Guidance Questions for Sector Navigators
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Applicants will be likely asked to address the following:
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
 Explain your professional experience in this sector, including direct work experience, specific
expertise, networks and partnerships you have developed; major accomplishments in both
the public and private sector work; and recognition or awards that serve as a testimony to
your subject matter expertise.
 Describe your past successes in creating educational products and/or services that address
skills gaps for industry, including but not limited to development and adoption of curriculum
(be sure to highlight any experience at the community college level). What needed to be
achieved? What were the outcomes attributable to your efforts?
 Describe how you have taken a leadership role in creating a vision, identifying opportunities,
and acquiring resources to organize cross-organizational and cross-functional teams to
achieve a common set of goals.
 Discuss curricular challenges facing your sector – within the community college tier of
education; between tiers of education, and between higher education and industry.
 List related professional development opportunities you have completed, such as:
o CCCAOE Leadership Program
o ASCCC Curriculum Institute
o Other
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Rate your knowledge of the following from 1-5: (0 = no exposure, 1 = cursory exposure, 3 = applied
and done it, 5 = expert)
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SB 1440 Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC):
http://www.ccccurriculum.net/associate-degrees-for-transfer/
o Course Identification Numbering System (C-ID): http://www.ccccurriculum.net/c-id/
o Curriculum Inventory 2.0: http://curriculum.cccco.edu/
o Program and Course Approval Handbook:
http://www.ccccurriculum.net/compliance-2/pcah/
o New CTE standards of the California Department of Education:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/sf/
Attach your resume.
Attach three references.
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INTEGRATING THE VOICE OF INDUSTRY
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Outline the regions that have selected this sector as priority or emergent
(http://doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/PromoteStudentSuccess/RFAProcess.aspx)?
Within this sector, describe the segment(s) you focus your efforts on and why? Does this
differ by region and why?
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OUTCOMES
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You have funds to charter collaborative communities so that practitioners and/or faculty can
collaborate and provide peer-to-peer knowledge exchange in areas of common interest.
Collaborative communities can choose to interact virtually, via ccc confer, in-person or some
combination thereof. Each collaborative community must have a charter that states its
objectives, names the host, and specifies a span of life for the community. Upon completion of
the charter, the community is retired.
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Define each segment including the size, common characteristics of the businesses and
workforce, locations, industry associations, educational partners (including community
colleges and others), competitors, projected growth and prospect for positive outcomes in
serving this segment.
Describe some of the specific needs and trends that affect this segment’s workforce in the
0-2 year vs. 3-5 year timeframes.
Identify the industry-recognized credentials that employers are willing to pay for or hire
against. If it is an emerging sector, list where credentials are currently under development
or need to be developed.
What do you propose to be the response from the community colleges to each segment?
o What are the offering(s) – such as short and long term training and education
services, career pathway, and/or stackable credentials?
o Which of these responses should be regionalized?
o Which offerings are temporal? Which of these offerings could transcend from noncredit to for-credit over time?
Refer to the document entitled Common Metrics & Accountability Measures located at
http://doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/PromoteStudentSuccess/RFAProcess.aspx. Discuss
your strategy for improving the stated metrics.
EVALUATION AND INTEGRATION OF EXISTING ASSETS
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Discuss the collaborative communities you would propose to meet the goals of your sector.
Identify and evaluate existing Perkins-funded collaboratives or advisories related to this
sector.
Identify redundant advisories across the state (e.g., K-12 system? WIB? Industry groups? SB70 funded? Perkins-funded? EWD-funded? Other). Discuss plans to leverage, co-opt, or
navigate them.
Describe how you plan to structure the sector’s advisory body(ies) moving forward. Please
consider strengthening or leveraging existing rather than forming new ones.
o Each sector listed at
http://doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/PromoteStudentSuccess/RFAProcess.aspx shall
have at least one statewide industry-led advisory body. Note: an advisory body
should have at least 50% industry representation.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Reasons to warrant additional advisory body(ies): sector segments, centers serving
a region or multi-regions, or other.
Discuss their inter-relationship and interaction.
Review the document entitled ‘Overview of Roles & Responsibilities: How Grantees
Integrate to Advance the Workforce Mission of the California Community Colleges’
located
at http://doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/PromoteStudentSuccess/RFAProcess.aspx. Are you
available full time for the role of Sector Navigator? If not, identify percentage of available
time. Discuss how you plan to allocate your time over the 2013-14 year in this role?
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State any potential conflicts of interest in executing this role on behalf of the Chancellor’s
Office.
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How do you plan to staff/resource the coordination function? This may include
communications, website, meeting logistics, reporting, monitoring, etc.
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Attendance at all Extended Operations Teams and Sector Deep Dives is expected.
Dates/times are listed on the doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu website. Please describe any
persisting issues that may impede your participation in these activities.
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Given the available budget, project sufficient funds for travel.
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Identify your fiscal agent. Will you have the support of your fiscal agent as you work to
collect, track, analyze, and report on the Common Metrics & Accountability Measures?
Please describe known/anticipated issues.
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Sector Navigators are key talent roles for the system. No individual can hold more than one
key talent role for the system. Are you being considered for any other of the Chancellor
Office’s key talent roles? If yes, list your role preference in descending order.
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What resources or professional development would you request to help you succeed in
executing the above action plan?
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Sector Navigators will be asked to carry Doing What Matters for Jobs and Economy business
cards. Your title will be “Director & Sector Navigator” followed by the sector. What is your
preferred name layout, address, phone (work and cell), email, and twitter handle (optional).
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