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CTE Office
Phone: (619) 388-5025

Alexander Berry
Acting Associate Dean Career Technical Education
Email: aberry@sdccd.edu

Aracely Bautista
Administrative Technician
Email: abautist@sdccd.edu

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Career Technical Education Office

Welcome to the Office of Career Technical Education!

Career Technical Education (CTE) programs specialize in modern technologies, technical skills, and applied sciences that provide students with opportunities to benefit from hands-on, project based learning environments.

Mesa College CTE programs are generally designed to prepare students for immediate employment into living wage jobs and careers. These programs offer specialized training to develop job-related skills and preparation for any necessary certification/licensing.

Mesa College works with local industry to provide current programs with proven faculty leaders and in state-of-the-art facilities to meet the needs of the San Diego region. Many programs provide direct clinical experience, access to internships, work experience and other work-based learning opportunities. Courses are taught by top professors in real-world environments equipped with current, industry-specific technology, tools, equipment and intense curriculum.

The CTE office is responsible for managing the Strong Workforce State program funding and the Work-Based Learning Program.

Strong Workforce President's Cabinet Update: Spring 2020

Career Education 2020-2021 Program Details

Regional Strong Workforce Faculty Institute

Regional Website

Informational PowerPoint

Mesa SWFI Orientation

Strong Workforce Mesa

Program info goes here

Source    Time Period            Amount
     State – SW, Round 1      July 2016 – Dec. 2018     $901,009 
 State – SW, Round 2 July 2017 – Dec. 2019      $1,234,195
State – SW, Round 3 July 2018 – Dec. 2020        $1,263,911
State - SW, Round 4 July 2019 – Dec. 2021 $1,310,409
Regional Projects  Varies                   $1,039,000            
2018-2019 2019-2020
Over $500,000 allocated to… Over $600,000 allocated to…
Accounting
Allied Health
Veterinary Technology
ASL-English Interpretation
Architecture/Interior Design/Bldg Const.
Business
Culinary Arts/Culinary Management
Child Development
Computer Information Science
Choreography / Commercial Dance
Fashion
Fitness Specialist
Geographic Information Systems
Hospitality
Journalism
Marketing
Nutrition
Physical Therapy Assistant
Radiologic Technology 

Accounting
Allied Health
Veterinary Technology
Architecture/Interior Design/Bldg Const.
Business

Child Development

Choreography / Commercial Dance

Computer Information Science
Culinary Arts/Culinary Management
Fashion

Fermentation
Fitness Specialist
Geographic Information Systems
Hospitality
Journalism
Marketing

Multimedia
Neurodiagnostic Technology
Physical Therapy Assistant
Radiologic Technology

Web Development           

 

 

Strong Workforce Region

Project Title  Purpose  Total Funds End Date Outcome  Status
Data Unlocked  Funding for CTE Code Alignment project and campus CTE data professional learning and integration.   $50,000 6/30/2018  
  • TOP/SOC/CIP aligned across the District
  • Launchboard Workshop for Campus
  • Tableau licenses and training equipment for data analysis

 Complete 

Strong Workforce Marketing  Funding for marketing CTE Programs to increase enrollment.  $50,000 12/31/2018
  • Purchased media spots on radio and online 
  • Purchase of CTE program marketing/outreach supplies 

Complete 

CTE Employment Readiness and Job Placement Funding to improve student readiness for employment.   $200,000 12/31/2018
  • Created 
    Career Peer Ambassador Program for peer to peer career assistance and outreach 
  • Developed Internship program and Internship Fair
  • Supplies, equipment, and marketing materials for Career Peer and Internship programs

 Complete 

CTE Regional Tutoring Project Mesa is the lead and fiscal agent for this Regional project that is assessing CTE tutoring and will be developing regional recommendations for improvement.   $135,000 6/30/2019   In Progress
Region WBL Assessment Project  Funding to support the Campus WBL assessment.   $20,000 6/30/2019   In Progress 
Job Speaker Pilot  Funding to compensate faculty for the additional work required to participate in the Job Speaker Pilot Program.   $9,000      In Progress
Pathway Navigation  Three-year funding to assess and revise Mesa's New Student Onboarding Process to include Career Planning before Ed Planning.   $225,000 12/31/2021   In Progress
Work-Based Learning Coordinator Two year funding for a Work-Based Learning Coordinator.   $200,000 12/31/2021   In Progress
Job Placement Case Management  Funding for the campus to implement job placement services.   $150,000 Annual Ongoing    In Progress

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