— California Community College Linked Learning Initiative (CCCLLI)

The Career Ladders Project is developing a model design and implementation strategy that will strengthen the connections between high schools with industry-themed pathways and their local community colleges to improve student success in both college and career.  Using the California Linked Learning District Initiative as a launching point, CLP will examine the current interest and capacity of neighboring community colleges to partner with those districts to align and extend Linked Learning pathways into the community colleges and other postsecondary institutions. This planning phase will lead to a demonstration project designed to extend the benefits of Linked Learning from high schools to postsecondary institutions.

Establishing clear pathways from high school to the full range of postsecondary opportunities is essential to overcoming the structural barriers to educational and career advancement.  The goal of this project is to identify, document and encourage strong, clear and consistent connections between Linked Learning pathway strategies and the innovative career pathway initiatives in California Community Colleges.  Working with partners, such as ConnectEd, CLP hopes to improve higher academicachievement, foster more intentional educational and career transitions from high school, improve college retention, and subsequently, improve college and career success.