1. Health Care MIS Data 2006-2007 Jim Comins, Initiative Director & Education Co-Chair SWHOAC Click Page Down to Advance

2. 2 Vocational Education MIS VTEA money requires accountability Cal Community Colleges Management Information System collects, collates and reports educational data on student performance in Occupational Education Vocational Programs categorized into: Taxonomy of Program Codes TOP Codes (Health TOP Codes--12000 series)

3. 3 Core Indicators Definitions I: Skill Attainment--indicates attainment of “C” or better (Goal: 79.76%) II:Completion Rate--Percentage of students who complete degree or certificate (Goal: 60.82% )

4. 4 Core Indicators Definitions III., A. Placement in Post-secondary (4- year) Education, Employment (Goal: 83.19% ) III., B. Retention in employment (employed for 3 or more consecutive quarters) (Goal: 82.85% ) IV. Non-traditional Students (occupations with 75% one gender) A. Participation (Goal: 29.98%) B. Completion (Goal: 25.05% )

12. 12 Implications Mentoring programs, outreach efforts and learning communities are all methodologies by which increasing numbers of diverse students may be recruited and their success fostered. Recruit males into primarily female-dominated professions. –HUB Project at Monterey Peninsula Allied health faculty should work closely with counselors and faculty in prerequisite classes to gain their assistance in guiding students into satisfying and rewarding careers in health care. Allied health faculty should also reach out to engage their secondary school counterparts in guiding students into careers in health care.

13. 13 Implications California high schools reform:  Development of discipline-specific academies and magnet schools.  Frequently the health disciplines are the foci of these high school innovations.  Allied health faculty should capitalize on these opportunities for developing partnerships to provide a steady stream of well qualified, highly motivated, and well-prepared students into allied health programs.

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