Career Development
Preparing Peralta Students for Careers
Colleges secure over $20 million in career development grants.
In response to decreased State support, Abel Guillén has pushed the Peralta Colleges to aggressively pursue external funding that is in line with industry and workforce training needs. We are helping students get the knowledge and skills they need to get good-paying jobs in areas such as green businesses and environmental technology. Here are a few examples:
Green Jobs Corps.
Green Job Corps is a $500,000 grant that provides a career pathway to high-wage green jobs with solar and construction companies. It provides college-credited training in construction skills, solar installation, energy auditing, energy efficiency and green construction.
http://elaney.org/wp/green/
Industry-Driven Regional Collaborative in Advanced Control System Technology. Supported by the State Chancellor’s Office of Economic Workforce Development Initiative and a National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education grant, this program allows students to gain expertise in maintaining, programming, and troubleshooting building control systems. A state-of-the-art, multi-vendor training lab allows students to simulate on-the-job challenges.
National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education.
This $900,000 grant allows Laney College’s Environmental Control Technology program to deepen and broaden its curriculum to integrate essential knowledge and skills in best energy management practices. Graduates have the opportunity to succeed in a rapidly changing, high- wage, high-growth sector.
http://elaney.org/wp/environmental_control_tech/
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s Bridges Program.
Berkeley City College was recently awarded a $1 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was established in 2004 for stem cell research and treatment. The grant is also designed to give interns experience with the various scientific, ethical and legal aspects of stem cell research. Over a three-year period, this grant will provide 21 internships with Children’s Hospital Oakland Research and UC Berkeley.
http://wpmu.eberkeley.org/sci-biotech
The Alameda Transportation and Logistics Academic Support Initiative (ATLAS).
Through a $2.26 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, ATLAS is an innovative program designed to create career path employment for East Bay residents in warehousing and logistics. ATLAS is a concrete response by the Peralta Colleges and collaborating organizations to the East Bay’s economic and workforce development needs. http://www.oaklandpartnership.com/2008%20Clusters/TL/T&L%20Inititatives/...
Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative East Bay Fast Track to Biotechnology.
This program offers education and training opportunities that will prepare low-income, underrepresented adults and transition-age youth for employment in the biotech industry
