Introduction

Strong Workforce Program legislation created the K12 Pathway Coordinator positions to support vital connections between the K–12 sector and community colleges in order to strengthen Career Technical Education (CTE) programs and pathways that align with regional workforce needs.  

  • The Bay Region has 17 K12 Pathway Coordinators on board, hosted by Local Education Agencies (LEAs) across the region. 
  • K12 PCs are assigned to each community college district’s service area, to work with the community colleges and the K-12 LEAs.
  • Collaboratively our K12 team will provide technical assistance as needed to strengthen and expand CTE programs, and to be go-to resources for K-12 Strong Workforce and the Career Technical Education Incentive grants.

Strong Workforce Program legislation created the K12 Pathway Coordinator positions to support vital connections between the K–12 sector and community colleges in order to strengthen Career Technical Education (CTE) programs and pathways that align with regional workforce needs. 

The Bay Region has 17 K12 Pathway Coordinators (PCs) on board, hosted by Local Education Agencies (LEAs) across the region. 

K12 PCs are assigned to each community college district’s service area to work with the community colleges and the K-12 LEAs.

This team provides technical assistance as needed to strengthen and expand CTE programs, and to be go-to resources for K-12 Strong Workforce and grants.

North Bay
Marin County Napa County Sonoma County Solano County

Leslie Pfeiffer

Marin County Office of Education

lpfeiffer@marinschools.org

Service Area: Marin County

College: Marin

Tammie Holloway

Napa County Office of Education

tholloway@napacoe.org

Service Area: Napa County

College: Napa Valley

Kimberly
Lane

Solano County Office of Education

klane@solanocoe.net

Service Area: Solano County

College: Solano

Christi
Calson

Sonoma County Office of Education

ccalson@scoe.org

Service Area: Sonoma County

College: Santa Rosa

San Francisco & Mid-Peninsula
San Francisco County San Mateo County

Karen Li Lahe

San Francisco Unified School District
 

Service Area: San Francisco County

College: City College of San Francisco

Vacant

San Mateo County Office of Education

sbrown@smcoe.org

Service Area: San Mateo County

Colleges: San Mateo, Cañada, Skyline

Santa Cruz & Monterey Peninsula
Santa Cruz County Monterey County

VACANT

Mission Trails ROP

 

Service Area: Gonzales, Monterey Peninsula, North Monterey County, Soledad USDs, Salinas UHSD, South County Joint UHSD

College: Hartnell

Ivonne Glenn

Carmel Unified for Mission Trails ROP

iglenn@carmelunified.org

Service Area: Carmel, Monterey County

Colleges: Monterey Peninsula College

 

Jack Michael

Santa Cruz County Office of Education

jack.michael@baccc.net

Service Area: Scotts Valley, San Lorenzo Valley, Pajaro Valley USDs, Santa Cruz City Schools

College: Cabrillo

Silicon
Valley

Santa Clara County

Jennifer Suttie

Santa Clara County Office of Education

jsuttie@sccoe.org

Service Area: Los Gatos-Saratoga, Campbell, Santa Clara

Colleges: Mission/West Valley

Jessica
Tabron

Santa Clara County Office of Education

Service Area: PAUSD, MVLA, Fremont Unified

Colleges: Foothill/De Anza

Maurice
James

Santa Clara County Office of Education

mjames@sccoe.org

Service Area: San Jose Unified, East Side Union HS, Metropolitan Education District

Colleges: San Jose-Evergreen

Susan Suárez-Madson

Santa Clara County Office of Education

ssuarez-madson@sccoe.org

Service Area: Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister Districts

College: Gavilan

East
Bay
Oakland County Tri-Valley County

Rona Zollinger

Oakland Unified School District

rona.zollinger@ousd.org

Service Area: Alameda County Office of Education, Albany, Alameda, Berkeley, Emery, Oakland, Piedmont USDs, and charter schools.

Colleges: Berkeley City, Alameda, Laney, Merritt

Terresa Williams, Ph.D.

Tri-Valley ROP

twilliams@tvrop.org
 626-533-7144

Service Area: Castro Valley, Hayward, San Leandro, San Lorenzo USD, Pleasanton USD, Dublin USD, Livermore Valley Joint USD

College: Chabot, Las Positas

Nick Morgan

Contra Costa County Office of Education

nmorgan@cccoe.k12.ca.us

Service Area:Contra Costa County

Colleges: Contra Costa, Diablo Valley, Los Medanos

Mai Ye Vang

Newark Unified School District

mvang@newarkunified.org
(510) 818-4103 Ext. 4162

Service Area: Fremont USD, New Haven USD, Newark USD

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