CCC Linked Learning Initiative, Career Advancement Academies in Allied Health, and Patient Care Navigator Project

Linda Collins, Career Ladders ProjectMike Williamson, Career Ladders Project

HEALTH WORKFORCE INITIATIVE STATEWIDE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING

Career Ladders Update

CAREER LADDERS PROJECTFosters educational and career advancement through research, policy initiatives and direct assistance to community colleges and their partners.

DEMONSTRATING WHAT WORKS; SCALING EFFECTIVE PRACTICE

Current Initiatives and Demonstration Projects Career Advancement Academies (CAA) CA Community College Linked Learning Initiative

(CCCLLI) Community College Pathways for Former Foster Youth (CCP) Concurrent Courses Initiative (CCI) Networked Communities of Practice

◦ CA Counseling Network (CaCN)◦ Contextualized Teaching and Learning Faculty Inquiry Group

Sector and Pathway Projects/Partnerships Green Transportation Collaborative “Design It, Build It, Ship It” (East Bay Area TAA-CCCCT Grant) Patient Navigation Center (with AACI) Bay Area Manufacturing Renaissance Council (BAMRC)

LINKING POLICY AND PRACTICE

Promote systemic & policy changes to support effective practice.

Work with partners; pursue collective impact strategies:◦ LearningWorks ◦ California EDGE Coalition

CA Interagency Leadership Council CA Legislative Workforce Policy

Group ◦ California Career Pathways and

Education Committee (CWIB) ◦ National Alliance for Quality Career

Pathways

Goals of the Presentation

Discuss and describe the CCC Linked Learning, Career Advancement Academy and Patient Care Navigator Initiatives as they relate to healthcare

Career Ladders Project - Update

Provide update on the CCC Linked Learning InitiativeProvide update on the CCCCO Career Advancement Academy demonstration project

Identify key components of a CAADiscuss the San Mateo County Allied Health Career Advancement Academy (CAA)

Discuss employer and community engagementDescribe the allied health bridge programDescribe the integrated allied health pathway, selected pathways and the websitePresent student demographics and outcomes

Describe the Patient Care Navigator project

SPECIFICALLY WE WILL:

Linked Learning is an approach to education that transforms the traditional school experience by bringing together strong academics, career-based classroom learning, and real-world workplace experience to help students gain an advantage in high school, postsecondary education, and career. Students can choose among industry-themed pathways in fields such as engineering, arts and media, and biomedicine and health.

WHAT IS LINKED LEARNING?

The California Community College Linked Learning Initiative aims to strengthen the connections between Linked Learning high schools and post-secondary education.

This statewide demonstration project is working to align and extend Linked Learning pathways into the community colleges and beyond, using evidence-based strategies that will improve student transition and success in both college and career.

CCC LINKED LEARNING INITIATIVE

• Funded by the James Irvine Foundation (2012- 2014)• Prior year of research – pathways case studies and

transcript data• Intensive work with 3 Hub and 6 Partner sites: Community

Colleges with their respective High Schools/Districts• Focus on 3 industry sectors:

• Arts, Media and Entertainment • Health Science and Medical Technology• Public Service

• CLP: leads & provides technical assistance to overall initiative

• SRI International: project evaluator.

 

CCCLLI ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

• K12/Community College Collaboration• Transitional programming (such as matriculation

supports, systemic outreach, dual enrollment, bridge programs, etc.)

• Addressing barriers of assessment and placement• Pathway development• Data-driven decision-making• Systems change: policy, structural, and program

changes at colleges and schools  

College High School Linked Learning Academy

     

Sacramento City College

Arthur Benjamin Health Professions High School

Health Professions Academy

Sacramento City USD

Merritt CollegeLife Academy High SchoolOakland USD

Life Academy of Health and Bioscience

Long Beach City College

Cabrillo High SchoolCabrillo Health Occupation and Careers

  Jordan High School Aspirations in Medical Services (AIMS)

 Lakewood High School

Lakewood Academy of Sports Medicine and Recreation (LASER)

  Polytechnic High School Medical Academy Paramedical Services (MAPS)

 California Academy of Math and Science

California Academy of Math and Science (CAMS)

  Long Beach USD  

James Irvine Foundation invests in Linked Learning: • 9 HS districts • CDE adopts LL as prime HS transformation strategy• CCCLLI launched• State Senate takes field trip to Long Beach to see LL

AB790 – call for Linked Learning pilots across state• RFA issued: no money promised, but 35 consortia apply• 20 pilot sites selected representing some 63 HS Districts • > 1/3 of HS students in CA

SB1070 funds career pathways• Prioritizes Linked Learning pilots & career academies

SCALE AND MOMENTUM . . .

CCC CAREER ADVANCEMENT ACADEMIES

Establish pathways to high wage careers for low-income young adults who face academic and personal barriersto post-secondary education and employment

CCCCO Demonstration project•Phase 1: 3 regions (East Bay, Central Valley, LA) 29 colleges•Phase 2: expanded to 4 regions in 2011-2012 (San Mateo; El Camino)•Serving > 8,000 students to date; 2,500 in healthcare pathways•SB70: $25 million investment (2007 – 2014)•Public/Private Partnership between CCCCO and philanthropy

• Career Ladders Project: TA/support/coordination• Independent Evaluation (OMG) and data

•Leverage external investments and growing support

Course Success: 75% Retention: 90%

Integrated basic skills and career technical training•Contextualized approach •Work readiness along with basic and technical skills

Clearly defined pathways with attention to transitions•Students earn certificates that make them employable and are aligned with continuing education and advancement; Stackable design

Cohort based learning communities •Provide strong peer supports among students•Faculty collaborate to integrate content and support studentsIntegrated student services•Embedded in learning community•Leverage external resources and benefits to support successPartnerships and leveraged resources•Business/industry, labor, WIBS, CBOs, K12//ROCPs/adult ed

A Framework of Effective Practice

Structural Elements of a Local/Regional Career Pathway System DRAFT

Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success at CLASP.”The Alliance for Quality Career Pathways Approach: Developing Criteria and Metrics for Quality Career Pathways , A Working Paper.” February 2013 Web. March 8 2013. http://www.clasp.org/

Full range of healthcare careers introduced to studentsCredentials accrued along the pathway

WHY ALLIED HEALTH CAA

Skyline CollegeNumber of Allied Health Degrees Awarded

Skyline College Number of Allied Health Degrees awarded -- 2009/10 – 2011/12

SKYLINE AS Allied Health FALL SPRING SUMMER TOTAL 2009-2010 20 28 9 57 2010-2011 30 26 13 69 2011-2012 27 47 9 83 TOTAL 77 101 31 209

WHY THE ALLIED HEALTH CAA

EMPLOYER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

San Mateo County Workforce Development Task Force for Health Care Sector Participants

Kaiser, San Francisco Shirley Ware Center Human Services Dept Peninsula Health Care District San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Human Services Agency Health Plan of San Mateo San Mateo Co.H.R. San Mateo County Workforce Investment Board Hospital Consortium of San Mateo County Sequoia Hospital College of San Mateo Canada College UCSF Job Train San Mateo County Health Department Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Job Train Sutter Health NOVA WIB Matched Caregivers San Mateo County Workforce Investment Board Sequoia Health Care District Career Ladders Project Sequoia Hospital Seton Medical Center San Mateo County Workforce Investment Board Health Plan of San Mateo Jewish Vocational Services 1 Life Healthcare/WIB Skyline College AFSCME Seton Medical Center

Kaiser, Redwood City San Mateo County Medical Association Senior Assist of the Peninsula Career Ladders Project Canada College

Primary Areas of Inquiry*:

Fast tracking job seekers Ensuring successful career paths for low income workers Improving math/science literacy for those entering

healthcare Preparing healthcare workers for technological changes

* In the context of both a significant recession and the changes from the Affordable Care Act

EMPLOYER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Some of What We Found Out

No entry portal or clear pathway into training and trainees may not recognize the scope of their choices

No centralized mechanism for ensuring that all trainees have access to full range of jobs

Career ladders may happen in large hospitals but no mechanism for entry level workers to find the “next” step

Entry level workers often cannot perform necessary calculations

EMPLOYER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

WIN WIN for the Students, Workforce System and Employers.

WHY THE ALLIED HEALTH CAA

START BY DEVELOPING POTENTIAL PATHWAYS AND EXIT POINTS

http://gointohealthcare.org/

Cañada CollegeCAA Medical Administrative Assistant Demographics for Fall 2012 Cohort

Skyline CollegeCAA Allied Health Demographics for Fall 2011 Cohort

Female Male46.0%

47.0%

48.0%

49.0%

50.0%

51.0%

52.0%

48.6%

51.4%Gender

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

2.7%

13.5%

29.7%24.3%

11.1%

2.7%

18.9%

Ethnicity

Employed Underemployed Unemployed0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

24.3%21.6%

54.1%

Employment Status

18-30 31+0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%86%

14%

Age

ALLIED HEALTH CAA OUTCOMES

ALLIED HEALTH CAA OUTCOMES

PATIENT CARE NAVIGATOR PROJECT

Health and Human Services Funding for the rapid training of Patient Navigators

Partners: Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI); Career Ladders Project; San Jose City College; Cañada College and Skyline College

Target population – underrepresented young adults (particularly Latino and Asian youth; immigrant youth) as well as incumbent workers

Rapid deployment meant Colleges wanted to work with existing programs

Explicitly designed to utilize a CAA approach.

GET STARTED ON A CAREER IN COMMUNITY HEALTH AT THE CAÑADA COLLEGE MENLO PARK CENTER

Work with people in your community as a Patient Care

Navigator or Promotor(or Promotora) de Salud

• Convenient evening & Saturday courses

• Most courses taught en español• Tuition and textbook fees

waived for eligible students• Get on-the-job experience as a

patient navigator or promotor while taking courses during your 2nd semester

• Receive guidance while working towards your Associates degree and/or transferring to a four-year university

• Requires 1-year commitment to program and schedule

• Courses taught at the Cañada College Menlo Park Center located at

1200 O’Brien Drive in Menlo Park

• Convenient evening & Saturday courses

• Most courses taught en español• Tuition and textbook fees

waived for eligible students• Get on-the-job experience as a

patient navigator or promotor while taking courses during your 2nd semester

• Receive guidance while working towards your Associates degree and/or transferring to a four-year university

• Requires 1-year commitment to program and schedule

• Courses taught at the Cañada College Menlo Park Center located at

1200 O’Brien Drive in Menlo Park

1-year Patient Navigation & Health Promotion Course Schedule: Fall 2013

HSCI 100: General Health ScienceHSCI 430 & 432: First Aid & CPRHMSV 262: Intro to Family Support HMSV 265: Family Development Portfolio, part IESOL 805: English for Healthcare I

(course taught in English)

Fall 2013HSCI 100: General Health ScienceHSCI 430 & 432: First Aid & CPRHMSV 262: Intro to Family Support HMSV 265: Family Development Portfolio, part IESOL 805: English for Healthcare I

(course taught in English)

Spring 2014CBOT 430: Computer Applications (course taught in English)HMSV 161: Information & ReferralHMSV 264: Life Cycle of the FamilyHMSV 266: Family Development Portfolio, part IIHMSV 672: COOP InternshipESOL 807: English for Healthcare III (course taught in English)

Spring 2014CBOT 430: Computer Applications (course taught in English)HMSV 161: Information & ReferralHMSV 264: Life Cycle of the FamilyHMSV 266: Family Development Portfolio, part IIHMSV 672: COOP InternshipESOL 807: English for Healthcare III (course taught in English)

For more information

•Visit our website at: http://canadacollege.edu/humanservices

•Email: canhmsv@smccd.edu

•English: Kathy Smith (650) 325-6936 or •Anna Ng (408) 975-2730 Ext. 324 (AnnaNg@aaci.org)

•Spanish: Martha Chavez (650) 325-0164 (chavezm@smccd.edu)

•Stop by the Cañada Menlo Park Center located at 1200 O’Brien Dr. Menlo Park

Patient Care Navigator/PEEP Program

http://cciio.cms.gov/programs/exchanges/assistance.html

Linda CollinsLCollins@CareerLaddersProject.org

Mike WilliamsonMWilliamson@CareerLaddersProject.org

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

www.The Career Ladders Project.org