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OCBC's Education and

Workforce Partnerships

The following are initiatives that OCBC has chosen to partner with to help strengthen Orange County's workforce and to help equip our students with the needed skills for the future.

 

  • SB 70 Grants (The Governor’s Workforce Initiative): The overall purpose of the Economic Development and Career Technical Education Grants is to reinforce and expand Orange County’s essential workforce development initiatives by systemically linking the county’s investment in economic development with the county’s investments in education, workforce, and other significant public investments. OCBC will facilitate, in partnership with the consortium stakeholders, all of the grants within the county into a concentrated and focused endeavor designed to address the challenges of adequately preparing students for the high-skill, high-wage careers of the 21st century. 
  • High School, Inc:  High School, Inc. will be a market-driven, real-world institution, located at Valley High School in the Santa Ana Unified School District(SAUSD).  It will be made up of a broad base of stakeholders from business, education, government, and neighborhoods.  High School Inc.,scheduled to open August 30, 2007,will merge hard and soft-skills learning into critical thinking that connect new technologies with practical applications that offer its graduates the choice to seek employment, continue their education, pursue entrepreneurship, or all of the above.
  • Global IT Academy:  In fall of 2005, Brea Olinda High School initiated an all-new Global IT Academy. This energizing and highly diverse program in emerging technologies was developed through global partnerships in education and business. This program is a leading edge technology curriculum that provides entering freshman opportunities to gain college-level instruction for global software development courses, international research experience, and international corporate work experience.
  • Orange County Animation Project:  According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in 2005, entertainment / multimedia / animation jobs in California grew at 17%. The Los Angeles region, which includes Orange County, experienced an 85% increase during that same period. To support the need for future artists, in different areas of expertise, the Orange County Animation Project was created.

    The Orange County Department of Education, in cooperation with OCBC, various school districts, Regional Occupational Programs and colleges and universities in Orange County, and the ACME Network, are all partnering to support the creation of animation programs in K-12 learning environments and to develop the necessary pathways to prepare students for careers in animation.  The long-term vision of the project is to create a K-20 network of animation students and professionals within Orange County’s workforce.
  • Project Tomorrow: Project Tomorrow is a national education nonprofit group based in Irvine. The vision of Project Tomorrow is insure that today’s students are well prepared to be tomorrow’s innovators, leaders and engaged citizens of the world. We believe that by supporting the innovative uses of science, math and technology resources in our K-12 schools and communities, students will develop the critical thinking, problem solving and creativity skills needed to compete and thrive in the 21st century.