Volume 5: December 14, 2023

Congratulations to our region's

Verified Programs!

Together with more than a dozen industry partners, San Diego Regional EDC is proud to announce the newly designated Verified Programs. Celebrated by industry as best preparing students for jobs in computing and engineering roles, these 30 education programs represent 16 different institutions and 31,000 students across San Diego and Imperial Counties. Included in this list are the majority of our publicly funded community colleges and universities:

COMPUTING

CSU San Marcos
Cuyamaca College
Grossmont College
Imperial Valley College
MiraCosta College
Palomar College
San Diego College of Continuing Education
San Diego Mesa College
SDSU
UC San Diego
UC San Diego Extended Studies

ENGINEERING

CSU San Marcos
MiraCosta College - Technology Career Institute
SDSU
Southwestern College
UC San Diego
UC San Diego Extended Studies

Programs were verified as part of a rigorous evaluation process led by Advancing San Diego, the flagship program of EDC’s Talent Initiatives, which serves to double the production of skilled workers in San Diego while prioritizing historically underrepresented populations in the innovation economy.

Check out the Times of San Diego press release!

A HUGE thank you to all of the faculty, administrators, and support staff at our colleges who worked on this process over the last six months. And a special thanks to Heather, the SDREDC team, and the industry partners who helped along the way.

Up Next:

Local Companies in San Diego & Imperial to Hire Summer Interns!

If you're a company: Companies in San Diego and Imperial Counties are invited to apply to host funded computing, engineering, and/or business interns for the summer of 2024. Sign up for our information session on January 9th.

If you're a college: Check out the postsecondary section below. You'll see opportunities to engage and find out more!

We're Hiring!

To support those internships mentioned above, we will be hiring part-time staff to support the work and be the main point of contact for interested students. We are looking for one specialist for the Business, Computing, and Engineering internships - this individual will work with our existing Internship Specialist who supported Summer 2023 internships. We are also looking for one specialist for the Education work experience program who will work with our K-12 Coordinator. Click on the buttons below for job descriptions and application process through the Foundation for Grossmont & Cuyamaca Colleges.

Internship Specialist: Business, Computing, Engineering

Internship Specialist: Education

Communities of Practice

The business, computing, and engineering Communities of Practice just wrapped up for 2023.Thanks to those who have joined our regional conversations! The CoP's will pick back up in April, 2024. Want to join a K-16 Collaborative CoP? Register HERE

Since April is a long time from now, we're planning to host an in-person BEERS AND GEARS event in early Spring for our CoP members. Network with colleagues in business, computing, and engineering across educational segments. Tour the MiraCosta TCI Engineering Tech facilities and visit the BrewTech lab for beer tasting!

More details including the date and time are coming soon.

K-12 District Information

K-16 Undergraduate Student Internship Program

Seeking Host LEAs!

The K-16 Collaborative is pleased to invite San Diego and Imperial County LEAs to host participating college students from our Undergraduate Student Internship Program. This program is designed to allow current college students to gain meaningful, hands-on work experience with K-12 students in order to better prepare for careers in teaching. We are now seeking K-12 LEAs to host undergraduate students at elementary, middle and/or high school sites during the 24-25 school year. To learn more about how your LEA can host participating college students, click on the button below to watch the recording, or visit the K-16 website.

The K-16 Collaborative will pay all wages, recruit college student participants, and provide onboarding with ongoing support!

Visit Our Website!

Watch the Info Session

Postsecondary Information

K-16 Undergraduate Student Internship Program:

Business / Computing / Engineering

The K-16 team is busy prepping for Summer 2024 internships for business, computing, and engineering students.

Approved programs can be found HERE
Student applications will open in March - college career center staff, professors and administrators are invited to learn more on December 15th (see information below)
Companies are being recruited now

If you are a potential work site, or know of a company that is interested in hosting college student interns, send them this link to learn more and apply! https://k16talentpipeline.org/employers/internships/

Join us to learn more about the K-16 Collaborative Undergraduate Student Internship Program

Friday, December 15th at 10:00 -11:00am

via Zoom

This session is for community college and university career center staff, professors, and administrators.

This session will include:

Overview & timeline of the internship program
How you can outreach and support students

Click HERE to learn more

about the internship program

Grant Announcements

Expenditure Reporting Workshop Coming Soon!

The K-16 Collaborative team is excited to announce an Expenditure Reporting Workshop on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at 10:00am focused on the best ways to accomplish your bi-annual expenditure reporting. The workshop format will include:

Report demos to help address some of the frequent expenditure formatting questions
Address backup documentation needed for auditing purposes

This workshop is meant for all main points of contact on the K-16 Collaborative Work Plan and Budget Application, as well as fiscal personnel from all districts and colleges who are receiving funds.

Click the image for the PDF to share.

NOTE: The workshops will be recorded and provided to all participating partners.

Join via Zoom:

https://gcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/83712724347

Important K-16 Collaborative Reporting Updates

Once we are back from the holiday break, we will send out notifications regarding:

Quarterly narrative reporting for activities from Oct 1-Dec 31, 2023
Budget and expenditure reports for spending between June 30-Dec 31, 2023. Please contact Mayra if you have any questions about this request.
Data reporting (enrollment data only - this will be sent out by Christine by the end of the week)

California Jobs First Initiative

Regional Meetings - Learn How to Get Involved!

The Southern Border Coalition, as part of the California Jobs First initiative (previously, CERF), will be hosting 3 meetings in San Diego this week to share more information about the $14M Catalyst Program and how you can help identify and vote on which pre-development projects will receive a portion of these funds through Coalition Membership. Further, the Coalition Members will be electing Sector Leads in January, the Sector Leads will form the governing body of the Coalition.

Please RSVP here for the meeting(s) you plan to attend and indicate if you have any interpretation and/or childcare service needs. This will help the Co-conveners plan accordingly and make proper arrangements for all attendees. Meals will also be provided. The SBC hopes you can join us!