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(1) enter the workforce with skills and competencies to succeed; (2) pursue advanced<br />
training in higher educational institutions; and (3) upgrade existing skills and knowledge.<br />
In addition to the specific skills and comprehensive career education offered, ROCPs<br />
also offer students employment survival skills in many aspects of each of the fifteen<br />
industry sectors as well as placement assistance, counseling and guidance services,<br />
and other critical support services. ROCPs collaborate with an estimated 50,000<br />
businesses and industry, numerous public and private agencies, and associations to<br />
develop industry-based curriculum and offer instructional classes and programs to meet<br />
local business and industry needs. Students receive training at a variety of venues from<br />
high school classes to actual on-site business and industry facilities, such as hospitals.<br />
ROCPs offer courses throughout the regular school day, in the late afternoon and<br />
evenings and, in many cases, during the summer months. ROCPs award certificates of<br />
completion and/or state or national industry-based certification upon successful<br />
completion of courses. ROCPs also serve the employment training needs of eligible<br />
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) recipients. A recent<br />
CDE-funded study shows that ROCP students have higher pay rates, obtain more<br />
promotions on the job, stay in school, and attend postsecondary schools at the same<br />
rate as other students.<br />
Apprenticeship Programs in California are designed to prepare an individual for a<br />
career in the skilled crafts and trades. Apprentices develop technical skills, experience<br />
the sharing of assignments, and see how technical tasks relate specifically to theoretical<br />
knowledge and interpretation taught in the classroom. Currently, there are more than<br />
850 apprenticeable occupations in the United States and over 200 active, registered<br />
apprenticeable occupations in California. Apprentices earn a wage while learning.<br />
Apprenticeship programs usually require one to five years to complete, depending upon<br />
the occupation. The apprenticeship training system is unique in that its basic foundation<br />
is a partnership between industry, education, and government. Industry-funded and<br />
industry-driven, the apprenticeship training system provides an effective balance<br />
between on-the-job training and theoretical practical classroom instruction in an effort to<br />
develop workers with marketable skills. The classroom instruction is known as related<br />
and supplemental instruction (RSI). The CDE and cooperating regional occupational<br />
centers and programs and adult programs provide ongoing technical support for<br />
apprenticeship programs across the state.<br />
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act is a $140 million per<br />
year federal grant program to strengthen and improve CTE programs in California. More<br />
than 500 secondary school districts, community college districts, county offices of<br />
education, regional occupational centers, and state institutions utilize the funds for<br />
equipment, supplies, professional development, program design, curriculum<br />
development, and other strategies to enhance their CTE programs. Included within the<br />
Perkins Act is the Tech Prep program, which provides an additional $11.2 million<br />
annually to articulate career paths across a minimum of grades eleven to fourteen and<br />
to integrate academic and career content. The goal is to provide a seamless education<br />
experience so that students should not have to repeat work already achieved.<br />
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