Useful links

 

Associations

• California Community College Association for Occupational Education www.cccaoe.org

• National Council for Workforce Education www.ncwe.org

• American Association of Community Colleges http://www.aacc.nche.edu/

• Association for Career and Technical Education http://www.acteonline.org/

• California Placement Association http://www.calplacement.org/aboutcpa.cfm

Community College Specific

• California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office http://www.cccco.edu/

• Links to California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Programs http://www.cccco.edu/programs/programs.htm

• California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program http://www.cccewd.net/

• California Community Colleges Curriculum http://www.curriculum.cc.ca.us/

• Community College League of California http://www.ccleague.org/

• Legislation Updates http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/grea/grea.htm

• CCC confer http://www.cccconfer.org/
     Free services to California Community Colleges faculty, staff and administrators:

• Call Confer: Conference call service.

• Meet and Confer: conference call and internet access to meet, review documents or conduct training.

• Office Hours: Virtual office space. Faculty and students can interact using the phone and the internet for meetings, tutoring or counseling.

• Teach and Confer: Live interactive classroom.

Other Resources

• U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/

• State of California’s Eligible Training Provider List http://etpl.edd.ca.gov/wiaetplind.htm

• Links to a variety of grant funding opportunities are available at http://www.edd.ca.gov/wiarep/wiagrantfund.htm

• California Special Populations http://www.casp.cc/

• The Herman Group is a firm of strategic business futurists concentrating on workforce and workplace issues. Their newsletters called “Trend Alerts” are archived at http://www.hermangroup.com/archive.html

• Inland Empire Economic Partnership http://www.ieep.com/

• Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation http://www.laedc.com/

• America’s Service Locator http://www.servicelocator.org
  This site connects to local offices that provide employment and training services

• American Council on Education created a web site www.acenet.edu/NationalGuide to help students/workers more easily access the information that helps them find college credit for workplace training.

• DataPlace www.dataplace.org aims to be a one-stop source for housing and demographic data about your community, your region, and the nation.

Labor market information

• For information (projections, wages etc.) on specific occupations
  http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/cgi/databrowsing/occExplorerSelection.asp?menuChoice=occExplorer

• For industry staffing patterns
  http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/IOMatrix/Staffing-Patterns1.htm This shows what occupations are employed by a given industry OR what industries employ a given occupation.

• NAICS code definitions
  http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/naicod02.htm

• LMI help for program decision making
  http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/occmisc/LMI-Help-Program-Decision-Making.pdf

• O*Net Occupational Information Network for information on occupations and skills
  http://online.onetcenter.org/

Careers

• In Demand Magazine http://www.careervoyages.gov/indemandmagazine-main.cfm Connecting today's students with the careers of tomorrow. Each issue will explore careers in a different high growth industry

• Career Pro News http://careerpronews.bridges.com/ provides career-related news, online resources, organizations and more. Quick weekly read providing career development information and labor market articles.

• Nontraditional Careers Statewide Leadership http://www.nontrad.info/ This site provides information and links to other sites about the subject of nontraditional careers and occupations.