Announcements:

CAI Grant Results to be Available in March/April 2023

Visit the CCCCO WEDD Apprenticeship Site to view updates and information. The California Apprenticeship Initiative will distribute $57 million and is categorizing priorities in 3 key areas, including planning, implementation and expansion. Youth apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeships and programs serving 18-24 years old were also specifically mentioned, as were non-traditional programs and those increasing the participation of women apprentices as being of interest to the CCCCO. The next funding round is dependent on remaining balance availability. For information contact: Apprenticeship Program Specialist, Workforce and Economic Development, Sean McCobb, 916.322.9048; smccobb@cccco.edu 

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Apprenticeship Innovation Grant Application to be Available in Spring 2023

The Division of Apprenticeship Standards is due to release an Apprenticeship Innovation Grant, designed to provide support to non-traditional apprenticeship programs, including wrap-around "per apprentice" funding. Stay tuned for additional information and check DAS for additional details at: https://www.dir.ca.gov/DAS/Grants/Apprenticeship-Innovation-Funding.html 

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The latest Teacher Occupations Full Report produced in August 2022, is available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UrMSKH57EJudSjw2PgwWRBNSdGsU04dw/view 

ECE/EDU Sector Data in the SF Bay Region by county, as well as a profile of the Out-of-School Time sub-sector is available. 

The latest Teacher Occupations Brief produced in June 2022, is available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xABLWsVZXevLC4faGJPvRxc4Ou0EhbHw/view

The new Teacher Occupations Dashboard developed by Chris Lee and John Carrese at the COE includes county by county data on the sector. It can be found at: Teacher Occupations Dashboard: https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/e6faae36-a5ce-47a3-972e-5abbda52315d/page/hvlmC

Data for your grants, projects and sector use is available! Produced by the Centers of Excellence with assistance from, RJV Coordinator, Kathleen White

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Stay up on California Apprenticeship NEWS! Subscribe to Grow Apprenticeship California at: https://growapprenticeshipca.org/apprenticeship-expansion-project/

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Attend the 2nd Annual ECEPTS Conference on ECE Apprenticeships - MAY 1 - 4, 2023

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Ontario Airport, Ontario, California. Information and registration at: https://ecepts.org/events/

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Please contact Kathleen White  at kwhite@ccsf.edu and John Dunn at john@baccc.net to schedule sub-regional or local team meetings to discuss ECE/EDU pathways, pipelines, dual-enrollment, and apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship options. 

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Grantees for the second round of the 2022  California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) grant were announced in June 2022. Congratulations to the following ECE/EDU Grantees: Mission College, Santa Rosa JC and Chabot College join Skyline College and Hartnell College as recent CAI grantees from the BACCC region. An additional college planning to create ECE/EDU Programs is De Anza CC. Operating programs include those at Berkeley City College, City College of San Francisco and Foothill CC. Congratulations! 

>If you are interested in applying for an ECE/EDU Sector CAI grant, please complete this quick CAI apprenticeship grant survey: https://forms.gle/iL2LWbNN4NvoTuJQ9

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The Biden/Harris Administration announced plans to support teacher recruitment and fund programs to address staffing needs in the sector. Press announcement at: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USED/bulletins/32a64b5

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Growing ECE/EDU Workforce Pathways, Pipelines and Apprenticeships - #RJV7!

Thank you for supporting the ECE/EDU Sector Regional Joint Venture for 2022-2024. RJV7 titled, Expanding ECE/EDU Pathways, Pipelines and Apprenticeships, was approved for funding by our region! Proposed activities posted at: https://baccc.knack.com/swp-tracking#rjv-r7-vote/

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Download the newly released Five Point Action Plan from the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) and view briefings on budget components related to workforce development and Apprenticeship Innovation Funding are posted on the LWDA Youtube site. Join Secretary Palugyai on an overview of opportunities and workforce projects at: LWDA Link

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Past Meetings

Thank you to the 23 participants that attended the technical assistance workshop on February 22, 2023 featuring Pam Knapp, San Joaquin County Office of Education. She provided an overview of how SJCCOE operates an apprenticeship program for teacher aides in the school district and includes 16-18 year olds as full apprentices. 

Powerpoint - Announcements

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Thank you to the 26 participants that attended the technical assistance workshop held on October 12th, 2022 with Phuong Tran, Apprenticeship Director, Foothill College. She provided an overview of how Foothill schedules apprenticeship classes, creates cohort codes, registers apprentices and reports attendance for RSI and apportionment.

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Supplemental Resource - Student Attendance and Accounting Manual

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Thank you to the 36 participants from the SF Bay Region who attended the technical assistance workshop held on September 14, 2022 at 3PM with Adele Burnes, Deputy Director, DAS and Douglas Kawa, DAS. 

Adele covered funding in the 22-23 budget for apprenticeships, growth areas at DAS and introduced Douglas Kawa as an ECE/EDU area specialist. He can be reached at DAS at: dkawa@dir.ca.gov. 

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DAS Powerpoint

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Teach for the Bay #3, hosted on September 29th and 30th, was attended by 1009 participants!  

Workshop recordings are posted at: www.teachforthebay.com  in an updated flip book.

Thank you SF Bay Region for offering workshops and a warm thank you to team Teach for the Bay which included, Conference Coordinator, Tracy Burt, CCSF and Jerica Coffey, CCSF Faculty lead, Lea Martinez, Rio Hondo,  Andrea Medina, DVC, and Anne Chan, CCSF. 

Keynotes, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Ph.D. and plenary presenter, Farima Pour-Khorshid shared riveting presentations attended by over 250 participants. 

The purpose of Teach for the Bay is to encourage those in our region to consider careers in teaching (at all levels) and to promote our regional higher education partners! 

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Our ECE/EDU Workforce Development Symposium ​was a success! Thank you to the 229 CA educators who registered for the symposium, held on Friday, May 13th, 2022, from 11AM -3PM! We had participants joining throughout the day including faculty, staff, and administrators from California Community Colleges from throughout the state, as well as our higher education transfer partners, K-12 school districts and employers. 

Opening statements from Marty Alvarado, CCCCO Vice Chancellor, and Mary Sandy, Executive Director of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing set the tone for the day, 

A warm thank you to Steve Bautista, Santa Ana College and ACCCTEP President and  Lea Martinez, Rio Hondo College and Renee Marshall, TPP and ED. Consultant and,  Tracy Burt, CDEV CCSF, for the support and leadership during this event. A special thank you to Teach for LA. Teach for the Bay and the BACCC ECE/EDU Apprenticeship RJV for supporting this work! 

Missed the symposium? Want to revisit the information? 

PowerPoint - Recording - Jamboard Notes - Input from Participants

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Thank you to the 18 RJV participants that joined us at our two "Open Office Hours" for ECE/EDU California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) Grant Applicants on March 1 and 9th, 2022! 

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Thank you to the 27 participants that joined us at the first ECE/EDU Apprenticeship RJV meeting on Feb. 1, 2022, featuring John Dunn, Director of Apprenticeship at BACCC to hear about his plans to support our sector work, including pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, grant opportunities and working with the CCCCO, CDE and workforce development boards.

Powerpoint - Recording

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Thank you to the 26 participants that joined us at the, "Understanding Workforce Development Boards - 101" presentation on December 1, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00PM, with Charles Henkels, LAUNCH Network, Riverside County;

Bob Lanter, CA Workforce Association; MaryAnn Pranke, Verdugo Workforce Development Board. The role of WDB's, funding available through WDB's, links to apprenticeship and challenges in building collaboration between ECE/EDU and Workforce Development Boards were covered.  

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Randi Wolfe, ECEPTS; Tina Watts, Skyline; Tracy Burt, CCSF; Joya Chavarin, Berkeley CC shared apprenticeship launch, standards, CAI grants and management tips with 18 participants at an open "Coffee Chat" on Monday, November 1, 2021-2:00PM - 3:30PM.

Powerpoint  - Recording

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Thank you to the 31 participants that attended the Regional Employer Panel - Hearing Employer Needs in ECE/EDU as a Basis for HRTP/Apprenticeship Formation with Kai Ming Headstart, Kidango, Bright Horizons, Mountain View Wiseman SD, Girls, Inc, YMCA East Bay - and High Road Alliance on October 13, 2021 from 2:00-3:30PM.

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Thank you to the 1187 students that attended a Teach for the Bay workshop at the second annual conference!  Thank you also to all of our college and community partners for presenting over 30 workshops on October 6-8, 2021! 

Workshop recordings are posted at www.teachforthebay.com 

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Thank you to the 58 participants that attended the October 7, 2021 workshop on the YMCA East Bay Apprenticeship Program - a Grow your Own Model with Pamm Shaw, Director and Apprentices: Tayilar Henderson, Andrea Cruz, Erica Davis, Yvette Perez

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Thank you to the 53 participants that attended the October 6, 2021 workshop on Becoming an Apprentice in Early Childhood Education with Skyline College, City College of San Francisco and Berkeley Community College

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The Bay Area Youth Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Community of Practice and the ECE/EDU RJV Community of Practice joined forces with our Dual-enrollment, K-14 Directors  discussed Dual Enrollment in ECE/EDU Apprenticeship with 31 participants on Tuesday, September 28, from 2:00-3:00PM.

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An overview of, "What are High Road Training Partnerships and Why are they Important in Apprenticeship"? - with the High Road Alliance - Thank you to the 34 attendees on September 23, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00PM

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Grant Writers Roundtable for the Bay Area College Apprenticeship Connection; September 8, 2021, from 10:00 -11:00AM to prepare for the CAI Grant; ECE/EDU co-sponsored. 

Powerpoint - Recording

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 "Paving the Way- Developing Pathways for Expanded Learning Educators into Teaching"; Monday, August 23, 2021, from 10:00 - 12:30 PM. The SF BAY Region ECE/EDU Programs held a meeting with the California After-school Network (CAN) at 12:30-1:30PM to discuss developing pathways for extended learning and after-school educators into teaching. 

Powerpoint - Recording

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Virtual Practitioner FREE Statewide TPP Conference “ Bringing Systems Together”  - August 18th and August 20th, 2021- For Faculty, Administrators, K-12 and Partners of California Community College TPP Programs. We hosted two workshops for the ECE/EDU Apprenticeship RJV: 

Workshop #1 - Growing Apprenticeships in the San Francisco Bay Area - Wednesday, August 18, 2021- 12:30-2:00PM - Powerpoint  - Recording

Workshop #2 - Accessing and Utilizing Data to Prioritize the ECE/EDU Sector with the Centers of Excellence - Wednesday, August 18, 2021-2:15-3:30 PM 

Powerpoint - Recording 

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 2:30 - 4PM 

Powerpoint - Recording

New to Apprenticeship? Apprenticeship Overview - Summary and Nuts and Bolts, Adele Burnes, Regional Apprenticeship Director, BACCC; Community College, Employer and College Responsibilities, Monique Pascual, Apprenticeship and Instructional Services, CCSF; RJV News, Kathleen White

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 2:30 -4PM 

Powerpoint - Recording

Launch and RJV Introduction - Why now? How apprenticeship can help address workforce shortages in ECE/EDU/EXL/TK - An ECE/EDU Apprenticeship overview - the role of the intermediary in ECE/EDU - Randi Wolfe, ECEPTS and Kathleen White      

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Apprenticeship, Pathways and Programs Regional Updates - 2022-2023

• Legacy apprenticeship programs at Berkeley City College were the first to be established with ECEPTS in 2018-2019. 

• CCSF established a second program and a third at Skyline (SMCCD) were launched in 2019-2020.

• In February 2022, three CAI grants in the region in ECE/EDU were awarded to Skyline College, Hartnell College and SFUSD.

• In June 2022, three additional CAI grants were awarded in the region in ECE/EDU to Chabot, Mission and Santa Rosa Community Colleges. 

• Additional ECE/EDU Apprenticeship programs were launched at Foothill and De Anza Colleges.

• In the December 2022, CAI round, the following applicants from the BACCC region submitted ECE/EDU Apprenticeship proposals or approved new sponsorship agreements: San Jose City College EDU Collaborative including Hartnell and Cabrillo Colleges; Extended Learning Collaborative including Partnership for Youth and Berkeley CC.; Contra Costa County Office of Education ECE/EDU Proposal; Santa Clara County Office of Education Educator Workforce Proposal.

• 22 additional CAI sub-regional application discussions were held with Kathleen White and/or John Dunn with the following colleges, CBO's or K-12 representatives: Merritt CC, Gavilan CC, Contra Costa CC, Solano CC, Los Medanos CC, Cabrillo CC, San Jose City, Monterey CC, DVC, Marin, West Valley CC, Region 5 - Expanded Learning Partnerships, Monterey COE, Santa Clara COE, Contra Costa COE, San Mateo County COE, SFUSD, Alameda COE, Oakland USD, West Valley CC, Ohlone CC, Partnership for Youth.

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