SB 70Statewide Career Pathways:

Creating School to College Articulation

Jane Patton

Academic Senate for

Calif. Community Colleges

SB 70• Vocational Education

• Sept. 2005 chaptered into Ed Code section 88532

• CCC System office --developing various responses

• ASCCC will spearhead one project: on articulation w/ high schools

SB 70 says:

• Improve regional linkages and career-technical ed pathways

• CCC will work with schools, consortia & ROCs

• Stresses faculty collaboration

Components

• Inventory articulation agreements• Convene faculty discipline groups (CC

and HS)• Develop database• Create outreach strategies• Coordinate with existing groups e.g.

consortia)

Guiding principles forour articulation project

The project will:

• Build upon best practices for articulation & lessons learned

• Focus on targeted fields by region

• Build upon existing projects (IMPAC, Tech Prep)

• Provide support to faculty

• Provide opportunities to collaborate

Goals

1. Target the most relevant fields regionally

2. Develop articulation & career pathways

3. Create standards for course acceptance

4. Identify online technology

5. Increase the number of students

6. Develop a system to maintain & share articulation agreements

7. Build mechanism to sustain program

Interested?

• We want names of potential faculty reps.

• Complete form at registration table.

• Tell us other names you’d recommend.

• Questions or feedback:

jane_patton@wvmccd.cc.ca.us