Hello Regional Consortia Leaders and Chancellors Office Staff,

Your help in disseminating the following information would be very much appreciated!

A CTE Employment Outcomes Project Stakeholders Meeting will take place on September 23, 2011.  Background information on this effort can be found below.  The purpose of the meeting is to determine the survey method, content, and reporting format that would be of greatest value to individual colleges and our collective system.  Recommendations from this group will be distilled into a statewide survey and reporting structure. At a minimum participants will include Project Leads (including the Chancellors Office), the RP Group and Pilot colleges/districts who are able to attend (the meeting is not required - rather, this is an invitation to those who would like to, to inform this effort).  Details are as follows:

Friday, September 23, 2011
9:00AM - 4:00PM (breakfast available at 9am, meeting begins at 9:30am)
Cañada College
4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City, CA 
Bldg 6 (University Center), Room 102
Parking Permit, Map and Directions
Breakfast and lunch provided

Please RSVP by populating this link:  RSVP 9/23/11

Thanks very much and feel free to contact me if you have any questions at all!

Kitty O'Doherty
Bay Area Community College Consortium
Hosted at Cabrillo College
(650) 560-9798

BACKGROUND  The purpose of the CTE Employment Outcomes Project is to address the current lack of data demonstrating the impact of CTE programs.  The effort seeks to take to scale Cabrillo and other college CTE completer/leaver surveys via a statewide pilot.  The concept as currently conceived, is that interested colleges could pool resources to participate in a centralized survey, rather than try to invent one alone or college by college.   81 individuals have taken part during the project planning and development stage, representing roughly 37 colleges, 6 community college districts, 3 Economic and Workforce Development Initiatives, the RP Group and the Chancellors Office.  16 college/districts have stated a firm commitment to participate in the pilot survey projected for fall 2011.  The intent of the pilot survey is to refine the methodology prior to statewide implementation, hopefully with many more colleges, in fall 2012.  Updated information can be accessed here:  CTE Employment Outcomes Project