH VISION GOALS)
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SUCCESS AT PCC: INCREASING ENROLLMENT WHILE INCREASING STUDENT SUCCESS CTE Programs of Study (POS) are evaluated using the following metrics: • Completion (Degree or Certificate) • Educational Advancement or Transfer (Traditional and Concurrent Enrollment Pathways) • Partnerships with Industry • Employment of program completers • Wage gain
SUCCESSES – PARTNERSHIPS CTE Programs leverage their industry partnerships to provide feedback on program improvement and to provide experiential learning sites for students.
SUCCESS: INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CTE CERTIFICATES EARNED Certificates Earned 640 620 600 580 560 540 520 500 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Certificates Earned 546 608 628
SUCCESS: INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CTE DEGREES EARNED Degrees TOP Coded as CTE 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 AA Degrees AS Degrees ADTs
CTE PROGRAM SUCCESS- EMPLOYMENT Number of hours employed students are working • Most of respondents reported full- time employment Source 2019: Statewide CTE Programs Outcome Survey – PCC Data •
CTE PROGRAM SUCCESS- EMPLOYMENT CTE Students are Finding Employment • Most of respondents reported full- time employment at a single employer • Over 8% reported being successfully self-employed Source 2019: Statewide CTE Programs Outcome Survey – PCC Data •
CTE PROGRAM SUCCESS- WAGE GAIN • Hourly wages of transfer students and non-transfer students — before training versus after training Source 2019: Statewide CTE Programs Outcome Survey – PCC Data •
CTE PROGRAM SUCCESS- STUDENT SATISFACTION Students reporting satisfaction with CTE education obtained at PCC • More than 90% of students were satisfied with the career education they received at PCC Source 2019: Statewide CTE Programs Outcome Survey – PCC Data •
CTE-PARTNERSHIPS Career Technical Education programmatic success require effective partnerships inside and outside the institution as these programs represent the spectrum of terminal occupation education/workforce training programs and transfer programs.
CTE – PARTNERSHIPS Internal collaboration is key to ensuring CTE student success Instruction Institutional Student Research Services Student Success Economic and Grants Workforce Development Career Center
PARTNERSHIPS CTE Programs leverage their industry/educational partnerships to provide feedback on program improvement and to provide experiential learning sites for students. Partners provide: • Partners provide feedback on quality of Programs of Study • Partners may provide experiential learning sites (Internships, Externships, Tours or Work-based learning opportunities). • Access to employment fairs and participate in career readiness workshops • Partners often provide employment opportunities • Articulation agreements/transfer agreements to allow students to further their education
PARTNERSHIPS- EXTERNAL JPL Den Tech • • Cal-Tech Prestige Dental Studios • • Pasadena Unified School District White Memorial Hospital • • City Hope Hospital Care Ambulance Service • • Cedars Sinai Medical Center Rescue Services International • • USC Verdugo Hills McCormick Westmed Ambulance • • Glendale Memorial Hospital University of Southern California • • Glendale Adventist Hospital California State University Northridge • • Kaiser Permanente California State University Channel Islands • • American Medical Response Azusa Pacific University • • Health Care Partners • Pathway Healthcare • Burbank Podiatry Association •
FUTURE OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT PASADENA CITY COLLEGE The future of Career and Technical Education at PCC is bright as through greater intentional focus on increasing student success guided by our local Vision for Success Goals and the Educational and Facility Master Plan. We will continue to grow, modernize and expand our educational program options guided by Labor Market Data • Opportunities to prepare students for livable wage employment • Enhancing strategic Industry and Educational Partnerships that will give PCC CTE students a • competitive edge Embracing innovation and collaboration with secondary, 4-year institutions, and employers. •
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