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Workforce Development Center… Always Developing

 

The mission of the Workforce Development Center is to provide job preparation, employment services, community service, and service learning for the campus community. 

 

The Workforce Development Center is an ever-evolving collection of programs designed to meet the needs of the unemployed, underemployed, and those seeking a change in career direction through educational programs.

 

Students take an array of programs through the college for vocational preparation and transfer.  Many enter requiring basic skills.  The staff of the Workforce Development Center believes that preparation is the foundation for success.  To assist students in achieving their goals, the Center coordinates activities with the resources of the college to provide: individual counseling and advisement, child-care services, financial aid, tutoring, student support groups, work-study and internships, job search assistance, referral to community resources, job fairs, referrals to student health and mental health services, basic education, and GED test preparation.  The Workforce Development Center also provides job retention assistance and life skills workshops.

 
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WDC Programs

CalWORKS/TANF

A state funded program to transition TANF recipients from welfare to work.  Areas of funding are coordinated with the Department of Social Services and other agencies, work-study, job placement, child-care,, and innovative curriculum design. 

 

Community Partnerships

The Workforce Development center has active partnerships with the local area One Stops.  The Center successfully serves clients of the Palms/MarVista One Stop in a Basic Skills/ESL and work experience program.  We also work with the Marina del Rey Worksource Centere.  The Center also has a relationship with the Asian American Drug Abuse Program to provide basic skills and GED preparation.

 

GED Preparation

This is a program for adults who need to prepare for the GED test.  Students participate in a combination of classroom instruction and computer assisted instruction under the direction of college instructors.  This is a “fast track” program designed to prepare students to take the test in a semester.

 

NASA Scholars Program

The Math Success Project is a Special Program of the United Negro College Fund and NASA. The primary goal of this program is to improve the success of West Los Angeles College Students in mathematics and science through student support, curriculum change, and enrichment activities.

 
WDC TRiO Programs

In 1965, Congress began a series of programs to help Americans overcome class and social barriers to higher education.  These services geared towards low-income and first generation students were called Special Programs for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds.  Today they are known as the Federal TRIO Programs.  Congress initially authorized most of the programs in the Higher Education Act of 1965 and subsequent amendments.  After their authorization, Congress appropriated money for the programs.

 

West Los Angeles College has the following four TRiO Programs:

 

TRiO Educational Opportunity Center

EOC provides academic advisement and admission information for qualified adults who want to enter college or continue their education. 

 

TRiO Educational Talent Search

ETS is an early intervention program designed to reach students from Marina del Rey Middle School, Webster Middle School, Dorsey High School, and Fairfax High School who want to go to college and need to understand their choices.

 

TRiO Student Support Services

SSS is designed to increase retention, graduation, and transfer rates for West Los Angeles College students.

 

TRiO Upward Bound

UB provides academic assistance and develops skills and motivation in students from Crenshaw High School and Dorsey High School who are ready to go to college.

 

 
Contacts
 NameRoleEmailTelephoneTelephone 2
Dr. Judith-Ann FriedmanWorkforce Development Center Director   
Workforce Development CenterMain Office (310) 287-4261Fax (310) 287-4355
 
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