20A - LABOR TECHNICAL SIKLLS TRAINNING GRANT

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DOL SGA- DFA- PY -10 -13 Orange County Bridge to Engineering Mle6;' P' tfti ant Performance'0utcomes ; Pro'ections Total participants who complete education /training activities and who enroll in fur- ther education on the same career pathway. 170 ii. Cost per Participant and Ability to Report Outcomes OC B2E is an ambitious program that aims to move participants into highly paid professional positions in engineering. There are few intermediary jobs on the engineering career pathway, and demand is low for those jobs.' Therefore, our plan is to invest*in developing a model that moves participants all the way through a Bachelors of Science degree, while concurrently building.their practical skills through OJT placements. Tracking Systems. The SA WIB and all partners directly serving participants will collect par- ticipant- level.data on participants enrolled, completing, exiting prior to completion of training, em- ployment outcomes, and further training outcomes: Partners will also track race /ethnicity and gen- der of OC B2E participants to see how the project is meeting its goals of increasing participation of underrepresented minorities and women in the engineering workforce. SAC is a key partner in the Santa Ana Partnership, consisting of the Santa Ana Unified School District' the City of Santa Ana, SAC, CSUF, and UCI. The.Partriership uses a common database to track academic outcomes and employment outcomes when students enter the workforce. Saddle- back College will provide additional data to be entered into the Santa Ana Partnership system. OC B2E case managers at SA W1B will follow up on.participants through EDD payroll records, phone contact, email, and OC B2E social networking web pages, and enter data into the JTA system. As part of the ongoing Bridge to Engineering initiative spearheaded by Growth Sector, OC B2E will also seek private funding to supplement this data gathering with a phone survey of employ- ers and graduates. The survey would interview graduates six months and two years after entering the workforce full-time, to find out what was helpful in B2E curriculum and services; what needed im- provement; what was unexpected, etc. Employers would be interviewed about graduates' academic preparation, readiness for the workplace, and skills acquired through Summer Institutes and OJTs, 16 EDD /L,MID projects only 18 annual openings in Orange County for Engineering Technicians, all other; 30 for Civil Engineering Technicians, and 43 for Electronic /Electrical Engineering Technicians. Page 20 of 20 20A -71