10th March 2010
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Industry Partners Play a Major Role in Curriculum Alignment

Industry Partners Play a Major Role in Curriculum Alignment The concept of working in collaboration with an industry partner has attracted growing interest as a way to remedy high dropout rates in large urban schools, by offering work-based learning opportunities that link education with access to the workforce.  Research has documented that industry/business partners/community-based organizations give relevance and credibility to an integrated curriculum that leads ...
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Allied Health Professions

CHA has released the short educational video below that honors California's health care providers working in more than 200 allied health professions. Sponsored by CHA and The California Endowment, the video features CHA members with expertise in workforce planning and human resources, as well as actual allied health professionals from CHA member hospitals. For a DVD copy of this video, please contact Cathy Martin ...
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OSHPD

The latest issue of newsletter from The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development is now available at http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/HWDD/pdfs/HP_August_2009_web.pdf.
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Networking Practice Among Health Science Educators

The September 2009 report titled: "Preparing Health Science Teachers for a World in Networking: Increasing Teacher Collegiality and Professionalism Practices" highlights findings and implications for increasing networking and curriculum sharing among health science teachers. Download full report here
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Pregnant Robot Trains Students

Medical students at Johns Hopkins University are getting a real-life birthing experience when a robot goes into labor. Kasey-Dee Gardner reports. Via: Discovery Channel
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Health Care Workforce Development

This report from the Executive Office of the President Council of Economic Advisors titled: "Preparing The Workers of Today for The Jobs of Tomorrow" provides a current analysis on workforce development. Here are some key highlights on the health care workforce: "Health care practitioners and technicians, which include physicians, registered nurses, and other health professionals and technicians are expected to be in increasing demand." "Occupations that ...
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5th Annual Health Science Educator’s Institute June 28-30, 2010

The Institute is designed for teams composed of teachers, administrators (grades 7-14), counselors, postsecondary partners, and industry partners with the goal of developing, enriching or improving their health science career pathway utilizing a Strategic Pathway Assessment process Information on the 2010 5th Annual Health Science Educators' Institute in June 28-30, 2010 at the Sheraton Grand in Sacramento. To view the 2009 4th annual institute, go ...
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Educating for Careers Conference

The Educating for Careers Conference functions as an annual event to maximize the efficiency and the benefits of the professional development delivery system pertaining to Career Technical Education (CTE). This year, the California Career Pathway Consortia welcomes the merger of its 16th annual Educating for Career Conference and of the 22nd annual California Partnership Academies Conference. In addition, we welcome involvement in a variety ...
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Collaboration and Partnerships: An Industry Sector Perspective

In 1997, I was in my first year with Mental Health America of Los Angeles (MHA) when we began exploring a future school site for a program in health and human services. The first step was to visit and interview the administration of several local urban high schools.  As the industry partner, MHA’s goal was to identify the school with an administrator that was ...
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California’s Future Workforce: Will There Be Enough College Graduates?

Over the past several decades, the demand in California for college-educated workers has grown. But the supply of college graduates has not kept pace with demand, and it appears that this “workforce skills gap” will not only continue but widen. This study examines the causes, magnitude, and likely consequences of the potential mismatch between the level of education the future population is likely to ...
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