Career Education Practices Unit
June 2012 Update
2012-2013 Master Calendar for Perkins Funds
The Master Calendar for Perkins provides important dates and deadlines for Perkins related MIS data submissions,
reporting, certification, and the allocation determination process. Dates provided are subject to change by the
Chancellor’s Office (CO).
Note: The Legal Terms and Conditions state that: all reports that fall on a weekend or a holiday
are due by close of business on the last working day prior to the reporting deadline. Extensions of reporting
deadlines may be made with the approval of the Project Monitor.
CTE Transitions: http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/WorkforceandEconDev/CareerEducationPractices/PerkinsIV/CTETransitions.aspx
Title I-B: http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/WorkforceandEconDev/CareerEducationPractices/PerkinsIV/PerkinsIVTitleIPartB.aspx
TitIe I-C: https://misweb.cccco.edu/ctegrantplan/doc/LegalTerms&Conditions_articles_V2.pdf
Key Upcoming Dates
June 24, 2012
Last day to submit online 4th Qtr. Report budget change requests for CTE Transitions, Title
I-C, and Title I-B program year 2011-2012.
July 1, 2012
2012-2013 Perkins Title I-C grants become effective on this date.
District applications must be substantially approved prior to July 1, 2012 for the expenditure of funds to begin.
July 25, 2012
4th Qtr. Reports for program year 2011-2012 are due.
August 31, 2012
Final Reports for program year 2011-2012 are due.
Chancellor’s Office Mailing Address Correction
Please include “SUITE 4554” as part of the Chancellor’s Office’s mailing address:
California Community Colleges Chancellor Office
1102 Q Street, Suite 4554
Sacramento, CA 95811-6539
This will greatly help the post office sort our mail quicker and more accurately!
Clinton Global Initiative Lauds Bay Area Partnership that Helps Students Land Jobs in Retail Sector
A new partnership that brings together the California Community Colleges, a Silicon Valley technology firm and a
leading business membership group was recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative as an innovative model for
promoting economic recovery in the United States. Corporate Voices for Working Families is comprised of
Staples, Gap, Safeway, KPMG, Prudential, TeleTech and other companies that already are participating on
LearnUp’s site. Foothill College students in Los Altos Hills recently participated in beta testing of the LearnUp
platform.
The partnership, formally announced at the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting in Chicago, combines realtime labor market information and online skills training for community college students seeking to fill in-demand
jobs in the retail sector. Silicon Valley-based LearnUp is an online job skills training platform that allows users to
learn skills from employers and professionals, track progress on a “skills resume,” and receive job offers. For
more information, http://www.corporatevoices.org or www.learnup.me
REPORTS AND STUDIES
California's Economic Payoff: Investing in College Access & Completion
(April 2012)
The report documents the economic return to the state of California for every
$1 it invests in public higher education, finding that the state will reap $4.50
from taxes on the increased earnings of college graduates and lower costs for
providing other state safety net services and incarceration. That's a net return
of 450 percent. The report also captures the significant economic return for
students who graduate versus attend but never complete at a CSU or UC, and
documents their personal payoff. All findings are disaggregated by
race/ethnicity.
http://www.collegecampaign.org/resources/our-publications/
Download the Key Findings
Read the Full Report
Measuring Institutional Conditions that Support Student Success in
the California Community Colleges (May 2012)
This new report, prepared by IHELP for the University of California All
Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity (UC/ACCORD), looks at
the opportunities and challenges in measuring institutional conditions that
support student success. The report, part of the Pathways to
Postsecondary Success project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, draws from the literature and ongoing research to develop a
set of indicators and metrics to assess the institutional conditions related
to student success in the California community colleges. The report
describes the significant challenges in identifying, defining and measuring
indicators of supportive institutional conditions in the community colleges,
but offers a list of possible indicators and existing sources of data that
could be used as a “starting point” in defining a set that could fairly and
accurately capture the conditions at a particular institution.
http://www.csus.edu/ihelp/PDFs/R_Measuring%20Institutional%20Conditions_0512.pdf
BRIC (Bridging Research, Information and Culture) Technical Assistance Program Inquiry Guide:
Improving CTE Programs with Data and Evidence (March 2012)
This guide provides information on and a process for engaging faculty in continuous career and technical
education (CTE) improvement at the program level. Generally speaking, CTE program improvement means
using evidence to identify the points in an occupational program where students may be struggling to
participate, perform, persist and/or complete; determine factors that may be contributing to those challenges;
select and implement a solution; and assess its impact. Federal Perkins legislation outlines nine areas for
program improvement and annually allocates funds to community colleges in support of this process.
http://www.rpgroup.org/sites/default/files/BRIC%20Inquiry%20Guide%20-%20Improving%20CTE.pdf
From the OVAE Connections Issue #103: Accountability—Rewarding High-Performing Programs
Investing in America’s Future: A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education ushered in the
prospect of an era of results-driven CTE. One of the specific reforms proposed in the Blueprint is to reward
programs for results, for example, reducing gaps in educational attainment and employment between different
groups of students, by linking a portion of available funding to outcomes. There is a variety of ways that results
and funding may be linked. One is by performance-based funding (PBF), which several states have voluntarily
adopted for their adult education programs. PBF has been adopted in CTE by a small number of states,
including Washington, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. In Washington PBF is not limited to CTE, but also
includes programs in both adult and postsecondary education.
In 2006, Washington’s decennial strategic master plan for higher education set two important goals, combining
traditional student achievement and economic development goals to create a quality higher education system
that (1) provides expanded opportunity for more Washingtonians to complete postsecondary degrees,
certificates, and apprenticeships, and (2) drives greater economic prosperity, innovation, and opportunity.
Also in 2006, the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Education began PBF, using state funds
to reward community colleges based on the accumulation of “momentum points” awarded when students
achieve specified goals. Washington rewards student progress from wherever students begin and grants more
points for gains in pre-college rather than in college-level work. Short term, intermediate outcomes are used to
allocate momentum points. Once momentum points are earned, the funding attached to this achievement is
added to the college’s base budget. Thus, colleges compete with themselves rather than with one another.
Washington’s community and technical colleges increased their performance across all student outcome
categories after their “Achievement Points” PBF plan took effect in 2006. PBF led the colleges to link PBF
priorities with strategic planning and accreditation activities, and to focus on improving instruction, tutoring,
assessment, and advisement.
Rewarding performance over process enables states to reward high-performing programs, assist lowperforming programs, and develop and implement their vision of CTE transformation in a way that meets their
economic priorities and community needs. Accountability innovations included in the Blueprint build on the
initiatives of Washington and several other states by using Perkins funding to encourage efficient resource
allocation, greater awareness and attention to state priorities, and a results-oriented education for all students.
For further information on PBF in Washington and other states, see the National Governors Association
publication Degrees for What Jobs? (www.nga.org/center). Those interested in Performance-Based Funding in
Adult Education may follow the hyperlink to the 2007 MPR report to OVAE by that title.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Summer 2012 Community College Leadership Academy
June 10-13, 2012
Location: University of San Diego
For more Information: http://www.sandiego.edu/soles/centers/ccla/
2012 Career Clusters Institute: Setting a New Standard
June 18-20, 2012
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C
For more information: http://blog.careertech.org/?cat=266
SkillsUSA 48th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC)
June 23-27, 2012
Location: Kansas City, MO
For more information: http://www.skillsusa.org/events/nlsc.shtml
SkillsUSA Techspo
June 24-26, 2012
Location: Kansas City, MO
For more Information: http://www.skillsusa.org/events/techspo.shtml
California Workforce Association 2012 Meeting of the Minds in Monterey
September 4-6, 2012
Location: Monterey Marriott Hotel
For more information: http://calworkforce.org/home
2012 Student Success Conference
October 3-4, 2012 with optional workshops October 5
Location: Hilton Costa Mesa Orange County
Sponsored by the Research & Planning Group for California Community Colleges, the Strengthening Student Success
conference provides a unique opportunity for a wide cross-section of people to gather and brainstorm ways to strengthen
institutional effectiveness and student learning.
For more information: http://www.rpgroup.org/events/2012-student-success-conference
CCCAOE Fall 2012 Conference
October 17-19, 2012
Location: Renaissance Long Beach Hotel 111 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802
For more information: http://www.cccaoe.org/conference/FConference.html
National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE)
October 19-23, 2012
Location: Hyatt Regency Long Beach
For more information: http://www.ncwe.org/?page=annual_conference
League for Innovation in the Community College STEM Tech Conference
October 28-30, 2012
Location: Westin Crown Center and the Sheraton Crown Center
Kansas City, MO
For more information: http://www.league.org/2012stemtech/
Workforce Leaders Institute: (Working Title) Leadership in the Time of Change
November 5-7, 2012
Location: UCLA Conference Center, Lake Arrowhead, CA
For more information: http://www.laocrc.com/Pages/default.aspx
Community College League of California Annual Convention and Partner Conferences
November 15–17, 2012
Location: Los Angeles Millennium Biltmore
For more information: www.ccleague.org/convention
Association for Career and Technical Education 2012 National Conference
Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2012
Location: Atlanta, GA
For more information: http://www.acteonline.org/vision.aspx
This is the last edition of the CEP Update until September 2012.
CTE Resource Guide: http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/WorkforceandEconDev/CareerEducationPractices/PerkinsIV.aspx
CEP Updates are available at:
http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/WorkforceandEconDev/CareerEducationPractices/MonthlyUpdates.aspx