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The Education Fund will partner with the college to develop a credential program for workers to advance into the field of medical coding, the first program pathway selected for the online college.
“Partnering with the Education Fund will result in career advancement and wage gain for workers and will meet a need that our state’s health care system is struggling to address,” said California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley. “The online community college, our 115th college, is gaining momentum and structure with strong collaboration involving organized labor, employers, regional partners and faculty. We will continue to add career pathways in health care and other industry sectors.”
“The Education Fund is excited about the potential of building on partnership with the community colleges in California. The new online college will allow us to create and deliver an affordable and accessible high-quality education that is ideally suited to our working learners,” said Rebecca Hanson, executive director of the Education Fund
The SEIU-UHW Joint Employer Education Fund is a partnership between labor (100,000 SEIU eligible members and affiliated unions) and management (18 employers) dedicated to changing the lives of health care workers, by accelerating their careers through education, skills training and career advice.
Dignity Health and Optum 360 have pledged their support in the development of health care curriculum for medical coders, and the Education Fund believes many of other employer sponsors will also be committed partners.
"California's new online community campus has the potential to open up real avenues of opportunity for workers,” said Alma Hernández, Executive Director, SEIU California. “If we do this right, health care workers, early education workers, caregivers and many other workers will have the ability to advance their careers through high quality, supportive study programs that fit their demanding schedules and that are affordable."
The new online college will help stranded workers have struggled to obtain credentials to get ahead in today’s economy.
The first program pathway will serve working adults who want additional skills and credentials in the field of medical coding and require the flexibility of a competency-based, online training model that removes barriers to their success such as work schedules, transportation challenges and family obligations.
“I am a single mother with two kids, and I commute two hours a day to work as a patient registration representative. This online community college will allow me to fit school into my schedule and budget and advance in my career so I can provide a better life for my family.” Lorraine Maisonet, a SEIU-UHW member.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical coding jobs are projected to grow by 15 percent through 2024, more than twice the average for all occupations.
Medical coding is a critical middle-skill level job that is transforming health care and pays a median hourly wage of $32 in California for union members – with some earning more than $50 per hour at the peak of their careers.
It also provides a step-up in earnings for entry-level workers in related roles, such as medical assistants and information clerks. For-profit colleges currently deliver 80 percent of the medical coding certificates in California.
The online program, whose fees will be in line with the low-cost options available at other community colleges, will allow working learners to earn their credentials in a flexible and personalized manner so they can keep their current jobs and continue to support their families. The college will operate with unionized faculty and staff just as at other community colleges, Oakley said.
This new partnership teams one of the largest union training funds for health care workers in the western United States, with more than 100,000 frontline caregivers, and the largest system of higher education in the country. More career pathways available through the online college will be announced in the coming weeks.
The college will start enrolling students at the end of 2019. To learn more about the online community college, go to www.ccconlinecollege.org.
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The mission of the MESA program (Math, Engineering, Science, Achievement) is to provide assistance to educationally and financially disadvantaged STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) students.
To recognize and support the accomplishments of these students, MESA hosts an end of year dinner celebration that helps provide a $300 scholarship to every MESA transfer student.
Raffle prizes, a live auction, and a glorious meal paired with Mendocino and Lake County’s finest local wines makes for a great way to support local students.
Donations of $50 for one ticket and $90 for two tickets are very much appreciated.
Barra Winery is located at 7051 N State St., Redwood Valley.
Tickets are available in the Mendocino College MESA Room 4120 or by calling 707-468-3023.
More information about the MESA program can be found at https://www.mendocino.edu/student-services/support-programs/mesa.
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The club is offering two $1,000 scholarships.
Applicants must:
– Be a Lake County resident;
– Be currently enrolled as a full-time student (carrying 12 units or more);
– Have a 2.75 grade point average in all coursework attempted;
– List all work and community involvement;
– State reasons for applying for this scholarship and why this particular field; and
– Submit two letters of recommendation, one preferably from an employer.
Applications can be obtained from high school counselors or from the community colleges. Previous applicants and former graduates also welcome to reapply.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Seniors! We have some exciting scholarships for you guys so make sure you pay attention.
The first scholarship is from Phil Harris. Mr. Harris’ scholarship will be about you and your life story, being involved with the community and how much you have achieved in school. What Mr. Harris is looking for when applying for this scholarship is a written essay, a resume, your transcripts and a letter of recommendation. Mr. Harris will be picking one outstanding person to receive $500 and the deadline is two weeks before graduation.
The second scholarship is from Cheri Johnson. Ms. Johnson is offering this scholarship to two Carlé students. She has been giving us these donations for about six years now and we just want to let her know how grateful we are. The two students will receive $300 for their schooling.
Finally, Carlé will award $27,000 from the Rustici scholarship fund. Russell Rustici was a World War II veteran – he won a purple heart at the Battle of the Bulge – and worked with teachers Alan and Angie Siegel alongside many dedicated Carlé students for many years.
When he passed away he left a donation of $300,000 for Carlé to be used to benefit the further education of our students. Angie Siegel will speak about Russell at our graduation.
Recently Carlé’s media classes made mugs for the many graduates who work at dentist Dr. Hewlett’s office.
Dr. Hewlett has been a longtime supporter of Carlé ordering mugs for a number of years and he has hired many Carlé graduates.
We wanted to thank him and acknowledge the many successful graduates he has hired by making them something special.
The students that went to the gold level trip to Alliance Redwoods were Marco Anguiano, David Bejar, Jose Carrillo, Adrian Carpenter, Tarah Denson and Gabrielle Rozelski.
We would like to thank our special chaperones Angie and Phil Harris for taking our students on this amazing and exciting field trip.
We would like to congratulate David Jones for receiving student of the week! David has really put out the effort this year and has put himself in range to easily graduate next year. Thanks for all the hard work and keep up the great job.
Relative newcomer Ty Rankin also won student of the week based on his great attitude and hard work since he has come to this school. Ty has been a real addition to this school.
Announcements coming up in the next article are an overview of how prom went, an interview with our secretary Angie Harris and how great everyone did on state testing.
Yailin Sanchez is a student at Carlé Continuation High School.