Hello Regional Consortia Leaders and Chancellors Office Staff,

Below you will find an update on the CTE Employment Outcomes Project.  Your help in disseminating it would be very much appreciated:

The 9/23/11 Stakeholders Meeting was hugely helpful in informing this effort - sincere appreciation to those of you who were able to attend, those who sent feedback in lieu of attending, and those eager to hear about the outcomes!  Detailed meeting notes are now posted at our working repository (CTE Employment Outcomes Project) and a summary provided below:

Next Steps:

• RP Group will use the input from the 9/23/11 Stakeholders Meeting (as well as that received by those unable to participate) to develop a RECOMMENDED Survey Instrument, including the RATIONALE behind it;
• The above, will be disseminated statewide alongside a POLL whereby final feedback can be obtained (likely dissemination date of 10/14 with responses by 10/24);
• The RP Group will develop a preliminary cost estimate for each college, based on the likely cohort size, and an MOU for pilot colleges/districts to route for signature;
• A 3rd Statewide Call will be convened to discuss input from the poll, the FINAL Survey Instrument and next steps (likely end October or early November);
• By the end of October, the RP Group will provide a list of action steps that pilot colleges/districts can use to prepare for and pull necessarydata

TENTATIVE Project Timeline (updated!):

• The RP Group will pull 2009/2010 cohort data from Chancellors Office Nov 2011;
• Pilot colleges/districts will provide contact information and any other necessary data to RP Group Dec 2011;
• Pilot the survey with 15 colleges/districts Winter, Jan-Feb 2012;
• Review the good, the bad, the ugly in Spring 2012 for purposes of refining;
• Launch broader survey with many more colleges in Fall 2012

If you have questions about any of the above, feel free to contact me!

Kitty O'Doherty
Bay Area Community College Consortium
Hosted at Cabrillo College
(650) 560-9798
 kitodoherty@gmail.com