Local Planning
California Regional Education to Workforce Dashboard: User Guide
Equity, Local Planning, Program Development, Regional Planning, Student Advising
This guide will introduce you to the California Regional Education to Workforce Dashboard.
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Detailed Guide
Student Success Metrics (SSM) Dashboard Cohort View Webinar
Accreditation, Communications, Equity, Local Planning, Program Development, Program Review, Regional Planning, Student Advising, Understanding Data
Webinar recording for the 2021 Student Success Metrics – Cohort View Walkthrough
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Webinar
Are There Similar Programs in the Region?
Local Planning, Program Development, Regional Planning
Two page guide, with screenshots, summarizing how to determine whether other colleges have similar programs in specific regions.
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Brief
Next Level Disaggregation: Examining Program-Level Information, Additional Student Characteristics, and Labor Market Data
Equity, Local Planning, Program Review, Understanding Data
This 15-page guide introduces community college deans, directors, department chairs, and college researchers to a data dashboard that can help to deepen program review and program planning...
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Detailed Guide
Need Program-Level Information on Equity Gaps?
Equity, Local Planning, Program Review
Find out how the LaunchBoard can help you get a better understanding of student characteristics and outcomes, and where programs have equity gaps related to completion and transfer.
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Short Video
Building More Comprehensive Measures of Workforce Training Success
Communications, Local Planning, Program Development, Understanding Data
This four-minute video explains why including factors such as wage gain, employment retention, and third-party certification would better capture the full range of career and technical education...
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Short Video
Case Study: Using Employment and Labor Market Information in the LaunchBoard to Make Data-backed Decisions
Local Planning, Program Development, Program Review, Regional Planning
Ideas for how to use the LaunchBoard to inform program planning, based on a case study from the field
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Brief
Understanding Labor Market Information Resources: Descriptions, Benefits, and Limitations
Local Planning, Program Development, Regional Planning, Understanding Data
Provides detailed information on two dozen LMI sources, including strengths, limitations, screenshots, and web links.
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Detailed Guide
Starting a New Program?
Local Planning, Program Development, Regional Planning
Find out how the LaunchBoard can help you get a better understanding of program offerings within your region, so that you can better coordinate with other colleges.
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Short Video
Looking for Data on Employment and Earnings?
Accreditation, Local Planning, Program Review, Regional Planning
Find out how the LaunchBoard can help you find information on employment rates and earnings for both skills-builders and completers.
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Short Video
Want to Start Reporting Locally Issued Certificates?
Local Planning, Program Review, Understanding Data
Two-minute video describing how colleges can submit locally issued certificate data to the Chancellor's office and the benefits of doing so.
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Short Video
Need Help Setting Accreditation Benchmarks?
Accreditation, Local Planning, Regional Planning
Find out how the LaunchBoard can provide information on local trends in success and employment rates, as well as outcomes at other colleges, to inform institution-set standards.
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Short Video
What to Know Before Changing Program and Course Codes
Accreditation, Equity, Local Planning, Program Review, Understanding Data
This infographic explains what you need to consider, related to students, funding, college planning, and accountability reporting, when you change codes such as TOP, SAM, and CIP.
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Infographic
Making Use of Labor Market Information: Where to Find Data for Common Community College Decisions
Local Planning, Program Development, Regional Planning, Understanding Data
This guide provides a brief overview of labor market information sources, structured around the types of questions that community colleges commonly ask related to developing new programs, designing...
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Detailed Guide
How Workforce Pathways Shape College Outcomes and Earnings Gains
Communications, Local Planning, Program Review, Student Advising, Understanding Data
This eight minute video examines the multiple types of workforce training offered by community colleges and their associated earnings gains, as a means of documenting the value of both short-term...
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Short Video
Do Our Training Programs Align With Available Jobs?
Local Planning, Program Review, Regional Planning
Find out how the LaunchBoard can help you get a better understanding of the jobs that are available in your region at the program level.
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Short Video