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