1. Structure
The organizational structure is designed to accelerate a new workforce development and student success strategy: integrating makerspaces into California Community Colleges.
At the leadership level, an advisory committee will be the voice and the inspiration for the CCC Maker initiative. Committee members will bring in their unique perspectives to discuss progress, recommend strategies, aid in the tactics of building the ecosystem, and provide a voice to educate and influence. Dale Dougherty, CEO of Maker Media and the founder of Make Magazine and the Maker Faire, is chair of the advisory. As the leader of a California-grown phenomenon that has spread globally, Mr. Dougherty has a keen interest in engaging community college students and faculty in new ways of learning that will “lead to a truly innovative economy and society”. Other advisory members include representatives of business, education, foundations, and government.
The Technical Assistance Provider (TAP) was selected (October 2016) via a competitive Request for Qualifications process. The TAP will administer and manage the mini-grant application and selection process, facilitate the delivery of training and other resources to grantees, build a statewide community of practice; and serve as catalyst to build business/industry partnerships.
Training resources available to grantees will include ecosystem mapping through the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE); Making Across the Curriculum faculty workshops by Zack Dowell at Folsom Lake College; 21st Century Skills workshops by the New World of Work; How to Start Up and Improve Your Makerspace workshops by Maker Education Initiative; Infusing Social Entrepreneurship into the Community College Experience workshops by Kiva, and more.
Thirty-three California Community Colleges are eligible to apply for CCC Maker mini-grants. Eligibility was determined by submitting a Letter of Interest in March 2016, and attending one of three symposiums conducted in June 2016 by the CCCCO and the California Council on Science and Technology. Mini-grants aside, information and resources are designed to be as open source as possible so that all community colleges and universities can have access to best practices, strategic models and plans, documents and reports, curricula and professional development opportunities.

2. Goals
Students seek a better life with expanded opportunities to learn.
Educators create learning platforms that are adaptable and effective.
Businesses prosper by hiring skilled community college graduates prepared for their new roles.
Education innovation goes to scale around the state.
Non-traditional students are valued, diversity is celebrated.
The vision and guiding principles for successful deployment of the CCC Maker initiative was presented in a white paper created by the California Council on Science and Technology. This paper overviewed the makerspace movement, the possible value that makerspaces in community colleges could create, and builds a guiding format for implementation. Imagine the implications of a successful CCC Maker initiative. What does success look like? What are the stories that will be told?
These possible future outcomes can be divided into five distinct categories that include student success, educator leadership in pedagogic platforms, the value of community college-local community linkages, repeatable models of Innova-tionMaker3 sites guided by the CCCCO, and successful inclusion of non-traditional student populations into this education system.
A. STUDENT SUCCESS IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE CCC MAKER MOVEMENT. COMMUNITY COLLEGES REFINE THEIR EDUCATIONAL PORTFOLIO WITH ADAPTABLE LEARNING PLATFORMS THAT CHANGE AS THE DEFINITION OF STUDENT SUCCESS CHANGES.
B. EDUCATORS ARE LEADING THE CCC MAKER PROGRAM AND CURRICULUM DESIGN.
C. THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENHANCES ITS ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LEAD TO STRONG INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS.
D. THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHANCELOR’S OFFICE BUILDS A GROWING NETWORK OF CCC MAKER SITES THAT INCORPORATE PROGRAMMATIC STANDARDS AND SYSTEMATIZED METRICS.
E. THE CCC MAKER INITIATIVE IS A CIVIC MODEL OF SUCCESS BECAUSE OF ITS POSITION AS A THOUGHT-LEADER AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION OF NON-TRADITIONAL POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS, INSTRUCTORS, AND SUPPORT STAFF

3. Advisory Committee Provide guidance & advice to the initiative
Become an ambassador and share the CCC Maker story
Introduction to partners to support community college makerspaces

4. Timeline for the First Year