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| | | | | |  | Early to RiseK-14 Pipelines Pave Way for College, Career Success. Career Technical Education Dual Enrollment
What’s the secret to the recent 2.6 percent boost in community college enrollment—the first bump since the pandemic, and the highest increase of any educational sector?1 It’s dual enrollment. In fact, DE students comprise 40 percent of the total enrollment increase at two-year institutions for the last two years.2 “Dual enrollment is good for the students, high schools, and colleges,” says Christina Overmiller, K-12 Pathway Coordinator serving the Sierra Community College District. Since she started her role in 2020, she’s watched CTE dual enrollment opportunities increase.
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| | Fuel for ChangeFeather River College Debuts New Bachelor’s Pathway Focused on Reducing Wildfires
You can fight fire with fire. In fact, it happens to be one of California’s best weapons against wildfires. In the woods of Plumas County, forestry and fuel management professionals are upping their efforts to reintroduce prescribed fires to mitigate the spread of these devastating blazes. Projects include these prescribed burns, which help clear the old buildup of dead leaves and invasive vegetation on the forest floor to lower the risk of fast-spreading wildfires. These burns help clear the way for new, native plant species to grow, encouraging biodiversity in the region’s woodlands. Read More |
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| | Students Engage Employers at 2 Day Career Fair |
| The community room was buzzing as students engaged with employers! Career, Transfer, and Student Service teams at Woodland Community College hosted a Two Day Multi-Sector Career Fair.The event has grown and changed over its 17 year history, more recently aligning with the interest areas in Guided Pathways. Read More |
| | $100,000 grant from the Bosch Community Fund |
| Sierra College Foundation (SCF) received a $100,000 grant from the Bosch Community Fund to its Career Technical Education (CTE) Support Fund. The grant will support associated costs with certification fees, microcontroller kits, development material, software, protective gear, tools, entry and travel fees for STEM competitions, project supplies for STEM Clubs and more Read More |
| | Rural California Schools and Roads Lose Millions |
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| Rural California schools and roads lose millions in federal funding after latest cuts For the last century, the money has gone to counties with large amounts of federal land that can't be taxed. Congress failed to include it in the upcoming budget. For more than a century, Congress has given extra money to counties with large tracts of federal land to help pay for schools, roads and other critical services. Now that financial lifeline appears to be dead after Congress didn't include it in the budget passed this month - a victim of the Trump administration's cost-cutting measures. The Secure Rural Schools Act would have brought in at least $33 million to California counties that have land owned by the federal government, such as the U.S. Forest Service. The money is intended to compensate counties for tax revenue they can't collect on federally-owned land. 'This loss (is) nothing short of catastrophic,' Liam Gogan, head of the Trinity County Board of Supervisors, wrote to Congress. 'This is not just a funding shortfall; it is an existential crisis. Our schools will suffer irreversible damage, emergency response will be paralyzed, and our economy - already fragile - will be pushed past the point of recovery.' Read More |
| | Promising Practices in Online Education |
| Technology is rapidly reshaping the post secondary education landscape, creating opportunities to adapt how we teach and learn to advance student success. Drawing from our Reimagining Online Education Roadmap and ongoing research to advance the state’s movement toward a more equitable and agile system of learning, we’re launching a new series highlighting promising practices in online education. Read More |
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| If You Love Them, Let Them Go |
| How Colleges are Boosting Retention and Enrollment by Sharing Courses with Their Peers
As this whitepaper succinctly demonstrates, collaboration — not competition — is the path forward for higher education. When institutions work together, they better position themselves to help more learners persist, progress, succeed and graduate. When institutions cooperate, they can shore up their financial bottom lines. And when there’s more collaboration, more institutions — and, most importantly, more learners — can win. Read More |
| | TEACHERS CAN APPLY FOR A PRELIMINARY CTE CREDENTIAL NOW, AND TEACH THIS FALL |
| As you build your Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways for the 2025-26 school year, take a moment to explore CTE credentialing requirements for candidates that align with the needs of your sites and district. CTE Teaching Credentials authorizes the holder to teach in grades twelve and below and in classes organized primarily for adults in career technical, trade, or vocational courses aligned with the industry sector(s) listed on their credential. CTE Credentials offer an alternative pathway into the classroom. The requirements differ from traditional credentialing requirements, offering an avenue for our local industry experts to share their skills with our students. Our office is able to guide and support the CTE credentialing process with your new hires or current teachers who would like to add a CTE credential. Upon hire, our office will accept preliminary CTE credential applications this spring, allowing candidates to begin teaching with the credential this Fall. Allow us to provide support and guidance for your new CTE teachers throughout the credentialing process this Spring! Coursework will begin in Fall 2025. Read More |
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| Notable Silicon Valley Players Back For-Profit Community College |
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| "While similar to a community college, Oyerinde said the school offers more high-touch digital support to students, aiming to boost completion rates. Campus provides students with a “success coach” who guides them through their curriculum, as well as tech resources like a laptop and high-speed Wi-Fi. It also offers classes from professors who teach at schools like Stanford University, the University of California and Howard University. Campus has now raised $101 million in total funding. The company declined to share its latest valuation. Oyerinde said he plans to use the new funds to expand operations and hire more professors and staff." Read More |
| | NAPE’s Comprehensive Educational Equity Programs |
| NAPE’s Comprehensive Educational Equity Programs (Program Improvement Process for Equity; Explore Nontraditional Careers; & Equity in Perkins V) for your review and consideration.
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| | Breaking Silos, Building Bridges WEBCAST |
| A Modern Approach to Collaboration
Join eCampus News for a discussion with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where institutional leaders are taking bold steps to modernize how work gets done.
April 22, 2025 (2:00 PM ET) Free Registration |
| | Save the Date! A Digital Future in Focus |
| We are excited to invite you to Save the Date for Digital Future in Focus: CCC Collective Equity Impact Institute, formerly known as the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in Action Institute. This new name reflects our evolving focus on equity-driven innovation, aligning with the latest advancements shaping California Community Colleges. In 2025, we are introducing key elements of Vision 2030, as our colleges continue to lead in Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Climate Action. This premier event fosters collaboration and the exchange of strategies that prioritize student needs, student success, and equity across California Community Colleges. Join us in Irvine, CA, for a pre-institute on October 8, followed by a two-day institute on October 9-10, 2025.
Who Should Attend? All individuals operating within the California Community College ecosystem are encouraged to attend. Gather a team of up to six individuals or join us as an individual participant to engage in meaningful discussions, innovative solutions, and actionable strategies.
Registration Opens in Early May! Space is limited and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to share this opportunity with your colleagues.
Stay tuned for more details on registration and the full agenda. We look forward to learning, collaborating, and shaping the future together! Informational Flyer |
| | K12 SWP Professional Opportunities |
| The Pathway Coordinators of the North Far North Region are offering a series of workshops designed for CTE instructors. The workshops will be virtual, using a collaborative format with time for CTE instructors to meet, share ideas, and exchange resources. Goal: To create an interactive environment where Career and Technical Education (CTE) instructors can come together to learn about and share innovative teaching strategies, best practices, and discuss industry trends, while building a supportive professional network. Please see the attached schedule for more information or reach out if you have any further questions. We look forward to offering these opportunities to strengthen Career Technical Education in the North Far North Region.
CTE Teacher PD Schedule |
| | K12 SWP NFN Selection Committee Application |
| The intent of the K12 Strong Workforce Program (K12 SWP) is to create, support, or expand high-quality career technical education programs at the K-12 level that are aligned with the workforce development efforts occurring through the Strong Workforce Program. Supported by a partnership between the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) and the California Department of Education (CDE), $150,000,000 will be awarded to fund Career Technical Education initiatives designed to strengthen student pathways from secondary to post-secondary education. (See the K12 Strong Workforce page on the California Community College's Website for more information on K12 SWP.)
The role of the region's K12 Selection Committee is to identify high-quality applications that meet the expectations of the K12 SWP legislative intent. Various stakeholders will comprise the region's K12 Selection Committee to ensure that the applications selected represent and forward the priorities of our region. The Committee will review and score all applications submitted and make final recommendations for K12 SWP awards to local education agencies (LEAs).
The North Far North Regional Consortium would like to invite you to apply for the Selection Committee, to fill open positions on our ‘25-‘26 K12 Strong Workforce Program Selection Committee. Each Regional Consortium has a K12 Selection Committee that is responsible for reviewing all LEA applications that are requesting K12 SWP funds within its region (Education Code, Section 88829). The regional K12 Selection Committee makes all decisions related to selecting grant recipients and awarding specific funding amounts for each grant.
In addition to reviewing and scoring applications, requirements of the committee are to attend: Selection Committee CalibrationTraining Retreat (1 ½ days)-this retreat will be in-person with no ability to zoom in remotely. Our region is vast with districts being 9 hours apart from each other, so there will be a need to travel. The training will most likely be between the time period of October 14-16th, depending on the application due date set by the California Community Chancellor’s Office in the Round 7 RFA. Members must commit to this training or will be removed from the committee. Selection Committee Deliberation Meeting-this will be an all-day meeting from 8-4 in a location centrally located to the region (also in-person) and will be held around November 17-19th. Members must commit to the meeting or will be removed from the committee.
The term of service for the K12 Selection Committee will be from July 1, 2025 - June 30th, 2027. Individuals who have previously served on the K12 Selection Committee for 2 rounds are eligible to submit a new application. Individuals who applied in 24/25, as their first year, do not need to reapply. All applications must be submitted by Friday, April 25th at 5:00 pm. The applications will be reviewed and you will be notified of your acceptance by May 31st, 2025.
North Far North K12 Strong Workforce Program Selection Committee Application
If you have questions about the North Far North Regional Consortium K12 Selection Committee or K12 SWP in general, please contact the North Far North Regional K14 Technical Assistance Provider, Tanya Meyer, at tmeyer@frc.edu. |
| | Community College Nursing and Allied Health Program Legislative Reports Now Available |
| On behalf of the Chancellor’s Office, We are pleased to share we have two new legislative reports published and available on our website. The reports are summarized below. We appreciate the data and outcomes information submitted to the Chancellor’s Office in support of ensuring the legislature is information about program impacts.
2022-23 Allied Health Report (PDF) 2025 SB 1348: Postsecondary education: allied health professional clinical programs: reporting became law in September 2018. It introduced new reporting requirements focused on generating data about clinical placements for educational providers that offer degree or certificate programs across the allied health professions in California.
2022-23 California Community College Nursing Programs: Multi-Criteria Selection Process Update (PDF) 2025 As required by the Education Code, this report includes the participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs for students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, disaggregated by age, gender, ethnicity, and home language. |
| | 2025-26 California Community College Budget Act Priorities |
| | | | We hope you are having a great start to the spring season! We are excited to share the Spring Edition of the WEDD newsletter where we highlight college events, programs being implemented across the field, stories of students, and other news and information including WEDD alerts, and upcoming events.
Please use this link to access our Spring Newsletter.
I appreciate your attention and look forward to continuing to share stories and lessons from across our 116-college system.
Thank you, Anthony Cordova Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development |
| | | | | | The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office isexcited to announce an update to DataVista, the new data and metrics platformtracking student achievement and outcomes across the system. The latest (2.1)update will be available on April 24th. This 2.1 release adds a new Comprehensive Student Report tothe Reports and Insights view. This new report includes key system metrics forAll Students with the ability to toggle for a snapshot view of K12 DualEnrollment Students. We invite you to register for our DataVista 2.1 ReleaseGeneral Webinar on May 1st at 1:00 pm. Thank you for your support of DataVista and the work you do for California’sstudents. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or feedbackat datavista@cccco.edu orvia the contact form on DataVista. |
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