Silicon Valley Career Pathways

The Silicon Valley Career Pathways project (SVCP), is a joint project between the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District (SJECCD), Workforce Institute and Metropolitan Education District (MetroED). The project is funded by two separate California Career Pathways Trust Round 2 grants: SJECCD/Workforce Institute’s $13.1 million & MetroED $6 million In July 2014, the California Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law the California Education Code, sections 53010 through 53016, and the Budget Act of 2014, Statutes 2014, creating the California Career Pathways Trust with funds in the amount of $250 million. The purpose of the grants is to create career pathway programs that develop and integrate standards-based academics with a career-relevant, sequenced curriculum following industry-themed pathways that are aligned to high-need, high-growth, or emerging regional economic sectors and provide articulated pathways to postsecondary education aligned with regional economies. SILICON VALLEY CAREER PATHWAYS is a regional collective, involving 9 community colleges, 10 school districts, 3 alternative and charter schools, 3 California State Universities, 3 Workforce Investment Boards, the Deputy Sector Navigators, and nearly 30 employers.