Career Technical Education Enhancement Fund
CTE EF 40% Regional Allocation – Template
Name of Colleges: Folsom Lake College, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento City College, and American River College
Name of District: Los Rios District
Primary Contact: Steve Linthicum, DSN, Greater Sacramento Region
Email of Primary Contact: slinthicum@sierracollege.edu
CTE EF 40% Application DRAFT
Part 1: Criteria for Funding
Please read and review the State's Budget language governing the use of these funds before completing this application.
(1) $50,000,000 of the funds appropriated in Schedule (17) shall be provided on a one-time basis to create greater
incentive for California Community Colleges to develop, enhance, retool, and expand quality career technical
education offerings that build upon existing community college regional capacity to respond to regional labor
market needs. Funds may be used for equipment, curriculum development, professional development, and
other related costs necessary to develop, enhance, retool, and expand quality career technical education
offerings.
(2) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall allocate these funds to the community college regions
based on a formula that factors in the total number of full-time equivalent students, including full-time
equivalent students in career technical education courses. The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
shall, in consultation with community colleges within each region, designate either the district then serving as
the fiscal agent for the regional consortia or an alternative district to serve as the fiscal agent for these funds.
(3) The funds shall be distributed by the fiscal agent to the California Community College districts within the region
for career technical education programs that are developed with industry input, matched by industry resources,
and adopted by faculty upon certification by the regional consortia. The courses or programs of study for which
the funds are requested shall meet all of the following criteria:
(A) Be for occupations and sectors that are demonstrated to be in demand in the regional labor market.
(B) Be for occupations for which regional production of employees is insufficient to meet labor market demand.
(C) Demonstrate regional alignment of program and curricula.
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(4) Priority for funding shall go to programs that meet all of the criteria listed in paragraph (3) and that meet one or
more of the following criteria:
(A) Are in priority sectors identified by the region.
(B) Are in emerging sectors identified by the region.
(C) Are articulated with K-12 or four year institutions.
(5) Individual colleges and districts shall be responsible for identifying eligible programs and their faculty,
implementing courses and programs to meet regional capacity needs, participating in regional coordination
efforts, articulating with K-12 and four year institutions, and submitting outcome data to the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges.
(6) The regional consortia shall be responsible for certifying labor market demand with input from regional
employers and essential workforce and economic development partners, prioritizing investment of funds
according to industry sections and occupations, and ensuring regional coordination.
(7) The district designated as the fiscal agent in each region shall be responsible for distributing the funds to each
district within its region following certification by the regional consortia that the courses and programs
submitted by the districts and colleges for funding meet the criteria listed in this subdivision (f).
(8) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall be responsible for administering the distribution of
funds to the fiscal agents for each region and monitoring progress toward meeting regional and statewide
career technical education needs."
You will be asked to certify that your use of funds meets ALL of the following three criteria:
(A) Be for occupations and sectors that are demonstrated to be in demand in the regional labor market.
(B) Be for occupations for which regional production of employees is insufficient to meet labor market demand.
(C) Demonstrate regional alignment of program and curricula.
In addition, you will be asked to certify that you gave priority consideration to courses/programs that meet all the above
and one or more of the criteria below:
(A) Are in priority sectors identified by the region.
(B) Are in emerging sectors identified by the region.
(C) Are articulated with K-12 or four year institutions.
Part 2: Participating Colleges, Contacts
You will be asked to provide the Name, Title, Phone, Fax, and Email for the following positions:
 District Superintendent/President (or authorized designee)
 Responsible Administrator (Should not be the same as Project Director)
 Project Director (Person Responsible for conducting the daily operation of the grant)
 Person Responsible for Data Entry
 District Chief Business Officer (or authorized designee)
 Person Responsible for Budget Certification
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Part 3: Other Participating Colleges, Contacts
You will be asked to indicate if other colleges will be participating and, if so, provide primary contact information for
those colleges.
Los Rios Colleges (American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College, and Sacramento City
College). It is anticipated that the remaining colleges in the North / Far North Region will have access to utilize the
NetLabs environment during the grant funding period at no cost (ending June 30, 2016), with access continuing
thereafter under a funding mechanism that will insure sustainability and availability of the virtual lab environment.
This sustainability model will be developed in a transparent manner during the grant funding period, with the idea
that it can be supported through colleges’ cost savings resultant from less frequent hardware refreshment.
Part 4: Proposal Overview
1. Provide a one-line description of your proposal (70 characters maximum)
“NetLABS Regional Hub” provides a virtual environment for software instruction.
2. Total amount requested: $528,000 (some variance likely based upon equipment quotes from multiple sources).
2. a.
Is this proposal being submitted to multiple regions? No
if no, continue to 3, if yes, continue to 2.b.
2. b. Indicate the amount of money requested from and for each region
Region
Amount Requested
North/Far North
Bay
Central/Mother Lode
South Central Coast
San Diego/Imperial
Inland Empire
Los Angeles/Orange County
3. Select the TOP codes for the program area proposed for funding
0701 Information Communication Technology, general
0702 Computer Information Science
0707 Software Development
0708 Computer Infrastructure and Support.
In addition to these computer science-related TOP codes, any program that requires use of a high powered computer
networking system can benefit from this proposal.
4. Provide a brief overview to your proposal (250 words maximum)
Include a description of the labor market your proposal targets, how your proposal demonstrates or builds regional
alignment of programs and curricula; and how your proposal develops, enhances, retools, and/or expands quality
career technical education offerings.
This combination of software and hardware will enable faculty and students, from any Internet accessible location,
without the need for high bandwidth, to utilize a virtual lab environment designed to provide “hands-on” experience
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with a variety of computer operating systems and applications software. A large number of ICT related labs have been
developed by NSF funded technology centers, enabling colleges in the region to offer both entry level classes and
incumbent worker training in ICT related areas that range from introductory computer classes to cutting edge courses
that focus on information security, virtualization, big data, and network configuration and design (see list of .labs at:
http://sl.sierracollege.edu/FNF-NetLabs )
A key feature of this lab environment is the ability to control access to individual lab environments (pods) through its
reservation system. For on-ground classes, faculty will be able to reserve a sufficient number of pods for their
students during class time. Since the lab environment is available on a 7/24 basis, students will be able to register for
pod access on a first come, first serve basis, and gain hands-on experience outside of the classroom. The lab
environment is also well suited for instruction of online classes. Faculty are provided with key statistical information
that includes “time on task.” Additionally faculty can “enter” a student’s pod remotely and provide real time
assistance to the student.
A project demonstration video can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90yW9r6gQCo
5. What Regions will be served by your proposal?
In terms of geographic regions, this proposal, because of its virtual nature, is capable of serving all fifteen (15)
community colleges in the North / Far North region. Additionally it can serve as a model for all regional consortia and
community colleges in the State, through a functional and sustainable resource sharing model. In terms of economic
regions, while the primary initial focus will be on the ICT sector and those courses that are able to leverage the
existing lab library developed by NSF funded Advanced Technology Centers like CSSIA (see http://www.cssia.org), this
virtual environment can service the educational needs of just about any economic region and industry sector where
software applications are utilized. For example, a simple pod containing Windows (7 or 8.1) and Intuit’s QuickBooks
could be quickly developed, providing students with access to this software in a controlled virtual environment. The
same would be true with the Esri’s ArcGIS for Desktop software. The interesting issue that is presented with this
approach is software licensing, but that can be solved. Fortunately, as long as colleges are members of Microsoft’s
DreamSpark program and hold campus licensing agreements, licensing is not a problem with Microsoft.
6. What Economic Subregions will be served by your proposal?
As described above, because of the nature of this virtual lab environment, it can be utilized for courses that focus on
courses directed at entry level students as well as the incumbent workforce. It is suitable for both academic courses
as well as contract education opportunities.
7. Describe the intended impact on students and the labor market with this investment (200 words)
Given the capability of this virtualized lab environment to provide hands on training with a variety of operating
system environments and software applications from any Internet accessible location with 7/24 access, students will
have greater access to the learning environment that is not restricted by limitations associated with physical
computer labs (e.g. building access hours).
Part 5: Labor Market Analysis
1. Does this proposal serve one of the priority or emergent industry sectors for North/Far North? Yes.
 Advanced Manufacturing
 Agriculture, Water, & Environmental Technologies
 Health
 ICT/Digital Media
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 Small Business
 Not a Priority or Emergent Sector*
* If response to above is Not a Priority or Emergent Sector, be sure to explain how your proposal meets criteria (C)
Programs are articulated with K-12 or four year institutions in Part 6: Regional Alignment
2. Provide a brief description of the industry sector, occupational cluster, or occupations that your proposal targets.
The initial focal point is the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector, with specific focus on the
installation, configuration, and management of computers (workstations and servers) and their networks. Areas of
coverage include, but are not limited to cyber security, virtualization, cloud computing, database configuration and
management, and cyber security. Given the nature of this virtualization environment, other areas of coverage outside
of the ICT sector. For example this environment could be utilized for software instruction (training) for other sectors
like advanced manufacturing, agriculture, health, and small business.
3. The CTE Enhancement Fund requires that funded proposals meet the following criteria:
(A) Be for occupations and sectors that are demonstrated to be in demand in the regional labor market.
(B) Be for occupations for which regional production of employees is insufficient to meet labor market demand.
Describe how your proposal meets these criteria. In your explanation describe:
● the occupations targeted, providing SOC codes (available through Onetonline.org) unless the proposal targets a
broad range of occupations
● the geographic areas of the labor markets your proposal will serve
● the labor market demand and supply for the occupations you are targeting in the areas you are serving
● the difference between supply and demand and how your proposal will assist in closing the gap
The primary occupations that are targeted are identified below. However, given the nature and capabilities of the
NetLabs environment, it can be utilized for any occupational setting where software usage is a component of job
functionality.
The geographic areas of the labor markets served by the proposal include the entire North/Far North Regions. The
information provided in the table below builds upon this. Key shortages exist on a local, regional, and national level,
particularly in “cyber security professionals” workforce (See Building the Pipeline: Community Colleges on the Cutting
Edge of Cybersecurity Education, National Initiative on CyberSecurity Education, November 2014).
4. Please cite the sources of labor market information that informed this proposal. (100 words)
The source of LMI was extracted from the Center of Excellence pivot tables provided to the NFN consortium. Their
sources include EMSI occupation employment industry data and final EMSI staffing patterns. Wage estimates are
based on Occupational Employment Statistics and the American Community Survey. The report also uses data from
the California Labor Market Information Department. Because this proposal can benefit the entire NFN region, the
labor market data is shown for the Greater Sacramento (GS), Northern Coastal (NC), and Northern Inland (NI) regions.
Please fill in the table below for each occupation and for the service area you specified in your response to #3. If more
than 5 occupations, please select the 5 most important occupations.
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Computer
Systems Analysts
Information
Security Analysts
Computer
Programmers
Software
Developers, Apps
Software
Developers,
Systems
Software
Occupation Title
SOC Code
15-1121
15-1122
15-1131
15-1132
15-1133
Number Employed in 2013
9176 GS
116 NC
239 NI
557 GS
26 NC
57 NI
2167 GS
63 NC
225 NI
3918 GS
58 NC
197 NI
4639 GS
44 NC
158 NI
Number projected to be employed in 2016
9789 GS
127 NC
278 NI
611 GS
29 NC
65 NI
2244 GS
65 NC
240 NI
4229 GS
68 NC
242 NI
4866 GS
50 NC
185 NI
Projected annual openings* over the 20132016 time period.
613 GS
11 NC
39 NI
54 GS
3 NC
8 NI
77 GS
2 NC
15 NI
311 GS
10 NC
45 NI
227 GS
6 NC
27 NI
Starting hourly wage (10th percentile hourly
wage)
$28.50 GS
$24.94 NC
$21.31 NI
$31.58 GS
$18.53 NC
$24.77 NI
$17.49 GS
$13.00 NC
$15.76 NI
$29.53 GS
$29.18 NC
$23.94 NI
$31.54 GS
$22.44 NC
$27.40 NI
Median hourly wage
$37.56 GS
$31.55 NC
$32.86 NI
$59.32 GS
$33.73 NC
$36.53 NI
$36.33 GS
$27.37 NC
$26.01 NI
$43.37 GS
$41.52 NC
$36.80 NI
$42.57 GS
$36.09 NC
$39.76 NI
Annual labor market supply from community
colleges
Total annual labor market supply from all
sources
Annual Demand - Supply All Sources
Projected increase resulting from proposal, if
any, in community college contribution to
meeting the labor market demand
*Annual openings include openings created by workers separating from an occupation permanently, retirements for
example.
5. Commentary on above table. (An opportunity to explain any unique aspects of your labor market information.)
Based on the LMI, all NFN colleges stand to benefit from this proposal as evidenced by the supply/demand labor
market gap.
Part 6: Regional Alignment
1. Describe how your proposal builds upon and utilizes existing assets within the regions you will be serving. (Existing
regional partnerships, SB1070 efforts, AB86, CPT, TAACCT, WIB/WIA, Industry Partnerships) (200 words)
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Through the SB 1070 regional consortium, the Los Rios colleges and Sierra College are working with the ASCCC to
capitalize on the success of the C-ID articulation process between community college and CSUs to develop a
mechanism for regional articulation between the high schools and community colleges for CTE pathways.
2. Describe how your proposal will build the capacity for increased alignment of community colleges with regional
workforce development needs. (200 words)
Because NetLabs NSF labs will be available to all faculty, students will gain industry-recognized training that will be
portable to all college in the region.
3. Describe how your proposal utilizes and/or builds articulations with K-12 and four-year colleges. (200 words)
See above regarding SB 1070 activities.
Part 7: Industry Engagement
1. Describe how industry was engaged in the development of this proposal? (200 words)
The initial focus for utilization of the NetLabs environment was to provide instruction in classes that included
virtualization and cyber security. In connection with this effort, the membership local chapters of international
professional organizations have been involved in the evaluation process (ISSA, ISACA, and ISC2). Chapter members
from these organizations are employed by a wide variety of employers, including Verizon, SMUD, IntelliBridge,
McAfee, Health Net, VSP, Intel, Blue Shield, and the State of California.
Based upon the availability of Cisco Academy related labs, consultation with both Cisco and California community
colleges (Coastline and Ohlone), along with further consultation with faculty at California Polytechnic State University
- Pomona, provided information that supported the utilization of NetLabs in the Academy line of instruction.
A key concern relative to the sustainability of the NetLabs Regional Hub is the idea of industry sponsorship. Following
the approach utilized by the National Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA), providing the
Region’s businesses with the opportunity to support our efforts in building a capable workforce in areas like cyber
security.
2. Describe the industry match your proposal will provide
Source of Match
Type of Match
Value of Match
Sector Navigator (ICT/DM)
Funding for the purchase of a Pilot
NetLabs System. Primary uses include
faculty development and lab
curriculum development.
$46,750
Deputy Sector Navigator (ICT/DM)
Funding for faculty development and
lab curriculum development
$20,000
3. Comments on Industry Match (100 words)
The funding for the Pilot NetLabs System was obtained through a competitive sub-grant opportunity. Funding from
the DSN is consistent with his work plan that includes both faculty professional development and curriculum
development. Efforts relative to additional industry match will be commenced immediately upon the proposal’s
approval. Goals associated with industry match include the development of additional project capacity and project
sustainability based upon industry sponsorship.
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Part 8: Faculty Engagement
1. Describe how faculty was engaged in the development of this proposal and how they will be engaged in its execution.
(200 words)
This proposal is championed by key ICT faculty from all of the Los Rios colleges, with the assistance and input of
the Regions' Deputy Sector Navigators for ICT/DM, Steve Linthicum, a full-time ICT faculty member at Sierra
College, and Myron Curtis, an adjunct faculty member at Butte College. Faculty recognize the importance of
adding this virtual environment to the instructional tools and the benefits associated with the utilization of the
library of NSF funded labs that are available for students in the NetLabs environment. Faculty will participate in
development activities that will enable them to manage the student learning environment and further
participate in the development of new labs or the updating and improvement of existing labs.
Additional anticipated and faculty supported uses include utilization of this virtual environment for cyber security
competitions that will include middle schools, high schools, and California State University – Sacramento. The CSUS
involvement is currently in the process of being outlined in a MOU that is being created in conjunction with its
reapplication for a designation as a “Center of Excellence for Information Assurance and Cyber Security,” under a NSA
and Department of Homeland Security co-sponsored program.
Part 9: Metrics
1. What Momentum Points will this investment impact? http://extranet.cccco.edu/Portals/1/WED/WEDDRFA/TAPContEd/5-AppD-CommonMetricsandAccountabilityMeasures.pdf
While the benefits associated with the NetLabs Regional Hub extend beyond ICT related programs, the following
details specific momentum points that will be targeted through this investment:
Momentum
Description of Regional Activity
Points
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Provide regional cyber security competition in the NetLabs environment
(extension of CyberPatriot cyber security competition) for middle school and
high school students)
4,5,6,10,13,
Providing high school students with NetLabs access to complete introductory ICT
courses utilizing available labs aligned to CompTIA A+ certification, with
articulation potential for the model curriculum identified in the ITIS 110 course.
15,16,17,18
Broaden the ICT related course offerings across the region by providing the
virtual lab environment provided by NetLabs.
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Industry recognized certifications are specifically targeted through the collection
of labs that function in a NetLabs environment and were produced with National
Science Foundation (NSF) funding.
2. How will improving performance on these momentum points impact program completion, job placement, and wage
advancement? (100 words)
The NetLabs environment provides actual hands-on experience with a variety of operating systems and computer
applications that will enable students to enter the workforce with actual experience that has not been effectively
simulated outside of their current classroom environment. Lab availability on a 7/24 basis will enable students to
practice and improve their skills from any Internet accessible location. With the time on task relative to skills
development increased, along with the ease of lab access, it is anticipated that program completions will increase
through an elimination of the “access to labs barrier.”
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3. How will you measure your impact on the momentum points and how will you use this measurement to improve
performance? (100 words)
Data relating to the identified momentum points will be collected through Cal-PASS Plus by the Region’s public
schools and community colleges, and be available through the LaunchPad portal for analysis, providing measurable
outcomes that will assist in defining improved performance. One key measure of the project’s impact will be
Momentum 29 which measures the effectiveness of program efforts relative to students obtaining industry
recognized certifications (e.g. CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+).
Part 10: Budget
1. Categories of Expenditures
You will be asked to select from the following: Equipment, Curriculum Development, Professional Development,
Industry Engagement, Regional Alignment, K-12, 4-Year Articulation, Marketing, or Other.
The principal category of expenditures for this funding will be equipment. The NetLabs Regional Hub will be utilized
by faculty for professional development classes, as well as curriculum development through the creation and/or
updating of course labs. The virtual lab environment is appropriate for industry engagement through contract
education opportunities, as well as utilization for cyber security competitions (e.g. CyberPatriot, National Cyber
League), as well as articulation agreements (e.g. ITIS 110 Information and Communication Technology course), and a
partnership with California State University – Sacramento, designed to support its CAE designation and the efforts of
the Region’s community colleges to obtain CAE2Y designation.
2. Proposed Budget (Total budget if proposal is being submitted to multiple regions)
Object of Expenditure
Classification
Funds Requested
1000
Instructional Salaries
2000
Non-Instructional Salaries
$75,000
3000
Employee Benefits
$25,000
4000
Supplies and Materials
5000
Other Operating Expenses and Services
6000
Capital Outlay
7000
Other Outgo
$428,000
Total
$528,000
The following question is for NFN planning purposes and is NOT part of the CCCCO application:

Is this 40% proposal essential to complete your 60% proposal?
No.
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