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Best PracticePartnering with Community-Based Organizations
Wilbur Wright College in Chicago has collaborated with Instituto del Progreso Latino and other community partners to develop the award-winning Carreras en Salud (Careers in Health) career pathway where individuals can access the pathway at various entry points depending on their English language proficiency and prerequisites that they fulfill along they way. The Carreras en Salud model is successfully addressing the region’s need for more bilingual healthcare professionals.
Are there opportunities for your college to connect to local agencies to further support foreign-educated immigrants?
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Do you have close partnerships with local community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve immigrant and refugee populations?
Excellent! These agencies can be champions of — and a source of referral to — community college programs that facilitate accelerated career pathways, short-term and stackable credentials and vocational certifications that build on previous education and professional experience. CBOs can also be effective partners in placing immigrants in jobs that match their skills and experience.
Consider partnering with local community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve immigrant and refugee populations to learn the profile of their clients and together design solutions that bring them to your campus. Such agencies can be champions of — and a source of referral to — community college programs that facilitate accelerated career pathways, short-term and stackable credentials and vocational certifications that build on previous education and professional experience. CBOs can also be effective partners in placing immigrants in jobs that match their skills and experience.
Do you have a role in recommending or developing new programs that meet the needs of foreign-educated immigrants, such as some of the programs featured in this guide?
Great! Please use this guide and its Best Practice features to demonstrate the possibility for program replication/adaption within your community college. You can also reach out to the programs featured in this guide to learn more about their programs targeting foreign-educated immigrants.
If you feel strongly about this population, you can always explore ways to link up with other departments and become an advocate within your college for foreign-trained students. You can use this guide and its Best Practice features to demonstrate the possibility for program replication/adaption within your community college. You can also reach out to the programs featured in this guide to learn more about their programs targeting foreign-educated immigrants.
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