LAURIE R . HARRISONPROJECT MANAGER

Special PopulationsCollaborative Project

Purpose

To improve special population student* access, performance, and retention in Career and Technical Education

* Economically disadvantaged, including foster children Single parents, including single pregnant women Displaced homemakers Limited English proficient Disabled Students training for careers nontraditional to their gender

Activities

Identify resources and effective practicesDevelop materialsDevelop linkages with other CCC

collaborative projects, industry/discipline advisory committees, and regional consortia

Provide professional developmentTrack the performance of special population

students

Organizational Structure

Grant awarded to West Hills Community College District, Cathy Barabe, Project Director

Laurie Harrison, Project ManagerAdditional staff responsible for:

Core indicator analysis Professional development Resource and effective practice identification

Advisory Committee Interface

Primary link to the Joint Special Populations Advisory Committee Report at meetings Jointly sponsor professional development workshops Workplan activities influenced by needs identified by

the committee

Also have developed linkages with the other CCC Advisory Committees.

Links to other Advisory

Committees/CollaborativesAttend meetings/share information/present

to: Health Trade and Industry Agriculture Public and Protective Services Family and Consumer Science Business and Information Technology Research and Accountability

Dissemination

Through the advisory committees, particularly the JSPAC. Our products are listed on the JSPAC website: www.jspac.org

Through workshops we conduct in partnership with the JSPAC

Through our own website: www.cccspecialpopulations.org

Primary Products

Developed & Disseminated

by the Special Populations

Collaborative

Measuring Success

Core Indicator Analysis of Special Population Student Performance Statewide By two digit TOP Code area By region

For example

Other measure of success:

National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE), a leading national organization promoting Perkins and special populations, requested 500 copies of “Make a Difference for Special Population Students: Practical Tips and Tools for Educators” to disseminate at all of their trainings.

Thank You!