Bay Area K-16 Collaborative: San José Subregion 2025 Mid-Year Report
This report summarizes the key achievements and initiatives of SJK16C, January-June 2025, highlighting progress in addressing the Recovery with Equity (RWE) goals and pathway development.
RWE 1: Cultivate inclusive, engaging, and equity-oriented learning environments
SJSU's Career Summit: More than 120 high school and college students participated in this summit, which focused on the fields of education, health, and community advocacy.
SJSU's College of Health & Human Services: Over 100 high school students explored different academic departments
Network Appliance Partnership: 178 SJSU students attended an information and networking session, and 27 of those students took part in a site visit to engage directly with professionals at NetApp’s campus
HP's Black Students Day: 22 SJSU students attended this event.
SJSU’s College of Social Sciences: 65 high school students from MUSD and KIPP explored health and wellness career paths at SJSU, attending the SPARC conference and joining a Psychology class
SJSU’s College of Education: hosted 20 Merritt College Puente program students for a campus tour, panel, and lab observation.
Work Based Learning Course - Student
Showcase: 27 SJSU students, across five majors, on 7 different teams showcased their projects, which were developed in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Texas Instruments, and Mainspring Energy
Bay Area K-16
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San José Subregion
RWE 2: Retain students through inclusive support
RODA Leadership partnered with the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) to create leadership opportunities for families and students. The program, which completed its first full year, used relationship-driven processes, community stipends, and multilingual support to engage families
Key activities included:
Community design sessions with over 40 family members.
70 empathy interviews to gather community perspectives
Five working sessions and presentations to the school board to share their progress and plans for the 2025-2026 academic year.
RWE 3: Support college preparation and early credit
Planning for the K16 Summer Academy is underway - Pathway Leads have identified COMM 20 - Public Speaking as a dual enrollment option and faculty members are being recruited Students from ESUHSD, MUSD, and SJUSD will be recruited to join the pilot program this summer.
The BAK16C backbone group has begun design work on materials and marketing collateral to promote pathways to the public The initial focus is on a pathway for Computer Engineering, with plans to develop similar materials for Education and Health by the end of the summer.
Pathway Development
The San José Subregion advanced pathway development across Education, Engineering/Computer Science, and Health/Biotechnology sectors with continued development of subregional degree maps from high school through undergraduate degrees (AA/BA/BS) and licensure/credentialing, including identification of scheduling patterns and A-G alignment Additional activities include:
Education:
The Education Pathway lead, Dr. Robert Marx, cultivated partnerships with local youth-serving organizations to support college and career exploration and developed a college and career exploration event for middle school students.
A community of practice for subregional instructors teaching dual enrollment courses was launched through SJSU’s College of Education
Engineering/Computer Science:
The subregion launched a new pathway between MUSD and SJCC focused on Engineering, with initial courses offered in Fall with embedded SJSU peer tutors. The first semester outcomes for the Engineering Pathway showed 100% pass rates for ENGR 003 and MATH 021
SJCC and MUSD planned a Summer Math Jam to prepare MUSD students for MDTP diagnostic testing.
Health/Biotechnology:
Discussions commenced on launching a new degree pathway into behavioral health careers, exploring intersegmental credentialing options and work-based touchpoints.
Bay Area K-16
Collaborative: San José Subregion
Accomplishments in Relation to Collaborative's Evaluation Plan
Expand dual enrollment offerings & support:
New SJCC dual enrollment courses offered at MUSD (Engineering) and SJUSD (Health) were successful, with second semester courses underway.
A strong commitment was established between SJECCD’s district administrators, K12 partners, and Careers Ladder Project to develop infrastructure and clear policies for future dual enrollment expansion.
Design scaled work-based learning opportunities at each pathway level:
An increase in collaboration between employers, K12, community college, and CSU partners to support Work-Based Learning (WBL) expansion.
Other Accomplishments
The sub-region led two presentations at the California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference in Sacramento in February One presentation focused on the San Jose K-16 Collaborative’s Education Pathway and its impact on student success, institutional collaboration, and accelerated career pathways. The second presentation discussed advancing occupational pathways in the Bay Area through dual enrollment and intersegmental collaboration, emphasizing expanding access for lowincome students and addressing barriers like the need for more trained instructors.
Secured acceptance to present in the fall at the Center for Research on CollegeWorkforce Transitions Conference, with a presentation titled “The Power of Experiential Learning: A Collaborative Approach to Preparing Students for the Future Workforce”.