PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE)

Economic and workforce development is a core mission of the California Community Colleges. The Performance Improvement Center for Excellence is an initiative created by the State Chancellor's office to assist the colleges to enhance their ability to meet the economic and workforce development needs of their respective communities. The initiative is working toward branding the community colleges as a premier provider of customized training to advance California's workforce.

Examples of activities that the COE can provide:

• Industry Scanning
• Partnership Development
• Regional and Statewide Marketing

An example of a project, which illustrates this model, is the Health Training Consortium. Based on existing research from the health community, a need was identified to bring together hospitals and non-profit organizations in order to provide on-going, low-cost training to their employees. Los Angeles Valley College was identified to work with several local hospitals and organizations to develop curriculum for this population. Several classes have been delivered and plans are in development to expand the consortium regionally. The Consortium is identifying additional partners such as the Hospital Association of Southern California, which could facilitate expanding the program countywide. Curriculum will be shared amongst colleges identified to participate in the consortium. These projects not only create visibility and awareness of our system’s workforce development capabilities but also provide an on-going forum for college and industry exchange.

For more information please contact:

Lisa Lewenberg
(213) 891-2162
Send e-mail

For information on additional workforce and economic development programs created by the Chancellor's office visit www.cccewd.org (link opens a new browser window).