All In: Student Pathways Forward

Lane Community College & NCTN/World Education - Student Maria Cristina Cruz & College President Dr. Margaret Hamilton; NCTN/World Education, Inc Senior Technical Advisor Judy Mortrude

June 22, 2021 Marc Goldberg Season 1 Episode 104
All In: Student Pathways Forward
Lane Community College & NCTN/World Education - Student Maria Cristina Cruz & College President Dr. Margaret Hamilton; NCTN/World Education, Inc Senior Technical Advisor Judy Mortrude
Show Notes

This episode features Lane Community College (LCC) student Maria Cristina Cruz, who is enrolled in an innovative Early Childhood Education program that integrates Career Technical Education coursework with foundational skills leading to a college credential. Cristina is a parenting student who has found employment in her field of study while still in school and has accessed different resources at LCC to make it all work. 

Lane Community College President Dr. Margaret Hamilton shares her enthusiasm and commitment to the statewide Pathways to Opportunity framework as a racial equity strategy and discusses the importance of the Navigator role to help students maximize benefits to complete college.

Judy Mortrude, Senior Technical Advisor at National College Transitions Network/World Education, Inc, talks about the importance of adult integrated education and training career pathways programs, like the PASS Lane Early Childhood Education program at LCC, and how these efforts are part of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014 and fit in with broad college-wide Guided Pathways initiatives.