Providing integrated and aligned preparation

1. LA CAUSA YouthBuild Providing integrated and aligned preparation

2. Agenda • About LA CAUSA • Best Practices: Integration and Alignment • Summary of First Year Outcomes • Projections for Year 2 • Improvements for Next Year • Plan to Comply With the Grant

3. About LA CAUSA • What we do: • Engage disenfranchised young people in East Los Angeles and foster a commitment to personal development and community transformation. • How we do it: • Create a supportive environment where members participate in educational, vocational and leadership development • Align our curriculum and learning outcomes to prepare students for both continued education and the workforce • PSE and Construction

4. Best Practices: Integration & Alignment • Post Secondary Education (PSE) • Construction Component • Exposure to careers in math and science

5. Best Practices: Integration & Alignment: PSE • Integrate college and career readiness into our curriculum • Three-prong strategy • First, track and expose students into PSE by immersing them into PSE related programming • “College Readiness Course” throughout academic year • Incorporate career planning, professional development, other relevant skills into the academic curriculum • Prepare students for the expectations of PSE institutions and employers • Collaborate with PSE partners • UCLA Green SITE

6. Best Practices: Integration & Alignment: PSE cont. • Second Strategy: • Promote and teach “transferrable skills” • All instructors emphasize critical thinking skill development and post-secondary education relevancy • Senior Portfolio Interviews • These skills, required for PSE success, are reinforced throughout all classes

7. Best Practices: Integration & Alignment: PSE cont. • Third Strategy: • Promote cumulative projects that integrate civic engagement, service and leadership, with the use of social media, in the community • College Readiness Day, FAFSA Week • Increasing the number of students who receive PSE exposure, along with already existing practices, will better prepare students for post-secondary pursuits and success

8. Best Practices: Integration & Alignment: Construction Component • Integrated construction and academic curriculum • Students learn about union and labor history, social and environmental impact • Resume writing, interviewing, CPR and other relevant skills incorporated into training • Students receive MC3 (multi-craft core curriculum) certificate after completion of hours • More competitive job applicants

9. Best Practices: Integration & Alignment: Careers in STEM • Field trips through the Edison Grant helped expose students to careers in math and science • Creating interest in STEM fields • Science and Ecology • Zuma National Park, Science Fair at Paramount Ranch/Malibu Creek Camping, Columbia Memorial Space Center, UC Irvine Science field trip hosted by MAES (Mexican American Engineers and Scientists)

10. Best Practices: Integration & Alignment: Careers in STEM

11. Summary of First Year Outcomes • 2012/2013 Outcomes • Number of students enrolled in Construction pathway in 2012: 35 • Projection: 32 will receive MC3 certification by the end of September 2013 • 180 enrolled in HSD program • 56 obtained HSD in 2012; 39 obtained HSD in 2013 • 2012 Alumni: 23 placed in general labor jobs, 9 PSE (undecided career paths), 6 (undecided career paths) in both as of 4/13 • Need to acquire data regarding number of certificates obtained by 2012 alumni, students in high demand occupations, jobs retained after 3 months

12. Summary of Second Year Outcomes • 2013/2014 Projections • 35 enrolled in Construction training; Projection: 32 will receive MC3 certification by the end of June 2014 • 140 enrolled in HSD program; 46 obtain HSD • 2 enrolled in IBEW, L18 and LA DWP’s UPCT program; Projection:1 completer • 5 enrolled in Health Care course - Partnership with Red Cross; Projection: 3 completers • 10 enrolled in Technology and Computer Skills Training - Partnership with local post-secondary education institutions; Projection: 6 completers • 35 placed in PSE institution and/or employed in career path

13. Improvements For Next Year • To “improve job and post secondary placements, including high demand career training” • PSE, build upon and expand existing PSE curriculum • use assessment tools more effectively to plan career and credential partnerships • Incorporate Mental Toughness throughout the year • 7 times a year (Summer, and for 1 week at the beginning of Units 1 and 2 of each trimester) - incorporate college and career readiness into curriculum; invite employers to give 30-minute presentations to members; have members give resumes to these employers; members and LA CAUSA staff to follow up with members.

14. Improvements For Next Year • To “strengthen career pathways focused on middle-skill occupations in high growth sectors in local labor market” • Utility pre-craft training (UPCT) through IBEW, Local 18 • IBEW, Local 11 • Health Care • Technology • Computer skills training/certification • Viridis Learning

15. Improvements For Next Year • To “expand existing partnerships and establish new partnerships w/ employers in high growth sectors” • RePower LA - LAANE partnership with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LA DWP) - Participants who successfully complete UPCT are placed in a job at the LA DWP. • Healthcare – White Memorial Hospital and LAC/USC • Technology/Computer skills – Local businesses

16. Improvements For Next Year • To “expand existing partnerships and establish new partnerships with postsecondary....and other programs that provide credentials w/ labor market value” • Use assessment tools more effectively • ELAC, Cal State Los Angeles • LA Trade Tech • Red Cross • IBEW, Local 18 & LA DWP • IBEW, Local 11

17. Summarize Plan to Comply With the Grant • Gather more detailed information about 2012 alumni activity • Work on placements • Build stronger partnerships with Red Cross, ELAC, Cal State LA, IBEW, Locals 11 & 18, LA Trade Tech • Build stronger partnerships with employers, such as White Memorial, LAC/USC, LA DWP, local business that rely on technology and computer skills

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