Los Angeles Trade-Technical College has an 80+ year history of educating and preparing the Los Angeles workforce for careers in industries that fuel the regional economy. The college began in 1925 by offering a course in power sewing at a manufacturing plant-hence the roots of the college are firmly grounded in workforce education and economic development.Today…Trade-Tech is a substantial provider of a knowledgable, skilled, and prepared workforce in Los Angeles. In the last five years alone over 75,000 individuals have participated in career-technical, workforce education and training programs at the college.
Subscribe to the RSS feed for Workforce & Economic DevelopmentPosted on 22. Oct, 2009
Marcy Drummond, Vice President for Workforce and Economic Development, has been appointed as a member of the Working Group for the Green Pathways to Postsecondary Success project facilitated by the Corps Network*. The project and working group, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation, aims to deepen the understanding [...]
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009
In what will play a major role in California’s economic recovery, 2.7 million “middle-skill” job openings—those that require more than a high school diploma, but not a
Bachelor’s Degree—are projected for the state by 2016, according to a new study* released by The Workforce Alliance (TWA), Skills2Compete and the California EDGE Campaign. But to unleash the [...]
Posted on 12. Oct, 2009
LATTC Vice President for Workforce and Economic Development, Marcy Drummond, was selected to serve on The Task Force on America’s Future Energy Jobs, convened by the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP). The taskforce examined the ability of the current worker training and education system in the United States to provide a workforce with the [...]
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College and the LA Conservation Corps have partnered and been successfully awarded a $500,000 grant, over three years, for the Brownfields Job Training Program to train 100 individuals in alternative and innovative green and environmental technologies. The goal of the program is to improve the career options for individuals in the areas [...]
Posted on 17. Aug, 2009
Project Runway is set to go live from this coming Thursday. Finally it seems the confusion surrounding the whole affair of shifting the popular TV show to Lifetime Television has been solved.
It must give a sigh of relief to hundreds of thousands of people who loved watching the reality show.
With Project Runway we will also [...]
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009
The Utility Construction Prep (UCP) Program and several LATTC faculty who are integral to the program (Kelly Dodge, Wally Hanley, Dr. Allison Tom-Miura, and Tom Vessella) are featured in the report “Contextualized Teaching and Learning: A Faculty Primer. A Review of Literature and Faculty Practices with Implications for California Community College Practitioners”.
The report was completed [...]
Posted on 13. Jul, 2009
Mayor Villaraigosa announced the launch of the L.A. Scholars Program–a partnership between the City of Los Angeles, the L.A. Community College District, along with business and non-profits. At Trade-Tech, the Division of Workforce and Economic Development Division participated in the L.A. Scholars Program by developing and implementing the Summer Green Jobs program. Over 115 students [...]
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009
The South LA YouthBuild Program is a partnership program between Los Angeles Trade-Technical College and The Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD). In YouthBuild programs, low-income young people ages 16–24 work toward their GED or high school diploma while learning job skills by building affordable housing for homeless and low-income people. Strong emphasis is placed [...]
Posted on 09. Jun, 2009
Even though Ring Festival LA doesn’t officially launch until April 15, 2010, excitement and enthusiasm is already building with partner events taking place now during the phase we call “Road to the Ring Festival.”
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College launched their year-long celebration of the Ring cycle with the Gold Thimble fashion Show on [...]
Posted on 22. May, 2009
Trade-Tech Diesel Technology instructor, Jess Guerra, has been appointed Chair of the Board of Directors of the Southern California Regional Transit Training Consortium (SCRTTC).
The SCRTTC (http://www.scrttc.com/) is a consortium comprised of public transportation agencies and college members located in the Southern California region. The consortium’s purpose is to provide a training resource network comprised of [...]
