California Corporate College Leadership

The power of California’s Community Colleges

The CA CC Advisory Board developed this set of Collaborative Principles to guide the work of the board and the CA CC.

Hold Regular, Inclusive Meetings

Conference calls
In-person meetings
Online collaboration
Everyone welcome

Follow a Participatory/Consensus Model

Everyone willing to support the decision even if they don’t agree 100%
No one left behind
Inclusive
Participatory
Cooperative
Diverse perspectives encouraged

Utilize a Facilitator

The convening/facilitating role provides critical continuity
Provides a single point of contact for multiple needs, ideas, and dissemination

Ensure Informed Decision Making/Research

Uses data to drive decision-making

Practice Enlightened Self Interest

Be open, honest, and clear about interests and motivations to avoid hidden agendas
Cultivate knowledge and understanding of the needs and motivations of your partners
Show mutual respect and support for partners and their programs
Participating members will benefit financially
Local colleges retain local customer relationships

Be Industry-Driven/Employer Responsive

Make the process seamless for clients
Accommodate client's preferred vendor relationships
Put the client first
Strive to exceed customer expectations
Anticipate client needs

The California Conservation Corps has been partnering with California’s community colleges for years, but with inconsistent success throughout our network of centers. Working with the California Corporate College has provided us with that single point of contact we were looking for so we could develop green career pathway programs for our corpsmembers … high quality training programs that could be delivered, still in partnership with the community colleges, but now consistently across all of our centers.

Brad Duncan
Chief, Pgm Dev & Support Div
California Conservation Corps